• Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • 1 New look for Torrington Lane

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    Building works
  • 3 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 4 Sweets derationing

  • 5 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 6 A story to tell!

  • 7 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 8 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 9 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 10 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 11 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 12 School's link with cargo ship

  • 13 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 14 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 15 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 16 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 17 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 18 Life begins at 80

  • 19 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 20 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 21 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 22 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 23 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 24

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 25 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 26 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 27 Jumble sale fever

  • 28 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 29 New look in the hayfields

  • 30

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 31 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 32 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 33

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 34 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 35 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 36 Parkham plan realised

  • 37 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 38 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 39 Some mushroom!

  • 40 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 41 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 42 Penny for the guy

  • 43 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 44 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 45 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 46 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 47 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 48 He beat the floods

  • 49 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 50 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 51 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 52 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 53 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 54 Revenge in style

  • 55 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 56 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 57 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 58 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 59 Weare Giffard potato

  • 60 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 61 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 62

    Bidefordians
  • 63 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 64 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 65 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 66 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 67 From Bobby to Brian

  • 68 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 69 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 70 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 71 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 72 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 73 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 74 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 75 Simple Item 138
  • 76 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 77 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 78 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 79 Caught in the act>
  • 80 Hartland Dancers
  • 81 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 82 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 83 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 84 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 85 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 86 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 87 Bideford loses training ship

  • 88 New shipyard on schedule

  • 89 Waldon Triplets
  • 90 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 91 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 92 Picking the pops

  • 93 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 94 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 95 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 96 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 97 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 98 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 99 What's the time?

  • 100 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 101 Mobile missionary

  • 102 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 103 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 104

    Relatives all over the world
  • 105 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 106

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 107 Devil sent packing

  • 108 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 109 Can spring be far away?

  • 110 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 111 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 112 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 113 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 114 Off on a great adventure

  • 115 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 116 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 117 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 118 New addition to Quay front

  • 119 The Geneva marionettes

  • 120 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 121 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 122 By pony and trap to market

  • 123 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 124 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 125 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 126

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 127 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 128 Riverside mystery

  • 129 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 130 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 131 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 132 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 133 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 134 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 135 Finished in 1876

  • 136 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 137 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 138

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 139 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 140 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 141 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 142 Twenty-one yachts

  • 143 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 144 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 145

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 146 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 147

    New gateway
  • 148 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 149 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 150 Ships at Bideford

  • 151 North Devon Driving School

  • 152 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 153 Northam's almshouse

  • 154 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 155 Decontrol of meat

  • 156 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 157 Traditions and skills still there

  • 158 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 159 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 160 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 161 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 162 Capers on the cobbles

  • 163

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 164 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 165 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 166 Centenary of Gazette

  • 167 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 168 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 169 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 170 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 171

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 172 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 173 No laughing matter

  • 174

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 175 Six footed lamb

  • 176 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 177 Pannier Market's future?

  • 178 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 179 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 180 Circus comes to town

  • 181 Service with a smile

  • 182 It really was the 'last time'

  • 183 School crossing patrol begins

  • 184 A bird of their own!

  • 185

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 186 In their new robes and hats

  • 187 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 188 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 189 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 190 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 191

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 192 Bideford regatta

  • 193 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 194 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 195 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 196

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 197 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 198 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 199 Bridging the stream

  • 200 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 201 First ship in 8 years

  • 202 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 203 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 204 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 205

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 206 A roof-top view - where?

  • 207 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 208 All aboard the ark

  • 209 Clovelly custom

  • 210 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 211

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 212 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 213 Out of puff!

  • 214 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 215 Peter poses for TV film

  • 216

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 217 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 218 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 219 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 220 The cab at the corner>
  • 221 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 222 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 223 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 224

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 225 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 226 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 227 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 228 Happy Days!

  • 229 Emergency ferry services

  • 230 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 231 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 232 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 233

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 234 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 235 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 236 They are parted pro-tem

  • 237 Private home for public pump

  • 238 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 239 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 240 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 241 New Post Office

  • 242 New civic medallions

  • 243 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 244 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 245 Blanchards ad.>
  • 246 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 247 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 248 Sight of a lifetime

  • 249 Hartland's invitation

  • 250 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 251 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 252 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 253 Puppet characters introduced

  • 254 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 255 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 256 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 257 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 258 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 259 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 260 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 261 All for the love of a lady!

  • 262 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 263 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 264 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 265 Ten year old scrambler

  • 266 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 267 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 268 Modern living at Bideford

  • 269 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 270 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 271 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 272 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 273 Burnard family reunion

  • 274 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 275 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 276 113 years at Instow

  • 277 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 278 Warmington's garage ad

  • 279 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 280 When horses score over the tractor

  • 281 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 282 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 283 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 284 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 285 Recognise this resort?

  • 286 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 287 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 288 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 289 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 290 Torrington children build igloo
  • 291 Torrington's new amenity

  • 292 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 293 Police station view of Bideford

  • 294 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 295 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 296 Variety in summer weather

  • 297 No sale of Springfield House

  • 298 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 299 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 300 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 301 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 302 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 303 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 304 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 305 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 306 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 307 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 308 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 309 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 310 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 311 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 312 New choral society's growing response

  • 313

    Was a missionary
  • 314 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 315 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 316 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 317 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 318 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 319

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 320 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 321 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 322 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 323 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 324 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 325 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 326 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 327

    Married in 1908
  • 328 Northam footballers of the future

  • 329 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 330 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 331 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 332 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 333 Picking the pops

  • 334 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 335 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 336 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 337 Hartland postman retires

  • 338

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 339

    First prize
  • 340 A man and his wheel

  • 341 Appledore's largest

  • 342 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 343 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 344 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 345 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 346 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 347 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 348 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 349 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 350 Bideford computer stars

  • 351 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 352 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 353 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 354 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 355 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 356 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 357 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 358 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 359 New art gallery opened

  • 360

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 361 So this is the mainland!

  • 362 New life for Hartland organ

  • 363 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 364 New Lundy stamps

  • 365

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 366 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 367 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 368 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 369 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 370 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 371 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 372 For crying out loud!

  • 373

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 374 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 375 Loads of black and white

  • 376 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 377 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 378 Some 240 exhibits

  • 379 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 380

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 381 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 382 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 383 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 384 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 385 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 386 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 387 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 388 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 389 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 390 Last train from Torrington

  • 391 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 392 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 393 Filming at Hartland

  • 394 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 395 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 396 Just over a year old

  • 397 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 398 Torrington in 1967

  • 399 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 400 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 401 End of the line

  • 402 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 403 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 404 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 405

    Exhibition of school work
  • 406 The art of the thatcher

  • 407

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 408 Over the bank together>
  • 409 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 410 Clovelly nightmare

  • 411 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 412 Cruising down the river

  • 413 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 414 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 415 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 416 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 417 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 418 Littleham family's five generations

  • 419 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 420 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 421 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 422 Artisans' Club

3.5.1957 Robins win Hansen Cup

Robins Win The Hansen Cup

May 3rd, 1957

Bideford AFC pictured with the Hansen Cup after they had defeated Bude 2-1 in the final

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and suddenly it's spring

Cadds Down Farm

1 March 1974

Joined by Trixie, the pony

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  • Torrington May Fair Queen and Her Attendants

    Names from left to right:Joan Ricketts; Joan Newcombe; Jean Wernhem; Margaret Sweet; Enid Ovenden; Rona Elsworthy; Doris Short; (back row);
    Eileen Short; Miss Margery Bennett (Queen); Joyce Downman; David Fiddian (Page); Peggie Sussex;

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  • Seafield House - the "Spooky House" of Westward Ho!

    The house on the cliff edge known locally as ‘Spooky House’ or even ‘Haunted House’ , was built about 1885.

    The road was especially built to enable access to the house and was initially known as Seafield Road; later it became Merley Road.

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  • Christmas Eve at the Front

    An interesting letter has just been received by Mrs Packer, of Broadclyst, from her husband, Corpl Packer of A Company, 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, who is serving with the Expeditionary Force in Northern France. In the course of a letter he describes a remarkable incident which occurred on Christmas Eve between the British and German trenches.

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1911 Coronation Medal

Coronation Medal Presented on June 22nd 1911   Learn More

The Hoops Inn

The Hoops Inn close to Peppercombe Beach

The Quay at Appledore

Appledore Quay where Taw and Torridge Rivers meet 

 
Wynne Olley

Crowning Glory

12 October 1962

Their finest achievement to date...

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Shipyard goes into liquidation 1963

Liquidator appointed

4 January 1963

Difficulty in retaining labour...

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Repair work on Long Bridge

Repair Work on Long Bridge

Bideford Long Bridge
 

Costing £20,000-£25,000, the repair work on Bideford's venerable Long Bridge is expected to finish in late spring.

 

Broomhayes £1,000 surprise

Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise

Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
 

"It's like pennies from heaven - it's absolutely wonderful" said Miss Mollie Douglas, matron of Broomhayes, Northam, when yesterday a cheque as handed to her for £1,000.

 

Northam Burrows Committee

Northam Burrows Committee

Potwalloping
 

The old custom of POTWALLOPING will be held on Saturday, July 27th 1963 9 to 5pm. All welcome on the Burrows. Refreshments provided for genuine pebble-pickers

 
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