• 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 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 2 Finished in 1876

  • 3 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 4 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 5 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 6 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 7 Weare Giffard potato

  • 8 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 9 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 11 Out of puff!

  • 12 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 13 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 14 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 15 Capers on the cobbles

  • 16 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 17 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 18 Twenty-one yachts

  • 19 He beat the floods

  • 20 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 21 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 22 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 23 All aboard the ark

  • 24 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 25 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 26 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 27 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 29 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 30 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 31 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 32 Private home for public pump

  • 33 North Devon Driving School

  • 34 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 35 Clovelly nightmare

  • 36 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 37 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 38 A bird of their own!

  • 39 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 40 They are parted pro-tem

  • 41 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 42 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 43 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 44 Centenary of Gazette

  • 45 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 47 First ship in 8 years

  • 48 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 49 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 50 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 51 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 52

    Was a missionary
  • 53 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 54 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 56 Northam footballers of the future

  • 57 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 58 Caught in the act>
  • 59 Off on a great adventure

  • 60 Torrington children build igloo
  • 61 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 62 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 63 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 64 Life begins at 80

  • 65

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 66 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 68 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 69 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 70 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 71 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 72 New life for Hartland organ

  • 73 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 74 New look in the hayfields

  • 75 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 76 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 77 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 78 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 79 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 80 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 81 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 82 New art gallery opened

  • 83 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 84 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 85 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 86 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 87 New shipyard on schedule

  • 88 Just over a year old

  • 89 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 90 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 91

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 92 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 93 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 94 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 95 Mobile missionary

  • 96 Loads of black and white

  • 97 The cab at the corner>
  • 98 113 years at Instow

  • 99 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 100 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 101 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 102 Peter poses for TV film

  • 103 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 104 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 105 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 106

    First prize
  • 107 Circus comes to town

  • 108 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 109 Last train from Torrington

  • 110 Bideford regatta

  • 111 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 112 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 113 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 114 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 115 A story to tell!

  • 116 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 117 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 118 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 119 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 120 Artisans' Club

  • 121

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 122 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 123 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 124 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 125 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 126

    Bidefordians
  • 127 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 128 Revenge in style

  • 129 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 130 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 131 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 132 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 133 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 134 Hartland postman retires

  • 135 End of the line

  • 136 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 137 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 138 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 139 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 140 Warmington's garage ad

  • 141 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 142 Recognise this resort?

  • 143 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 144 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 145 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 146 Service with a smile

  • 147 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 148 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 149 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 150 Clovelly custom

  • 151 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 152 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 153 Torrington's new amenity

  • 154 So this is the mainland!

  • 155 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 156 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 157

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 158 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 159 Bridging the stream

  • 160 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 161 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 162 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 163 Variety in summer weather

  • 164 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 165 The Geneva marionettes

  • 166 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 167 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 168 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 169 All for the love of a lady!

  • 170 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 171 Decontrol of meat

  • 172 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 173 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 174 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 175 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 176 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 177 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 178 Bideford computer stars

  • 179 Can spring be far away?

  • 180 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 181 New addition to Quay front

  • 182 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 183 Sight of a lifetime

  • 184 Appledore's largest

  • 185 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 186 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 187 A man and his wheel

  • 188 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 189 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 190 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 191

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 192 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 193 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 194 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 195 What's the time?

  • 196 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 197 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 198 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 199 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 200 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 201 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 202 In their new robes and hats

  • 203 Jumble sale fever

  • 204 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 205 Penny for the guy

  • 206 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 207 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 208 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 209 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 210

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 211 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 212 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 213 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 214

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 215 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 216 A roof-top view - where?

  • 217 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 218 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 219 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 220 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 221 Ships at Bideford

  • 222

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 223 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 224 Picking the pops

  • 225 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 226 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 228 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 229 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 230 Northam's almshouse

  • 231 School crossing patrol begins

  • 232

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 233 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 234

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 235 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 236 Ten year old scrambler

  • 237 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 238 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 239 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 241 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 242 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 243 Over the bank together>
  • 244 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 245 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 246 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 247 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 248 School's link with cargo ship

  • 249 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 250 Filming at Hartland

  • 251 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 252 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 253 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 254 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 255 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 256

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 257 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 258 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 259 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 260 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 261 Happy Days!

  • 262 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 263 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 264

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 265 Hartland Dancers
  • 266 Puppet characters introduced

  • 267 Traditions and skills still there

  • 268 The art of the thatcher

  • 269 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 270 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 271 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 272 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 273 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 274 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 275 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 276 Hartland's invitation

  • 277

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 278 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 279 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 280 By pony and trap to market

  • 281 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 282 Watch the dicky bird!

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

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    New gateway
  • 285 New choral society's growing response

  • 286 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 287 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 288 Picking the pops

  • 289

    Building works
  • 290 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 291 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 292 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 294 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 295 New Lundy stamps

  • 296 Littleham family's five generations

  • 297 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 298 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 299 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 300 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 301

    Relatives all over the world
  • 302 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 303 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 304 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 305 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 306 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 307 Police station view of Bideford

  • 308 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 309 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 310 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 311 Bideford loses training ship

  • 312 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 313 Sweets derationing

  • 314

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 315 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 316 New civic medallions

  • 317 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 318 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 319 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 320 New Post Office

  • 321 No sale of Springfield House

  • 322 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 323

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 324 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 325 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 326 Torrington in 1967

  • 327 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 328 From Bobby to Brian

  • 329 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 330 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 331 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 332 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 333 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 334 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 336

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 337 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 338 Simple Item 138
  • 339 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 340 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 341 Modern living at Bideford

  • 342 Blanchards ad.>
  • 343 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 344 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 345 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 346 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 347 No laughing matter

  • 348 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 349 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 350 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 351 Pannier Market's future?

  • 352 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 353 It really was the 'last time'

  • 354 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 355 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 356 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 357 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 358

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 359 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 360 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 361 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 362 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 363 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 364 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 365

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 366 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 367 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 368 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 369 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 370 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 371 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 372 Six footed lamb

  • 373

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 374 When horses score over the tractor

  • 375 Waldon Triplets
  • 376 Devil sent packing

  • 377

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 378 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 379 Sweet success at Langtree School

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    Married in 1908
  • 381 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 382 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 383 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 384 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 385

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 386 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 387 Riverside mystery

  • 388 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 389 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 390 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 391 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 392 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 393 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 394 Emergency ferry services

  • 395 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 396 For crying out loud!

  • 397 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 398

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 399

    Exhibition of school work
  • 400 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 401 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 402

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 403 Cruising down the river

  • 404 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 405 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 406 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 407 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 408 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 409 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 410 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 411 Some 240 exhibits

  • 412 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 413 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 414 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 415 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 416 Burnard family reunion

  • 417 Some mushroom!

  • 418 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 419 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 420 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 421

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 422 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Clock Future Uncertain

Clock Future Uncertain

Bideford Clock Future
 

Bideford pannier market could lose its ancient parliamentary clock - to the offices of Torridge District Council. The council's Development Committee were told by the chief technical officer, Mr Richard Brasington, that the clock, now not operating, had been valuedat £700. Its condition was beginning to cause concern and he suggested that it should be repaired and refurbished at a possible cost of £100 and perhaps moved to the council offices.
The market superint- he added, wanted it to be sold and replaced with an electric clock.

The committee agreed that the clock should be repaired and a decision then taken on where to resite it.

 

Christmas Art Exhibition

Christmas Art Exhibition at the Burton Art Gallery, Bideford

Burton Art Gallery
 

The 1st Open Annual Fine Art Exhibition of Painting-Graphics-Sculpture by local artists from December 4 to December 16 inclusive. Artists must submit work for selection on November 25 to Bideford Arts Centre
Write for entry form and further particulars to: J Paterson, Principal, Bideford Arts Centre, The Quay, Bideford 2462

 

Lorry Hits Shop Window

Lorry Hits Shop Window

Lorry Accident
 

No one was injured when, early on Wedensday afternoon, a driverless lorry belonging to Wickham and Co. Ltd., of Bideford, ran backwards down Bideford High Street into the front window of a greengrocer's shop nearby on the opposite side of the road. Fortunately it was early closing day and the shop was closed.
A side window was broken and a main window had to be removed as the frame had been knocked out of alignment.

 
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