• 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 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 2 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 3 New choral society's growing response

  • 4 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 5 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 6 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 7 Life begins at 80

  • 8 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 9 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 10 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 11 New life for Hartland organ

  • 12 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 13 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 14 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 15 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 16 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 17 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 18 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 19 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 20 113 years at Instow

  • 21

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 22 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 23 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 25 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 26 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 27 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 28 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 29 Service with a smile

  • 30 Torrington's new amenity

  • 31

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 32 Ten year old scrambler

  • 33 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 34

    First prize
  • 35 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 36 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 37 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 38 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 39 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 40 School crossing patrol begins

  • 41 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 42

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 43 Mobile missionary

  • 44 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 45 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 46 In their new robes and hats

  • 47 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 48 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 49 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 50 Clovelly nightmare

  • 51 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 52 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 53 New look in the hayfields

  • 54 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 55 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 56 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 57 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 58 Blanchards ad.>
  • 59 Last train from Torrington

  • 60 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 61 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 62 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 63 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 64 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 65 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 66 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 67 New shipyard on schedule

  • 68 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 69 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 70

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 71 Centenary of Gazette

  • 72 Over the bank together>
  • 73 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 74 Finished in 1876

  • 75 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 76 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 77 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 78 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 79 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 80 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 81 Some mushroom!

  • 82 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 83 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 84

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 85 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 86 Parkham plan realised

  • 87 Artisans' Club

  • 88 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 89 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 90 Weare Giffard potato

  • 91 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 92 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 93 End of the line

  • 94 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 95 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 96 Capers on the cobbles

  • 97 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 98 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 99 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 100 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 101 The cab at the corner>
  • 102 Revenge in style

  • 103 Decontrol of meat

  • 104 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 105 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 106 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 107

    Married in 1908
  • 108 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 109 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 110 Can spring be far away?

  • 111 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 112 The art of the thatcher

  • 113 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 114 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 115 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 116 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 117 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 118 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 119 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 120 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 121 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 122 New civic medallions

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

  • 124 All aboard the ark

  • 125 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 126 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 127 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 128 Bideford computer stars

  • 129 Police station view of Bideford

  • 130 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 131 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 132 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 133 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 134 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 135 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 136 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 137 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 138 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 139 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 140 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 141 Caught in the act>
  • 142 Out of puff!

  • 143 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 144 Appledore's largest

  • 145 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 146 Off on a great adventure

  • 147 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 148 Peter poses for TV film

  • 149 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 150 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 151

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 152 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 153 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 154 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 155 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 156 Torrington children build igloo
  • 157 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 158 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 159 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 160 Bridging the stream

  • 161 School's link with cargo ship

  • 162 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 163 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 164 Northam's almshouse

  • 165 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 166 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 167 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 168 Bideford loses training ship

  • 169 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 170 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 171 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 172 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 173 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 174 Hartland postman retires

  • 175 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 176 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 177 Burnard family reunion

  • 178 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 179 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 180 Twenty-one yachts

  • 181 New Lundy stamps

  • 182 When horses score over the tractor

  • 183 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 184 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 185 New addition to Quay front

  • 186 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 187 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 188 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 189 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 190 New Post Office

  • 191

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 192 Traditions and skills still there

  • 193 Emergency ferry services

  • 194

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 195 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 196 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 197 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 198 Sweets derationing

  • 199 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 200 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 201 The Geneva marionettes

  • 202 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 203 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 204 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 205 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 206

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 207 So this is the mainland!

  • 208 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 209 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 210 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 211 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 212 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 213 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 214 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 215 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 216 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 217 Puppet characters introduced

  • 218

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 219 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 220 Six footed lamb

  • 221 They are parted pro-tem

  • 222 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 223

    Building works
  • 224 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 225 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 226 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 227 From Bobby to Brian

  • 228 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 229 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 230

    Relatives all over the world
  • 231 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 232 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 233 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 234 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 235 Hartland Dancers
  • 236 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 237 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 238 No sale of Springfield House

  • 239 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 240

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 241 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 242 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 243 Picking the pops

  • 244 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 245 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 246 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 247 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 249

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 250 Happy Days!

  • 251

    Was a missionary
  • 252

    Bidefordians
  • 253 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 254

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 255 No laughing matter

  • 256 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 257 First ship in 8 years

  • 258

    New gateway
  • 259 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 260 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 261

    Exhibition of school work
  • 262 A story to tell!

  • 263

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 264 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 265 Private home for public pump

  • 266

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 267 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 268 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 270 Penny for the guy

  • 271 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 272 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 273 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 274 Circus comes to town

  • 275 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 276 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 277 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 278 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 279 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 280 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 281 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 282 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 283 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 284 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 285 Sight of a lifetime

  • 286 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 287 Littleham family's five generations

  • 288 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 289 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 290 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 291 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 292 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 293 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 294 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 295 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 296 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 297 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 298 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 300 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 301 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 302 A bird of their own!

  • 303 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 305 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 306 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 307 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 308 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 309 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 310 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 311 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 312

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 313 Bideford regatta

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

  • 315 Just over a year old

  • 316 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 317 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 318 Picking the pops

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

  • 320 Riverside mystery

  • 321 Waldon Triplets
  • 322 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 324 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 325 New art gallery opened

  • 326 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 327 Some 240 exhibits

  • 328

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 329 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 330

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 331 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 332 A roof-top view - where?

  • 333 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 334 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 336 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 337 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 338 He beat the floods

  • 339 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 340 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 341 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 343 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 344 For crying out loud!

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

  • 346 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 347 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 348 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 349 By pony and trap to market

  • 350 Loads of black and white

  • 351 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 352 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 353 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 354 Hartland's invitation

  • 355 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 356 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 357 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 358 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 359 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 360 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 361 It really was the 'last time'

  • 362 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 364 A man and his wheel

  • 365 Northam footballers of the future

  • 366 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 367 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 368 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 369 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 370 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 371 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 372 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 373 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 374 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 375 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 376 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 377 Filming at Hartland

  • 378 Cruising down the river

  • 379 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 380 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 381 Jumble sale fever

  • 382 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 383 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 384

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 385 All for the love of a lady!

  • 386 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 387 Modern living at Bideford

  • 388 Ships at Bideford

  • 389 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 390 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 391 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 392 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 393 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 394 Clovelly custom

  • 395 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 396 What's the time?

  • 397 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 398 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 399 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 400 North Devon Driving School

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 402 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 403

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 404

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 405 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 406 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 407 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 408 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 409

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 410 Warmington's garage ad

  • 411 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 412

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 413 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 414 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 415 Devil sent packing

  • 416 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 417 Recognise this resort?

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

  • 419 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 420 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 421 Simple Item 138
  • 422 Torrington in 1967

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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  • 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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  • 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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Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

Local scene depicted

Over the centre of a block of four traditional style houses erected by Bideford Rural District Council at Winsworthy, Clovelly, has been placed the plaque illustrated above.

17 February 1950 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

A very promising artist Mr Walter Crang, executed the carving – the scene depicts Gallantry Bower, Clovelly, with Lundy beyond, the scene being visible from the upstairs windows of the houses.

Gazette article 17 February 1950

 

A sense of humour in advertising

New film at the Strand

A bedstead slung between two trees and a notice saying ‘You can’t sleep here,’ catches the eye outside the Strand Cinema, Bideford.

10 February 1950 A sense of humour in advertising

It is an enterprisingly-humorous pointer to the film of that title being shown today and tomorrow at the cinema.

Gazette article 10 February 1950

An early ‘special’ to Bideford

Early railway days

The fact that Bideford is on the railway has received a certain amount of publicity recently.

In last Sunday’s Observer Paul Jennings wrote of the air of far-away places at Waterloo Station suggesting that ‘we are doing something much more wonderful than just going to Bideford, splendid though this is.’ Later he remarks on the ‘lines stretching out to Bideford and Europe.’

Mr Jennings visited Bideford as a member of the Oriana Madrigal Society when they gave a recital at Bideford Parish Church on November 19.

27 January 1950 An early special to Bideford

It seems appropriate to publish this reproduction of an old print of early days of the railway alongside the Torridge.

Gazette article 27 January 1950

 

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