• 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 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 2 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 3 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 4 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 5 Last train from Torrington

  • 6 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 7 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 8 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 9 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 10 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 11 School's link with cargo ship

  • 12 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 13 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 14 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 15

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 16 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 17 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 18 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 19 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 20 No laughing matter

  • 21 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 22 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 23 A roof-top view - where?

  • 24

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 25

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 26 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 27 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 28

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 29 By pony and trap to market

  • 30 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 31 New addition to Quay front

  • 32 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 33

    New gateway
  • 34 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 35 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 36 School crossing patrol begins

  • 37 Parkham plan realised

  • 38 Some 240 exhibits

  • 39 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 40 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 41 Happy Days!

  • 42 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 43 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 44 He beat the floods

  • 45 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 46 Capers on the cobbles

  • 47 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 48 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 49

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 50 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 51

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 52 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 53 Out of puff!

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

  • 55 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 56 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 57 Twenty-one yachts

  • 58

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 59 Centenary of Gazette

  • 60 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 61 Bideford regatta

  • 62 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 63 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 64 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 65 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 66 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 67

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 68 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 69

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 70 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 71 Weare Giffard potato

  • 72 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 73 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 74 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 75 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 76 Cruising down the river

  • 77 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 78 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 79 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 80 Caught in the act>
  • 81 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 82 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 83 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 84 Puppet characters introduced

  • 85 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 86 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 87 From Bobby to Brian

  • 88 Circus comes to town

  • 89 A bird of their own!

  • 90

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 91 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 92 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 93

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 94 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 95 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 96 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 97 Northam's almshouse

  • 98 Artisans' Club

  • 99 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 100 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 101 Over the bank together>
  • 102 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 103 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 104 Life begins at 80

  • 105 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 106 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 107 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 108 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 109 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 110 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 111 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 112 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 113 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 114 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 115 Bideford computer stars

  • 116 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 117 Hartland Dancers
  • 118 The art of the thatcher

  • 119 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 120 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 121 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 122 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 123 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 124 Torrington's new amenity

  • 125 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 126 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 127 All for the love of a lady!

  • 128 Service with a smile

  • 129 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 130 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 131 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 132 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 133 Burnard family reunion

  • 134 Pannier Market's future?

  • 135 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 136 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 137 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 138 First ship in 8 years

  • 139 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 140 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 141 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 142 Off on a great adventure

  • 143 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 144 Recognise this resort?

  • 145 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 146 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 148 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 149 Can spring be far away?

  • 150 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 151 Ten year old scrambler

  • 152 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 153 Penny for the guy

  • 154 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 155 Police station view of Bideford

  • 156 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 157

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 158 Sweets derationing

  • 159

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 160 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 161 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 162 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 163 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 164 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 165 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 167 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 168 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 169 New life for Hartland organ

  • 170 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 171 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 172 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 173 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 174 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 175 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 177 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 178 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 179 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 180 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 181 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 182 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 183 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 184 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 185 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 186 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 187

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 188 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 190 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 191 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 192 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 193 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 194 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 195 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 196

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 197 Peter poses for TV film

  • 198

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 199 So this is the mainland!

  • 200 Mobile missionary

  • 201 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 202 Warmington's garage ad

  • 203 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 205 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 206 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 208 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 209 What's the time?

  • 210 Picking the pops

  • 211 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 212 New art gallery opened

  • 213 Hartland's invitation

  • 214

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 215 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 216 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 217 Decontrol of meat

  • 218

    Bidefordians
  • 219 Northam footballers of the future

  • 220 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 221 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 222 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 223 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 224

    Married in 1908
  • 225 Just over a year old

  • 226 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 227 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 228 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 229 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 231 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 232 Bridging the stream

  • 233 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 235 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 236 Emergency ferry services

  • 237 Hartland postman retires

  • 238 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 239 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 240 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 241 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 242 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 243 Modern living at Bideford

  • 244 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 245

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 246 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 247

    Was a missionary
  • 248 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 249 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 250 When horses score over the tractor

  • 251 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 252 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 253 Devil sent packing

  • 254 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 255 They are parted pro-tem

  • 256 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 257 New choral society's growing response

  • 258 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 260 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 261 Jumble sale fever

  • 262 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 263 113 years at Instow

  • 264 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 265 Clovelly custom

  • 266 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 267 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 268 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 269

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 270 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 271 In their new robes and hats

  • 272 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 273 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 274 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 275 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 276 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 277 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 278

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 279

    Relatives all over the world
  • 280 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 281 Simple Item 138
  • 282 Filming at Hartland

  • 283 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 284 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 285 Six footed lamb

  • 286 Private home for public pump

  • 287 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 288 Variety in summer weather

  • 289 No sale of Springfield House

  • 290 Bideford loses training ship

  • 291 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 292 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 293 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 294 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 295 Littleham family's five generations

  • 296

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 297 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 298 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 299 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 300 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 301 Some mushroom!

  • 302 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 303 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 304 East-the-Water's call for new school

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

  • 306 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 307 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 308 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 309 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 310 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 311 Waldon Triplets
  • 312 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 313 New shipyard on schedule

  • 314 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 315 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 317 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 318 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 319 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 320 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 321 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 322

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 323 Riverside mystery

  • 324 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 325

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 326 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 327 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 328 The cab at the corner>
  • 329 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 330 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 331 New civic medallions

  • 332 Appledore's largest

  • 333 End of the line

  • 334 For crying out loud!

  • 335 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 336 New Post Office

  • 337 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 338 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 339 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 340 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 341 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 342 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 343 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 344 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 346 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 347 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 348 Traditions and skills still there

  • 349 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 350 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 351 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 352 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 353 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 354 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 355

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 356 Torrington children build igloo
  • 357 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 358 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 359

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 360 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 361 Sight of a lifetime

  • 362 All aboard the ark

  • 363 Loads of black and white

  • 364 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 365 New look in the hayfields

  • 366 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 367 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 368 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 369 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 370 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 371 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 372 Mayor becomes engine driver>
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    Building works
  • 374 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 375 A man and his wheel

  • 376 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 377 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 378 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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    First prize
  • 380 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 381 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 382 Picking the pops

  • 383 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 384 Blanchards ad.>
  • 385 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 386 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 387 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 388 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 389 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 390 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 391 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 392 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 393 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 394 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 395 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 396 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 397 Ships at Bideford

  • 398 Clovelly nightmare

  • 399 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 400 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 401 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 402 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 403 Finished in 1876

  • 404

    Exhibition of school work
  • 405 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 406 A story to tell!

  • 407 Torrington in 1967

  • 408 The Geneva marionettes

  • 409 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 410 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 411 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 412 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 413 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 414 It really was the 'last time'

  • 415 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 416 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 417 North Devon Driving School

  • 418 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 419 Revenge in style

  • 420 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 421 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 422 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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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Over the bank together

Point-to-point race at Cranford

The leading four riders take the second bank together in the Adjacent Hunts’ Maiden race of the Stevenstone Hunt and Torrington Farmers’ Hunt Point-to-point races at Cranford on March 17.

30 March 1948 Over the bank together

Gazette article 30 March 1948

 

Caught in the act?

Eggs taken from heron's nest

First impressions on looking at this photograph of a boy apparently ‘bird-nesting’ is probably to say ‘reminds me of when I was a lad.’ However the nest is that of a heron which is a protected bird. From this particular nest a number of eggs have been taken recently.

30 March 1948 Caught in the act

Boys, we all know, love to collect birds’ eggs but it is surely an unwritten law that if you must collect eggs, take only one egg from a nest.

Gazette article 30 March 1948

 

 

Braddicks furniture ad.

Utility furniture ad.

16 March 1948 Braddicks furniture ad

Gazette ad. 16 March 1948

 

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