• 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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    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 2 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 3 He beat the floods

  • 4 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 5 Traditions and skills still there

  • 6 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 7 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 8 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 9 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 10 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 11 Waldon Triplets
  • 12 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 13 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 14 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 15 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 16 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 17 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 18 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 19 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 20 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 21 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 22 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 23 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 24 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 25 Modern living at Bideford

  • 26 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 27 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 28 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 29 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 30 Hartland postman retires

  • 31 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 32 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 33 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 34 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 35 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 36 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 37 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 38 Circus comes to town

  • 39 New shipyard on schedule

  • 40 Artisans' Club

  • 41 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 42 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 43 Jumble sale fever

  • 44 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 45 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 46 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 47 Warmington's garage ad

  • 48 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 49 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 50 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 51 Bideford computer stars

  • 52 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 53

    New gateway
  • 54 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 55 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 56 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 57 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 58 Sweets derationing

  • 59 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 61 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 62 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 63 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 64 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 65

    Building works
  • 66 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 67 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 68

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 69 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 70 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 71 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 72 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 73

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 74 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 75 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 76 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 77 Off on a great adventure

  • 78 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 79 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 80 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 81 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 82 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 83 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 84 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 85 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 86 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 87 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 88 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 89 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 90 Ten year old scrambler

  • 91 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 92 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 93 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 94 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 95 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 96 Penny for the guy

  • 97 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 98

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 99 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 100 New choral society's growing response

  • 101 Variety in summer weather

  • 102 Police station view of Bideford

  • 103 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 104 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 105 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 106 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 107 Out of puff!

  • 108 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 109 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 110 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 111 North Devon Driving School

  • 112 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 113 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 114 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 115 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 116 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 117 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 118 Ships at Bideford

  • 119

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 120 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 121 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 122 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 123 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 124 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 125 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 126 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 127 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 128 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 129 New art gallery opened

  • 130 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 131 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 132 Loads of black and white

  • 133 In their new robes and hats

  • 134 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 135 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 136

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 137 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 138 From Bobby to Brian

  • 139 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 141 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 143

    Married in 1908
  • 144 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 145 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 146 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 147 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 148 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 149 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 150 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 151

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 152 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 153 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 154 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 155 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 156 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 157 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 158 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 159 A man and his wheel

  • 160 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 161 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 162 Revenge in style

  • 163

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 164 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 165 Puppet characters introduced

  • 166 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 167

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 168 Riverside mystery

  • 169 Clovelly custom

  • 170 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 171 A roof-top view - where?

  • 172 Hartland Dancers
  • 173 Six footed lamb

  • 174 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 175 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 176 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 177 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 178

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 179 Hartland's invitation

  • 180 Just over a year old

  • 181 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 182 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 183 Life begins at 80

  • 184 Can spring be far away?

  • 185 Bideford regatta

  • 186 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 187 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 188 For crying out loud!

  • 189 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 190 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 192 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 193 Over the bank together>
  • 194 Picking the pops

  • 195 New look in the hayfields

  • 196

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 197 School crossing patrol begins

  • 198 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 199 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 200

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 201 Peter poses for TV film

  • 202 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 203 Torrington's new amenity

  • 204 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 205 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 206 Private home for public pump

  • 207 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 208 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 210 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 211 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 212 All for the love of a lady!

  • 213 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 214 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 215 Happy Days!

  • 216 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 217 Twenty-one yachts

  • 218 By pony and trap to market

  • 219

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 220 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 221 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 222 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 223 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 224 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 225 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 226 A bird of their own!

  • 227 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 228

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 229 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 230 What's the time?

  • 231 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 232 First ship in 8 years

  • 233 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 234 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 235 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 236 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 237 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 238 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 239 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 240 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 241 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 242 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 243 Caught in the act>
  • 244 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 245 Emergency ferry services

  • 246 School's link with cargo ship

  • 247 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 248 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 249 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 250

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 251 113 years at Instow

  • 252 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

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

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

  • 255 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 256 Last train from Torrington

  • 257 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 258 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 259 Recognise this resort?

  • 260 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 261 The cab at the corner>
  • 262 Bridging the stream

  • 263 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 264 Torrington children build igloo
  • 265 A story to tell!

  • 266 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 267 New Post Office

  • 268 Simple Item 138
  • 269 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 270

    Was a missionary
  • 271

    Exhibition of school work
  • 272 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 273 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 274

    First prize
  • 275 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 276

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 277 Cruising down the river

  • 278 Finished in 1876

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

  • 280 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 281 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 282 Littleham family's five generations

  • 283 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 284 Pannier Market's future?

  • 285 All aboard the ark

  • 286 Northam's almshouse

  • 287 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 288 Devil sent packing

  • 289 Appledore's largest

  • 290 Some 240 exhibits

  • 291 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 292 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 293 New addition to Quay front

  • 294

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 295 When horses score over the tractor

  • 296 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 297 Decontrol of meat

  • 298 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 299 Filming at Hartland

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 301 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 302 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 303 New Lundy stamps

  • 304

    Relatives all over the world
  • 305 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 306 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 307 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 308 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 309 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 310 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 312 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 313 Clovelly nightmare

  • 314 Northam footballers of the future

  • 315 They are parted pro-tem

  • 316 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 317 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 318 Mobile missionary

  • 319 New civic medallions

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

  • 321 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 322 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 323 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 324 Parkham plan realised

  • 325 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 326 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 327 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 328 Picking the pops

  • 329 The Geneva marionettes

  • 330 Torrington in 1967

  • 331

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 332

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 333 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 334 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 335

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 336 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 337 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 338 Burnard family reunion

  • 339 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 341 Some mushroom!

  • 342 Blanchards ad.>
  • 343 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 344 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 345 The art of the thatcher

  • 346 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 347 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 348 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 349 No sale of Springfield House

  • 350 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 351 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 352 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 353 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 354 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 355 End of the line

  • 356 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 357 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 358 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 359

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 360 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 361 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 362 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 363 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 364 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 365 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 366 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 367 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 368 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 369 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 370 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 371 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 372 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 373 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 374 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 375 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 376 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 377 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 378 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 379 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 380 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 381 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 382

    Bidefordians
  • 383 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 385 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 386 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 387

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 388 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 389 Centenary of Gazette

  • 390 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 391 New life for Hartland organ

  • 392 Sight of a lifetime

  • 393 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 394 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 395 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 396 It really was the 'last time'

  • 397

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 398 Weare Giffard potato

  • 399 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 400 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 401 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 402 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 403 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 404 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 406 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 407 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 408 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 409 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 410

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 411 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 412 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 413 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 414 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 415 Capers on the cobbles

  • 416 Service with a smile

  • 417 No laughing matter

  • 418 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 419 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 420 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 421 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 422 So this is the mainland!

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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  • 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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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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Still hunting, aged 80, and a Field Master

Hunting on Boxing Day

Mr John Jewell, of St Giles, has been hunting with the Stevenstone and the Torrington Farmers’ Hounds ever since he was a young man. Now aged eighty, he is a field Master of Torrington Farmers’ Hounds and is undoubtedly one of the oldest, if not the oldest, active hunting official in the country.

13 January 1950 Still hunting aged 80

Despite the bad weather he turned out as usual for the Boxing Day meet of Torrington Farmers’ Hunt, where this picture was taken.

Gazette article 13 January 1950

 

New art gallery opened

Generous gifts to Bideford

Representatives of every walk of life in the Borough were present at the opening of the Burton Art Gallery in Victoria Park, Bideford. The art gallery building is the gift to the Borough of Mr and Mrs Thomas Burton in memory of their daughter Mrs Mary Meredith and houses a valuable collection of paintings and objets d’art given by Mr and Mrs Hubert Coop and further objets d’art presented by the family of the late Mr F.A. Bishop.

2 November New art gallery opened

The opening ceremony was performed by Sir Arthur Watson, a brother-in-law of Mr Hubert Coop and who was at one time resident in the district.

Gazette article 2 November 1951

 

 

New gateway to King George’s Fields

Development of Bideford park extension 

This handsome new gateway to the Bideford Park Extension, to be known as King George’s Fields, has recently made its appearance. It is perhaps not generally known that one of the conditions of the grant from the King George’s Fields Foundation towards the development of the park extension was that a suitable gateway to the fields should be erected bearing two approved plaques. All the land to the north of this gateway and the one to the river bank opposite is King George’s Fields.

21 September 1951 New gateway to King Georges Fields

Gazette article 21 September 1951

 

 

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