• 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 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 2 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 3 Ten year old scrambler

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 5 Devil sent packing

  • 6 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 7 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 8 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 9 Penny for the guy

  • 10 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 11 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 12

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 13 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 14 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 15 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 16 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 17 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 18 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 19 New look in the hayfields

  • 20 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 21 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 22 In their new robes and hats

  • 23 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 24 Parkham plan realised

  • 25 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 26 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 27 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 29 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 30 End of the line

  • 31 New art gallery opened

  • 32 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 33 A story to tell!

  • 34 Recognise this resort?

  • 35 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 36 No laughing matter

  • 37 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 38 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 39 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 40 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 41 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 42 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 44 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 45 North Devon Driving School

  • 46 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 47

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 48 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 50 Riverside mystery

  • 51 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 52 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 53 Sight of a lifetime

  • 54 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 55 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 56 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 57 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 58 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 59 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 60 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 61 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 62 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 63 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 64 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 65 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 66 Burnard family reunion

  • 67 Police station view of Bideford

  • 68 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 69 Pannier Market's future?

  • 70 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 71

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 72 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 73 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 74 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 75 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 76 Twenty-one yachts

  • 77 A bird of their own!

  • 78 School crossing patrol begins

  • 79 Torrington children build igloo
  • 80 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 81 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 82 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 83 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 84 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 85 Bideford computer stars

  • 86 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 87 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 88 Finished in 1876

  • 89 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 90 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 91 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 92 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 93

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 94 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 95 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 96 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 97 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 98 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 99 All for the love of a lady!

  • 100 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 101 New addition to Quay front

  • 102 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 103 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 104 Weare Giffard potato

  • 105 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 106 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 107 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 108 Six footed lamb

  • 109 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 110 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 111 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 112 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 113 The art of the thatcher

  • 114 First ship in 8 years

  • 115 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 117 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 118 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 119 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 120 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 121 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 122 New choral society's growing response

  • 123 Modern living at Bideford

  • 124 Emergency ferry services

  • 125 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 126 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 127 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 128 Ships at Bideford

  • 129 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 130 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 131 Blanchards ad.>
  • 132 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 133

    Relatives all over the world
  • 134 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 136 Caught in the act>
  • 137 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 138 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 139

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 140 Some 240 exhibits

  • 141 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 142 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 143

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 144 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 145 Northam's almshouse

  • 146 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 147 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 148 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 149 Littleham family's five generations

  • 150 All aboard the ark

  • 151

    Exhibition of school work
  • 152 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 153 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 154 New life for Hartland organ

  • 155 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 156 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 157 The cab at the corner>
  • 158 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 159

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 160

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 161

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 162 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 163 Picking the pops

  • 164 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 165 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 166

    Bidefordians
  • 167 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 168 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 169 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 170 Bideford regatta

  • 171 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 172

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 173 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 174 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 175 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 176 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 177 School's link with cargo ship

  • 178 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 179 New Post Office

  • 180 From Bobby to Brian

  • 181 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 182 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 183 By pony and trap to market

  • 184 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 185 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 186 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 187 Last train from Torrington

  • 188 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 189 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 190 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 191 Some mushroom!

  • 192

    First prize
  • 193 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 194 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 195

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 196 Just over a year old

  • 197 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 198 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 200 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 201 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 202 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 203 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 204 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 205 Traditions and skills still there

  • 206 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 207 Clovelly nightmare

  • 208 Waldon Triplets
  • 209 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 210

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 211 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 212 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 213 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 214 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 215 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 216 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 217 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 218 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 219 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 220 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 221 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 222 Bridging the stream

  • 223 Hartland postman retires

  • 224 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 225 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 226 Bideford loses training ship

  • 227

    Married in 1908
  • 228 Warmington's garage ad

  • 229

    Was a missionary
  • 230 Can spring be far away?

  • 231 Peter poses for TV film

  • 232 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 233 Torrington's new amenity

  • 234 They are parted pro-tem

  • 235 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 236 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 237 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 238 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 239 Picking the pops

  • 240 Revenge in style

  • 241 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 242 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 243 Simple Item 138
  • 244

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 245 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 246 When horses score over the tractor

  • 247 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 248 Clovelly custom

  • 249 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 250

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 251

    New gateway
  • 252 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 253

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 254

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 255 What's the time?

  • 256 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 257 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 258 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 259 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 260 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 261 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 262 Capers on the cobbles

  • 263

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 264 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 265 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 266 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 267 New Lundy stamps

  • 268 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 269 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 270 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 271 Private home for public pump

  • 272 Hartland Dancers
  • 273 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 274 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 275 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 276 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 277 No sale of Springfield House

  • 278 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 279 Mobile missionary

  • 280 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 281 New shipyard on schedule

  • 282 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 283 A man and his wheel

  • 284 Puppet characters introduced

  • 285 Filming at Hartland

  • 286 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 287 Over the bank together>
  • 288 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 289 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 290 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 292 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 293 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 294 Northam footballers of the future

  • 295 Out of puff!

  • 296 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 297 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 298 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 299 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 300 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 302 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 303 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 304 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 305 Decontrol of meat

  • 306 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 307 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 308 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 309 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 310 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 311 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 312 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 313 Happy Days!

  • 314 So this is the mainland!

  • 315 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 316 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 317 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 318 The Geneva marionettes

  • 319 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 320 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 321 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 322 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 324 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 325 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 326 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 327 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 328 Loads of black and white

  • 329 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 330 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 331 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 332 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 333 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 334 Sweets derationing

  • 335 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 336 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 337 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 338

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 339 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 340 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 341 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 342 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 343 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 344 A roof-top view - where?

  • 345 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 346

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 347 113 years at Instow

  • 348 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 349 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 350 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 351 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 352 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 353 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 354 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 356 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 357

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 358 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 359

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 360 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 361 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 362 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 363 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 364 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 366 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 367 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 368 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 369 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 370 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 371 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 373 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 374 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 375 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 376 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 377 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 378 Appledore's largest

  • 379 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 380 Jumble sale fever

  • 381 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 382 Cruising down the river

  • 383 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 384 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 385 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 386

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 387 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 388 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 389 Hartland's invitation

  • 390 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 391 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 392 Variety in summer weather

  • 393

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 394

    Building works
  • 395 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 396 Service with a smile

  • 397 Life begins at 80

  • 398 Circus comes to town

  • 399 Artisans' Club

  • 400 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 401 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 402 For crying out loud!

  • 403 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 404 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 405 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 406 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 408 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 409 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 410 It really was the 'last time'

  • 411

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 412 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 413 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 414 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 415 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 416 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 417 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 418 New civic medallions

  • 419 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 420 He beat the floods

  • 421 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 422 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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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Golden Bay Hotel

 

9 March 1948 Golden Bay Hotel

Gazette ad. 9 March 1948

 

 

Found the answer waiting for him

Quadruplets at Newton Tracey

When Mr T. Ford of Parsonage Farm, Newton Tracey returned home from the annual dinner of Lovacott and District Farmers’ Club, at which one of the principal topics of the speeches had been increased production from our farms, he found that one of his six-toothed ewes had given birth to four lambs.

2 March 1948 Found the answer waiting for him

The quads and their mother were all doing well. The picture shows them with Mr and Mrs Ford. The ewe, bred by Mr Ford gave birth to triplets as a two-tooth, and to twins as a four-tooth. What next?

Gazette article 2 March 1948

 

 

Where Bideford Rope-makers walked

History of  Bideford rope-walk

From the above photograph, most readers will immediately recognize the Strand, but fewer will recall the wooden posts which formed part of the extension to ‘Rope’ Walk which ran from the foreground of the picture back past the bottom of Chingswell Street, across the bottom of Willett Street to the Quay end of Bridgeland Street.

10 February 1948 Where Bideford Rope makers walked

The ancient and principal ropewalk in Bideford was owned from very early times by the Wren family and later was acquired by Mr H.M. Restarick. It extended from the bottom of Bridgeland Street to the farther end of the strand, and was covered by a slight roof for a distance of about 160 yards, measuring from the Bridgeland Street end, where the machine, which was worked by hand, was placed.

Gazette article 10 February 194

 

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