• 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 Penny for the guy

  • 2 Warmington's garage ad

  • 3 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 4 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 5 School crossing patrol begins

  • 6 Six footed lamb

  • 7 The cab at the corner>
  • 8 In their new robes and hats

  • 9 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 10 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 11 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 12 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 13 Finished in 1876

  • 14 All for the love of a lady!

  • 15 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 16 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 17 Appledore's largest

  • 18 Over the bank together>
  • 19 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 20 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 21 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 23 New shipyard on schedule

  • 24 Decontrol of meat

  • 25 Loads of black and white

  • 26 Some 240 exhibits

  • 27 School's link with cargo ship

  • 28 Cruising down the river

  • 29 New addition to Quay front

  • 30 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 31 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 32 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 33 Some mushroom!

  • 34 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 35 Life begins at 80

  • 36 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 37

    Was a missionary
  • 38 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 39 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 40 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 41 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 42 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 43 New life for Hartland organ

  • 44 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 45 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 46 Off on a great adventure

  • 47

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 48 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 49 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 50 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 51 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 52 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 53 First ship in 8 years

  • 54 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 55 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 56 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 57 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 58 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 59 Torrington's new amenity

  • 60 Modern living at Bideford

  • 61 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 62 Clovelly nightmare

  • 63 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 64 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 65 New choral society's growing response

  • 66 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 67 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 68 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 69

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 70 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 71

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 72 From Bobby to Brian

  • 73 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 74 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

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

  • 77 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 78 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 79 Ten year old scrambler

  • 80 Filming at Hartland

  • 81 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 82 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 83 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 84 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 85 A man and his wheel

  • 86 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 88 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 89 New Lundy stamps

  • 90 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 91 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 92 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 93 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 94 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 95 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 96 Out of puff!

  • 97 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 98 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 99 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 100 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 101 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 102 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 103 Torrington in 1967

  • 104 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 105 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 106

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 107 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 108 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 109 So this is the mainland!

  • 110

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 111

    Building works
  • 112 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 113 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 114 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 115 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 116 Pannier Market's future?

  • 117

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 118 New civic medallions

  • 119

    Relatives all over the world
  • 120 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 121

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 122 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 123 Hartland postman retires

  • 124 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 125

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 126 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 127 Waldon Triplets
  • 128

    New gateway
  • 129 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 130 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 131 Torrington children build igloo
  • 132 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 133 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 134 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 135 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 136 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 137 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 138 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 139 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 140 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 141 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 143 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 144 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 145 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 146 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 147 They are parted pro-tem

  • 148 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 149 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 150 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 151 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 152 Northam's almshouse

  • 153 Variety in summer weather

  • 154

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 155

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 156 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 157 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 158 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 159 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 160 113 years at Instow

  • 161 Last train from Torrington

  • 162 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 163 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 164 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 165 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 166 Weare Giffard potato

  • 167 Jumble sale fever

  • 168 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 169 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 170 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 171 Police station view of Bideford

  • 172 Just over a year old

  • 173 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 174 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 175 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 176 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 177

    Married in 1908
  • 178 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 179

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 180 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 182 The Geneva marionettes

  • 183 Bideford regatta

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

  • 185 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 186 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 187 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 188 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 189 Devil sent packing

  • 190 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 191 Circus comes to town

  • 192 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 193 Capers on the cobbles

  • 194 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 195 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 196 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 197 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 198 New Post Office

  • 199 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 200 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 201 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 202 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 203 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 204 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 205 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 206 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 207 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 208 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 210 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 211 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 212 Service with a smile

  • 213 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 214 Private home for public pump

  • 215 Mobile missionary

  • 216 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 217 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 218 End of the line

  • 219 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 221 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 222 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 223 Happy Days!

  • 224 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 225 Bideford loses training ship

  • 226 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 227 New art gallery opened

  • 228 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 230 A story to tell!

  • 231 He beat the floods

  • 232 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 233 Littleham family's five generations

  • 234 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 235 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 236 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 237

    Exhibition of school work
  • 238 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 239 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 240 No laughing matter

  • 241 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 242 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 243 Peter poses for TV film

  • 244 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 245 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 246 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 247

    First prize
  • 248 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 249 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 250 Burnard family reunion

  • 251 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 252 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 253 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 254 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 255 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 256 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 257 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 258

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 259 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 260 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 261 Hartland Dancers
  • 262 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 263 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 264 Emergency ferry services

  • 265

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 266 What's the time?

  • 267 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 268 Northam footballers of the future

  • 269 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 270 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 271 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 272 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 273 A bird of their own!

  • 274 North Devon Driving School

  • 275 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 276 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 277 Bridging the stream

  • 278 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 279 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 280 No sale of Springfield House

  • 281 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 282 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 283 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 284 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 285 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 286 Blanchards ad.>
  • 287 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 288 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 289 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 290 Artisans' Club

  • 291 All aboard the ark

  • 292 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 293 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 294 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 295 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 296 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 297 Ships at Bideford

  • 298 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 299 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 300 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 301

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 302 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 303 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 304 When horses score over the tractor

  • 305

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 306 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 307 Riverside mystery

  • 308

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 309 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 310 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 311 Hartland's invitation

  • 312 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 313 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 315 Can spring be far away?

  • 316 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 317 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 318 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 319 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

  • 321 Traditions and skills still there

  • 322 Twenty-one yachts

  • 323 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 324 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 325 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 327 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 328

    Bidefordians
  • 329 Clovelly custom

  • 330

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 331 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 332 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 333 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 334 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 335 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 336

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 337 Parkham plan realised

  • 338 Centenary of Gazette

  • 339 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 340 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 341 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 342 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 343 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 344 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 345 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 346 The art of the thatcher

  • 347 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 348 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 349 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 350 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 351 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 352 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 353 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 354 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 355 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 356 Bideford computer stars

  • 357 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 358

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 359 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 360 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 361 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 362 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 364 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 365 New look in the hayfields

  • 366 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 367

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 368 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 369

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 370 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 371

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 372 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 373 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 374 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 375 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 376 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 377 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 378 Recognise this resort?

  • 379 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 380 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 381 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 382 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 383 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 384 Picking the pops

  • 385 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 386 Caught in the act>
  • 387 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 388 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 389 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 390 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 391 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 392 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 393 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 394 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 395 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 396 Sweets derationing

  • 397 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 398

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 399 Simple Item 138
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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 401 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 402 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 403 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 404 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 405 Revenge in style

  • 406

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 407 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 408 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 409 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 410 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 411 Puppet characters introduced

  • 412 Picking the pops

  • 413 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 414 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 415 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 416 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 417 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 418 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 419 It really was the 'last time'

  • 420 For crying out loud!

  • 421 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 422 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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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  • 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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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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A Weare-Giffard speciality – delicious strawberries

Height of strawberry season

This is the height of the strawberry season and pickers on the well-known beds at Weare-Giffard are busy.

The days of floating up by boat on the tide from Bideford for strawberries and cream at Weare Giffard and returning on the ebb have perhaps gone for good but the fine-flavoured strawberries are in as eager demand as ever.

20 June 1952 A Weare Giffard speciality

This group of pickers on the allotments at Weare Giffard busily picking for last Saturday’s market shows Mrs Hunt, Mrs V. Smart, Mr A. Curtis and Mr W. Short.

Gazette article 20 June 1952

 

Bideford-Torrington road gets ‘carpet coat’

New surface for main road

Motorists have been enthusiastic in their welcome to the bituminous ‘carpet coat’ surface which Devon county Council have laide on the Bideford-Torrington main road.

20 June 1952 Bideford Torrington road gets carpet coat

Our photograph shows men at work with the Barber-Greene machine (right) and a steam roller laying the ‘carpet’. Use of the laying machine has meant a considerable saving in time and labour as it is possible to put down over 250 tons of material a day with only a small gang of men, while by hand those men would only lay between 30 and 40 tons during the same period. There will be no need for surface dressing for at least six years.

Gazette article 20 June 1952

Joe the ginger tabby is 21

Bideford cat comes of age

Joe, belonging to Mr and Mrs L.H. (‘Jack’) Gorrell of 6 Church Walk, Bideford is 21 years old and has received congratulations from the RSPCA on his ‘coming of age’. A friend of two decades of children attending the Church School, Joe spends his time nowadays in the house or just outside sunning himself, but although he is not so active as he used to be he is as intelligent as ever.

13 June 1952 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

Fourteen-years-old Gyp, a Lakeland terrier, is his constant companion at home and they share each other’s chair and basket. Gyp queues behind Joe at mealtimes.

Gazette article 13 June 1952

 

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