• 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 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 2 Penny for the guy

  • 3 A bird of their own!

  • 4 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 5 End of the line

  • 6 Simple Item 138
  • 7 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 9 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 10 Mobile missionary

  • 11 Riverside mystery

  • 12 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 13 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 14 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 15

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 16 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 17 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 18 Bideford loses training ship

  • 19 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 20 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 21 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 22 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 23 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 24

    Relatives all over the world
  • 25 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 26 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 27 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 28 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 30 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 31 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 32 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 33 Can spring be far away?

  • 34 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 35 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 36 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 37 Six footed lamb

  • 38 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 39 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 40 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 41 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 42 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 43 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 44 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 45 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 46 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 47 Emergency ferry services

  • 48 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 49

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 50 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 51 Twenty-one yachts

  • 52 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 53 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 54 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 55 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 56 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 57 School crossing patrol begins

  • 58 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 59 Bridging the stream

  • 60 Clovelly nightmare

  • 61 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 62 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 63 All for the love of a lady!

  • 64 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 65 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 66 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 67

    New gateway
  • 68 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 69 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 70 Waldon Triplets
  • 71 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 72

    Was a missionary
  • 73 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 74 All aboard the ark

  • 75 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 76 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 77 New art gallery opened

  • 78 Last train from Torrington

  • 79 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 80 Centenary of Gazette

  • 81

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 82 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 83 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 84 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 85 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 86 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 87 New Post Office

  • 88 Decontrol of meat

  • 89 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 90 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 91 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 92 It really was the 'last time'

  • 93 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 94 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 95 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 96 Revenge in style

  • 97 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 98 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 99 Weare Giffard potato

  • 100 New choral society's growing response

  • 101 Parkham plan realised

  • 102 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 103 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 104 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 105 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 106 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 107 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 108 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 109 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 110 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 111 The cab at the corner>
  • 112 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 113 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 114 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 115 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 116 A story to tell!

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

  • 118 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 119 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 120 Blanchards ad.>
  • 121 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 122 Filming at Hartland

  • 123 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 124 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 125 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 126 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 127 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 128 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 129 So this is the mainland!

  • 130 Variety in summer weather

  • 131 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 132 The Geneva marionettes

  • 133 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 134 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 136 Loads of black and white

  • 137 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 138

    First prize
  • 139

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 140 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 141 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 142 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 143

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 144 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 145

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 146 Caught in the act>
  • 147 Traditions and skills still there

  • 148 Puppet characters introduced

  • 149 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 150

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 151 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 152 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 153 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 154 Some 240 exhibits

  • 155 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 156 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 158 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 159 Modern living at Bideford

  • 160 Out of puff!

  • 161 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 162 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 163 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 164 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 165 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 166 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 167 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 168 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 169 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 170 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 171 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 172 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 173 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 174 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 175 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 176 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 177 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 178 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 179 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 180 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 181

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 182 Hartland Dancers
  • 183 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 184 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 185 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 186 Bideford computer stars

  • 187

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 188 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 189 From Bobby to Brian

  • 190

    Married in 1908
  • 191 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 192 Torrington children build igloo
  • 193 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 194 A roof-top view - where?

  • 195 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 196 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 197 New addition to Quay front

  • 198 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 199 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 200 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 201

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 202 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 203 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 204 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 205 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 206 A man and his wheel

  • 207 They are parted pro-tem

  • 208 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 209

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 210 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 211

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 212 Clovelly custom

  • 213 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 214 New civic medallions

  • 215 When horses score over the tractor

  • 216 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 217 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 218 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 219 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 220 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 222 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 223 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 224 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 225 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 226 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 227 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 228 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 229

    Exhibition of school work
  • 230 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 231 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 232 Picking the pops

  • 233 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 234 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 235 Sweets derationing

  • 236

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 237 Artisans' Club

  • 238 New look in the hayfields

  • 239 Cruising down the river

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    Building works
  • 241 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 242 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 243 Over the bank together>
  • 244 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 245 By pony and trap to market

  • 246 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 247

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 248 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 249 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 250 Off on a great adventure

  • 251 Service with a smile

  • 252 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 253 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 254 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 255

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 256 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 257 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 258 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 259 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 260 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 261 First ship in 8 years

  • 262 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 263 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 264 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 265 Capers on the cobbles

  • 266 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 267 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 268 Sight of a lifetime

  • 269 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 270 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 271 What's the time?

  • 272 Littleham family's five generations

  • 273 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 274

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 275 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 276 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 277

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 278 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 279 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 280 Ten year old scrambler

  • 281 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 282 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 283 Bideford regatta

  • 284 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 285 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 286 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 287 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 288 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 289 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 291 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 292 Jumble sale fever

  • 293 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 294 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 296 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 297 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 298 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 299 Recognise this resort?

  • 300 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 301 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 302 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 303

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 304 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 305 113 years at Instow

  • 306 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 307

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 308 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 309 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 310 In their new robes and hats

  • 311 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 312 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 313 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 314 Devil sent packing

  • 315

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 316

    Bidefordians
  • 317 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 318 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 319 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 320 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 321 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 322 Torrington in 1967

  • 323 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 324 Some mushroom!

  • 325 New shipyard on schedule

  • 326 Appledore's largest

  • 327 New Lundy stamps

  • 328 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 329 Burnard family reunion

  • 330 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 331 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 332 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 333 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 334 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 335 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 336 Hartland postman retires

  • 337 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 338 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 339 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 340 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 341 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 342 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 343 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 344 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 345 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 346 For crying out loud!

  • 347 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 348 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 349 No laughing matter

  • 350 Happy Days!

  • 351 Ships at Bideford

  • 352 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 354 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 355 Just over a year old

  • 356 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 357 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 358 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 359 North Devon Driving School

  • 360 The art of the thatcher

  • 361 Northam's almshouse

  • 362 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 363 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 364 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 365 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 366 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 367 Police station view of Bideford

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 369 Hartland's invitation

  • 370 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 371 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 372 Torrington's new amenity

  • 373 Finished in 1876

  • 374 Private home for public pump

  • 375 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 377 Peter poses for TV film

  • 378 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 379 He beat the floods

  • 380 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 381 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 382 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 383 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 384 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 386 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 387 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 388 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 389 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 390 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 391 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 392

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 393 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 394 Warmington's garage ad

  • 395 School's link with cargo ship

  • 396 Northam footballers of the future

  • 397 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 398 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 399 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 400 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 401 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 402 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 403 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 404 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 405 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 406

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 407 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 408 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 409 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 410 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 411 Circus comes to town

  • 412 Picking the pops

  • 413 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 414 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 415 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 416 Torridge wins on time schedule

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 418 New life for Hartland organ

  • 419 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 420 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 421 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 422 Life begins at 80

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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Insurance including Zeppelin risks 1917

Insurance including Zeppelin risks 1917

Zeppelin insurance cover offered during first world war 1917

During World War I insurance cover is being advertised in the Bideford Gazette which includes Zeppelin risks.

 

SOS Body Shield 1918

SOS Body Shield 1918 

 

Body shield battlefield protection

Advert during the First World War 1918 for a chemically impregnated protective vest which could allegedly save a soldiers life.  Said to be effective against machine gun fire and snipers.

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