• 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 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 2 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 3 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 4 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 5 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 6 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 7 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 8 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 9 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 10 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 11 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 12 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 13 Revenge in style

  • 14 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 15 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 16 Torrington in 1967

  • 17 Finished in 1876

  • 18 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 19 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 20 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 21 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 22 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 23 Parkham plan realised

  • 24 They are parted pro-tem

  • 25 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 26 Pannier Market's future?

  • 27 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 28 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 29 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 30 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 31 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 32

    Relatives all over the world
  • 33 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 34

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 35 From Bobby to Brian

  • 36 All aboard the ark

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

  • 38 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 39 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 40

    Was a missionary
  • 41

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 42 A man and his wheel

  • 43 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 44 When horses score over the tractor

  • 45 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 46 113 years at Instow

  • 47 New Post Office

  • 48

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 49 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 50 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 51

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 52 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 53 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 54 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 55 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 56 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 57 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 58 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 59 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 60 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 61 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 62 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 63 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 64 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 65

    Exhibition of school work
  • 66 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 67

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 68 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 69 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 70 Jumble sale fever

  • 71 Traditions and skills still there

  • 72 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 73 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 74 Bideford regatta

  • 75 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 77 School's link with cargo ship

  • 78 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 79 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 80 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 81 Waldon Triplets
  • 82

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 83 Twenty-one yachts

  • 84 Ships at Bideford

  • 85 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 86 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 87 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 88 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 89 New civic medallions

  • 90 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 91 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 92 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 93 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 94 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 95 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 96 Decontrol of meat

  • 97 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 98 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 99

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 100 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 101 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 102 By pony and trap to market

  • 103 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 104 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 105 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 106 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 107 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 108

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 109 Just over a year old

  • 110 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 111

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 112 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 113 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 114 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 115 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 116 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 117 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 118 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 119

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 120 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 121 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 122 Recognise this resort?

  • 123 Last train from Torrington

  • 124 A roof-top view - where?

  • 125 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 126 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 127 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 128 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 130 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 131 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 132 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 133 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 134 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 135 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 136 Six footed lamb

  • 137 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 138 Picking the pops

  • 139 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 140

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 141 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 142 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 143 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 144 Out of puff!

  • 145 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 146 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 147 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 148

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 149 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 150 He beat the floods

  • 151 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 152 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 153 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 154 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 155 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 156 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 157 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 158 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 160 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 161 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 162 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 163 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 164 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 165 Warmington's garage ad

  • 166 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 167 A story to tell!

  • 168 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 169 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 171 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 172 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 173 New addition to Quay front

  • 174 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 175 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 176 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 177 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 178 So this is the mainland!

  • 179 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 180 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 181 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 182 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 184 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 185 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 186 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 188 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 189 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 190 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 191

    Building works
  • 192 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 193 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 194 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 195 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 196 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 197

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 198 A bird of their own!

  • 199 New look in the hayfields

  • 200 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 201

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 202

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 203 Over the bank together>
  • 204 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 205 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 206 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 207 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 208 New shipyard on schedule

  • 209 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 210 Bridging the stream

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

  • 212 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 213 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 214 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 215 Burnard family reunion

  • 216

    Bidefordians
  • 217 Can spring be far away?

  • 218 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 219 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 220 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 221 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 222 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 223 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 224 Caught in the act>
  • 225 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 226 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 227 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 228 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 229 Off on a great adventure

  • 230 The art of the thatcher

  • 231 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 232 New choral society's growing response

  • 233 Modern living at Bideford

  • 234 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 235 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 236 School crossing patrol begins

  • 237 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 238 Penny for the guy

  • 239 Circus comes to town

  • 240 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 242 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 243 Peter poses for TV film

  • 244 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 245 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 246

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 247 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 249 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 250 Northam footballers of the future

  • 251 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 252 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 253 Bideford loses training ship

  • 254

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 255

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 256 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 257 Life begins at 80

  • 258 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 259 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 260 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 261 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 262 In their new robes and hats

  • 263 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 264 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 265 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 266 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 267 Simple Item 138
  • 268 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 269 Bideford computer stars

  • 270

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 271 Sweets derationing

  • 272 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 273 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 274 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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    New gateway
  • 276 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 277 End of the line

  • 278 First ship in 8 years

  • 279 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 280 Riverside mystery

  • 281 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 282 Hartland postman retires

  • 283 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 284 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 285 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 286 Ten year old scrambler

  • 287 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 288 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 289 No laughing matter

  • 290 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 291 Northam's almshouse

  • 292 What's the time?

  • 293 Emergency ferry services

  • 294 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 295 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 296 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 297 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 298 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 299 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 300 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 301 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 302 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 303

    Married in 1908
  • 304 Picking the pops

  • 305 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 306 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 307 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 308 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 309 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 310

    First prize
  • 311 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 312 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 313

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 314 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 315 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 316 Mobile missionary

  • 317 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 318 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 319 Artisans' Club

  • 320 Sight of a lifetime

  • 321 The cab at the corner>
  • 322 Torrington's new amenity

  • 323 Police station view of Bideford

  • 324 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 325

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 326 All for the love of a lady!

  • 327 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 328 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 329 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 330 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 332 Centenary of Gazette

  • 333 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 334 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 335 For crying out loud!

  • 336 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 337 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 338 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 339 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 340 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 341 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 342 Some mushroom!

  • 343 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 344 Clovelly nightmare

  • 345 Blanchards ad.>
  • 346 Filming at Hartland

  • 347 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 349 New Lundy stamps

  • 350 Private home for public pump

  • 351 Capers on the cobbles

  • 352 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 354 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 355 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 356 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 357 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 358 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 359 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 360 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 361 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 362 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 363 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 364 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 365 New life for Hartland organ

  • 366 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 367 Loads of black and white

  • 368 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 369 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 370 Devil sent packing

  • 371 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 372 Torrington children build igloo
  • 373 Hartland Dancers
  • 374 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 375 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 376 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 377 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 378 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 379 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 380 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 381 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 382 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 384 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 385 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 386 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 387 Happy Days!

  • 388 Hartland's invitation

  • 389 Cruising down the river

  • 390

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 391 Puppet characters introduced

  • 392 Clovelly custom

  • 393 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 394 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 395 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 396 North Devon Driving School

  • 397 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 398 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 399

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 400 Littleham family's five generations

  • 401 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 402 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 403

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 404 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 405 Service with a smile

  • 406 Weare Giffard potato

  • 407 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 408 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 409 No sale of Springfield House

  • 410 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 411 New art gallery opened

  • 412

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 413 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 414 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 415 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 416 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 417 Variety in summer weather

  • 418 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 419 Appledore's largest

  • 420 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 421 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 422 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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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Help National Recovery

H E Fletcher Ltd

19.5.1950 Fletcher gloves

Beal's Central Dairy

Tea Rooms 

14.9.1937 Beals Dairy WHo

Gazette advert 14 September 1937

A Cafe in Northam

Norman Cafe, Northam

4.11.1947 Norman Cafe

4 November 1947

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