• 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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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 2 Torrington in 1967

  • 3 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 4 Bideford regatta

  • 5 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 6 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 7 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 8 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 9 Clovelly custom

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

  • 11 He beat the floods

  • 12 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 13 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 14 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 16 Off on a great adventure

  • 17 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 18 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 19 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 20 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 21 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 22 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 23 A bird of their own!

  • 24 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 25 By pony and trap to market

  • 26 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 27 From Bobby to Brian

  • 28 Sweets derationing

  • 29 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 30 Caught in the act>
  • 31 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 32 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 33 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 34 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 35 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 36 Life begins at 80

  • 37 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 38 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 39 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 40 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 42 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 43 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 44 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 45 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 46 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 47 Modern living at Bideford

  • 48 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 49 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 50 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 51 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 52 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 53 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 54

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 55

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 56 Filming at Hartland

  • 57 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 58 Peter poses for TV film

  • 59 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 60 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 61 Revenge in style

  • 62 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 63 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 64 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 65 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 66 Hartland postman retires

  • 67 Centenary of Gazette

  • 68 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 69 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 70 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 71 The cab at the corner>
  • 72 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 73 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 74 New shipyard on schedule

  • 75 Parkham plan realised

  • 76 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 77 Warmington's garage ad

  • 78 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 79 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 80 Variety in summer weather

  • 81 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 82 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 83 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 84 Just over a year old

  • 85 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 86 Waldon Triplets
  • 87

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 88 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 89 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 90 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 91

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 92 First ship in 8 years

  • 93 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 95 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 96 Devil sent packing

  • 97 For crying out loud!

  • 98 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 99 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 100 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 101 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 102 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 103 Littleham family's five generations

  • 104 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 105 Police station view of Bideford

  • 106 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 107 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 108 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 109 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 110 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 111 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 112 Bridging the stream

  • 113 Clovelly nightmare

  • 114 Finished in 1876

  • 115 Northam's almshouse

  • 116 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 117 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 118 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 119 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 120 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 121 All for the love of a lady!

  • 122 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 123 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 124 New art gallery opened

  • 125 Weare Giffard potato

  • 126 The art of the thatcher

  • 127

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 128 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 129

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 130 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 131 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 132 Circus comes to town

  • 133 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 134 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 135 A man and his wheel

  • 136 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 137 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 138 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 139 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 140 Loads of black and white

  • 141 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 142 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 143 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 144 Happy Days!

  • 145 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 146 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 147 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 148 Penny for the guy

  • 149 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 150 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 152 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 153 When horses score over the tractor

  • 154 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 155 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 156 Out of puff!

  • 157 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 158 New addition to Quay front

  • 159 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 160 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

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

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

  • 163 Capers on the cobbles

  • 164 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 165 113 years at Instow

  • 166 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 167 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 168 New choral society's growing response

  • 169

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 170 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 171 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 172 Puppet characters introduced

  • 173 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 174 Twenty-one yachts

  • 175 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 176 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 177 New life for Hartland organ

  • 178 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 179 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 180

    Exhibition of school work
  • 181 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 182 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 183 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 184

    Was a missionary
  • 185 Mobile missionary

  • 186 It really was the 'last time'

  • 187 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

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

  • 190 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 191 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 192 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 193 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 194 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 195 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 196 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 197 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 198 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 199 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 200 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 201 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 202 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 203 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 204 Jumble sale fever

  • 205 Can spring be far away?

  • 206 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 207 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 208 Last train from Torrington

  • 209 A roof-top view - where?

  • 210 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 211 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 212 Hartland Dancers
  • 213 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 214 Picking the pops

  • 215 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 216 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 217 New Post Office

  • 218 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 219 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 220 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 221 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 222 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 223 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 224 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 225 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 226 Blanchards ad.>
  • 227 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 228 All aboard the ark

  • 229 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 230 Decontrol of meat

  • 231 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 232 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 233 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 234 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 235 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 236 What's the time?

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 238 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 239 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 240 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 241

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 242

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 243 Northam footballers of the future

  • 244 Sight of a lifetime

  • 245 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 246

    Bidefordians
  • 247

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 248 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 249 Recognise this resort?

  • 250 Emergency ferry services

  • 251 Burnard family reunion

  • 252 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 253 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 254 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 255 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 256 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 257 Picking the pops

  • 258 Cruising down the river

  • 259 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 260 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 261

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 262 Artisans' Club

  • 263 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 264 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 265 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 266 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 267 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 268 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 269 Some 240 exhibits

  • 270 Some mushroom!

  • 271 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 273 Six footed lamb

  • 274 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 275 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 276 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 277 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 278

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 279 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 280 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 281 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 282

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 283

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 284 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 285 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 286 School crossing patrol begins

  • 287 Pannier Market's future?

  • 288 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 289

    Relatives all over the world
  • 290 Bideford loses training ship

  • 291

    Married in 1908
  • 292

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 293 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 294 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 295 They are parted pro-tem

  • 296 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 297 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 298

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 299 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 300 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 301 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 302 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 303 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 304 New Lundy stamps

  • 305 Riverside mystery

  • 306 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 307

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 308 North Devon Driving School

  • 309 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 310 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 311 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 312 The Geneva marionettes

  • 313 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 314 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 315 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 316 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 317 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 318 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 319 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 320 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 321 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 322 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 323 Bideford computer stars

  • 324 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 325 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 326 A story to tell!

  • 327 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 329 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 330 In their new robes and hats

  • 331 Service with a smile

  • 332 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 333 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 334 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 335

    Building works
  • 336 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 337 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 338 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 339 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 340 Torrington's new amenity

  • 341 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 342 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 343 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 344 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 345 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 346 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 347 Torrington children build igloo
  • 348 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 349 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 350 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 351 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 352 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 353 Simple Item 138
  • 354 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 355

    First prize
  • 356 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 357 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 358 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 359 School's link with cargo ship

  • 360 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 361 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 362 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 363 No laughing matter

  • 364 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 366 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 367 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 368 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 369 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 370 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 371

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 372 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 373 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 374 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 375 End of the line

  • 376

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 377

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 378 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 379 New look in the hayfields

  • 380 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 381 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 382 New civic medallions

  • 383 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 384 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 385 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 386 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 387 Over the bank together>
  • 388 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 389 Appledore's largest

  • 390 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 391 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 392 Ten year old scrambler

  • 393 No sale of Springfield House

  • 394 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 395 Hartland's invitation

  • 396 So this is the mainland!

  • 397 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 398 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 399 Private home for public pump

  • 400 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 401 Gateways with rhymes>
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    New gateway
  • 403 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 405 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 406 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 407 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 408 Ships at Bideford

  • 409 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 410 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 411

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 412 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 413 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 414 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 415 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 416 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 417 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 418 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 419 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 420 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 421 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 422 Record player of 80 years ago

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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  • 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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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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Bideford and District War Supply Depot

Support the Bideford and District War Supply Depot today by buying a St George’s Flat or a St George’s match-box cover which will help you to take care of your matches.

23.4.1918 Bideford War Supply Depot

Your generous help is needed in order that the splendid work which the Depot is doing for our soldiers and sailors may continue. Remember how greatly our soldiers appreciate the comforts sent them from the Depot, and remember how great is the need of the articles that are being sent out every week to the military hospitals and casualty clearing stations. The women workers cannot make the garments unless you help to supply them with the money to buy the materials. The public are invited to inspect specimens of the work at the Bridge Hall this afternoon. 

Gazette article dated 23 April 1918

Frithelstock

A handsome alms dish has been consecrated by the Vicar.

20.4.1918 Frithelstock

The inscription on the dish is 'given for the service of Almighty God and in loving memory of Lieut. Raymond Hogbin, aged 21, who died for his country, September 21 1917'.

Gazette article dated 20 April 1918

Northam

At the King’s Head Hotel yesterday afternoon Mr A W Cock FAI sold by auction No 4 Bay View Terrace, the purchaser being Mr G H Cork at £385. Messrs Hole, Seldon and Ward were the solicitors for the vendor. 

16.4.1918 Northam

At a meeting of the Northam Urban District Food Control Committee on Wednesday there were present Messrs W T Charlewood (in the chair), S Fulford, P K Harris, J B Penhorwood, W B Quance, T Slade and Miss I Pickard. The business transacted included the consideration of a number of applications for sugar for jam making (some of which were approved, and the Inspector was instructed to investigate others), and also the grading of applicants for supplementary rations.

Gazette article dated 16 April 1918

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