• 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 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 2 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 3 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 4 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 5 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 6 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 7 For crying out loud!

  • 8 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 9 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 10 Some mushroom!

  • 11 Twenty-one yachts

  • 12 Over the bank together>
  • 13 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 14 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 15 Decontrol of meat

  • 16 New Post Office

  • 17 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 18 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 19 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 20 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 21 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 22 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 23 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 24 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 25 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 26 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 27 Bideford computer stars

  • 28 Life begins at 80

  • 29 Last train from Torrington

  • 30 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 31 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 32 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 33 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 34 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 35 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 36 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 37 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 38 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 39 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 40 Loads of black and white

  • 41 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 42 Emergency ferry services

  • 43

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 44 Pannier Market's future?

  • 45 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 46 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 47 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 48 Off on a great adventure

  • 49 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 51

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 52 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 53 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 54 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 55 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 56 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 57 New civic medallions

  • 58 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 59 School's link with cargo ship

  • 60 Picking the pops

  • 61 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 62 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 63 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 64 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 65 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 66 Appledore's largest

  • 67 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 68 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 69 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 70 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 71 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 72 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 73 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 74 Bideford regatta

  • 75 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 76 What's the time?

  • 77 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 78

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 79 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 80 Penny for the guy

  • 81 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 83

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 84 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 85 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 86 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 87 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 88 Capers on the cobbles

  • 89 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 90 New addition to Quay front

  • 91 A story to tell!

  • 92

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 93 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 94 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 95 The art of the thatcher

  • 96 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 97 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 98 Mobile missionary

  • 99 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 100 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 101 Centenary of Gazette

  • 102 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 103 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 104 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 105 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 106 New shipyard on schedule

  • 107 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 108 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 109 Warmington's garage ad

  • 110 Traditions and skills still there

  • 111

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 112 New art gallery opened

  • 113 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 114 Can spring be far away?

  • 115

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 116 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 117 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 118 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 119 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 120 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 121 Happy Days!

  • 122 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 123 Bridging the stream

  • 124 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 126 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 127 Torrington children build igloo
  • 128 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 129 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 130 Modern living at Bideford

  • 131 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 132 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 133

    Bidefordians
  • 134

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 135 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 136 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 137 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 138 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 139 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 140 Peter poses for TV film

  • 141 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 142 Filming at Hartland

  • 143 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 144 Puppet characters introduced

  • 145 End of the line

  • 146 Northam footballers of the future

  • 147 Out of puff!

  • 148 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 149 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 150 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 151

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 152 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 153

    Exhibition of school work
  • 154 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 155

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 156 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 157 Clovelly custom

  • 158 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 159 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 160

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 161 New choral society's growing response

  • 162 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 163

    Was a missionary
  • 164 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 165 Hartland Dancers
  • 166 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 167 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 168 Revenge in style

  • 169 Picking the pops

  • 170 Torrington in 1967

  • 171 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 172 By pony and trap to market

  • 173 In their new robes and hats

  • 174 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 175 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 176 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 177 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 178 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 179 New life for Hartland organ

  • 180 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 181

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 182 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 183 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 184 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 185 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 186 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 187 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 188 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 189 Simple Item 138
  • 190 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 191 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 192 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 193 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 194 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 195

    Building works
  • 196 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 197 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 198 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 199

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 200 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 201 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 202

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 203 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 204 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 205 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 206 A man and his wheel

  • 207 113 years at Instow

  • 208 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 209

    Married in 1908
  • 210 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 212 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 213 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 214 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 215 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 216 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 217 Cruising down the river

  • 218 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 219 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 220 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 221 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 222 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 223 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 224 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 225 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 226 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 227 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 228 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 229 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 230 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 231 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 232 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 233 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 235 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 236 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 237 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 238 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 239 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 240 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 241 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 242 Parkham plan realised

  • 243 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 244

    New gateway
  • 245 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 246 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 247 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 248 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 249 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 250 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 251 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 252 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 253

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 254 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 255 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 256

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 257 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 258 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 259 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 260 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 261 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 263 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 264

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 265 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 266 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 267 Blanchards ad.>
  • 268 North Devon Driving School

  • 269 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 270 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 271 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 272 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 274 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 275 A bird of their own!

  • 276 Jumble sale fever

  • 277 Some 240 exhibits

  • 278 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 279 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 280 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 281 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 282

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 283 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 284 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 285 Six footed lamb

  • 286 All for the love of a lady!

  • 287

    First prize
  • 288 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 289 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 290 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 291 New look in the hayfields

  • 292 All aboard the ark

  • 293 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 294 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 295 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 296 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 297 First ship in 8 years

  • 298 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 299 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 300 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 301 Service with a smile

  • 302 When horses score over the tractor

  • 303 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 304 Hartland postman retires

  • 305 No sale of Springfield House

  • 306 So this is the mainland!

  • 307 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 308 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 309 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 310 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 311 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 312 From Bobby to Brian

  • 313 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 314 Torrington's new amenity

  • 315 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 316 Hartland's invitation

  • 317 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 318 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

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

  • 320

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 321 Bideford's first woman councillor

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

  • 323 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 324 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 325 New Lundy stamps

  • 326 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 327 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 328 Bideford loses training ship

  • 329 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 330 Sight of a lifetime

  • 331 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 332 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 333 School crossing patrol begins

  • 334 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 336 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 337 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 338 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 339 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 340 Caught in the act>
  • 341 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 342 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 343

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 344 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 345 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 346 Artisans' Club

  • 347 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 348 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 349 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 350 Devil sent packing

  • 351 They are parted pro-tem

  • 352 Variety in summer weather

  • 353 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 355 Littleham family's five generations

  • 356 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 357 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 358

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 359 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 360 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 361 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 362 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 363 Waldon Triplets
  • 364 Ships at Bideford

  • 365 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 366 A roof-top view - where?

  • 367 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 368 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 369 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 370 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 371 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 372 Recognise this resort?

  • 373 Burnard family reunion

  • 374 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 375 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 376 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 377

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 378 The cab at the corner>
  • 379 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 380 Circus comes to town

  • 381 Riverside mystery

  • 382

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 383 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 384 It really was the 'last time'

  • 385 Weare Giffard potato

  • 386 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 387 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 388 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 389 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 390 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 391 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 392 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 393 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 394 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 395 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 396 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 397 He beat the floods

  • 398 Just over a year old

  • 399 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 400 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 401 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 402 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 403 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 404 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 405 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 406 Finished in 1876

  • 407 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 408 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 409 Ten year old scrambler

  • 410 No laughing matter

  • 411 The Geneva marionettes

  • 412

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 413 Private home for public pump

  • 414 Sweets derationing

  • 415

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 416 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 417 Police station view of Bideford

  • 418 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 419

    Relatives all over the world
  • 420 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 421 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 422 Clovelly nightmare

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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Young Children Tramp 113 Miles in a Week 11th October 1910

Young Children Tramp 113 Miles in a Week 11th October 1910Young Children Tramp 113 miles in a week

 

 

A widowed father was charged with neglect for leaving his children so that they had to be taken into the Workhouse. George Babbs said that he had tried to make arrangements for the children while he was working on the doubling of of the railway at South Molton Rd.  He also explained that on one occasion his whole family had walked 113 miles in search of work. 

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