• 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 By pony and trap to market

  • 2 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 3 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 4 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 5 Torrington's new amenity

  • 6 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 7 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 8 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 9 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 10 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 11 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 13 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 14 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 15

    New gateway
  • 16 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 17 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 18 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 19 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 20 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 21 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 22 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 23 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 24

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 25 Out of puff!

  • 26 They are parted pro-tem

  • 27 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 28 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 29 Private home for public pump

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

  • 32 Some mushroom!

  • 33 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 34 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 35 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 36 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 37 Just over a year old

  • 38 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 39 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 40 A story to tell!

  • 41

    First prize
  • 42 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 43 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 44 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 45 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 46 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 47 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 48 Waldon Triplets
  • 49 End of the line

  • 50 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 51 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 52 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 53 So this is the mainland!

  • 54

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 55 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 56 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 57 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 58 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 59 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 60 Revenge in style

  • 61 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 62 New shipyard on schedule

  • 63 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 64 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 65

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 66 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 67 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 68 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 69 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 70 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 71 Some 240 exhibits

  • 72 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 73 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 74 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 75 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 76 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 77 Six footed lamb

  • 78 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 79 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 80

    Relatives all over the world
  • 81

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 82 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 83 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 84 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 85 Simple Item 138
  • 86 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 87 New art gallery opened

  • 88 Warmington's garage ad

  • 89 New Lundy stamps

  • 90 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 91 Blanchards ad.>
  • 92 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 93 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 94 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 95

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 96 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 97 Riverside mystery

  • 98 113 years at Instow

  • 99 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 100 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 101

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 102

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 103 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 104 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 105 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 106

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 107 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 108 What's the time?

  • 109 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 110 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 111 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 112 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 113 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 114 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 115 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 116 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 117 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 119 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 120 Peter poses for TV film

  • 121 Finished in 1876

  • 122 A man and his wheel

  • 123 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 124 Circus comes to town

  • 125 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 126 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 127 Littleham family's five generations

  • 128

    Bidefordians
  • 129 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 130 Pannier Market's future?

  • 131 A bird of their own!

  • 132 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 133 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 134 In their new robes and hats

  • 135 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 137 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 138 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 139 From Bobby to Brian

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

  • 141 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 142 Hartland's invitation

  • 143 For crying out loud!

  • 144

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 145 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 146 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 147 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 148 Police station view of Bideford

  • 149 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 151 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 152 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 153 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 154 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 155 Last train from Torrington

  • 156 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 158

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 159 Puppet characters introduced

  • 160 Clovelly nightmare

  • 161 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 162 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 163 Bridging the stream

  • 164 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 165 North Devon Driving School

  • 166 New choral society's growing response

  • 167 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 168 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 169 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 170 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 171 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 172 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 173 Over the bank together>
  • 174 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 175 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 176 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 177

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 178 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 179

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 180 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 181 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 182 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 183 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 184 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 185 Appledore's largest

  • 186 Traditions and skills still there

  • 187 Bideford computer stars

  • 188 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 189 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 190

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 191 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 192 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 193 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 194 New addition to Quay front

  • 195 Northam's almshouse

  • 196 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 197 Filming at Hartland

  • 198 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 199 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 200 New look in the hayfields

  • 201 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

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

  • 203 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 204 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 205 First ship in 8 years

  • 206 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 207

    Married in 1908
  • 208 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 209 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 210

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 211 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 212 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 213 Penny for the guy

  • 214 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 215 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 216

    Was a missionary
  • 217

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 218 All for the love of a lady!

  • 219

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 220 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 221 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 222 No sale of Springfield House

  • 223 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 224 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 225 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 226 Can spring be far away?

  • 227 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 228

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 229 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 230 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 231 New life for Hartland organ

  • 232 Picking the pops

  • 233 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 234 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 235 Torrington children build igloo
  • 236 New civic medallions

  • 237 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 238 Decontrol of meat

  • 239 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 241 Burnard family reunion

  • 242 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 244 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 245 Weare Giffard potato

  • 246 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 247 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 248

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 249 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 250 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 251 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 252 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 253 Recognise this resort?

  • 254 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 255 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 256 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 257 Bideford regatta

  • 258 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 259 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 260 Off on a great adventure

  • 261 Twenty-one yachts

  • 262 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 263 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 264 Hartland Dancers
  • 265 Sweets derationing

  • 266 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 267 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 268 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 269 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 270 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 271 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 272 Artisans' Club

  • 273 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 274 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 275

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 276 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 277 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 278 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 279 Modern living at Bideford

  • 280 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 281 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 282 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 283 Sight of a lifetime

  • 284 It really was the 'last time'

  • 285 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 286 Life begins at 80

  • 287 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 288 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 289 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 290 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 291 The art of the thatcher

  • 292 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 293 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 294 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 295 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 296 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 297 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 298 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 299 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 300 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 301 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 302 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 303 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 304 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 305 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 306 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 307 Parkham plan realised

  • 308

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 309 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 310 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 311 New Post Office

  • 312 Clovelly custom

  • 313 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 314 Picking the pops

  • 315 School crossing patrol begins

  • 316 Ships at Bideford

  • 317 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 318 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 319 No laughing matter

  • 320 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 321 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 322 When horses score over the tractor

  • 323 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 324 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 325 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 326 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 327 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 328 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 329 Happy Days!

  • 330 Devil sent packing

  • 331 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 332 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 333 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 334 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 335 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 336 Ten year old scrambler

  • 337 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 338 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 340 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 341 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 342 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 343 Emergency ferry services

  • 344 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 345

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 346 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 347 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 348 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 349 Variety in summer weather

  • 350 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 351 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 352 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 353 The cab at the corner>
  • 354 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 355 Torrington in 1967

  • 356 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 358 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 359 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 360 School's link with cargo ship

  • 361 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 362

    Exhibition of school work
  • 363 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 364 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 365

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 366 Cruising down the river

  • 367 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 368 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 369 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 370 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 371 Northam footballers of the future

  • 372 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 373 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 374 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 375 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 376 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 377

    Building works
  • 378 Hartland postman retires

  • 379 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 381 Mobile missionary

  • 382 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 383 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 384 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 385 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 386 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 387 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 388 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 389 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 390 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 391 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 392 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 393 A roof-top view - where?

  • 394

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 395 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 396

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 397 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 398 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 399 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 400 He beat the floods

  • 401 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 402 The Geneva marionettes

  • 403 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 404 All aboard the ark

  • 405 Loads of black and white

  • 406 Bideford loses training ship

  • 407 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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

  • 409 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 410 Capers on the cobbles

  • 411 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 412 Service with a smile

  • 413 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 414 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 415 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 416 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 417 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 418 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 419 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 420 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 421

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 422 The young smith of Abbotsham>
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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  • 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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  • 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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Woolsery Recorder Group’s Sunshine Practice

A recorder group has recently been formed at Woolsery School

5.10.1956 Schools Woolsery

and is busy practising – although not always in such a delightful sunshine as seen above! – for its debut at the school concert at the end of this term.

Most of the members of the group, who have bought their own instruments, are girls; in fact only a handful of boys has so far shown an interest. The headmaster, Mr C B Griffiths, has transcribed the music parts and two-part playing has begun. Their repertoire consists of hymns and well known traditional tunes, but ten years old Geraldine Cumming, of Dipple, who is gifted with a keen for music, has also transcribed parts for ‘Davy Crockett’.

Of more general appeal to boys in the development of plaster modelling at the school in which scope for individual making of casts has ben developed. Models made include faces, statues, animals, and, in particular, a fine relief map of the Holy Land.

Article dated 14 September 1956

Torrington Bluecoat School

They Won Every Match!

6.6.1969 Torrington football Blue Coat

Torrington Blue Coat School's football team went through in the recent season unbeaten in their matches with neighbouring schools.

They are: Adrian Darch, Roy Allen, Tommy Webber, Stephen Pearson, Terry Down, Paul Wheeler and Graham Reed. Substitute is Stephen Frey.

Gazette article dated 6 June 1969

Lunch is Served

Young Appetites are Ready

17.2.1956 Hartland School

Lessons ended for the morning, there are healthy appetites to be satisfied in the canteen at Hartland School and here some of the youngest pupils wait eagerly for their lunch that this day included roast beef.

Article dated 17 February 1956

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