• 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 When horses score over the tractor

  • 2 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 3 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 4 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 5 No laughing matter

  • 6 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 7 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 8 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 9 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 10 It really was the 'last time'

  • 11 All for the love of a lady!

  • 12 Devil sent packing

  • 13 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 14 Over the bank together>
  • 15 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 16 Bridging the stream

  • 17 First ship in 8 years

  • 18 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 19

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 20 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 21 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 22 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 23 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 24 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 26

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 27 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 28 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 29 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 30 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 31 Picking the pops

  • 32 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 34 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 35 Six footed lamb

  • 36 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 37 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 38 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 39 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 40 Last train from Torrington

  • 41 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 42 Emergency ferry services

  • 43 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 44 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 45 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 46 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 47 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 48 Puppet characters introduced

  • 49 Littleham family's five generations

  • 50 Sight of a lifetime

  • 51 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 52 For crying out loud!

  • 53 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 54 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 55 Off on a great adventure

  • 56 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 57

    Building works
  • 58 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 59 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 60

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 61 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 62 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 63 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 64 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 65 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 66 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 67 Private home for public pump

  • 68 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 69 Service with a smile

  • 70 Finished in 1876

  • 71 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 72 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 73 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 74

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 75 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 76 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 77 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 78 A story to tell!

  • 79 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 80

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 81

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 82 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 83 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 84 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

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

  • 87 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 88 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 90 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 91 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 92 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 93 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 94

    Married in 1908
  • 95

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 96 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 97 Parkham plan realised

  • 98 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 99 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 100 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 101 Hartland's invitation

  • 102

    Was a missionary
  • 103 Ships at Bideford

  • 104 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 105 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 106 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 107 Blanchards ad.>
  • 108 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 109 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 110 Just over a year old

  • 111 All aboard the ark

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

  • 113 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 114 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 115 In their new robes and hats

  • 116 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 117 New Post Office

  • 118 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 119 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 120

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 121

    First prize
  • 122 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 123 Caught in the act>
  • 124 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 125 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 126 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 127 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 128 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 130 Cruising down the river

  • 131 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 132 Clovelly custom

  • 133 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 134

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 135 Twenty-one yachts

  • 136 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 137 Bideford computer stars

  • 138 Simple Item 138
  • 139 Mobile missionary

  • 140 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 141 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 142 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 143 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 144 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 145 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 146 Riverside mystery

  • 147 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 148 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 149 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 150 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 151 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 152 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 153 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 154 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 155 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 156 So this is the mainland!

  • 157 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 158 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 159 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 160 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 161 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 162 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 163 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 164 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 165 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 166 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 167 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 168 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 169 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 170 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 171 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 172 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 173 School's link with cargo ship

  • 174 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 175 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 176 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 177 Bideford regatta

  • 178 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 179 The art of the thatcher

  • 180

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 181 Picking the pops

  • 182 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 183 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 184 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 186 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 187 Penny for the guy

  • 188 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 189 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 190 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 191 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 192 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 193 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 194 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 195 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 196 Waldon Triplets
  • 197 Centenary of Gazette

  • 198 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 200 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 201 New shipyard on schedule

  • 202 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 203 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 204 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 205 Jumble sale fever

  • 206

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 207 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 208 Out of puff!

  • 209 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 210 Appledore's largest

  • 211 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 212 New life for Hartland organ

  • 213 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 214

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 215 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 216 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 217 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 218 113 years at Instow

  • 219 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 220 Some 240 exhibits

  • 221 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 222

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 223 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 224 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 225 Clovelly nightmare

  • 226

    Exhibition of school work
  • 227 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 228 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 229

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 230 Capers on the cobbles

  • 231 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 232 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 233 Sweets derationing

  • 234 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 235 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 236 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 237 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 238 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 239 Revenge in style

  • 240 Torrington children build igloo
  • 241 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 242

    Bidefordians
  • 243 New Lundy stamps

  • 244 Can spring be far away?

  • 245 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 246 Filming at Hartland

  • 247 Weare Giffard potato

  • 248 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 249 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 250 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 251 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 252 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 253

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 254 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 255 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 257 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 258 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 259 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 260 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 261 Warmington's garage ad

  • 262 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 263 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 264 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 265 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 266 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 267 Hartland postman retires

  • 268 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 269 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 270 New civic medallions

  • 271 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 272 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 273 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 274 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 275 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 276 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 277 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 278 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 279 Peter poses for TV film

  • 280 He beat the floods

  • 281 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 282 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 283 Artisans' Club

  • 284 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 285 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 286 Pannier Market's future?

  • 287 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 288 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 290 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 291 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 292

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 293 Modern living at Bideford

  • 294 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 295 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 296 By pony and trap to market

  • 297 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 298 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 300 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 302 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 303 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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    New gateway
  • 305 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 306 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 307 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 308 Hartland Dancers
  • 309 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 310 North Devon Driving School

  • 311 What's the time?

  • 312 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 313 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 314

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 315 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 316

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 317 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 318 A man and his wheel

  • 319

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 320 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 321 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 322 Circus comes to town

  • 323 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 324 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 325 Life begins at 80

  • 326 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 327 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 328 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 329 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 330 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 331 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 332 Loads of black and white

  • 333 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 334 Traditions and skills still there

  • 335 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 336 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 337 A roof-top view - where?

  • 338 Torrington in 1967

  • 339 Northam's almshouse

  • 340 Happy Days!

  • 341 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 342

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 343 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 344 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 345 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 346 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 347 Northam footballers of the future

  • 348 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 349 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 350 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 351 End of the line

  • 352 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 353 Police station view of Bideford

  • 354 The cab at the corner>
  • 355 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 357 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 358 Bideford loses training ship

  • 359 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 360 Decontrol of meat

  • 361 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 362 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 363 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 364 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 365 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 366 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 367 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 368 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 369 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 370 New art gallery opened

  • 371 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 372 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 373 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 374 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 375

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 376 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 377

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 378 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 379

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 380 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 381 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 382 Burnard family reunion

  • 383 A bird of their own!

  • 384 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 385 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 386

    Relatives all over the world
  • 387

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 388 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 389 Some mushroom!

  • 390 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 391 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 392 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 393 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 394 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 395 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 396 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 397 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 398 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 399 Recognise this resort?

  • 400 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 401 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 402 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 403 No sale of Springfield House

  • 404 They are parted pro-tem

  • 405

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 406 New look in the hayfields

  • 407 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 408 New choral society's growing response

  • 409 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 410 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 411 From Bobby to Brian

  • 412 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 413 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 414 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 415 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 416 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 417 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 418 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 419 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 420 New addition to Quay front

  • 421 The Geneva marionettes

  • 422 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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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Girls’ Embroidery Wins Praise

'A Very Good Co-operative Effort'

Entitled ‘our place’ this panel of embroidery by pupils of Class IC at Torrington County Secondary School was highly commended, at the Guild of Embroiders’ exhibition in London, in the senior section of the Schools’ Challenge competition 1970 championship.

It so impressed an author preparing a book on embroidery that she has asked for permission to include a photograph of it.

The judges at the exhibition described the entry as ‘a lovely panel which is full of interest – a very good co-operative effort.’

The young embroiderers seen with the panel are: Susan Dunn, Rosemarie Shambrooke, Wendy Skinner, Caroline Finch, Julie Symons, Marina Davey, Sharon Johns and Josephine Coysh.

5.2.1971 Torrington embroidery1

5.2.1971 Torrington embroidery

Article dated 5 February 1971

ticle dated 5 February 1971

Bideford Schoolgirls Ski in Austria

Back to school on Monday,

23.1.1959 Edgehill skiing

after a couple of days extra holiday to allow for their return from a winter sports holiday at Hochsolden, in the Austrian Tyrol, were 34 girls from Edgehill College, Bideford.

Most of the party, which was under the leadership of Major and Mrs Ralph de Pomerai, of Westcombe, Bideford, are seen in the photograph above.

Two of the girls – Susan Holyoake of Rosebank, Buckleigh, and Margaret Sweetnam, of Cardiff – were awarded Austrian silver badges for skiing as a result of their proficiency in competitions.

Gazette article dated 23 January 1959

New Headmistress at Monkleigh

The senior class of Monkleigh Primary School with their new headmistress,

27.1.1956 Schools Monkleigh

Mrs E M Smith, formerly headmistress of Buckland Brewer School, welcomed with interest the brief visit of a photographer ..... then it was back to lessons as usual!

Article dated 27 January 1956

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