• 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 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 2 North Devon Driving School

  • 3 School crossing patrol begins

  • 4 Hartland's invitation

  • 5 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 6 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 7 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 8 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 9

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 10 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 11

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 12 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 13 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 14 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 15 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 16 Bideford computer stars

  • 17 Out of puff!

  • 18 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 19 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 20 Pannier Market's future?

  • 21 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 22 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 23 Emergency ferry services

  • 24 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 25 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 26 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 27 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 28 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 29 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 30 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 31 Centenary of Gazette

  • 32 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 33 Picking the pops

  • 34 Circus comes to town

  • 35 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 36

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 37 Six footed lamb

  • 38 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 39 By pony and trap to market

  • 40 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 42 Decontrol of meat

  • 43 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 44 No sale of Springfield House

  • 45 Just over a year old

  • 46 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 47 Caught in the act>
  • 48 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 49 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 50

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 51 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 52 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 53 Variety in summer weather

  • 54 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 55 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 56 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 57 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 58 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 59 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 60 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 61 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 62 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 63 Burnard family reunion

  • 64 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 65 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 66 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 67 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 68 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 69 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 70 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 71 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 73 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 74 Service with a smile

  • 75 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 76 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 77 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 78 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 79

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 80

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 81 Northam footballers of the future

  • 82 Sweets derationing

  • 83 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 84 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 85 All aboard the ark

  • 86 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 87 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 88 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 89 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 90 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 91 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 93 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 94 Bideford loses training ship

  • 95 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 96 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 97 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 98 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 99 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 100 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 101 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 102 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 103 New Post Office

  • 104 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 105 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 106 Recognise this resort?

  • 107 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 109 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 110 Happy Days!

  • 111 He beat the floods

  • 112 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 114 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 115 Waldon Triplets
  • 116 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 117 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 118

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 119 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 120 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 121 Mobile missionary

  • 122 For crying out loud!

  • 123 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 124 From Bobby to Brian

  • 125 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 126

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 127 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 128

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 129 Picking the pops

  • 130 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 131 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 132 Can spring be far away?

  • 133 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 134 Torrington children build igloo
  • 135 Littleham family's five generations

  • 136 In their new robes and hats

  • 137 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 138 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 139 Over the bank together>
  • 140 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 141 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 142 Weare Giffard potato

  • 143

    First prize
  • 144 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 145 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 146 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 147 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 148 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 149 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 150

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 151 Police station view of Bideford

  • 152 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 153 Clovelly custom

  • 154 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 155 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 156 So this is the mainland!

  • 157 Modern living at Bideford

  • 158 It really was the 'last time'

  • 159 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 160 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 161 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 162 Cruising down the river

  • 163

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 164

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 165 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 166 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 167 Peter poses for TV film

  • 168 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 169 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 170 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 171 Puppet characters introduced

  • 172 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 173 Private home for public pump

  • 174 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 175 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 176 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 177

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 178 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 179 Hartland postman retires

  • 180 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 181

    Was a missionary
  • 182

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 183 Ships at Bideford

  • 184 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 185 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 186 All for the love of a lady!

  • 187 Traditions and skills still there

  • 188 Off on a great adventure

  • 189 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 190 First ship in 8 years

  • 191 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 193 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 194 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 195 Northam's almshouse

  • 196 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 197

    Exhibition of school work
  • 198 Parkham plan realised

  • 199 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 200 New addition to Quay front

  • 201 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 202 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 203 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 204 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 205 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 206 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 207 Sight of a lifetime

  • 208 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 209 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 210 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 211 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 212

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 213 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 214 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 215 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 216 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 217 Bridging the stream

  • 218 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 219 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 221 The cab at the corner>
  • 222 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 223 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

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

  • 225

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 226 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 228 New Lundy stamps

  • 229 Some mushroom!

  • 230 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 231 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 232 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 233 No laughing matter

  • 234 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 235 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 236 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 237 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 238 Appledore's largest

  • 239 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 240 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 241 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 243 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 244 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 245 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 246 A man and his wheel

  • 247 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 248 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 249 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 250 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 251 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 252 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 253 Revenge in style

  • 254 Some 240 exhibits

  • 255 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 256 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 257 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 258 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 259 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 260 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 261 Blanchards ad.>
  • 262 Last train from Torrington

  • 263 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 264 A bird of their own!

  • 265 New choral society's growing response

  • 266 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 267 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 268 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 269 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 270 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 271 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 272

    Married in 1908
  • 273 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 275 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 276 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 278 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 279 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 280 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 281 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 282 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 283 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 284 They are parted pro-tem

  • 285 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 286

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 287 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 288 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 289 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 290 What's the time?

  • 291 Jumble sale fever

  • 292 Loads of black and white

  • 293 Finished in 1876

  • 294 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 295 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 296 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 297 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 298 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 299 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 300 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 301

    Bidefordians
  • 302 Ten year old scrambler

  • 303 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 304 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 305

    Building works
  • 306 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 307 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 308 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 309 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 311 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 312 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 313 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 314 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 315 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 316 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 317 Hartland Dancers
  • 318 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 319 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 320 Riverside mystery

  • 321 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 322 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 323 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 324 Penny for the guy

  • 325 Life begins at 80

  • 326 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 327 New look in the hayfields

  • 328 Torrington's new amenity

  • 329 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 330 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 331 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 332

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 333 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 334 End of the line

  • 335 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 336 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 337 Simple Item 138
  • 338 New civic medallions

  • 339 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 340 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 341 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 342 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 343 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 344 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 345 Twenty-one yachts

  • 346

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 347 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 348 A roof-top view - where?

  • 349 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 350 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 351 Capers on the cobbles

  • 352 New shipyard on schedule

  • 353 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 354 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 355 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 356 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 357 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 358 Clovelly nightmare

  • 359 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 360 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 361 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 362 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 363

    Relatives all over the world
  • 364 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 365 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 366 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 367 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 368 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 369 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 370

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 371 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 372 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 373 A story to tell!

  • 374 School's link with cargo ship

  • 375

    New gateway
  • 376 Artisans' Club

  • 377 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 378 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 379 113 years at Instow

  • 380 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 381

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 382 New art gallery opened

  • 383 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 384 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 385

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 386 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 387

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 388 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 389 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 390 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 391 Devil sent packing

  • 392 The Geneva marionettes

  • 393 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 394 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 395 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 396 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 397 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 398 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 399 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 400 Filming at Hartland

  • 401 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 402 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 403 New life for Hartland organ

  • 404 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 405 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 406

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 407 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 408 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 409 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 410 Bideford regatta

  • 411 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 412 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 413 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 414 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 415 Warmington's garage ad

  • 416 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 417 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 418 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 419 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 420 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 421 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 422 When horses score over the tractor

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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Northam Golfers at Jubilee Gathering 7.9.1938

Northam Golfers at Jubilee Gathering 7.9.1938

Northam Golfers at Jubilee Gathering 7.9.1938

Sport.  PH Andrews, CH Gibson, J Rowe, H Snell, E Slocombe, GH Cann, JH Taylor, N Sanders, H Heaman, T Shutt, FV Cole, JW Fulford, T Mounce, H Braund, RW Littlejohns, HJ Grantham, R Gale, T Jones, T Walters, G Harris, HC Squire, G Tuplin

County President Visits Bideford Lady Bowlers 4.9.1953

County President Visits Bideford Lady Bowlers 4.9.1953

County President Visits Bideford Lady Bowlers 4.9.1953

Sport. President of Devon County Ladies' Bowling Association Mrs Broughton was entertained at the Victoria Park. Mrs B Elliott, Mrs H Lethbridge, Miss M Meredith, Mrs G Blackmore

The 1951 Bowling Season commences 4.5.1951

The 1951 Bowling Season commences 4.5.1951

The 1951 Bowling Season commences 4.5.1951

Sport. Opening day on Wednesday 25th April. SF Marshall, Mrs Marshall, EC Parr, CP Ashton, H Guard, G Bluett, J Lang, C A'Court, J Heal, J Burrow, Charlie the groundsman, Jimmy Huxtable

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