• 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 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 2 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 3 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 4 Jumble sale fever

  • 5 Just over a year old

  • 6 Circus comes to town

  • 7 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 8 First ship in 8 years

  • 9 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 11

    Building works
  • 12 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 13

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 14 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 15 What's the time?

  • 16

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 17 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 18 From Bobby to Brian

  • 19 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 20 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 21 Penny for the guy

  • 22 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 23 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 24 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 25 Capers on the cobbles

  • 26 Sweets derationing

  • 27 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 28 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 29 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 30

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 31

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 32 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 33 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 34 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 35

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 36 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 37 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 38 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 39 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 40 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 41 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 42 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 43 113 years at Instow

  • 44 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 45 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 46 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 47

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 48 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 49 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 50 Burnard family reunion

  • 51 He beat the floods

  • 52 Revenge in style

  • 53

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 54 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 55 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 56 Hartland's invitation

  • 57 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 58 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 59 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 60 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 61 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 62 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 63 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 64 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 65 Twenty-one yachts

  • 66 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 67 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 68 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 69 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 70 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 71 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 72

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 73 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 74 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 75 A story to tell!

  • 76 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 77 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 78 Puppet characters introduced

  • 79 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 80 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 81 Picking the pops

  • 82 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 83 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 84 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 85 Torrington children build igloo
  • 86 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 87 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 88 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 89 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 90 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 91 Traditions and skills still there

  • 92 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 93 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 94 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 96 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 97 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 98 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 99 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 100 Variety in summer weather

  • 101 Recognise this resort?

  • 102 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 103 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 104 New look in the hayfields

  • 105 Torrington in 1967

  • 106 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 107 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 108 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 109 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 110

    New gateway
  • 111 New civic medallions

  • 112 Bideford loses training ship

  • 113 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 114 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 115 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 116 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 117 Off on a great adventure

  • 118 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 119 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 120 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 121 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 122 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 123 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 124

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 125 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 126 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 127

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 128 Parkham plan realised

  • 129 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 130

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 131 A man and his wheel

  • 132 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 133 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 134 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 135 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 136 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 137 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 138 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 139 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 140 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 141 New choral society's growing response

  • 142 So this is the mainland!

  • 143 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 144

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 145 Six footed lamb

  • 146 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 147 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 148 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 149 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 150 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 151 Out of puff!

  • 152 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 153 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 154 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 155 Weare Giffard potato

  • 156 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 157 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 158 Emergency ferry services

  • 159

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 160 Mobile missionary

  • 161 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 162 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 163 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 164 Over the bank together>
  • 165 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 166

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 167 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 168 Some 240 exhibits

  • 169 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 170 Artisans' Club

  • 171 Bideford computer stars

  • 172 For crying out loud!

  • 173 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 174 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 175 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 176 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 177 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 178 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 179 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 180 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 181 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 182 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 183 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 184 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 185

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 186 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 187 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 188 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 189 Bideford regatta

  • 190 Peter poses for TV film

  • 191 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 192 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 193 End of the line

  • 194 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 195 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 196 Filming at Hartland

  • 197 They are parted pro-tem

  • 198 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 199 Riverside mystery

  • 200 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 201 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 202 Modern living at Bideford

  • 203 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 204 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 205 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 206 Northam footballers of the future

  • 207 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 208 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 209 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 210 Bridging the stream

  • 211 Caught in the act>
  • 212 A bird of their own!

  • 213 Police station view of Bideford

  • 214 Hartland Dancers
  • 215 All for the love of a lady!

  • 216 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 217 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 218 Private home for public pump

  • 219 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 220 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 221

    Relatives all over the world
  • 222 Some mushroom!

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

  • 224 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 225 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 226 No sale of Springfield House

  • 227 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 228

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 229 New life for Hartland organ

  • 230 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 231 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 232 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 233 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 234 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 235 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 236 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 237 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 238 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 239

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 240 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 242 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 243 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 244 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 245 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 246

    Was a missionary
  • 247 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 248 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 250 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 251 Ships at Bideford

  • 252 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 253 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 254 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 255 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 256 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 257 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 258 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 259 Devil sent packing

  • 260 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 261 The Geneva marionettes

  • 262 Picking the pops

  • 263 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 264 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 265 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 266 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 267 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 268 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 269 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 270 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 271 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 272 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 273 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 274 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 275 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 277

    First prize
  • 278 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 279 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 280

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 281 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 282 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 284 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 285 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 286 Finished in 1876

  • 287 New Lundy stamps

  • 288 No laughing matter

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

  • 290 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 291 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 292 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 293 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 294 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 295 School's link with cargo ship

  • 296 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 297

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 298 Waldon Triplets
  • 299 All aboard the ark

  • 300 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 302 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 303 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 304 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 305 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 306 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 307

    Exhibition of school work
  • 308 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 309 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 310 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 311 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 312 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 313 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 314 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 315 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 316 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 317 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 318 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 319 It really was the 'last time'

  • 320 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 321 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 322 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 323 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 324 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 325 A roof-top view - where?

  • 326 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 328 Simple Item 138
  • 329 By pony and trap to market

  • 330 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 331 Cruising down the river

  • 332

    Married in 1908
  • 333

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 334 School crossing patrol begins

  • 335 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 336 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 337 Northam's almshouse

  • 338 New art gallery opened

  • 339

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 340 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 341 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 342 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 343 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 344

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 345 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 346 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 347 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 348 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 349 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 350 Blanchards ad.>
  • 351 New addition to Quay front

  • 352 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 353 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 354 New shipyard on schedule

  • 355 New Post Office

  • 356 Clovelly custom

  • 357 North Devon Driving School

  • 358 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 359 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 360 Sight of a lifetime

  • 361 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 362 Torrington's new amenity

  • 363

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 364 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 365 The cab at the corner>
  • 366 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 367 Service with a smile

  • 368 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 369 When horses score over the tractor

  • 370 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 371 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 372 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 373 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 374 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 375 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 376 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 378 Last train from Torrington

  • 379 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 380 Appledore's largest

  • 381 Hartland postman retires

  • 382 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 383 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 384 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 385 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 386 In their new robes and hats

  • 387 The art of the thatcher

  • 388 Pannier Market's future?

  • 389 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 390 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 391 Life begins at 80

  • 392 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 393 Happy Days!

  • 394 Loads of black and white

  • 395 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 396 Ten year old scrambler

  • 397

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 398 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 399 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 400 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 401 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 402 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 403

    Bidefordians
  • 404 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 405 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 406 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 408 Decontrol of meat

  • 409

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 410 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 411 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 412 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 413 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 414 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 415 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 416 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 417 Clovelly nightmare

  • 418 Warmington's garage ad

  • 419 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 420 Can spring be far away?

  • 421 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 422 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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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  • 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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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's New Bowling Green 9.12.1947

Bideford's New Bowling Green 9.12.1947

Bidefords New Bowling Green 9.12.1947

Sport. The Mayor of Bideford laid the first sod of Cumberland turf on the new bowling green being constructed in the Victoria Park and it was hoped the green would be completed in March 1948 at a cost of £1,831. Cllrs FT Upton, WH Chubb, JH Sharley, JH Bright, Mr FC Backway, Ald FE Whiting, Messrs Maxwell Hart, Mr Dunlop

Presentation at Bideford Ladies' Bowling Club Dinner 30.3.1951

Presentation at Bideford Ladies' Bowling Club Dinner 30.3.1951 

Presentation at Bideford Ladies Bowling Club Dinner 30.3.1951

Sport. A shield was presented to Bideford Ladies' Bowling Club at a dinner held at the Rose of Torridge Cafe, on Wednesday March 21st. Arthur McTaggart Short, Edwin Short, Mrs AC Fulford, Mrs SF Jameson, Mrs SA Luxton

Work Begins on New H.Q. for Bideford R.F.C. 6.12.1968

Work Begins on New H.Q. for Bideford R.F.C. 6.12.1968

Work Begins on new H.Q. for Bideford R.F.C. 6.12.1968

Sport. Before the end of the present season Bideford Rugby Club will be enjoying the amenities of one of the finest rugby headquarters in the Westcountry. Work on their new £10,000 clubhouse began on Monday. Completion date is scheduled for March 14th.  Peter Adams, Messrs Reginald Gale and Jaquiss, R.Harris and Son Ltd

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