• 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 Torrington in 1967

  • 2 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 3 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 4 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 5 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 6 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 7 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 8 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 9 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 10 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 11 Police station view of Bideford

  • 12

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 13 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 14 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 15 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 16 Twenty-one yachts

  • 17

    Bidefordians
  • 18 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 19

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 20 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 21

    Exhibition of school work
  • 22 New addition to Quay front

  • 23 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 24 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 25 Finished in 1876

  • 26 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 27 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 28 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 29 The cab at the corner>
  • 30 Private home for public pump

  • 31 What's the time?

  • 32 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 33 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 34 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 35 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 36 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 37 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 38 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 39 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 40 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 41 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 42 New choral society's growing response

  • 43 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 44 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 45 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 46 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 47 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 48 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 49 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 51 Loads of black and white

  • 52 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 54 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 55 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 56 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 57 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 58 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 59 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 60 First ship in 8 years

  • 61 Peter poses for TV film

  • 62 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 63

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 64 Parkham plan realised

  • 65 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 66 Waldon Triplets
  • 67 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 68 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 69 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 70 Torrington's new amenity

  • 71 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 72

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 73

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 74 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 75 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 76 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 77 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 78 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 79 Happy Days!

  • 80 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 81

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 82 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 83 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 84 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 85 Penny for the guy

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

  • 87 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 88 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 89 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 90 Hartland's invitation

  • 91

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 92 New art gallery opened

  • 93 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 94 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 95 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 96 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 97 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 98 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 99 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 100 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 101 Service with a smile

  • 102 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 103 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 104 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 105 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 106 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 107 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 108 Weare Giffard potato

  • 109

    New gateway
  • 110 North Devon Driving School

  • 111 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 112 Ships at Bideford

  • 113 Picking the pops

  • 114 End of the line

  • 115 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 116 Picking the pops

  • 117 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 118 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 119 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 120

    First prize
  • 121 Jumble sale fever

  • 122 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 123 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 124 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 125 Devil sent packing

  • 126 Last train from Torrington

  • 127 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 128 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 129 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 130 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 131 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 132 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 133 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 134 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 135 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 136 Blanchards ad.>
  • 137 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 138 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 139 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 140 Filming at Hartland

  • 141 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 142 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 143 A story to tell!

  • 144 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 145 Bridging the stream

  • 146 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 147 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 148

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 149 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 150 The Geneva marionettes

  • 151 A roof-top view - where?

  • 152

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 153 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 154 From Bobby to Brian

  • 155 Bideford computer stars

  • 156 By pony and trap to market

  • 157 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 158 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 159 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 160 All aboard the ark

  • 161 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 162 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 163 Decontrol of meat

  • 164 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 165 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 166 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 167 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 168 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 169 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 170 Artisans' Club

  • 171 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 172 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 173 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 174 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 175

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 176 Some 240 exhibits

  • 177 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 178 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 179 A bird of their own!

  • 180 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 181 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 182 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 183

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 184 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 185 New Post Office

  • 186 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 187 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 188 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 189 All for the love of a lady!

  • 190 Torrington children build igloo
  • 191 Out of puff!

  • 192 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 193 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 194

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 195 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 196 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 197 New Lundy stamps

  • 198 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 199 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 200 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 201 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 202 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 203 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 204 Northam's almshouse

  • 205 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 206 New life for Hartland organ

  • 207 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 208 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 209 113 years at Instow

  • 210 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 211 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 212 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 214 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 215

    Relatives all over the world
  • 216 New shipyard on schedule

  • 217 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 218 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 219 Capers on the cobbles

  • 220 New civic medallions

  • 221

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 222

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 223 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 224 Mobile missionary

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

  • 226 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 227 Variety in summer weather

  • 228 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 229

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 230

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 231 Recognise this resort?

  • 232 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 233 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 234 Caught in the act>
  • 235 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 236 Hartland Dancers
  • 237 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 238 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 239 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 240 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 242 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 243 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 244 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 245 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 246 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 247 Centenary of Gazette

  • 248 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 249 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 250 New look in the hayfields

  • 251 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 252 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 253 The art of the thatcher

  • 254 Off on a great adventure

  • 255 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 256 They are parted pro-tem

  • 257

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 258 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 259 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 260 Hartland postman retires

  • 261 Revenge in style

  • 262 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 263 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 264 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 265 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 266 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 267 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 268 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 269 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 270 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 271 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 273 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 274 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 275 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 276 No laughing matter

  • 277 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 278 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 279 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 280 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 281 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 282 Emergency ferry services

  • 283 Cruising down the river

  • 284 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 285 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 286 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 287 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 288 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 289 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 290 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 291 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 292

    Building works
  • 293 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 295 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 296 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 297 Bideford regatta

  • 298 Clovelly nightmare

  • 299 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 300 He beat the floods

  • 301 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 302 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 303 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 304 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 305 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 306 A man and his wheel

  • 307 School crossing patrol begins

  • 308 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 309 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 310

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 311 Circus comes to town

  • 312 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 313 Puppet characters introduced

  • 314 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 316 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 317 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 318 No sale of Springfield House

  • 319 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 320 Bideford loses training ship

  • 321 Traditions and skills still there

  • 322 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 323 School's link with cargo ship

  • 324 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 325 Six footed lamb

  • 326 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 327 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 328 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 329

    Was a missionary
  • 330 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 331 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 332 It really was the 'last time'

  • 333 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 334 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 335 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 336 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 337 Some mushroom!

  • 338 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 339 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 340

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 341 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 342 Just over a year old

  • 343 Sweets derationing

  • 344 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 345 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 346 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 347 Life begins at 80

  • 348 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 349

    Married in 1908
  • 350 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 351 Sight of a lifetime

  • 352 Appledore's largest

  • 353 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 354 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 356 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 357 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 358 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 359 Riverside mystery

  • 360 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 361 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 362 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 363 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 364 Over the bank together>
  • 365 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 366 Pannier Market's future?

  • 367

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 368 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 369 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 370 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 371 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 372 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 373 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 374 Simple Item 138
  • 375 For crying out loud!

  • 376

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 377 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 378 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 379 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 380 Ten year old scrambler

  • 381 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 382 Can spring be far away?

  • 383 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 384 Littleham family's five generations

  • 385 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 386 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 387 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 388 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 389 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 390 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 391 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 392 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 393 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 394 In their new robes and hats

  • 395 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 396 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 398 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 399 Northam footballers of the future

  • 400

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 401 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 402 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 403 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 404 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 405

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 406 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 407 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 408

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 409 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 410 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 411

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 412 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 413 So this is the mainland!

  • 414 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 415 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 416 Clovelly custom

  • 417 When horses score over the tractor

  • 418 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 419 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 420 Warmington's garage ad

  • 421 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 422 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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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Hartland Win Local Cup ‘Derby’

A Confident Look

19.11.1954 Hartland football

There’s a ‘quietly confident’ look about Hartland AFC as they face the photographer before they start their Devon Junior Cup, third round replay with Clovelly at Deer Park, Hartland. Their confidence was not misplaced either, for the Reds won 4-0.

From left to right the players are: Braund, Adams, Cole, McElwee, Beer, Scoynes, Walter, Joy, B Heard, Folland, Gray.

Gazette article dated 19 November 1954

Royal North Devon Golf Club Ladies

Golf Celebrations

14.6.1968 Ladies Golf

Cutting the cake on Friday evening as part of the celebrations by members of the Royal North Devon Golf Club ladies’ section and their guests of the 100th anniversary of the founding at Westward Ho! of a golf club for women.

14.6.1968 Ladies Golf1

Seen in the photograph are: Miss W M Fulford. Mrs H N Fulford, Miss B S Martin, Miss J Bruce, Mrs R Yewdall, Mrs S Creasy, Miss O Williams, Mrs J Mason, Mrs A A Smalley, Mrs M Sillem, Mrs P S Sparling, Miss J Taylor. 

On Saturday prizes were presented by Miss Olwyn Williams, former president of the Ladies’ Golf Association, and on Sunday, by Mrs A A Smalley, president of the Royal North Devon ladies’ section.

Owing to illness Mrs D McBeth (former England international) was unable to attend and present prizes which she had been invited to do.

Gazette article dated 14 June 1968

School Football

Introducing Torrington County Secondary School's soccer first XI:

12.2.1965 Torrington School football

R Blight, M Tucker, J Waldron, J Tucker, S Copp, B Dennis, G Madge, G Gerry, M Bower, P Singh, M Kelly, S Broer, S Minhinnett, C Woolacott.

12 February 1965 Torrington School Football

Gazette article dated 12 February 1965

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