• 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 Loads of black and white

  • 2 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 3 All for the love of a lady!

  • 4 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 5 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 6 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 7 Sweets derationing

  • 8 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 9 113 years at Instow

  • 10 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 11 Parkham plan realised

  • 12 Caught in the act>
  • 13 Puppet characters introduced

  • 14

    Married in 1908
  • 15 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 16 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 17

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 18 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 20 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 21 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 22 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 23 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 24 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 25 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 26 All aboard the ark

  • 27 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 28 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 29 Can spring be far away?

  • 30 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 31 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 32 A bird of their own!

  • 33 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 34 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 35 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 36 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 37 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 38 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 39 Waldon Triplets
  • 40 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 41 Penny for the guy

  • 42 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 43 School's link with cargo ship

  • 44 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 45 Littleham family's five generations

  • 46 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 47 For crying out loud!

  • 48 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 49 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 50 Police station view of Bideford

  • 51 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 52

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 53

    Relatives all over the world
  • 54 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 55 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 56 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 57 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 58 So this is the mainland!

  • 59 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 60 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 61 New art gallery opened

  • 62 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 63 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 64 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 65 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 66 A man and his wheel

  • 67 First ship in 8 years

  • 68 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 69 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 70 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 71 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 72 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 73 Warmington's garage ad

  • 74 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 75 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 76 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 77

    Was a missionary
  • 78 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 79 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 80 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 81

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 82 New choral society's growing response

  • 83 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 84 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 85 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 86

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 87 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 88 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 89 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 90 Simple Item 138
  • 91 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 92 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 93 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 94 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 95 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 96 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 97 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 98 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 99 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 100 Mobile missionary

  • 101 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 102 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 103 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 104 Off on a great adventure

  • 105 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 106 Appledore's largest

  • 107 New addition to Quay front

  • 108 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 109 Northam's almshouse

  • 110 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 111 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 112 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 113 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 114 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 115 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 116 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 117 Peter poses for TV film

  • 118 Devil sent packing

  • 119 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 120 School crossing patrol begins

  • 121 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 122 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 123 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 124 Some mushroom!

  • 125 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 126 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 127 Bridging the stream

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

  • 129 Six footed lamb

  • 130 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 131 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 132 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 133 It really was the 'last time'

  • 134 Recognise this resort?

  • 135

    First prize
  • 136 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 137 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 138 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 139 Torrington's new amenity

  • 140 Happy Days!

  • 141 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 142 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 143 End of the line

  • 144 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 145 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 146 New Post Office

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

  • 148

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 149 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 150 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 152 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 153 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 154 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 155 Artisans' Club

  • 156 Cruising down the river

  • 157 Last train from Torrington

  • 158 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 159 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 160 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 161 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 162 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 163 Bideford loses training ship

  • 164

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 165 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 166 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 167 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 168 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 170 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 171 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 172 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 173 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 174 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 175 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 176 Bideford regatta

  • 177 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 178 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 179 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 180 Filming at Hartland

  • 181 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 182 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 183 Finished in 1876

  • 184 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 185 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 186 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 187 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 188

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 189 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 190

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 191 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 192

    Exhibition of school work
  • 193 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 194 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 195 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 196 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 197 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 198

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 199

    Bidefordians
  • 200 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 201 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 202 Burnard family reunion

  • 203 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 204 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 205 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 206 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 207 Out of puff!

  • 208 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 209 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 210 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 211 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 212 A story to tell!

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

  • 214 New look in the hayfields

  • 215

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 216 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 217 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 218 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 219 Pannier Market's future?

  • 220 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 221 No sale of Springfield House

  • 222 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 223 Blanchards ad.>
  • 224 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 225 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 226 Torrington in 1967

  • 227 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 228 Capers on the cobbles

  • 229 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 230 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 232 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 233

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 234 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 235 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 236 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 237 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 238 Hartland's invitation

  • 239 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 240 Modern living at Bideford

  • 241 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 242 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 243 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 244 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 245 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 246 New Lundy stamps

  • 247 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 248 Hartland Dancers
  • 249 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 250 New shipyard on schedule

  • 251 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 252 Riverside mystery

  • 253 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 254 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 255 Picking the pops

  • 256

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 257 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 258 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 259 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 260

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 261 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 262 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 263 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 264 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 265 North Devon Driving School

  • 266 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 267 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 268 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 270 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 271

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 272 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 273

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 274

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 275 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 276

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 277 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 278 Emergency ferry services

  • 279 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 280 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 281 Hartland postman retires

  • 282 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 283 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 284 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 285 Weare Giffard potato

  • 286 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 287 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 288

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 289 Some 240 exhibits

  • 290

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 291

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 292 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 293 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 294 Private home for public pump

  • 295 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 296 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 297 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 298 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 299 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 301 Service with a smile

  • 302 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 303 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 305 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 306 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 307 He beat the floods

  • 308 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 309 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 310 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 311 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 312 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 313 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 314 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 316 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 317 Jumble sale fever

  • 318 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 319 New civic medallions

  • 320 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 321 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 322 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 323 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 324 The Geneva marionettes

  • 325 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 326 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 327 When horses score over the tractor

  • 328 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 329 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 330 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 331 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 333 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 334 Life begins at 80

  • 335 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 336 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 337 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 338 New life for Hartland organ

  • 339 Picking the pops

  • 340 Ships at Bideford

  • 341 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 342 Decontrol of meat

  • 343 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 344 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 345 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 346 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 347

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 348

    Building works
  • 349 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 350 Over the bank together>
  • 351 From Bobby to Brian

  • 352 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 353 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 355 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 356 Northam footballers of the future

  • 357 The art of the thatcher

  • 358 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 359 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 360 Revenge in style

  • 361 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 362 Clovelly custom

  • 363 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 364 Sight of a lifetime

  • 365 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 367 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 368 Just over a year old

  • 369 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 370 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 371 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 372 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 373 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 374 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 375 By pony and trap to market

  • 376 Torrington children build igloo
  • 377 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 378 In their new robes and hats

  • 379 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 380 Circus comes to town

  • 381 A roof-top view - where?

  • 382 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 383 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 384 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 385 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 386 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 387 Clovelly nightmare

  • 388 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 389 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 390 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 391 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 392 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 393 No laughing matter

  • 394 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 395 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 396

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 397 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 398

    New gateway
  • 399 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 400 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 401 They are parted pro-tem

  • 402 What's the time?

  • 403 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 404 Traditions and skills still there

  • 405 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 407 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 408 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 409 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 410 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 411 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 412 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 413 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 414 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 415 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 416 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 417 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 418 Bideford computer stars

  • 419 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 420 Centenary of Gazette

  • 421 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 422 The cab at the corner>
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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Women’s Institute’s 20th Birthday Celebrations

Women’s Institute’s 20th Birthday Celebrations - March 1968

Women’s Institute’s 20th Birthday Celebrations
 

In March 1968, the Gazette reported Westward Ho!’s Women’s Institute’s 20th birthday celebrations which were held in the Kingsley Hall. Seventy eight members and friends sat down to a 4-course dinner with guests of honour, Mr and Mrs Bob Mitchell. The cake, made by Mrs A Powell, was decorated with 20 red roses, one for each year.

 

Follies Presents Pantomime at Kingsley Hall

Follies Presents Pantomime at Kingsley Hall - February 1968

Follies Presents Pantomime at Kingsley Hall
 

For the 18th successive year, Westward Ho! Follies presents a pantomime at the Kingsley Hall. In 1968 it’s Cinderella, presented in three acts with Ada Powell scripting, producing and directing this colourful and entertaining show. Jackie Turner’s dancing group members are in the Fantasia and Fairies ballroom dance. Decoration is by Kingsley Decorators.

 

Braddicks Amusements New Line of Go-Karts

Braddicks Amusements New Line of Go-Karts - March 1968

Braddicks Amusements New Line of Go-Karts
 

1968 and Braddicks Amusements Ltd is developing a new line of battery operated go-karts. Mr Graham Braddick (top left) hopes that this enterprise, which he sees as backing Britain, may be exported. The assembly line is at East-the-Water.

 
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