• 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 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 2 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 4 Picking the pops

  • 5 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 6 Mobile missionary

  • 7 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 9 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 10 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 11 Out of puff!

  • 12 Filming at Hartland

  • 13 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 14

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 15 Weare Giffard potato

  • 16 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 17 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 18 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 19

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 20

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 21 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 22 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 23 113 years at Instow

  • 24 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 25 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 26 Littleham family's five generations

  • 27 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 28 Private home for public pump

  • 29 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 30 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 31 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 32 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 33 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 34 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 35 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 36 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 37 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 38 From Bobby to Brian

  • 39 A story to tell!

  • 40

    New gateway
  • 41

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 42 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 43 Some 240 exhibits

  • 44 North Devon Driving School

  • 45 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 46 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 47 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 48 Circus comes to town

  • 49 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 50 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 51

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 52 Hartland postman retires

  • 53 Ten year old scrambler

  • 54 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 55 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 56 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 57 Blanchards ad.>
  • 58 Emergency ferry services

  • 59 Clovelly custom

  • 60

    Was a missionary
  • 61 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 62 All for the love of a lady!

  • 63

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 64 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 65 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 66 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 67 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 68 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 69 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 70 First ship in 8 years

  • 71 New Post Office

  • 72 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 73 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 74 Some mushroom!

  • 75 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 76 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 77 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 78 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 79 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 80 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 81

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 82 Bideford regatta

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

  • 84 Loads of black and white

  • 85 Sweets derationing

  • 86 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 87 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 90 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 91 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 92 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 93 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 94 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 95 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 96 Clovelly nightmare

  • 97 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 98 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 99 Hartland's invitation

  • 100 Devil sent packing

  • 101 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 102

    Married in 1908
  • 103 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 104 New shipyard on schedule

  • 105 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 106 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 107 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 108

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 109 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 110 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 111 Sight of a lifetime

  • 112 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 113 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 114 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 115 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 116 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 117 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 118 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 119 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 120 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 121 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 122 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 123 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 124 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 125

    Building works
  • 126 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 127 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 129 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 130 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 131 Over the bank together>
  • 132

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 133 Recognise this resort?

  • 134 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 135 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 136

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 137

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 138 No sale of Springfield House

  • 139 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 140 Cruising down the river

  • 141 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 142 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 143 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 144 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 145 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 146 Parkham plan realised

  • 147 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 149 Peter poses for TV film

  • 150 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 151 Penny for the guy

  • 152 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 153 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 154

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 155 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 156 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 157 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 158 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 159 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 160 New choral society's growing response

  • 161 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 162 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 163 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 164 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 165 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 166 He beat the floods

  • 167

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 168

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 169 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

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

  • 171 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 172 Appledore's largest

  • 173 Picking the pops

  • 174 Capers on the cobbles

  • 175 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 176 A man and his wheel

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

  • 178 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 179 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 180 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 181 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 182 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 183 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 184 For crying out loud!

  • 185 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 186 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 187 In their new robes and hats

  • 188 Simple Item 138
  • 189 Finished in 1876

  • 190

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 191 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 192 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 193 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 194 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 195 New Lundy stamps

  • 196 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 197 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 198 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 199 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 200 New civic medallions

  • 201 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 202 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 203 Northam's almshouse

  • 204 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 205 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 206 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 207 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 209

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 210 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 211 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 212 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 213 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 214 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 215 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 216 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 217 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 219 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 220 Service with a smile

  • 221 Happy Days!

  • 222 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 223 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 224 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 225 Variety in summer weather

  • 226 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 228 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 229 Life begins at 80

  • 230 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 231 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 232 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 233 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 234 Centenary of Gazette

  • 235 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 236 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 237 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 238 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 239 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 240 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 241 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 242 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 243 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 244 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 245 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 246 All aboard the ark

  • 247

    First prize
  • 248 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 249 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 250 They are parted pro-tem

  • 251 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 252 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 253 New art gallery opened

  • 254 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 255

    Relatives all over the world
  • 256 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 257

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 258 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 259 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 260 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 261 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 262 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 263 Riverside mystery

  • 264 Bridging the stream

  • 265 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 266 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 267 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 268 Decontrol of meat

  • 269 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 270 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 271 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 272 New addition to Quay front

  • 273 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 274 Revenge in style

  • 275 No laughing matter

  • 276 Bideford loses training ship

  • 277 New life for Hartland organ

  • 278 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 279 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 280 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 281 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 282 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 283 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 284 Modern living at Bideford

  • 285 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 286 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 287 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 288 Hartland Dancers
  • 289 Bideford computer stars

  • 290 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 291 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 292 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 293 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 294 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 295 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 296 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 297 Torrington children build igloo
  • 298

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 299 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 300 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 301 End of the line

  • 302 A roof-top view - where?

  • 303 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 304 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 305 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 306 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 307 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 308 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 309 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 310 Northam footballers of the future

  • 311

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 312 School's link with cargo ship

  • 313 Off on a great adventure

  • 314 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 315 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 316

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 317 So this is the mainland!

  • 318 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 319 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 320 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 321 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 322 Twenty-one yachts

  • 323 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 324 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 325 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 326 Traditions and skills still there

  • 327 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 328 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 330 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 331 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 332 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 333 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 334 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 335 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 336 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 337 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 338

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 339 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 340 Torrington's new amenity

  • 341 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 342 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 343 The art of the thatcher

  • 344 Waldon Triplets
  • 345 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 346 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 347 The cab at the corner>
  • 348

    Bidefordians
  • 349 What's the time?

  • 350 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 351 Police station view of Bideford

  • 352 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 353 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 354 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 355 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 356 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 357 A bird of their own!

  • 358 It really was the 'last time'

  • 359 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 360 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 361 Last train from Torrington

  • 362 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 363 Just over a year old

  • 364

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 365 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 366 School crossing patrol begins

  • 367 Ships at Bideford

  • 368 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 369 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 370 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 371 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 372 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 373 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 374 Torrington in 1967

  • 375

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 376 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 377 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 378 Warmington's garage ad

  • 379 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 380 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 381 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 382 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 383 Can spring be far away?

  • 384 Artisans' Club

  • 385 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 386 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 387 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 388 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 389 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 390 When horses score over the tractor

  • 391 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 392 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 393 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 394 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 395 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 396 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 397 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 398 Burnard family reunion

  • 399 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 400 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 401 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 402 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 403 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 404 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 405 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 406 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 407 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 409 Puppet characters introduced

  • 410 Six footed lamb

  • 411 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 412 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 413 By pony and trap to market

  • 414 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 415 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 416 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 417 Caught in the act>
  • 418 The Geneva marionettes

  • 419 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 420

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 421

    Exhibition of school work
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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2p A Pint Extra Bid By New Member

2p A Pint Extra Bid By New Member - 11th July 1975

11.7.1975 Mr Day milk
 

If Mr Wallace Day, of Lower Yelland Farm, Fremington, who scored a sensational victory in the the nationwide election for a special seat on the Milk Marketing Board, achieves another ambition housewives will be paying an extra 2p for a pint.

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