• 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 He beat the floods

  • 2 North Devon Driving School

  • 3 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 4 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 5 New life for Hartland organ

  • 6 So this is the mainland!

  • 7 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 8 New choral society's growing response

  • 9 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 10 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 11

    Exhibition of school work
  • 12 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 13 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 14 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 15 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 16 Sweets derationing

  • 17 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 18 Just over a year old

  • 19 Over the bank together>
  • 20 Riverside mystery

  • 21 New shipyard on schedule

  • 22 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 23 Littleham family's five generations

  • 24 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 25

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 26 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 27 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 28 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 29 What's the time?

  • 30 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 31 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 32 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 33 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 34 Waldon Triplets
  • 35 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 36 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 37 New addition to Quay front

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

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    New gateway
  • 40 Recognise this resort?

  • 41 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 42

    First prize
  • 43 Torrington in 1967

  • 44 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 45 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 46 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 47 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 48 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 49 Puppet characters introduced

  • 50 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 51 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 52 Some 240 exhibits

  • 53 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 54 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 55 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 56 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 57 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 58 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 59 It really was the 'last time'

  • 60 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 61 Cruising down the river

  • 62 Loads of black and white

  • 63 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 64 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 65 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 66 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 67 Private home for public pump

  • 68 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 69 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 70 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 72 By pony and trap to market

  • 73 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 74 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 75 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 76 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 77 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 78 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 79 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 80 Weare Giffard potato

  • 81

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 82 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 83

    Married in 1908
  • 84

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 85 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 86 The art of the thatcher

  • 87 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 88 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 89

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 90 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 91 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 92

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 93 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 94 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 95 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 96 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 97 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 98 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 99 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 100 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 101 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 102 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 103 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 104 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 105 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 106

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 107 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 109 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 110 Out of puff!

  • 111 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 112 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 113 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 114 Northam footballers of the future

  • 115 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 116 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 117 School crossing patrol begins

  • 118 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 119 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 120 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 121 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 122 New Post Office

  • 123 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 124 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 125

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 126 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 127 Picking the pops

  • 128 Emergency ferry services

  • 129 Torrington's new amenity

  • 130 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 131 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 132

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 133 New art gallery opened

  • 134 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 135 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 136 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 137 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 138

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 139 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 140 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 141 Life begins at 80

  • 142 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 143 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 144 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 145 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 146 Bideford computer stars

  • 147 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 148 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 149 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 150 Bideford loses training ship

  • 151 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 152 New look in the hayfields

  • 153 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 154 Finished in 1876

  • 155

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 156 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 157 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 158 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 159 End of the line

  • 160 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 161

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 162 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 163 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 164

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 165 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 166 New civic medallions

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

  • 168 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 169 Hartland's invitation

  • 170 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 171 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 172 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 173

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 174 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 175 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 176 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 177 New Lundy stamps

  • 178 Last train from Torrington

  • 179 Capers on the cobbles

  • 180 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 181 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 182 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 183 Simple Item 138
  • 184 Police station view of Bideford

  • 185 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 187 The Geneva marionettes

  • 188 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 189 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 190 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 191 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 192 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 193 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 194 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 195 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 196 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 197

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 198

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 199 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 200 Caught in the act>
  • 201 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 202 All aboard the ark

  • 203 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 204 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 205 A man and his wheel

  • 206 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 207 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 208 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 209 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 210 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 211 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 212 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 214 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 215 No laughing matter

  • 216 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 217 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 218 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 219 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 220 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 221 Centenary of Gazette

  • 222 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 223 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 224 First ship in 8 years

  • 225 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 226 Artisans' Club

  • 227

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 228 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 229 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 230 The cab at the corner>
  • 231 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 232 Revenge in style

  • 233 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 234 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 236 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 237 Pannier Market's future?

  • 238 Parkham plan realised

  • 239 Devil sent packing

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 241 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 242 Some mushroom!

  • 243 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 244 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 245 Traditions and skills still there

  • 246 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 247 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 248 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 249 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 250 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 251 Happy Days!

  • 252 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 253 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 254 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 255 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 256 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 257 A story to tell!

  • 258 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 260 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 261 Bridging the stream

  • 262 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 263 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 264 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 265 Variety in summer weather

  • 266 They are parted pro-tem

  • 267 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 268 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 269 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 270 Bideford regatta

  • 271 Hartland Dancers
  • 272 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 273 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 274 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 275 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 276 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 277 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 278 Picking the pops

  • 279 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 280 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 281 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 282 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 283 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 284 Penny for the guy

  • 285 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 286 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 287 Six footed lamb

  • 288 Service with a smile

  • 289 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 290 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 292 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 293 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 294 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 295 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 296 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 297 A bird of their own!

  • 298 Jumble sale fever

  • 299 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 300 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 301 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 302 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 303 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 304 Filming at Hartland

  • 305 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 306 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 307 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 308

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

  • 310 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 311 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 312 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 313 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 314 Ships at Bideford

  • 315 Twenty-one yachts

  • 316 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 317 Modern living at Bideford

  • 318 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 319 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 320 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 321 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 322 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 323 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 324 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 325 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 326 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 327 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 328 Off on a great adventure

  • 329 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 330 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 331

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 332 Warmington's garage ad

  • 333 All for the love of a lady!

  • 334 No sale of Springfield House

  • 335 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 336 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 337

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 338 Ten year old scrambler

  • 339 In their new robes and hats

  • 340 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 341 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 342 Torrington children build igloo
  • 343 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 344 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 345 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 346 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 347 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 348 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 349 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 350

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 351

    Bidefordians
  • 352

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 353 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 354 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 355 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 356 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 358 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 359 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 361 A roof-top view - where?

  • 362 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 363 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 364 Burnard family reunion

  • 365 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 366 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 368 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 369 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 370 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 371 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 372 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 373 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 374 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 375 Circus comes to town

  • 376 From Bobby to Brian

  • 377 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 378 Blanchards ad.>
  • 379 Hartland postman retires

  • 380 When horses score over the tractor

  • 381 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 382 For crying out loud!

  • 383 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 384 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 385 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 386 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 387 Appledore's largest

  • 388 Northam's almshouse

  • 389 Clovelly custom

  • 390

    Building works
  • 391 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 392 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 393

    Relatives all over the world
  • 394 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 395 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 396

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 397 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 398 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 399 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 400 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 401 Clovelly nightmare

  • 402 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 403 Can spring be far away?

  • 404 Sight of a lifetime

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 406 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 407 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 408

    Was a missionary
  • 409 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 410 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 411 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 412 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 413 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 414 113 years at Instow

  • 415 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 416 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 417 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 418 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 419 Mobile missionary

  • 420 Decontrol of meat

  • 421 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
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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  • 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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  • 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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World War 1

Horwood and Newton Tracey

18.5.1918 Horwood World War 1

Miss Pennell examined the scholars of the Council School in religious knowledge on Wednesday morning. 

Special intercession services for the war were held at St Michael’s Church, Horwood, and also at St Thomas a Becket’s Church, Newton Tracey, on Sunday last. 

Gunner G Gill (RFA), only son of Mr Gill, Hunters’ Inn, Newton Tracey, had been sent to a Bournemouth hospital, suffering from a severe wound in his left foot. Gunner Gill had been in France about six months. 

A successful whist drive and dance, organised by Mrs E Cawsey, ‘Prospect’, in aid of the British Red Cross, took place at Newton Cross House, by kind permission of Mr J Paton. There was a large attendance, and a goodly sum was raised. Mr James Oatway, Lovacott, was an efficient MC. The prizes for the whist drive were given by Mesdames Dene and Balman, and Mr H Symons. The winners were: Miss Daisy Youatt, Mr E Cawsey (playing as a lady); Miss W Brace; J Andrew; Coates; W Hooper. Miss Rocky (Huntshaw) presided at the piano during the dance. 

Gazette article dated 18 May 1918

National award goes to locally-trained horse 11th June 1971

National award goes to locally-trained horse 11th June 1971

National award goes to locally trained horseGolden Batman, the pride and joy of the point-to-point stables run by Mr & Mrs Anthony Hartnoll at East Barton, Horwood, has capped a great season by winning a national award.

Golden Batman who was sired by Golden Surprise and bred by Mr Leonard Bond, of Bradworthy, was spotted in a field in Cornwall by Mr Hartnoll.  Mr C M C Hancock, a Truro solicitor and point-to-point enthusiast purchased him.

national award

Rosemary Shute Ration Book

Rosemary Shute Ration Book - 1953 - 1954

Rosemary Shute ration book
 

Ministry of Food 1953-1954 (child's) ration book - Rosemary Shute, Park, Horwood, Barnstaple

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