• 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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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 2 New choral society's growing response

  • 3 Revenge in style

  • 4 School's link with cargo ship

  • 5 113 years at Instow

  • 6 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 7 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 8 Mobile missionary

  • 9 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 10 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 11 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 12 New Lundy stamps

  • 13 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 14 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 15 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 16 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 17 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 18 Artisans' Club

  • 19 Decontrol of meat

  • 20 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 21 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 22 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 23 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 24 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 25 Bridging the stream

  • 26 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 27 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 28 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 29 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 30 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 31 Variety in summer weather

  • 32 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 33 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 34 New civic medallions

  • 35 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 36 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 37 For crying out loud!

  • 38 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 39

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 40

    Bidefordians
  • 41 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 42 New life for Hartland organ

  • 43 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 44 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 46 When horses score over the tractor

  • 47 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 48 Northam's almshouse

  • 49 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 50 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 51 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 52 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 53 Ships at Bideford

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

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

  • 56 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 57 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 58 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 59 Finished in 1876

  • 60 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 61 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 62 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 63 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 64 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 65 Warmington's garage ad

  • 66

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 67 Traditions and skills still there

  • 68 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 69 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 70

    Building works
  • 71 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 72 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 73

    First prize
  • 74 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 75 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 76 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 77

    Was a missionary
  • 78 Puppet characters introduced

  • 79

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 80 No sale of Springfield House

  • 81 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 82 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 84 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 85 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 86 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 87 Peter poses for TV film

  • 88 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 90 Some 240 exhibits

  • 91 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 92 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 93 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 94 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 95 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 96 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 97 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 98 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 99

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 100 Filming at Hartland

  • 101 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 102 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 103 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 104 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 105 By pony and trap to market

  • 106 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 107 Circus comes to town

  • 108 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 109 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 110 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 111 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 112 Littleham family's five generations

  • 113 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 114 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 115 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 116 The Geneva marionettes

  • 117 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 118 Penny for the guy

  • 119 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 120 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 121 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 122 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 123 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 125 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 126 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 127

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 128 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 129 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 130 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 131 New look in the hayfields

  • 132 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 133 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 134 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 135 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 136 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 137

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 138 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 139 A story to tell!

  • 140 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 141 Sight of a lifetime

  • 142 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 143 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 144 Private home for public pump

  • 145

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 146 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 147 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 148 Police station view of Bideford

  • 149 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 150 He beat the floods

  • 151 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 152 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 153 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 154 Ten year old scrambler

  • 155 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 156

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 157 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 158 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 159 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 160 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 161 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 162 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 163 Torrington in 1967

  • 164 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 165

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 166 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 167 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 168 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 169 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 170 Torrington's new amenity

  • 171 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 172 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 173 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 174 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 175 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 176 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 177 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 178 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 179 They are parted pro-tem

  • 180 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 181 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 182 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 183 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 184 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 185 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 186 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 187 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 188 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 189 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 190 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 191 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 192

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 193 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 195 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 196 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 197 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 198 New art gallery opened

  • 199 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 200 A bird of their own!

  • 201 Simple Item 138
  • 202 Sweets derationing

  • 203 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 204 Over the bank together>
  • 205 Northam footballers of the future

  • 206 Capers on the cobbles

  • 207 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 208 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 209 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 210 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 211 Some mushroom!

  • 212 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 213 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 214 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 215 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 216 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 217

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 218 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 219 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 220 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 221 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 222 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 223 Cruising down the river

  • 224 The art of the thatcher

  • 225 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 226 Out of puff!

  • 227

    Exhibition of school work
  • 228 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 229 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 230 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 231 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 232 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 233 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 234 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 235 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 236 In their new robes and hats

  • 237 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 238 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 239 Riverside mystery

  • 240 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 241 End of the line

  • 242 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 243 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 244 A roof-top view - where?

  • 245 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 246 Caught in the act>
  • 247 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 248 Last train from Torrington

  • 249

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 250 Happy Days!

  • 251 What's the time?

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

  • 253 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 254 From Bobby to Brian

  • 255 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 256 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 257 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 258 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 259 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 260 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 261 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 262

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 263 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 264 Jumble sale fever

  • 265 Blanchards ad.>
  • 266 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 267 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 268 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 269

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 270 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 271 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 272 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 273 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 274 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 275 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 276 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 277 Picking the pops

  • 278 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 279

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 280 Emergency ferry services

  • 281 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 282 The cab at the corner>
  • 283 No laughing matter

  • 284 Hartland postman retires

  • 285 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 286 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 287 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 288 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 289 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 290 All aboard the ark

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 292 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 293 Pannier Market's future?

  • 294 Bideford computer stars

  • 295 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 296 Life begins at 80

  • 297 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 298 It really was the 'last time'

  • 299 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 300 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 301 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 302 School crossing patrol begins

  • 303 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 304 Torrington children build igloo
  • 305 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 306 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 307 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 308 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 309 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 310 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 311 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 312 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 313 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 314 Weare Giffard potato

  • 315 Bideford loses training ship

  • 316 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 317 New Post Office

  • 318 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 319 Hartland Dancers
  • 320 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 321 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 322 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 323 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 324 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 325 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 326 Centenary of Gazette

  • 327 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 328 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 329 North Devon Driving School

  • 330 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 331 A man and his wheel

  • 332 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 333 Recognise this resort?

  • 334 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 335 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 337 Off on a great adventure

  • 338

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 339 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 340 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 341 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 342 Appledore's largest

  • 343 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 344 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 345 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 346 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 347 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 349 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 350 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 352 So this is the mainland!

  • 353 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 354 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 355 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 356 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 357 Loads of black and white

  • 358

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 359 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 360 Modern living at Bideford

  • 361 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 362 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 363 Six footed lamb

  • 364 New addition to Quay front

  • 365 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 366 Hartland's invitation

  • 367 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 368

    Married in 1908
  • 369 Picking the pops

  • 370 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 371 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 372 Clovelly custom

  • 373

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 374 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 375 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 376 Clovelly nightmare

  • 377 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 378 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 379

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 380 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 381 Bideford regatta

  • 382 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 383 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 384 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 386 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 387 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 388 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 389 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 390 Service with a smile

  • 391 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 392 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 393 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 394 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 395 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 396 Twenty-one yachts

  • 397 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 398 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 399 Burnard family reunion

  • 400 All for the love of a lady!

  • 401

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 402 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 404 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 405 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 406

    New gateway
  • 407 Just over a year old

  • 408 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 409 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 410 New shipyard on schedule

  • 411 Devil sent packing

  • 412

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 413 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 414

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 415 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 416 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 417 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 418 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 419 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 420 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 421

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 422 Waldon Triplets
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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  • 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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  • 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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Threat to Instow sand dunes 5th August 1947

Threat to Instow sand dunes 5th August 1947

THREAT TO INSTOW SAND DUNES

 

Instow Parish Council, expressed the gravest concern and indignation on hearing that it is the intention of the Military Authorities to purchase the sand hills, erect permanent workshops thereon and extend their operations over the whole of the foreshore.

 

 

Instow W.I.'s gift of seat 2nd July 1954

Instow W.I.'s gift of seat 2nd July 1954

Instow W Is gift of seat

Seat made of teak presented by Instow Women's Institute to commemorate the Coronation was handed over to the parish by the W.I. President, Miss E F Berry-Torr.

Mr Anstey, chairman of the Parish Council, who received the gift on the Council's behalf, hoped the seat would be treated with respect by residents and visitors alike.

Sitting on the seat in the photograph are Miss F E Coster (Secretary of the W.I.) Mr T Anstey (Chairman of the Parish Council) Bishop S A Bill (Rector of Instow) and Miss E F Berry-Torr (President of the W.I.).

Keeping Fit Raised £100

Keeping Fit Raised £100 - 4th March 1977

4.3.1977 Instow keep fit
 

When members of Instow and Greenpark FC wanted to renew their football kit, they decided on a joint money-raising and keep-fit exercised.
Organissed by club trainer, Tim Cotter, they took part in a sponsored relay around their pitch. Between them they covered 500 laps - nearly 97 miles - and raised over £100.
One runner alone completed 61 laps or nearly 12 miles.

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