• 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 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 2 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 3 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 4 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 5 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 6 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 7 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 8 Can spring be far away?

  • 9 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 10 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 11 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 12 Decontrol of meat

  • 13 Service with a smile

  • 14 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 15 Emergency ferry services

  • 16

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 17

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 18 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 19 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 20 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 21 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 23 Puppet characters introduced

  • 24 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 25 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 26 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 27

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 28 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 29 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 30 Revenge in style

  • 31 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 32 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 33 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 34 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 35 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 36 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 37 Centenary of Gazette

  • 38 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 39 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 40 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 41 Sweets derationing

  • 42 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 43

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 44

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 45 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 46 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 47 School crossing patrol begins

  • 48 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 49 Happy Days!

  • 50 They are parted pro-tem

  • 51 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 52 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 53 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 54 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 55 Bideford computer stars

  • 56

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 57 Ships at Bideford

  • 58 Some mushroom!

  • 59 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 60 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 61 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 62 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 63 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 64 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 65 Waldon Triplets
  • 66 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 67 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 68 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 69 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 70 Warmington's garage ad

  • 71 Simple Item 138
  • 72 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 73 New look in the hayfields

  • 74

    Was a missionary
  • 75 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 76 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 77 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 78 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 79 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 80 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 81 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 82 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 83 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 84 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 86 Bideford regatta

  • 87 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 88 School's link with cargo ship

  • 89 Artisans' Club

  • 90 So this is the mainland!

  • 91 Off on a great adventure

  • 92 Private home for public pump

  • 93 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 94

    New gateway
  • 95 Torrington children build igloo
  • 96 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 97 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 98 Hartland Dancers
  • 99 First ship in 8 years

  • 100 Out of puff!

  • 101 No sale of Springfield House

  • 102 Sight of a lifetime

  • 103 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 104 In their new robes and hats

  • 105 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 106 When horses score over the tractor

  • 107 New choral society's growing response

  • 108 Life begins at 80

  • 109 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 110 By pony and trap to market

  • 111 Parkham plan realised

  • 112 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 113 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 114 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 115

    Building works
  • 116 He beat the floods

  • 117

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 118 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 119 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 120 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 121 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 122 Just over a year old

  • 123 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 124 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 125 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 126 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 127 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 128 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 129 The cab at the corner>
  • 130 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 131

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 132 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 133 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 134 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 135 Modern living at Bideford

  • 136 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 137 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 138 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 139 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 140 Finished in 1876

  • 141 Clovelly nightmare

  • 142 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 143 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 144 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 145 Blanchards ad.>
  • 146 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 147 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 148 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 149 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 150

    Bidefordians
  • 151 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 152 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 153 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 154 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 156 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 157 New Post Office

  • 158 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 159 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 161 Police station view of Bideford

  • 162 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 163 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 164 Loads of black and white

  • 165

    Exhibition of school work
  • 166 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 167 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 168 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 169 Northam's almshouse

  • 170 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 171 A story to tell!

  • 172 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 173

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 174 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 175 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 176 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 177 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 178 Picking the pops

  • 179 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 180 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 181 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 182 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 183 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 184 Some 240 exhibits

  • 185 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 186 Appledore's largest

  • 187 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 188 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 189

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 190 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 191 Torrington's new amenity

  • 192 Peter poses for TV film

  • 193 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 194 A man and his wheel

  • 195 Hartland's invitation

  • 196 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 197 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 198 Variety in summer weather

  • 199 113 years at Instow

  • 200 Riverside mystery

  • 201

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 202 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 203 Capers on the cobbles

  • 204 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 205 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 206 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 207 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 208

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 209 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 210 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 211 Six footed lamb

  • 212 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 213 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 214 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 215 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 216 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 217 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 218 From Bobby to Brian

  • 219 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 220 Northam footballers of the future

  • 221 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 222 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 223 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 225 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 227 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 228 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 229 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 230

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 231 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 232 All for the love of a lady!

  • 233 Mobile missionary

  • 234 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 235 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 236 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 237 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 238 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 239 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 240 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 241 Hartland postman retires

  • 242 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 243 Cruising down the river

  • 244 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 246 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 247 New art gallery opened

  • 248 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 249 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 250 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 251 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 252 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 253 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 254 New Lundy stamps

  • 255 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 256 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 257 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 258 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 259 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 260 A bird of their own!

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 262 Picking the pops

  • 263 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 264

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 265 Pannier Market's future?

  • 266 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 267 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 268 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 270 Littleham family's five generations

  • 271

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 272 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 273 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 274 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 275 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 276 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 277 For crying out loud!

  • 278 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 279 What's the time?

  • 280 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 281 Weare Giffard potato

  • 282 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 283 New civic medallions

  • 284 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 285 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 286 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 287 The Geneva marionettes

  • 288 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 289 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 290 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 291 It really was the 'last time'

  • 292 Penny for the guy

  • 293 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 294 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 295 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 297

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 298 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 299 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 300 New life for Hartland organ

  • 301 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 302 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 303 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 304 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 305 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 306 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 307 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 308 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 309 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 310 Torrington in 1967

  • 311 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 312

    First prize
  • 313 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 314 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 315 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 316

    Married in 1908
  • 317 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 318 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 319 Bridging the stream

  • 320 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 321

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 322 Twenty-one yachts

  • 323 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 324 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 325

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 326 Circus comes to town

  • 327 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 329 All aboard the ark

  • 330 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 331

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 332 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 333 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 334 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 335 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 336 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 337 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 338 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 339 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 340 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 341 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 342

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 343 Over the bank together>
  • 344 No laughing matter

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

  • 346

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 347 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 348 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 349 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 350 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 351 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 352 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 353 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 354 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 355 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 356 Last train from Torrington

  • 357 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 358 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 359

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 360 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 361 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 362 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 363 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 364 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 365 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 366 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 367 End of the line

  • 368 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 369 Caught in the act>
  • 370 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 372 New shipyard on schedule

  • 373 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 374 Bideford loses training ship

  • 375 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 376 Devil sent packing

  • 377 A roof-top view - where?

  • 378 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 379 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 380 Filming at Hartland

  • 381 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 382 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 383 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 384 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 385 New addition to Quay front

  • 386 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 387 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 388 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 389 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 390 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 391 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 392 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 394 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 395 Ten year old scrambler

  • 396 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 397 Traditions and skills still there

  • 398 The art of the thatcher

  • 399 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 400 North Devon Driving School

  • 401 Recognise this resort?

  • 402 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 403 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 404 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 405 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 406 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 407 Burnard family reunion

  • 408 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 409 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 410 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 411 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 412 Clovelly custom

  • 413 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 414 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 415 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 416 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 417 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 418 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 419 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 420 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
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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Landcross

Landcross

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Landcross, or Lancras, in the hundred of Shebbear and in the deanery of Hertland, lies about two miles and a half from Bideford. The manor belonged, anciently, tot he family of Beaumont, from whom it passed to Basset, and from Basset, by marriage, to Pomeroy. It was afterwards in Giffard; Sir John Rolle died seised of it in 1706; it is now the property of Lord Rolle, who is the patron of the rectory. In the parish-church is the monument of Anthony Giffard, lord of the manor, who died in 1649. General Monnk appears to have been a native of this village; he was baptized at Lancras, December 11, 1608.

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