• 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 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 2 New shipyard on schedule

  • 3 Private home for public pump

  • 4 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 5 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 6

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 7 When horses score over the tractor

  • 8 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 9 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 10 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 11 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 12 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 13 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 14 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 15 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 16 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 17 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 18 Can spring be far away?

  • 19 Out of puff!

  • 20 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 21 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 22 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 23 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 24 Decontrol of meat

  • 25 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 26 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 27 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 28 Recognise this resort?

  • 29 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 30 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 31 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 32 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 33

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 34 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 35 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 36 Northam footballers of the future

  • 37 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 38 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 39 Mobile missionary

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

  • 41 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 42

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 43 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 44 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 45

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 46 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 47 No laughing matter

  • 48 New life for Hartland organ

  • 49

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 50 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 51 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 52 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 53 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 54 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 55 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 56 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 57 All for the love of a lady!

  • 58 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 59 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 60 Simple Item 138
  • 61

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 62 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 63 New Post Office

  • 64 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 65 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 66 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 67 Happy Days!

  • 68 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 69 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 70 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 71 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 72 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 73 Artisans' Club

  • 74 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 75 New civic medallions

  • 76

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 77

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 78 Torrington children build igloo
  • 79 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 80 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 81 First ship in 8 years

  • 82 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 83 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 84 Picking the pops

  • 85 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 86 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 87 Bideford computer stars

  • 88 Blanchards ad.>
  • 89 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 90 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 91 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 92 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 94 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 96 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 97 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 98 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 99 A bird of their own!

  • 100

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 101 Centenary of Gazette

  • 102 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 103 Sweets derationing

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

  • 105 Emergency ferry services

  • 106

    New gateway
  • 107 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 108 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 109 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 110 Filming at Hartland

  • 111 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 112 113 years at Instow

  • 113 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 114 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 115 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 116 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 117 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 118 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 119

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 120 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 121 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 122 It really was the 'last time'

  • 123

    Building works
  • 124 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 125 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 126 Cruising down the river

  • 127 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 128 Picking the pops

  • 129 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 130 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 131 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 132 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 133 Just over a year old

  • 134

    Bidefordians
  • 135 New art gallery opened

  • 136 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 137 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 138 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 139 Warmington's garage ad

  • 140 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 141 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 142 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 143 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 144 Hartland's invitation

  • 145 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 146 He beat the floods

  • 147 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 148 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 149 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 150 Ten year old scrambler

  • 151 Clovelly nightmare

  • 152 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 153 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 154 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 155 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 156 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 157 New addition to Quay front

  • 158 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 159 Service with a smile

  • 160 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 161 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 162 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 163 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 164 Burnard family reunion

  • 165 No sale of Springfield House

  • 166 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 167

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 168 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 169 New choral society's growing response

  • 170 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 171 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 172 New look in the hayfields

  • 173 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 174 Bideford loses training ship

  • 175 In their new robes and hats

  • 176 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 177

    First prize
  • 178 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 179 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 180

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 181 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 182 Caught in the act>
  • 183

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 184 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 185 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 186

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 187 Over the bank together>
  • 188

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 189 So this is the mainland!

  • 190 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 191 Off on a great adventure

  • 192 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 193

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 194 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 195 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 196 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 197 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 198 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 199 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 200 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 201

    Exhibition of school work
  • 202 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 203 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 204 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 205 Bridging the stream

  • 206 From Bobby to Brian

  • 207

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 208 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 209 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 210

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 211 A roof-top view - where?

  • 212 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 213 Hartland Dancers
  • 214 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 215 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 216 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 217 Pannier Market's future?

  • 218 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 219 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 220 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 221 Twenty-one yachts

  • 222 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 223 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 224 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 225 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 226 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 227 New Lundy stamps

  • 228 Appledore's largest

  • 229 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 230 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 231 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 232 Life begins at 80

  • 233 By pony and trap to market

  • 234 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 235 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 236 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 238 Puppet characters introduced

  • 239 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 241 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 242 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 243 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 244 School crossing patrol begins

  • 245 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 246 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 247 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 248 They are parted pro-tem

  • 249 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 250 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 251 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 252 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 253 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 254 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 255 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 256 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 257 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 258 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 259 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 260 Devil sent packing

  • 261

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 262 Weare Giffard potato

  • 263 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 264 Parkham plan realised

  • 265 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 266 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 267 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 268 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 270 Penny for the guy

  • 271 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 272 Littleham family's five generations

  • 273 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 274 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 275 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 276 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 277 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 278 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 279 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 280 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 281 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 282 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 283 Bideford regatta

  • 284 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 285 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 286 Revenge in style

  • 287 Loads of black and white

  • 288 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 289

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 290 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 291 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 292 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 293 Northam's almshouse

  • 294 Hartland postman retires

  • 295 School's link with cargo ship

  • 296 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 297 Traditions and skills still there

  • 298 Six footed lamb

  • 299 Clovelly custom

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

  • 301 Torrington in 1967

  • 302 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 303 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 304 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 305 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 306 Capers on the cobbles

  • 307 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 308 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 309 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 310 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 312 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 313 Police station view of Bideford

  • 314 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 315 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 316 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 317 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 318 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 319 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 320 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 321 Sight of a lifetime

  • 322 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 324 Riverside mystery

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

  • 326 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 327 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 328 What's the time?

  • 329 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 330 The art of the thatcher

  • 331 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 332 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 333 Ships at Bideford

  • 334 End of the line

  • 335 The cab at the corner>
  • 336 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 337 Modern living at Bideford

  • 338 Circus comes to town

  • 339 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 340 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 341

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 342 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 343 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 344 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 345 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 346 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 347 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 348 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 349 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 350

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 351 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 352 Waldon Triplets
  • 353 Finished in 1876

  • 354 Last train from Torrington

  • 355 Some 240 exhibits

  • 356 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 357 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 358 Jumble sale fever

  • 359 Some mushroom!

  • 360 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 361 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 362

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 363 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 364 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 365 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 366 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 367 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 368 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 369 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 370 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 371 North Devon Driving School

  • 372 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 373

    Relatives all over the world
  • 374 A man and his wheel

  • 375 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 376

    Married in 1908
  • 377 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 378 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 379 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 380 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 381 A story to tell!

  • 382 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 383 Torrington's new amenity

  • 384 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 385 The Geneva marionettes

  • 386 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 387 Peter poses for TV film

  • 388 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 389 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 390 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 391 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 392

    Was a missionary
  • 393 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 394 For crying out loud!

  • 395 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 396 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 397 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 398 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 399 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 400 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 401 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 402 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 403 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 404 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 405 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 406 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 407 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 408 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 409 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 410 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 411 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 412 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 413 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 414 All aboard the ark

  • 415

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 416 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 417

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 418 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 419 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 420 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 421 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 422 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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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  • 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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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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Special day at Dolton 29th June 1979

Special day at Dolton 29th June 1979

Special day at DoltonTuesday was a special day in the long history of Dolton village school and particularly so for the 40 children who attend it.  They dressed up in clothes of the 1850 period as part of the celebrations at the school which this year is 125 years old.

Dolton mansion for Rolling Stones drummer 10th December 1982

Dolton mansion for Rolling Stones drummer 10th December 1982

dolton mansion for Rolling Stones drummer 10.12.1982

Mr Charles Watts, I hear, has bought Halsdon House at Dolton.  The six bed room property is a Grade 2 listed building standing in a lovely park and woodland of 14 acres.  Estate agents, Michelmore Hughes stated no official announcement regarding the buyer has been made.

Dolton project 26.05.1978

Dolton project 26.05.1978

Dolton project 26.05.1978

Official opening of £1/2 million factory development by specialist engineering group Boughton and Sons Ltd. already at Dartmouth and Winkleigh.  Boughtons started in 1897, Mr Stephen Boughton grandson of the founder is managing this Dolton based gear division of the group.

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