• 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 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 2 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 3 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 4 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 5 Blanchards ad.>
  • 6 Private home for public pump

  • 7 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 8 Picking the pops

  • 9

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 10 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 11 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 12 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 13 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 14 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 15 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 16 Puppet characters introduced

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

  • 18 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 19

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 20 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 21 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 23 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 24 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 25 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 26 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 27 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 28 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 29 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 30 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 31 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 32 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 34 Pannier Market's future?

  • 35 Can spring be far away?

  • 36 Clovelly custom

  • 37 A story to tell!

  • 38 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 39 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 40 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 41 Jumble sale fever

  • 42 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 43 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 45 Some mushroom!

  • 46 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 47 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 48 He beat the floods

  • 49 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 50 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 51 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 52 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 53 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 54 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 55 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 56 A man and his wheel

  • 57 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 58 Centenary of Gazette

  • 59 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 60 For crying out loud!

  • 61 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 62 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 63 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 64

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 65

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 66 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 67 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 68 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 69 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 70 Loads of black and white

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

  • 72 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 73 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 75 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 76 Cruising down the river

  • 77 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 78 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 79 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 80 Devil sent packing

  • 81 Twenty-one yachts

  • 82 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 83 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 84 New Lundy stamps

  • 85 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 86 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 87 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 89 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 90 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 91 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 92 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 93 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 94 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 95 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 96 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 97 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 98 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 99 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 100 Over the bank together>
  • 101 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 102 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 103 Clovelly nightmare

  • 104 Weare Giffard potato

  • 105 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 106 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 107 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 108 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 109 All for the love of a lady!

  • 110

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 111 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 112 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 113 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 114 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 115 Warmington's garage ad

  • 116 It really was the 'last time'

  • 117 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 118 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 119 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 120 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 121 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 122 By pony and trap to market

  • 123 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 124 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 125 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 127 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 128 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 129 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 130 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 131 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 132 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 133 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 134 Riverside mystery

  • 135 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 136 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 137 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 138 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 139

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 140 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 141

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 142 New addition to Quay front

  • 143 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 144 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 145 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 146 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 147 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 148 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 149 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 150 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 151 Waldon Triplets
  • 152 Finished in 1876

  • 153 Variety in summer weather

  • 154 Simple Item 138
  • 155 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 156 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 157 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 158 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 159 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 160 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 161 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 162 A bird of their own!

  • 163 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 164 Artisans' Club

  • 165

    Married in 1908
  • 166 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 167 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

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

  • 170 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 171

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 172 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 173 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 174 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 175 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 176 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 177 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 178 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 179 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 180 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 181 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 182 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 183

    Exhibition of school work
  • 184 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 185 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 186 Six footed lamb

  • 187

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 188 Modern living at Bideford

  • 189 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 190 When horses score over the tractor

  • 191 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 192 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 193 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 194 From Bobby to Brian

  • 195 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 196 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 197

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 198 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 199 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 200 Northam's almshouse

  • 201

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 202

    Building works
  • 203 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 204 In their new robes and hats

  • 205 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 207 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 208 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 209 School crossing patrol begins

  • 210 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 211

    Was a missionary
  • 212 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 213 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 214 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 215 Hartland postman retires

  • 216

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 217 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 218 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 219 New look in the hayfields

  • 220 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 221 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 222 Recognise this resort?

  • 223 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 224 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 225 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 226 Sweets derationing

  • 227 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 228 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 229

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 230 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 231 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 232 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 233 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 234 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 235 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 236 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 237 New life for Hartland organ

  • 238 Some 240 exhibits

  • 239 First ship in 8 years

  • 240 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 241 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 242 Bideford loses training ship

  • 243 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 244 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 245 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 246 They are parted pro-tem

  • 247 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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    First prize
  • 249 Ships at Bideford

  • 250 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 251 113 years at Instow

  • 252 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 253 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 254 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 255 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 256 Emergency ferry services

  • 257 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 258 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 259 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 260 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 261 Capers on the cobbles

  • 262 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 263

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 264 Bideford computer stars

  • 265 Burnard family reunion

  • 266 New choral society's growing response

  • 267 No sale of Springfield House

  • 268 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 269 Out of puff!

  • 270 Last train from Torrington

  • 271 New shipyard on schedule

  • 272 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 273 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 274 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 275 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 276 Penny for the guy

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    New gateway
  • 278 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 279 Just over a year old

  • 280 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 281 End of the line

  • 282 Mobile missionary

  • 283 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 284

    Bidefordians
  • 285

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 286 Torrington in 1967

  • 287 What's the time?

  • 288 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 289 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 290 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 291 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 292 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 293 Parkham plan realised

  • 294 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 295

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 296 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 297 Hartland Dancers
  • 298 Revenge in style

  • 299 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 300 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 301 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 302 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 303 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 304 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 305 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 306 The cab at the corner>
  • 307 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 308 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 309 Peter poses for TV film

  • 310 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 311 Service with a smile

  • 312 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 313 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 314 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 315 New art gallery opened

  • 316 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 317 Filming at Hartland

  • 318 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 319 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 320 Picking the pops

  • 321 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 322

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 323 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 324 Decontrol of meat

  • 325 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 326 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 327

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 328 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 329 The Geneva marionettes

  • 330 Appledore's largest

  • 331 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 332 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 333 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 334 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 335 Bridging the stream

  • 336 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 337 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 338 No laughing matter

  • 339 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 340 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 341 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 342 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 343 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 344 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 346 Hartland's invitation

  • 347 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 348 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 349 So this is the mainland!

  • 350 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 351 The art of the thatcher

  • 352 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 353 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 354 Sight of a lifetime

  • 355 Police station view of Bideford

  • 356

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 357 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 358 Ten year old scrambler

  • 359 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 360 Torrington children build igloo
  • 361 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 362 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 363 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 364 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 365 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 366 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 367

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

  • 369 Life begins at 80

  • 370 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 371 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 372 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 373 New civic medallions

  • 374 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 375

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 376

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 377 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 378 Littleham family's five generations

  • 379

    Relatives all over the world
  • 380 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 381 Circus comes to town

  • 382 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 383 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 384 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 385 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 386 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 387

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 388 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 389 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 390 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 391

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 392 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 393 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 394 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 395 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 396 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 397 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 398 A roof-top view - where?

  • 399 Northam footballers of the future

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 401 Happy Days!

  • 402 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 403 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 404 Traditions and skills still there

  • 405 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 406 Off on a great adventure

  • 407 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 408 Torrington's new amenity

  • 409 North Devon Driving School

  • 410 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 411 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 412 All aboard the ark

  • 413 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 414 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 415 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 416 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 417 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 418 New Post Office

  • 419 Caught in the act>
  • 420 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 421 School's link with cargo ship

  • 422 Bideford regatta

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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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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