• 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 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 2 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 5 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 6 A story to tell!

  • 7 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 8 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 9 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 10

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 11 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 12 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 13 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 14 Sweets derationing

  • 15 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 16 Six footed lamb

  • 17 Jumble sale fever

  • 18 Life begins at 80

  • 19

    Exhibition of school work
  • 20 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 21 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 22 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 23 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 24 What's the time?

  • 25 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 26 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 27 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 28 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 29 Clovelly custom

  • 30

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 31 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 32 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 33 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 34 No sale of Springfield House

  • 35 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 36 Capers on the cobbles

  • 37 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 38

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 39 Waldon Triplets
  • 40 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 41 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 42 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 43 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 44 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 45 From Bobby to Brian

  • 46 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 47 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 48 Hartland's invitation

  • 49 Finished in 1876

  • 50 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 51

    New gateway
  • 52 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 53 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 54 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 55 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 56 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 57 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 58 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 59 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 60 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 61 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 62 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 64 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 65 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 66 Filming at Hartland

  • 67 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 68 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 69 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 70 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 71 New shipyard on schedule

  • 72 Torrington's new amenity

  • 73 Service with a smile

  • 74 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 75 New Post Office

  • 76 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 77 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 78

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 79 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 80 Some 240 exhibits

  • 81 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 82 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 83 Over the bank together>
  • 84 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 85 End of the line

  • 86 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 87 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 88 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 89 Happy Days!

  • 90 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 91 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 92 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 93 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 94 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 95 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 96 Off on a great adventure

  • 97 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 98 Circus comes to town

  • 99

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 100 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 102 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 103 Mobile missionary

  • 104 The cab at the corner>
  • 105 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 106 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 107 New art gallery opened

  • 108 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 109 Bideford loses training ship

  • 110 New civic medallions

  • 111 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 112 A roof-top view - where?

  • 113 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 114 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 115 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 116 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 117 113 years at Instow

  • 118 Artisans' Club

  • 119 Pannier Market's future?

  • 120 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 121 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 122 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 123 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 124 Just over a year old

  • 125 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 126 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 127 School's link with cargo ship

  • 128 Torrington in 1967

  • 129 Ships at Bideford

  • 130 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 131 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 132 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 133 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 134 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 135 Devil sent packing

  • 136 Sight of a lifetime

  • 137 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 138 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 139 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 140

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 141

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 142 Last train from Torrington

  • 143 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 144 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 145 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 146 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 147 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 148 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 149 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 150 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 151 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 152 North Devon Driving School

  • 153 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 154 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 155 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 156 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 157 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 158 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 159 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 161 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 162

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 163 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 164 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 165 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 166 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 167 Ten year old scrambler

  • 168

    First prize
  • 169 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 170 School crossing patrol begins

  • 171 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 172

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 173 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 174 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 175

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 176 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 177 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 178 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 179 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 180 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 181 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 182

    Was a missionary
  • 183 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 184 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 185 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 186 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 187 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 188 Picking the pops

  • 189 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 191 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 192 Hartland Dancers
  • 193 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 194 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 195 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 196 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 197 Bideford computer stars

  • 198 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 199 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 200 Centenary of Gazette

  • 201

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 202 Can spring be far away?

  • 203

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 204 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 205 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 207 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 208 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 209 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 210

    Bidefordians
  • 211 The art of the thatcher

  • 212 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 213

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 214 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 215 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 216 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 217 Loads of black and white

  • 218 Hartland postman retires

  • 219 Bideford regatta

  • 220 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 222 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 223 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 224 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 225 Caught in the act>
  • 226 No laughing matter

  • 227 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 228 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 229 Modern living at Bideford

  • 230 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 231 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 232 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 233 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 234

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 235 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 236 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 237 A bird of their own!

  • 238 Northam's almshouse

  • 239 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 240 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 241 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 242 Bridging the stream

  • 243 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 244 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 245 Traditions and skills still there

  • 246 Clovelly nightmare

  • 247 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 248 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 249 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 250 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 251 New look in the hayfields

  • 252 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 253 First ship in 8 years

  • 254 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 255 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 256 Private home for public pump

  • 257 Picking the pops

  • 258

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 259 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 260 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 261 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 262 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 263 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 264 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 265 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 266 Warmington's garage ad

  • 267 When horses score over the tractor

  • 268

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 269

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 270 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 271 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 272 A man and his wheel

  • 273 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 274 Out of puff!

  • 275 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 277 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 278 New Lundy stamps

  • 279 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 280 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 281 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 282 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 283 New life for Hartland organ

  • 284 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 285 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 286

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 287

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 288 Torrington children build igloo
  • 289 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 290 Recognise this resort?

  • 291 Variety in summer weather

  • 292 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 293 Emergency ferry services

  • 294 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 295 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 297 By pony and trap to market

  • 298 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 299 Blanchards ad.>
  • 300 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 301 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 302 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 303 Peter poses for TV film

  • 304 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 305 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 306 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 307 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 308 Littleham family's five generations

  • 309 So this is the mainland!

  • 310 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 311 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 312 Riverside mystery

  • 313 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 314 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 315 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 316 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 317

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 318 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 319 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 320 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 321 Revenge in style

  • 322 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 323 Northam footballers of the future

  • 324 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 325

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 326 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 327 All aboard the ark

  • 328 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 329 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 330 Twenty-one yachts

  • 331 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 332 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 333 Weare Giffard potato

  • 334 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 335 It really was the 'last time'

  • 336 New addition to Quay front

  • 337 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 338 For crying out loud!

  • 339 Parkham plan realised

  • 340 Police station view of Bideford

  • 341 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 342 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 343 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 344

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 345 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 346 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 347 New choral society's growing response

  • 348 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 350 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 351 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 352 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 353 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 354 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 355 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 356 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 357 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 358 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 359 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 360 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 361 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 362 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 363 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 364

    Relatives all over the world
  • 365 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 366 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 367 The Geneva marionettes

  • 368

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 369 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 370 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 372 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 373 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 374 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 375 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 376 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 377 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 378 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 379 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 380 Puppet characters introduced

  • 381 Appledore's largest

  • 382 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 383 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 384 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 385 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 386 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 387 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 388 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 389 Burnard family reunion

  • 390 Decontrol of meat

  • 391 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 392 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 393 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 394 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 395 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 396 Simple Item 138
  • 397 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 398 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 399 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 400 What is future of railway goods yard?

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    Building works
  • 402 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 403

    Married in 1908
  • 404 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 405 Cruising down the river

  • 406 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 407 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 408 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 409 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 410 Penny for the guy

  • 411 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 412 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 413 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 414

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 415 Some mushroom!

  • 416 He beat the floods

  • 417 All for the love of a lady!

  • 418 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 419 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 420 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 421 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 422 In their new robes and hats

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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  • 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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  • 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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Satellite Communications Centre in Remote North Cornwall Keeps Its Secrets 20.3.1981

Satellite Communications Centre in Remote North Cornwall Keeps Its Secrets 20.3.1981

Satellite Communications Centre in Remote North Cornwall Keeps Its Secret

The signpost on the busy A39 trunk road on the way to Bude simply says "CSOS Morwenstowe." Holidaymakers travelling fast in their cars hardly have time to give it a second look.

Dish aerials for Cleave Camp 15.3.1968

Dish aerials for Cleave Camp 15.3.1968

Dish aerials for Cleave Camp

A start is likely to be made this year on the erection of a new satellite communications centre at Cleave Camp, Morwenstow.

Where £500,000 'dish' will be planted 10.2.1967

Where £500,000 'dish' will be planted 10.2.1967

Where 500000 dish will be planted 1967

It was confirmed that the Ministry of Defence are to construct a £500,000 dish aerial to handle messages transmitted by way of satellite. Cleave Camp, Morwenstow, standing in open country close to the site of what was the home of the renowned Sir Richard Grenville, was finally closed in 1961.

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