• 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 Variety in summer weather

  • 2 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 4 Artisans' Club

  • 5 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 6 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 7 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 8 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 9 Waldon Triplets
  • 10 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 11 Emergency ferry services

  • 12 By pony and trap to market

  • 13 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 14 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 15 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 16 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 17 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 18 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 20 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 21 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 22 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 23 Hartland's invitation

  • 24 Modern living at Bideford

  • 25 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 26 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 27 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 28 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 29

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 30 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 31 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 32 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 33 For crying out loud!

  • 34

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 35

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 36 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 37 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 38 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 39 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 40 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 41 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 42 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 43 Revenge in style

  • 44 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 45 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 46 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 47 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 48 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 49

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 50 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 51 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 52 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 53 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 54 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 55 End of the line

  • 56 Mobile missionary

  • 57 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 58 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 59 Circus comes to town

  • 60 So this is the mainland!

  • 61 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 62

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 63 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 64 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 65 Bideford computer stars

  • 66 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 67 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 68

    First prize
  • 69 Picking the pops

  • 70 No sale of Springfield House

  • 71 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 72 New Lundy stamps

  • 73 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 74 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 76 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 77 Riverside mystery

  • 78 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 79 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 80 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 81 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 82 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 83 Weare Giffard potato

  • 84 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 85

    Bidefordians
  • 86 Bridging the stream

  • 87 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 88

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 89 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 90 Twenty-one yachts

  • 91 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 92 Happy Days!

  • 93 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 94 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 95 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 96 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 97 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 98 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 99 From Bobby to Brian

  • 100 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 101 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 102 Some 240 exhibits

  • 103 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 104 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 105 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 106 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 107 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 109 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 110 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 111 All for the love of a lady!

  • 112

    Relatives all over the world
  • 113 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 114 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 115 Pannier Market's future?

  • 116 Littleham family's five generations

  • 117 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 118 Northam footballers of the future

  • 119 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 120 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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

  • 122 Bideford loses training ship

  • 123 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 124 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 125

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 126 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 127 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 128

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 129 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 130 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 131 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 132 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 133 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 134 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 135 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 136 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 137 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 138 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 139 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 140 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 141 Police station view of Bideford

  • 142 Warmington's garage ad

  • 143 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 144 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 145

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 146 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 147 Capers on the cobbles

  • 148 New addition to Quay front

  • 149 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 150 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 151 New art gallery opened

  • 152 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 153 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 154 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 155 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 156 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 157 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 158 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 159 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 160 No laughing matter

  • 161 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 162 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 163 Just over a year old

  • 164 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 165 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 166

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 167 First ship in 8 years

  • 168 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 169 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 170 The Geneva marionettes

  • 171 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 172 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 173 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 174 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 175

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 176 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 177 Off on a great adventure

  • 178 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 179 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 180 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 181 Out of puff!

  • 182 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 183 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 184 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 185 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 186 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 187 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 188 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 189

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 190 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 191 It really was the 'last time'

  • 192 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 193 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 194

    Was a missionary
  • 195 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 196 Clovelly custom

  • 197 School crossing patrol begins

  • 198 Penny for the guy

  • 199 School's link with cargo ship

  • 200 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 201 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 202 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 203 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 204 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 205

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 206 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 207 Hartland postman retires

  • 208 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 209 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 210 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 211 Devil sent packing

  • 212 Finished in 1876

  • 213 Appledore's largest

  • 214 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 215 Private home for public pump

  • 216 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 217 Parkham plan realised

  • 218 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 219 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 220 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 221 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 222

    New gateway
  • 223 Recognise this resort?

  • 224 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 225 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 226 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 227 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 228 Simple Item 138
  • 229 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 230 New shipyard on schedule

  • 231 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 232 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 233 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 234 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 235 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 236 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 237 Jumble sale fever

  • 238 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 240 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 241 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 242 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 243 They are parted pro-tem

  • 244 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 245 Torrington children build igloo
  • 246 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 247

    Exhibition of school work
  • 248 113 years at Instow

  • 249 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 250 Filming at Hartland

  • 251

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 252 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 253 New life for Hartland organ

  • 254

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 255 Traditions and skills still there

  • 256 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 257 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 258 The cab at the corner>
  • 259

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 260 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 261 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 262 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 263 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 264 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 265 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 266 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 267 Caught in the act>
  • 268 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 269 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 270 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 271 Burnard family reunion

  • 272 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 273 Decontrol of meat

  • 274 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 275 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 276 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 277

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 278 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 279 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 280 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 281 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 282 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 283 Northam's almshouse

  • 284 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 285 When horses score over the tractor

  • 286 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 287 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 288 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 289

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 290 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 291 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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

  • 293 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 294 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 295 He beat the floods

  • 296 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 297 Peter poses for TV film

  • 298 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 299 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 300 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 301 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 302 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 303 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 304 New look in the hayfields

  • 305 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 306 Picking the pops

  • 307 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 308 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 309 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 310 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 311 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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

  • 313 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 314 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 315 Sweets derationing

  • 316 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 317 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 318 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 319

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 320 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 321 Hartland Dancers
  • 322 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 323 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 324 Life begins at 80

  • 325 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 326 Clovelly nightmare

  • 327 Ships at Bideford

  • 328

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 329 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 330 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 331 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 332 Loads of black and white

  • 333 New choral society's growing response

  • 334 A story to tell!

  • 335 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 336 What's the time?

  • 337 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 338 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 339 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 340

    Married in 1908
  • 341 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 342 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 343 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 344 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 345 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 346 New Post Office

  • 347

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 348 Over the bank together>
  • 349 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 350 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 351 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 352 Puppet characters introduced

  • 353 The art of the thatcher

  • 354 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 355 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 356 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 357 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 358 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 359 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 360 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 361 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 362 A man and his wheel

  • 363 Some mushroom!

  • 364 Bideford regatta

  • 365 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 367 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 368 A bird of their own!

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

  • 370 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 371 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 372 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 373 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

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    Building works
  • 375 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 376 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 377 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 378 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 379 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 380 All aboard the ark

  • 381

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 382 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 383 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 384 New civic medallions

  • 385 Blanchards ad.>
  • 386 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 387 Sight of a lifetime

  • 388 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 389 Can spring be far away?

  • 390 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 391 Torrington in 1967

  • 392 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 393 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 394 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 395

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 396 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 397 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 398

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 399 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 400 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 401 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 402 A roof-top view - where?

  • 403 Ten year old scrambler

  • 404 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 405

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 406 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 407 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 409 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 410 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 411 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 412 Service with a smile

  • 413 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 414 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 415 Centenary of Gazette

  • 416 Six footed lamb

  • 417 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 418 Cruising down the river

  • 419 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 420 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 421 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 422 Torrington's new amenity

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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