• 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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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 2 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 3 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 4 Bideford regatta

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    New gateway
  • 6 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 7 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 8 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 9 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 10 A man and his wheel

  • 11 Filming at Hartland

  • 12 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 13 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 14 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 15 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 16 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 17 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 18 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 19 All aboard the ark

  • 20 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 21 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 22 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 23 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 24 In their new robes and hats

  • 25 Out of puff!

  • 26 Private home for public pump

  • 27 Warmington's garage ad

  • 28 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 30 Six footed lamb

  • 31 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 32 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 33 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 34 Jumble sale fever

  • 35 Off on a great adventure

  • 36 Northam footballers of the future

  • 37 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 38

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 39 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 41 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 42 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 43 Can spring be far away?

  • 44 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 45 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 46 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 47 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 48 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 49 New life for Hartland organ

  • 50 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 51 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 52 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 53 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 54 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 55 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 56 They are parted pro-tem

  • 57 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 58 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 60 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 61

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 62 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 63 Waldon Triplets
  • 64 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 65 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 66 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 67 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 68 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 69 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 70 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 71 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 72

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 73 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 74 Littleham family's five generations

  • 75 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 76 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 78

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 79 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 80

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 81 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 82 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 83 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 84 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 85

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 86 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 87 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 88 When horses score over the tractor

  • 89 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 90 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 91

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 92 Bridging the stream

  • 93 Just over a year old

  • 94 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 96 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 97 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 98 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 99 Sweets derationing

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

  • 101 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 102 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 103 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 105 Simple Item 138
  • 106 Service with a smile

  • 107 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 108 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 109 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 110 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 111 A story to tell!

  • 112 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 113 Picking the pops

  • 114 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 115 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 117 Loads of black and white

  • 118 So this is the mainland!

  • 119 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 120

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 121 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 122 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 123 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 124 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 125 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 126 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 127 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 128

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 129 Appledore's largest

  • 130 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 131 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 132 Peter poses for TV film

  • 133 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 134 Picking the pops

  • 135 Decontrol of meat

  • 136 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 137 By pony and trap to market

  • 138 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 139 The Geneva marionettes

  • 140 Emergency ferry services

  • 141 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 142 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 143 Pannier Market's future?

  • 144 Torrington's new amenity

  • 145 Parkham plan realised

  • 146 What's the time?

  • 147 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 148 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 149 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 150 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 151 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 152

    Building works
  • 153 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 154 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 155 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 156 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 157 New Post Office

  • 158 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 159 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 160 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 161 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 162 Hartland postman retires

  • 163 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 164 New choral society's growing response

  • 165 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 166 Life begins at 80

  • 167 Mobile missionary

  • 168 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 169 Blanchards ad.>
  • 170 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 171 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 172 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 173 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 174 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 175 New shipyard on schedule

  • 176 He beat the floods

  • 177 Riverside mystery

  • 178 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 179 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 180 New look in the hayfields

  • 181 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 182 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 183 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 184

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 185 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 186 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 187 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 188 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 189 Circus comes to town

  • 190 New addition to Quay front

  • 191 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 192

    Married in 1908
  • 193 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 194 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 195 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 196

    First prize
  • 197 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 199

    Exhibition of school work
  • 200 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 201 Traditions and skills still there

  • 202

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 203 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 204 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 205 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 206 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 207

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 208 Some 240 exhibits

  • 209 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 210 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 211 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 212 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 213 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 214 Clovelly nightmare

  • 215 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 216 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 217 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 218 End of the line

  • 219 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 220 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 221 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 222 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 223 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 224 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 225 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 226 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 227 Bideford computer stars

  • 228 North Devon Driving School

  • 229 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 230 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 231 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 232 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 233 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 234 Cruising down the river

  • 235 Centenary of Gazette

  • 236 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 237 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 238 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 239 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 240 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 241

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 242 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 243 Bideford loses training ship

  • 244 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 246 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 247 Finished in 1876

  • 248

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 249 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 250 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 251 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 252 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 253 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 254 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 255

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 256 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 257 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 258

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 259 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 260 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 261 Some mushroom!

  • 262 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 263 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 264 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 265 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 266 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 267 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 268 A bird of their own!

  • 269 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 270 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 271 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 272 First ship in 8 years

  • 273 Penny for the guy

  • 274 Last train from Torrington

  • 275 Twenty-one yachts

  • 276 Weare Giffard potato

  • 277 The art of the thatcher

  • 278 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 279 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 280 Ships at Bideford

  • 281 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 282 New art gallery opened

  • 283 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 284 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 285 Ten year old scrambler

  • 286 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 287

    Was a missionary
  • 288 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 289 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 290 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 291 Northam's almshouse

  • 292 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 293 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 294 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 295 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 296 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 297 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 298 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 299 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 300 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 301 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 302 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 303 Puppet characters introduced

  • 304 The cab at the corner>
  • 305 Modern living at Bideford

  • 306 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 307 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 308 No laughing matter

  • 309 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 310 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 311 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 312 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 313 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 314 Recognise this resort?

  • 315 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 316 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 318

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 319

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 320 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 321 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 322 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 323 For crying out loud!

  • 324 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 325 Torrington children build igloo
  • 326 Happy Days!

  • 327 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 328 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 329 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 330 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 331 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 332

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 333 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 334 Artisans' Club

  • 335 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 336 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 338 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 339 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 340 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 341 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 342 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 343 Over the bank together>
  • 344 Variety in summer weather

  • 345 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 346 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 347 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 348 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 349 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 351 School's link with cargo ship

  • 352 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 354 Sight of a lifetime

  • 355 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 356 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 357 113 years at Instow

  • 358 New civic medallions

  • 359 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 360 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 361 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 362 Hartland Dancers
  • 363 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 364 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 365 Devil sent packing

  • 366

    Bidefordians
  • 367 From Bobby to Brian

  • 368 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 369 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 370 All for the love of a lady!

  • 371 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 372 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 373

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 374 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 375 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 376 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 377 An early 'special' to Bideford

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 379

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 380 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 381 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 382 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 383 No sale of Springfield House

  • 384 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 385 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 386 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 387 Burnard family reunion

  • 388 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 389 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 390

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 391 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 392 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 393 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 394 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 395 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 396 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 397 Caught in the act>
  • 398 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 399 New Lundy stamps

  • 400 Police station view of Bideford

  • 401 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 402 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 403 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 404 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 405 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 406 Torrington in 1967

  • 407 Clovelly custom

  • 408 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 410 It really was the 'last time'

  • 411 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 412 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 413 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 414

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 415 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 416 Revenge in style

  • 417 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 418 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 419 School crossing patrol begins

  • 420 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 421 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 422 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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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  • 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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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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Bomb unit again comb wreck after AA shell cases are washed up

Bomb unit again comb wreck after AA shell cases are washed up 17th May 1968

bomb unit

A naval bomb disposal unit from Plymouth visited the North Devon beauty spot, Welcombe Mouth, to comb for the third time the wreck of the Norwegian vessel "Sjophina".

The rusted reamins of the ship, which was driven on the rocks at the north end of the Mouth in 1944 are uncovered only a few times each year at low water of high spring tides.

6 pom-pom shell cases and a machine gund shell case were picked up by the squad during the couple of hours that the wreck was uncovered.

Bomb unit comb wreck after AA shell cases are washed up

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