• 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 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 2 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 3 New addition to Quay front

  • 4 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 5

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 6 Sight of a lifetime

  • 7 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 8 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 9 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 10 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 11 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 12 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 13 The cab at the corner>
  • 14 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 15 All for the love of a lady!

  • 16 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 17

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 18 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 19 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 20 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 21 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 22 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 23 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 24 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 25 Ships at Bideford

  • 26 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 27 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 28 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 29 Puppet characters introduced

  • 30 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 31 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 32 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 33 New shipyard on schedule

  • 34 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 35 Some 240 exhibits

  • 36 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 37 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 38 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 39 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 40 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 41 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 42 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 43

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 44 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 45 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 46

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 47 All aboard the ark

  • 48 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 49

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 50 Emergency ferry services

  • 51 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 52 Private home for public pump

  • 53

    Was a missionary
  • 54 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 55 Capers on the cobbles

  • 56

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 57 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 58 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 59 Last train from Torrington

  • 60 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 61 Finished in 1876

  • 62 Happy Days!

  • 63

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 64

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 65 Over the bank together>
  • 66 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 67 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 68 Hartland's invitation

  • 69 Variety in summer weather

  • 70 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 71

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 72 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 73 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 74 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 75 A man and his wheel

  • 76

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 77 Off on a great adventure

  • 78 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 79 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 80 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 81 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 82 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 83 Police station view of Bideford

  • 84 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 85 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 86 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 87 Ten year old scrambler

  • 88 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 89 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 90 Torrington children build igloo
  • 91 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 92 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 93 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 94

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 95 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 96 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 97 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 98 Cruising down the river

  • 99

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 100 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 101 New Post Office

  • 102 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 103 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 104 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 105 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 106 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 107 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 108 The Geneva marionettes

  • 109 By pony and trap to market

  • 110 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 111 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 112 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 113 For crying out loud!

  • 114 Torrington's new amenity

  • 115

    New gateway
  • 116

    Married in 1908
  • 117 Centenary of Gazette

  • 118 Jumble sale fever

  • 119 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 120 A bird of their own!

  • 121 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 122 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 123 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 124 End of the line

  • 125

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 126 Pannier Market's future?

  • 127 Appledore's largest

  • 128 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 129 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 130 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 131 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 132 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 133 The art of the thatcher

  • 134

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 135 Can spring be far away?

  • 136 Six footed lamb

  • 137 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 138 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 139 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 140 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 141 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 142 Bideford computer stars

  • 143 New art gallery opened

  • 144 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 145 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 146 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 147 So this is the mainland!

  • 148 School crossing patrol begins

  • 149 When horses score over the tractor

  • 150 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 151 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 152 A roof-top view - where?

  • 153 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 154 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 155 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 156 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 157 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 158 Bridging the stream

  • 159

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 160 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 161 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 162 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 163 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 164 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 165 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 166 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 167 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 168 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 169 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 170 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 171 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 172 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 173 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 174 Simple Item 138
  • 175

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 176 113 years at Instow

  • 177 They are parted pro-tem

  • 178 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 179 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 180 No sale of Springfield House

  • 181 Northam's almshouse

  • 182 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 183 Peter poses for TV film

  • 184 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 185 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 186 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 187 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 188 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 189 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 190 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 191 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 193 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 194

    Bidefordians
  • 195 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 196

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 197 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 198 Recognise this resort?

  • 199 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 200 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 201

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 202 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 203

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 204 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 205 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 206 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 207 Loads of black and white

  • 208 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 209 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 210 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 211 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 212 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 213 Burnard family reunion

  • 214 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 215 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 216 Traditions and skills still there

  • 217 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 218 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 219 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 220 It really was the 'last time'

  • 221 Just over a year old

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

  • 223 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 224 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 225 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 227 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 228 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 229 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 231 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 232 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 233 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 234 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 235 In their new robes and hats

  • 236 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 237 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 238 Devil sent packing

  • 239 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 240 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 241 Riverside mystery

  • 242 New life for Hartland organ

  • 243 No laughing matter

  • 244 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 245 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 246 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 247 Warmington's garage ad

  • 248 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 249 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 250 Artisans' Club

  • 251 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 252 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 253 Circus comes to town

  • 254 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 255

    Relatives all over the world
  • 256 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 257 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 258 Bideford loses training ship

  • 259 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 260 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 261 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 262 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 263 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 264 Northam footballers of the future

  • 265 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 266 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 267 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 268 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 269 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 270 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 271 Service with a smile

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

  • 273 Picking the pops

  • 274 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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    First prize
  • 276 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 277 Penny for the guy

  • 278 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 279 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 280 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 281 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 282 Clovelly custom

  • 283 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 284 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 285 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 286 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 287 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 288 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 289 Picking the pops

  • 290 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 291 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 292 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 293 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 294 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 295 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 296 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 297 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 298 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 299 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 300 First ship in 8 years

  • 301 New civic medallions

  • 302 Hartland postman retires

  • 303

    Exhibition of school work
  • 304 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 305 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 306 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 307 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 308 What's the time?

  • 309 A story to tell!

  • 310 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 311 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 312 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 313 New choral society's growing response

  • 314 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 315 Caught in the act>
  • 316 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 317 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 318 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 319 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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    Building works
  • 321 Filming at Hartland

  • 322 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 323 From Bobby to Brian

  • 324 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 325 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 326 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 327 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 328 Out of puff!

  • 329 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 330 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 331 Clovelly nightmare

  • 332 Some mushroom!

  • 333 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 335 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 336 Blanchards ad.>
  • 337 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 338 Mobile missionary

  • 339 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 340 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 341 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 342 Modern living at Bideford

  • 343 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 344 Torrington in 1967

  • 345 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 346 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 347 School's link with cargo ship

  • 348 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 349 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 350 Waldon Triplets
  • 351 Bideford regatta

  • 352 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 353 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 355 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 356 New Lundy stamps

  • 357 Life begins at 80

  • 358 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 359 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 360 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 361 Sweets derationing

  • 362 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 363 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 364 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 365 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 366 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 367 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 368 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 369 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 370 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 371 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 372 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 373 Decontrol of meat

  • 374 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 376 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 377

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 378 North Devon Driving School

  • 379 Weare Giffard potato

  • 380 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 381 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 382 Hartland Dancers
  • 383 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 384 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 385

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 386 Revenge in style

  • 387 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 388 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 389 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 390 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 392 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 393 Twenty-one yachts

  • 394 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 395 He beat the floods

  • 396 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 398 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 399 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 400 New look in the hayfields

  • 401 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 402 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 403 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 404 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 405

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 406 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 407 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 408 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 409 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 410

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 411 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 412 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 413 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 414 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 415 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 416 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 417 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 418 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 419 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 420 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 421 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
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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Local Factory to Close Down 11 December 1981

Local Factory to Close Down 11 December 1981

Local Factory to Close Down 11 December 1981

Industry.  Sudbury's Gloves Ltd to close their Bideford factory and develop their Appledore branch as their main production centre. Their Torrington factory, which was closed two years ago is to be re-opened. Roger Day

Gloves Fit For a King! 3 January 1974

Gloves Fit For a King! 3 January 1974

Gloves Fit For a King 3 January 1974

Industry.  What is believed to be the largest pair of gloves ever made by a local firm has been supplied by Sudbury's Gloves Ltd to the King of Tonga, in the South Pacific. HM KIng Taufa, Queen Salote, Mrs Sylvia Gilbert, Ray Sawtell, Mrs Cynthia Dymond

Young Wives Help in Gloving Production 24 January 1969

Young Wives Help in Gloving Production 24 January 1969

Young Wives Help in Gloving Production 24 January 1969

Industry.  Working in their homes, young married women, often with small children, are playing an increasingly important part in providing labour for the gloving industry in this area. Ray Sawtell, Sudbury's Gloves Ltd, Michael Vincent, W Vaughan and Son Ltd

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