• 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 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 2 Out of puff!

  • 3 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 4 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 5 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 6 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 7 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 8 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 9 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 10 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 11

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 12 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 13 Happy Days!

  • 14

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 15 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 16 Mobile missionary

  • 17 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 19 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 20 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 21 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 22 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 23 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 24 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 25 No laughing matter

  • 26

    Married in 1908
  • 27 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 28 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 29 Caught in the act>
  • 30 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 31 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 32 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 33 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 34 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 35 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 36

    Building works
  • 37 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 38 Over the bank together>
  • 39 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 40 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 41 Warmington's garage ad

  • 42 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 43 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 44 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 45 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 46 Picking the pops

  • 47 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 48 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 49 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 50 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 51 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 52 Torrington in 1967

  • 53 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 54 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 55 Burnard family reunion

  • 56 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 57 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 58 Devil sent packing

  • 59 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 60 Decontrol of meat

  • 61 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 62 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 63 Peter poses for TV film

  • 64

    First prize
  • 65 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 66 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 67 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 68 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 69 Pannier Market's future?

  • 70 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 71 He beat the floods

  • 72 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 73

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 74 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 76 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 77 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 78 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 79

    New gateway
  • 80 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 81 Northam footballers of the future

  • 82 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 83

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 84 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 85 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 86 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 87 For crying out loud!

  • 88 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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

  • 90 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 91 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 92 Centenary of Gazette

  • 93 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 94 Jumble sale fever

  • 95 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 96 Sweets derationing

  • 97 They are parted pro-tem

  • 98 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 99 A story to tell!

  • 100 Service with a smile

  • 101

    Was a missionary
  • 102 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 104

    Bidefordians
  • 105 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 106 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 107 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 108 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 109 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 110 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 111 School's link with cargo ship

  • 112 From Bobby to Brian

  • 113 Northam's almshouse

  • 114 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 115 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 116 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 117 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 118 Emergency ferry services

  • 119 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 120 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 121 Circus comes to town

  • 122 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 123 North Devon Driving School

  • 124 Simple Item 138
  • 125 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 126 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 127 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 128 Bideford regatta

  • 129 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 130 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 131 Off on a great adventure

  • 132 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 133 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 134 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 135 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 136 Torrington's new amenity

  • 137 Littleham family's five generations

  • 138 Artisans' Club

  • 139 Hartland Dancers
  • 140 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 141 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 142 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 143

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 144 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 145

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 146 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 147 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 148 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 149 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 150 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 151 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 152 Waldon Triplets
  • 153 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 154 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 155 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 156 By pony and trap to market

  • 157 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 158 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 159 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 160 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 161 Parkham plan realised

  • 162 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 163 End of the line

  • 164 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 165 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 166 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 167 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 168 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 169 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 170 Finished in 1876

  • 171 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 172 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 173 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 174 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 175 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 176 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 177 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 178 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 179 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 180 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 181 So this is the mainland!

  • 182 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 183 All aboard the ark

  • 184

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 185 Life begins at 80

  • 186 A man and his wheel

  • 187 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 188

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 189 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 190 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 191 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 192 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 193 A roof-top view - where?

  • 194 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 196 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 197 Traditions and skills still there

  • 198 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 199

    Relatives all over the world
  • 200 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 201 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 202 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 203

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 204 Bideford computer stars

  • 205 New Lundy stamps

  • 206 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 207 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 208 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 209 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 210 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 211 It really was the 'last time'

  • 212 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 213 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 214 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 215 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 216 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 217 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 218 Modern living at Bideford

  • 219 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 220 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 221 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 222 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 223 Capers on the cobbles

  • 224 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 226 Can spring be far away?

  • 227 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 228 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 229

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 230

    Exhibition of school work
  • 231 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 232 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 233 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 234 Ten year old scrambler

  • 235

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 236 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 237 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 238 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 239 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 240 Just over a year old

  • 241 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 242 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 243 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 245 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 246 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 247

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 248 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 249 Ships at Bideford

  • 250

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 251 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 252 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 253 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 254 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 255 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 256 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 257 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 258 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 259 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 260 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 261 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 262

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 263 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 264 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 265 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 266 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 267 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 268 New addition to Quay front

  • 269 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 270

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 271 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 272 Puppet characters introduced

  • 273 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 274 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 275 No sale of Springfield House

  • 276 Penny for the guy

  • 277 A bird of their own!

  • 278 All for the love of a lady!

  • 279 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 280 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 281 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 282 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 283 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 284 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 285

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 286 New Post Office

  • 287 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 288 First ship in 8 years

  • 289 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 290 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 291 Some mushroom!

  • 292 What's the time?

  • 293

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 294 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 295 Revenge in style

  • 296 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 297 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 298 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 299 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 300 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 301 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 302 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 303 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 304 Variety in summer weather

  • 305 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 307

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 308 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 309 New look in the hayfields

  • 310 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 311 Bridging the stream

  • 312 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 313 New civic medallions

  • 314 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 315 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 316 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 318 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 319 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 320 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 321 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 322 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 323 Hartland postman retires

  • 324 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 325

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 326 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 327 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 328 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 329 In their new robes and hats

  • 330 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 331 Picking the pops

  • 332 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 333 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 334 The Geneva marionettes

  • 335 Recognise this resort?

  • 336 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 337 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 338 New art gallery opened

  • 339 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 340 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 341 Appledore's largest

  • 342 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 343 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 344 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 345 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 346

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 347 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 348 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 349 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 351 Filming at Hartland

  • 352 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 353 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 354 Hartland's invitation

  • 355 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 356 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 357 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 358 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 359 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 360 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 361 Twenty-one yachts

  • 362 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 363 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 364

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 365 Some 240 exhibits

  • 366 113 years at Instow

  • 367 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 368 Private home for public pump

  • 369 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 370 Bideford loses training ship

  • 371 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 372

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 373 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 374 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 375 School crossing patrol begins

  • 376 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 377 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 378 Weare Giffard potato

  • 379 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 380 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 381 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 382 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 383 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 384 Riverside mystery

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

  • 386 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 387 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 388

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 389 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 390 Clovelly nightmare

  • 391 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 392

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 393 The cab at the corner>
  • 394 New life for Hartland organ

  • 395 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 396 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 397 Loads of black and white

  • 398 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 399 Six footed lamb

  • 400 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 401 New choral society's growing response

  • 402 Blanchards ad.>
  • 403 The art of the thatcher

  • 404 Last train from Torrington

  • 405 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 406 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 407 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 408 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 409 Torrington children build igloo
  • 410 Sight of a lifetime

  • 411 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 412 Clovelly custom

  • 413 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 414 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 415 New shipyard on schedule

  • 416

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 417 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 418 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 419 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 420 Cruising down the river

  • 421 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 422 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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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Another New Factory for Torrington 08.11.1968

Another New Factory for Torrington 08.11.1968

Manufacture of Motor Caravans to start 1968

Industry.  Plan for a new factory at Torrington to manufacture motor caravans is well advanced. Alan Hutchinson, Ron Webster, Dr Margaret Hutchinson, Co-operative Society former bakery, International Computers Ltd

Appledore Tile Factory to Close 12.01.1968

Appledore Tile Factory to Close 12.01.1968 

Appledore Tile Factory to Close 12.01.1968

Industry.  More than 30 people are likely to be out of work by the closing down in a month's time of the Appledore factory of the Barnstaple Brick and Tile Company which is a subsidiary of the Marley Tile Co. William Neve

New Engineering Firm Comes to Bideford 20.04.1956

New Engineering Firm Comes to Bideford 20.04.1956 

New Engineering Firm Comes to Bideford 20.4.1956

Industry.  Four weeks from now the former Rolamatic factory premises in Torrington Lane, Bideford East, will hum again to the sound of engineering machinery going into production. Interview with Director Mr WH Whiteland. Whiteland Engineering Ltd, Mr RJ Board, Tecalemit Ltd

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