• 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 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 2 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 3 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 5 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 6 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 7 The cab at the corner>
  • 8

    Exhibition of school work
  • 9 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 10 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 11 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 13 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 14 Northam footballers of the future

  • 15 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 16 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 17 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 18 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 19 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 20

    First prize
  • 21 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 22 School crossing patrol begins

  • 23 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 24 Ten year old scrambler

  • 25 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 26 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 27 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 28 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 29 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 30 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 31 New life for Hartland organ

  • 32 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 33 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 34 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 35 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 36 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 37 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 38

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 39

    New gateway
  • 40 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 41 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 42 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 43 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 44 Torrington's new amenity

  • 45 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 46 The Geneva marionettes

  • 47 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 48 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 49 Some 240 exhibits

  • 50

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 51 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 52 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 53 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 54 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 55 Can spring be far away?

  • 56 Happy Days!

  • 57

    Building works
  • 58 A story to tell!

  • 59 New choral society's growing response

  • 60 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 61 End of the line

  • 62

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 63 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 64 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 66 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 67 Ships at Bideford

  • 68 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 69 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 70 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 71

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 72 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 73 Service with a smile

  • 74 New shipyard on schedule

  • 75 Artisans' Club

  • 76 Hartland postman retires

  • 77 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 78 Sight of a lifetime

  • 79 Hartland Dancers
  • 80 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 82 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 83 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 84 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 85 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 86 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 87 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 88 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 89 New Lundy stamps

  • 90 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 91 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 92

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 93 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 94 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 95 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 96 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 97 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 98 From Bobby to Brian

  • 99 Weare Giffard potato

  • 100 No sale of Springfield House

  • 101 He beat the floods

  • 102 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 103 Circus comes to town

  • 104 Loads of black and white

  • 105 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 106

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 107 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 108 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 109 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 110 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 111 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 112 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 113 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 114 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 115 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 116 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 117 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 119 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 120 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 121 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 122 Modern living at Bideford

  • 123 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 124 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 125 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 127

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 128 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 129 Some mushroom!

  • 130 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 131 Variety in summer weather

  • 132 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 133 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 134 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 135 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 136 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 137 Picking the pops

  • 138 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 139 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 140 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 141

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 142 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 143 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 144 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 145 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 146 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 147 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 149

    Married in 1908
  • 150 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 151

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 152 New Post Office

  • 153

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 154 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 155 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 156 Decontrol of meat

  • 157 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 158 Bridging the stream

  • 159 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 160 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 161 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 162 Warmington's garage ad

  • 163 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 164 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 165 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 166 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 167 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 168 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 170 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 171 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 172 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 173 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 174

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 175 Mobile missionary

  • 176 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 177

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 178 Bideford computer stars

  • 179 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 180

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 181 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 182 New art gallery opened

  • 183 New civic medallions

  • 184 Torrington in 1967

  • 185 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 186 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 187 No laughing matter

  • 188 Off on a great adventure

  • 189 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 190 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 191 Last train from Torrington

  • 192 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 193 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 194

    Relatives all over the world
  • 195 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 196 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 197 All aboard the ark

  • 198 Sweets derationing

  • 199 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 200 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 201 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 202 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 203 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 204 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 205 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 206 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 207 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 208 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 209 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 210 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 211 Just over a year old

  • 212 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 213 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 214 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 215 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 216 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 217 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 218 Simple Item 138
  • 219 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 220 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 221 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 222 They are parted pro-tem

  • 223 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 224 Torrington children build igloo
  • 225 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 226 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 227 Police station view of Bideford

  • 228 The art of the thatcher

  • 229 Capers on the cobbles

  • 230 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 231 Puppet characters introduced

  • 232 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 233 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 234 Appledore's largest

  • 235 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 236 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 237 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 238 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 239 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 240 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 241 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 242 Penny for the guy

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

  • 244 For crying out loud!

  • 245 Finished in 1876

  • 246 Six footed lamb

  • 247 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 248 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 249 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 250 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 252 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 253 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 254 All for the love of a lady!

  • 255 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 256 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 257

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 258 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 259

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 260 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 261 New addition to Quay front

  • 262 First ship in 8 years

  • 263

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 264 Hartland's invitation

  • 265 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 266 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 267 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 268 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 269 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 270 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 271 Peter poses for TV film

  • 272 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 273 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 274 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 275 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 276 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 277 Filming at Hartland

  • 278 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 280 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 281 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 282

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 283 North Devon Driving School

  • 284 It really was the 'last time'

  • 285 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 286 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 287 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 288 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 289 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 290 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 291 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 292 By pony and trap to market

  • 293 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 294 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 295 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 297 In their new robes and hats

  • 298 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 299 When horses score over the tractor

  • 300 Bideford regatta

  • 301 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 302 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 303 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 304 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 306 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 307 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 308 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 309 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 310 School's link with cargo ship

  • 311 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 312 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 313 Pannier Market's future?

  • 314 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 315 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 316 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 317 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 318 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 319 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 320 Devil sent packing

  • 321 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 322 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 323 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 324

    Was a missionary
  • 325 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 326 Picking the pops

  • 327

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 328 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 329 Bideford loses training ship

  • 330 Blanchards ad.>
  • 331 Private home for public pump

  • 332 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 333 Caught in the act>
  • 334 Traditions and skills still there

  • 335 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 336 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 337 Clovelly nightmare

  • 338 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 339 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 340 Littleham family's five generations

  • 341 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 342 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 343 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 344 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 345 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 346 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 347 Burnard family reunion

  • 348 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 349 A roof-top view - where?

  • 350 Out of puff!

  • 351 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 352 What's the time?

  • 353

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 354 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 355 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 356 Northam's almshouse

  • 357 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 358 Recognise this resort?

  • 359 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 360 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 361 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 362 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 363 A bird of their own!

  • 364 So this is the mainland!

  • 365

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 366 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 367 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 368 Emergency ferry services

  • 369 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 370 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 372 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 373 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 374 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 375 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 376 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 377 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 378 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 379 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 380

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 381 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 382 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 383 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 384 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 385 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 386 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 387 Clovelly custom

  • 388 Revenge in style

  • 389

    Bidefordians
  • 390 New look in the hayfields

  • 391 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 392 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 393 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 394 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 395 Twenty-one yachts

  • 396 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 397

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 398 Waldon Triplets
  • 399

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 400 113 years at Instow

  • 401 Life begins at 80

  • 402 A man and his wheel

  • 403 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 404 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 405 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 406 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 407 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 408 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 409 Jumble sale fever

  • 410 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 411 Parkham plan realised

  • 412 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 413 Centenary of Gazette

  • 414 Over the bank together>
  • 415 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 416

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 417 Cruising down the river

  • 418

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 419 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 420 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 421 Riverside mystery

  • 422 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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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New Light Industry at Appledore 23.5.1952

New Light Industry at Appledore 23.5.1952 

New Light Industry at Appledore 23.5.1952

 

Industry.  Formerly the home of a wealthy merchant, a pilgrims' rest house and later a block-maker's shop, Docton, Appledore, has now become the home of a modern light industry housing the only firm in the country manufacturing line-side features for model railway layouts.  Scalecast Models, Herbert W Miller

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