• 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 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 2 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 3 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 4 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 5 Out of puff!

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

  • 7 New art gallery opened

  • 8 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 10 New choral society's growing response

  • 11 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 12 Torrington in 1967

  • 13 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 14

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 15

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 16 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 17 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 18 Simple Item 138
  • 19 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 20

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 21 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 23 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 24 Riverside mystery

  • 25 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 26 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 27 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 28 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 29 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 30 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 31 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 32 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 33 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 34 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 35 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 36 Blanchards ad.>
  • 37 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 38 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 39 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 40 Torrington's new amenity

  • 41 Revenge in style

  • 42 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 43 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 44 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 45 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 46 Clovelly custom

  • 47 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 48

    New gateway
  • 49

    Was a missionary
  • 50 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 51 New Post Office

  • 52 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 53 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 54 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 55

    Relatives all over the world
  • 56 Some 240 exhibits

  • 57 Artisans' Club

  • 58 Weare Giffard potato

  • 59 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 60 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 61 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 62 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 64

    Building works
  • 65 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 66 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 67 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 68 Jumble sale fever

  • 69

    Married in 1908
  • 70 Picking the pops

  • 71 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 72 Northam's almshouse

  • 73 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 74 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 75 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 76 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 77 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 78 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 79 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 80 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 81 New addition to Quay front

  • 82 The Geneva marionettes

  • 83 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 84 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 85 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 86 Twenty-one yachts

  • 87 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 88 Six footed lamb

  • 89 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 90 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 91 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 92 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 93 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 94 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 95 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 96 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 97 Recognise this resort?

  • 98 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 99 Police station view of Bideford

  • 100 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 101 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 102 End of the line

  • 103 New life for Hartland organ

  • 104 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 105 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 106 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 107

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 108 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 109 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 110 Hartland's invitation

  • 111 School crossing patrol begins

  • 112 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 113 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 114 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 115 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 116 He beat the floods

  • 117 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 118

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 119 Northam footballers of the future

  • 120 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 121 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 122 Appledore's largest

  • 123 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 124 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 125 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 126 They are parted pro-tem

  • 127 Modern living at Bideford

  • 128 What's the time?

  • 129 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 131 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 132 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 133 Decontrol of meat

  • 134 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 135 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 136 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 137 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 138 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 139 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 140

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 141 A man and his wheel

  • 142 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 143

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 144 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 145 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 146 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 147 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 148 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 149 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 150 113 years at Instow

  • 151 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 152 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 153 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 154 Traditions and skills still there

  • 155 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 156 Ships at Bideford

  • 157 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 158 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 159 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 160 Cruising down the river

  • 161 Filming at Hartland

  • 162 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 163 Some mushroom!

  • 164 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 165 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 166 In their new robes and hats

  • 167 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 168 Centenary of Gazette

  • 169

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 170 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 171 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 172 No sale of Springfield House

  • 173 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 174 Caught in the act>
  • 175 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 176 A story to tell!

  • 177

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 178 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 179 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 180 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 181 School's link with cargo ship

  • 182 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 183 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 185 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 186 Private home for public pump

  • 187 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 188 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 189 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 190 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 191 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 192 Life begins at 80

  • 193 Bideford loses training ship

  • 194 Just over a year old

  • 195 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 196 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 197 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 198 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 200 Service with a smile

  • 201 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 202 The cab at the corner>
  • 203 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 204 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 205 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 206 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 207 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 208 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 209 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 210 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 211 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 212 New Lundy stamps

  • 213 Hartland postman retires

  • 214 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 215 It really was the 'last time'

  • 216 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 217 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 218 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 219 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 220 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 221 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 222 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 223 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 224 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 225 Capers on the cobbles

  • 226 The art of the thatcher

  • 227 When horses score over the tractor

  • 228 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 229 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 230 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 231 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 232 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 233 Little 'Big Ben'

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 235 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 236 Devil sent packing

  • 237 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 238 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 239 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 240 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 242 So this is the mainland!

  • 243 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 245 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 246 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 247 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 248 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 249 Sweets derationing

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    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 251 All aboard the ark

  • 252 Off on a great adventure

  • 253 Last train from Torrington

  • 254 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 255 Happy Days!

  • 256 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 257 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 258 Waldon Triplets
  • 259

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 260 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 261 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 262 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 263 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 264 Over the bank together>
  • 265 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 266 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 267 A roof-top view - where?

  • 268 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 269

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 270 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 271 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 273 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 274 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 275 Peter poses for TV film

  • 276 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 277 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 278 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 279 New look in the hayfields

  • 280 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 281 A bird of their own!

  • 282 Loads of black and white

  • 283 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 284 Pannier Market's future?

  • 285 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 286 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 287 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 288 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 289 Meredith's ironmongers

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 291 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 292 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 293 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 294 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 295 First ship in 8 years

  • 296 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 297 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 298 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 299 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 300 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 301

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 302 Torrington children build igloo
  • 303 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 304

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 305 For crying out loud!

  • 306 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 307

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 308 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 309 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 310 Bridging the stream

  • 311 Emergency ferry services

  • 312 Picking the pops

  • 313 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 314 New civic medallions

  • 315 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 316 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 317 Penny for the guy

  • 318 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 319 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 320 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 321 Littleham family's five generations

  • 322 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 323 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 324 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 325 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 326 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 327 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 328 Hartland Dancers
  • 329 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 330 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 331 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 332

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 333 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 334 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 335 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 336 New shipyard on schedule

  • 337 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 338 Down at the dump something stirs

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 340 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 341 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 342 Warmington's garage ad

  • 343 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 344 Variety in summer weather

  • 345 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 346 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 347 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 348 All for the love of a lady!

  • 349 Finished in 1876

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

  • 351 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 352 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 353 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 354 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 355 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 356 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 357 No laughing matter

  • 358

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 359 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 360

    Bidefordians
  • 361 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 362 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 363 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 364 Bideford regatta

  • 365 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 366 Mobile missionary

  • 367 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 368 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 369 Clovelly nightmare

  • 370 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 371 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 372 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 373 Ten year old scrambler

  • 374 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 375 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 376 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 377 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 378 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 379 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 380 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 381 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 382 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 383 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 384

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 385 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 386 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 387 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 388 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 389

    First prize
  • 390 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 391 Puppet characters introduced

  • 392

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 393 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 394 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 395 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 396 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 397 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 398 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 399 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 400 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 402 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 404 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 405 By pony and trap to market

  • 406 Circus comes to town

  • 407 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 408 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 409 Parkham plan realised

  • 410

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 411 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 412 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 413 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 414

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 415 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 416 Burnard family reunion

  • 417

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 418 Sight of a lifetime

  • 419 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 420 From Bobby to Brian

  • 421

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 422 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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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If evacuees should come 21st May 1940

If evacuees should come

21st May 1940

If evacuees should comeEvacuees: Bideford Borough is due to take 1,500 children and Bideford Rural district 1,000.  Mr W J Langford headmaster of Bideford Grammar School is chief billeting officer for evacuees for the borough and joint allocation officer for the two areas.

Town clerk of Bideford Mr F C Backway, who is borough evacuation officer, Mr M J Durant, who is chief reception and billeting officer for the rural district, and Mr C S F Harding, headmaster of Bideford Senior Mixed School, who is detaining officer, he will be busily engaged with teachers, officials and other voluntary workers in seeing that everything possible is done for the children and that they are safely guided to their new homes, following on medical inspection.

Evacuees

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