• 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 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 2 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 3 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 4 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 5 A man and his wheel

  • 6 New life for Hartland organ

  • 7 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 8

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 9 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 10 Finished in 1876

  • 11 New choral society's growing response

  • 12 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 13 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 14 Appledore's largest

  • 15 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 16 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 17 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 18 Over the bank together>
  • 19 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 20 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 21 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 22 Pannier Market's future?

  • 23 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 24 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 25 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 26 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 27 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 28 What's the time?

  • 29 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 30

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 31 Bideford regatta

  • 32 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 33 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 34 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 35 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 36 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 37 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 38 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 39 Loads of black and white

  • 40 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 41 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 42 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 43 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 44 Ten year old scrambler

  • 45 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 46 New art gallery opened

  • 47 Happy Days!

  • 48 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 49 Artisans' Club

  • 50 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 51 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 52 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 53 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 54 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 55 No laughing matter

  • 56 Hartland postman retires

  • 57 Some mushroom!

  • 58 Can spring be far away?

  • 59 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 60 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 61 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 62 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 63 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 64 113 years at Instow

  • 65 The cab at the corner>
  • 66 A bird of their own!

  • 67 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 68 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 69 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 70 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 71 Life begins at 80

  • 72 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 73 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 74 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 75 Waldon Triplets
  • 76

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 77 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 78 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 80 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 82 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 83 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 84 Private home for public pump

  • 85 Circus comes to town

  • 86 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 87 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 88 Hartland Dancers
  • 89

    Building works
  • 90 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 92 When horses score over the tractor

  • 93

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 94

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 95 Ships at Bideford

  • 96 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 97 New look in the hayfields

  • 98 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 99 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 100 A story to tell!

  • 101 Picking the pops

  • 102 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 103 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 104 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 105 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 106 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 107 He beat the floods

  • 108 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 109 Six footed lamb

  • 110 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 111 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 112 Sight of a lifetime

  • 113 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 114 New civic medallions

  • 115 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 116 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 117 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 118 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 119 Mobile missionary

  • 120 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 121 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 122 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 123 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 124 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 125 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 126 Peter poses for TV film

  • 127 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 128 Recognise this resort?

  • 129

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 130 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 131 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 132 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 133 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 134 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 135 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 137 Bideford computer stars

  • 138 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 139 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 140 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 141 They are parted pro-tem

  • 142 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 143 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 144

    Bidefordians
  • 145 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 146 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 147 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 148 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 149 Clovelly nightmare

  • 150 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 151 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 152 Puppet characters introduced

  • 153 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 154 Filming at Hartland

  • 155 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 156 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 157 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 158 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 159 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 160 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 161 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 162 Picking the pops

  • 163 Hartland's invitation

  • 164 The Geneva marionettes

  • 165 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 166 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 167 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 168 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 170

    First prize
  • 171 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 172 Out of puff!

  • 173

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 174 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 175 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 176 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

  • 178 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 179 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 180

    Married in 1908
  • 181 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 182 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 183 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 184

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 185 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 186

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 187 Torrington in 1967

  • 188 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 189 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 190 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 191 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 192 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 193 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 194 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 195

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 196 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 197 The art of the thatcher

  • 198 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 199 Jumble sale fever

  • 200 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 201 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 202 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 203 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 204 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 205 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 206 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 207 Police station view of Bideford

  • 208 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 209 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 210 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 211

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 212

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 213 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 214 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 215 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 216 Torrington children build igloo
  • 217 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 218 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 219 It really was the 'last time'

  • 220 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 221 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 222 New Post Office

  • 223 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 224 Burnard family reunion

  • 225 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 226 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 227 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 228 School's link with cargo ship

  • 229 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 230 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 231 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 232

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 233

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 234 Northam's almshouse

  • 235

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 236 Some 240 exhibits

  • 237

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 238

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 239 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 240 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 241

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 242 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 244 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 245 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 246 Devil sent packing

  • 247 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 248 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 249 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 250 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 251 Twenty-one yachts

  • 252 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 253 For crying out loud!

  • 254 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 255 No sale of Springfield House

  • 256 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 257 Decontrol of meat

  • 258 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 259 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 260 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 261 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 262 All for the love of a lady!

  • 263 Clovelly custom

  • 264 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 265 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 266 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 267 North Devon Driving School

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

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 270 Revenge in style

  • 271 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 272 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 273 All aboard the ark

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    New gateway
  • 275 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 276 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 277 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 278 Torrington's new amenity

  • 279 Service with a smile

  • 280 Capers on the cobbles

  • 281 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 283 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 284

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 285

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 286 Emergency ferry services

  • 287 Sweets derationing

  • 288 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 289 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 290 Bideford's new market opens next week

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 292 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 293 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 294 Off on a great adventure

  • 295 Variety in summer weather

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

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

  • 298 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 300 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 301 Traditions and skills still there

  • 302 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 303 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 304 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 305 Bridging the stream

  • 306 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 307 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 308 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 309 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 310 Northam footballers of the future

  • 311 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 312 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 313 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 314 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 315 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 316 So this is the mainland!

  • 317 Just over a year old

  • 318 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 319 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 320 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 321 First ship in 8 years

  • 322

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 323 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 324 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 325

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 326 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 327 Cruising down the river

  • 328 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 329 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 330 Simple Item 138
  • 331 Caught in the act>
  • 332 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 333 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 334 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 335 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 336 Centenary of Gazette

  • 337 New Lundy stamps

  • 338 Blanchards ad.>
  • 339 New addition to Quay front

  • 340 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 341 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 342 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 343 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 344 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 345 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 346 School crossing patrol begins

  • 347 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 348 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 349 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 350 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 351

    Was a missionary
  • 352 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 353 Weare Giffard potato

  • 354 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 355 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 356 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 357 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 358 Penny for the guy

  • 359 Littleham family's five generations

  • 360 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 361 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 362 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 363 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 364 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 366 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 367 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 368 Warmington's garage ad

  • 369 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 370 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 371 Bideford loses training ship

  • 372 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 373 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 374 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 375 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 376 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 377 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 378 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 379 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 380

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 381 End of the line

  • 382 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 383 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 384 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 385 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 386 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 387 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 388 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 389 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 390 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 391 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 392 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 394 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 395 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 396 By pony and trap to market

  • 397

    Exhibition of school work
  • 398 In their new robes and hats

  • 399 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 400 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 401 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 402 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 403 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 404 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 405 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 406 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 407 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 408 Modern living at Bideford

  • 409 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 410 From Bobby to Brian

  • 411 Parkham plan realised

  • 412 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 413 A roof-top view - where?

  • 414 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 415 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 416 New shipyard on schedule

  • 417 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 418 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 419 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 420 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 421 Riverside mystery

  • 422 The young smith of Abbotsham>
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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  • 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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  • 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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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 Fire Engine Christened 'Kipling' 23 August 1938

New Fire Engine Christened 'Kipling' 23 August 1938

New Fire Engine Christened Kipling 23 August 1938

Fire Brigade & Fires.  Bideford's new fire engine was christened 'Kipling'.  Mr WJ Pillman; Mr WC Friendship; Rev AE Green; Mr JC Hilton; Chief Officer C Morris; Chief Officer Southcombe; Chief Officer Holwill; Chief Officer Brown; Messrs Merryweather; Messrs Heard Bros

New Fire Engine 18 January 1938

New Fire Engine 18 January 1938

New Fire Engine 18 January 1938

Fire Brigade & Fires.  Decision to purchase a new Merryweather Fire Engine, the cost not to exceed £1,200. Mr T Burton; Mr W Harris; Mr WC Friendship; Mr C Morris (Chief Fire Officer); Mr CT Braddick; Mr and Mrs Satchwell; Mr WH Sanders; HW Greenwood (Mayor of Bideford); WH Chubb; JC Hilton; J Heywood; WJ Pillman; AR Allin

Fire Brigade & Fires

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