• 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 All for the love of a lady!

  • 2 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 4 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 5 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 6 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 7 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 8 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 9 Devil sent packing

  • 10 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 11 Northam footballers of the future

  • 12 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 13 Clovelly custom

  • 14 North Devon Driving School

  • 15 Hartland's invitation

  • 16 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 17 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 18 New art gallery opened

  • 19 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 21 New choral society's growing response

  • 22

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 23 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 24 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 25 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 26 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 27 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 28 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 29 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 30 Torrington in 1967

  • 31 Hartland postman retires

  • 32 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 33 First ship in 8 years

  • 34 When horses score over the tractor

  • 35

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 36

    Building works
  • 37 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 38 Decontrol of meat

  • 39 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 40 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 41 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 42 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 43 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 44 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 45 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 46 Out of puff!

  • 47

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 48

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 49 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 50 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 51 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 52 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 54 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 55 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 56 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 57 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 58 Just over a year old

  • 59

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 60 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 61 He beat the floods

  • 62 By pony and trap to market

  • 63 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 64 Clovelly nightmare

  • 65

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 66 A man and his wheel

  • 67 Traditions and skills still there

  • 68 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 69 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 70 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 71 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 72

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 73 Jumble sale fever

  • 74 Ships at Bideford

  • 75

    New gateway
  • 76 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 77 Life begins at 80

  • 78 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 79 No sale of Springfield House

  • 80 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 81 Some mushroom!

  • 82 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 83 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 84 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 85 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 86 Cruising down the river

  • 87 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 88 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 89 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 90 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 91 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 92 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 93 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 94 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 95

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 96 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 97 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 98 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 99

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 100 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 101 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 102 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 103 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 104 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 105 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 106 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 107 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 108

    Married in 1908
  • 109 New Lundy stamps

  • 110 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 111 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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

  • 113 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 114 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 115 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 117 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 118 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 119 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 120

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 121 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 122 Weare Giffard potato

  • 123 So this is the mainland!

  • 124 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 125 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 126 Peter poses for TV film

  • 127 New shipyard on schedule

  • 128 Emergency ferry services

  • 129 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 130 Revenge in style

  • 131 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 132 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 133

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 134 Loads of black and white

  • 135 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 136 Ten year old scrambler

  • 137 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 138 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 139 Sight of a lifetime

  • 140 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 141 New Post Office

  • 142 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 143 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 144 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 145

    Relatives all over the world
  • 146 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 147 Riverside mystery

  • 148 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 149 New life for Hartland organ

  • 150 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 151

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 152 Hartland Dancers
  • 153 Simple Item 138
  • 154 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 155 School crossing patrol begins

  • 156 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 157 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 158 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 159 Parkham plan realised

  • 160 Torrington children build igloo
  • 161 Burnard family reunion

  • 162 Some 240 exhibits

  • 163 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 164 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 165 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 166 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 167 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 168 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 169 Mobile missionary

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

  • 171 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 172 Circus comes to town

  • 173 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 174 For crying out loud!

  • 175 Happy Days!

  • 176 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 177 Bideford computer stars

  • 178 It really was the 'last time'

  • 179 Six footed lamb

  • 180 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 181 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 182 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 183 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 184 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 185 Police station view of Bideford

  • 186 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 187 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 188

    Exhibition of school work
  • 189 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 190 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 191 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 192 Puppet characters introduced

  • 193 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 194 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 195 New look in the hayfields

  • 196 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 197 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 198 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 199 In their new robes and hats

  • 200 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 201 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 202 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 203 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 204 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 205 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 206 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 207

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 208 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 209 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 210 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 211 Bideford regatta

  • 212 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 213 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 214

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 215 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 216 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 217 New addition to Quay front

  • 218 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 219

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 220 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 221 Bideford loses training ship

  • 222 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 223 Picking the pops

  • 224 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 225 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 226

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 227 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 228 They are parted pro-tem

  • 229 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 230 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 231 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 232 Waldon Triplets
  • 233

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 234

    First prize
  • 235 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 236 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 237 Torrington's new amenity

  • 238 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 239 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 240 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 241 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 242 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 243 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 244 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 246 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 247 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 248 Off on a great adventure

  • 249 New civic medallions

  • 250 All aboard the ark

  • 251 Northam's almshouse

  • 252

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 253 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 254 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 255 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 256 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 257 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 258

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 259 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 261 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 262 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 263 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 264 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 266 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 267 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 268 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 269

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 270 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 271 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 272 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 273 Pannier Market's future?

  • 274 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 275 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 276 No laughing matter

  • 277 What's the time?

  • 278 Service with a smile

  • 279

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 280 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 281 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 282 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 283

    Bidefordians
  • 284 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 286 113 years at Instow

  • 287 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 288 School's link with cargo ship

  • 289 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 290 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 291 Private home for public pump

  • 292 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 293 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 294 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 295 Penny for the guy

  • 296 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 297 Can spring be far away?

  • 298

    Was a missionary
  • 299 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 300 Variety in summer weather

  • 301 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 302 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 303 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 304 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 305 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 306 Capers on the cobbles

  • 307 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 308 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 309 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 310 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 311 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 312 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 313 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 314 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 315 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 316 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 317 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 318 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 319 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 320 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 321 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 322 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 323 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 324 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 325 A story to tell!

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

  • 327 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 328 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 329 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 330 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 331 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 332 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 333 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 334

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 335 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 336 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 337 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 338 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 339 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 340 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 341 A bird of their own!

  • 342 End of the line

  • 343 A roof-top view - where?

  • 344 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 345 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 346 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 347 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 348 Appledore's largest

  • 349 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 350 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 351 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 352 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 353 The Geneva marionettes

  • 354 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 355 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 356 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 357 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 358

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 359 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 360 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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

  • 362 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 364 Warmington's garage ad

  • 365 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 366 Picking the pops

  • 367 Artisans' Club

  • 368 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 369 Littleham family's five generations

  • 370 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 371 Recognise this resort?

  • 372 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 373 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 374 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 375 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 376 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 377 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 378 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 379 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 380 Finished in 1876

  • 381 Bridging the stream

  • 382 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 383 Last train from Torrington

  • 384 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 385

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
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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New Gateway To King George’s Fields

This handsome new gateway to the Bideford Park extension, to be known as King George’s Fields, has recently made its appearance.

21.9.1951 Bideford new gates

It is perhaps not generally known that one of the conditions of the grant from the King George’s Fields Foundation towards the development of the park extension was that a suitable gateway to the fields should be erected bearing two approved plaques.

All the land to the north of this gateway and the one to the river bank opposite is King George’s Fields.

Gazette article dated 21 September 1951

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