• 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 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 2 Emergency ferry services

  • 3 Bridging the stream

  • 4 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 5 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 6 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 7 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 8 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 9 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 10 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 11 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 12 New Post Office

  • 13 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 14

    New gateway
  • 15 By pony and trap to market

  • 16 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 17

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 18 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 19 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 21 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 22 Picking the pops

  • 23 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 24 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 25 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 26 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 27 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 28 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 29 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 30 Clovelly custom

  • 31 Revenge in style

  • 32 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 33 Parkham plan realised

  • 34 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 35 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 36

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 37 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 38 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 39 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 40 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 41

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 42 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 43 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 45 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 46 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 47 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 48

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 49 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 50 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 51 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 53 Loads of black and white

  • 54 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 55 Northam's almshouse

  • 56 Sight of a lifetime

  • 57 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 58 Torrington's new amenity

  • 59

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 60 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 61 The art of the thatcher

  • 62

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 63 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 64 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 65 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 66 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 67 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 68 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 69 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 70 Waldon Triplets
  • 71 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 72

    Building works
  • 73

    Bidefordians
  • 74 New life for Hartland organ

  • 75 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 76 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 77

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 78 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 79 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 80 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 81 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 82 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 83 Traditions and skills still there

  • 84 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 85 Littleham family's five generations

  • 86 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 87 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 88 Riverside mystery

  • 89 Bideford computer stars

  • 90 In their new robes and hats

  • 91 Hartland postman retires

  • 92 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 93 He beat the floods

  • 94 Service with a smile

  • 95 A man and his wheel

  • 96

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 97 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 98 Simple Item 138
  • 99 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 100 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 102 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 103 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 104 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 105 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 107 Centenary of Gazette

  • 108 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 109 They are parted pro-tem

  • 110 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 111 New art gallery opened

  • 112 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 113 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 114 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 115 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 116 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 117 Capers on the cobbles

  • 118

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 119 New addition to Quay front

  • 120 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 121 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 122 Modern living at Bideford

  • 123 Hartland's invitation

  • 124 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 125 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 126 All for the love of a lady!

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

  • 128 Can spring be far away?

  • 129 Penny for the guy

  • 130 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 131 Bideford loses training ship

  • 132 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 133 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 134 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 135 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 136 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 137 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 138 Happy Days!

  • 139 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 140 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 141

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 142

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 143 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 144 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 145

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 146 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 147 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 148 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 149 Puppet characters introduced

  • 150 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 151 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 152 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 153 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 154

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 155 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 156 Northam footballers of the future

  • 157 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 158 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 159 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 160 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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

  • 162 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 163 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 164 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 165 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 166 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 167 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 168 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 169 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 170 Burnard family reunion

  • 171

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 172 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 174 End of the line

  • 175 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 176

    Was a missionary
  • 177 Recognise this resort?

  • 178 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 179 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 180 All aboard the ark

  • 181 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 182 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 183 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 184 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 185 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 186 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 187

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 188 Torrington children build igloo
  • 189 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 190 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 191 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 192 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 194 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 195 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 196 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 197 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 198 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 199 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 200 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 201 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 202 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 203 New choral society's growing response

  • 204 New Lundy stamps

  • 205 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 206 For crying out loud!

  • 207 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 208 Devil sent packing

  • 209 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 210 Appledore's largest

  • 211 Peter poses for TV film

  • 212 113 years at Instow

  • 213 New look in the hayfields

  • 214 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 215 Bideford regatta

  • 216 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 217 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 218 First ship in 8 years

  • 219 Off on a great adventure

  • 220 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 221 School crossing patrol begins

  • 222 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 223 Some mushroom!

  • 224 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 226 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 227 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 228 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 229 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 230 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 231 Clovelly nightmare

  • 232 So this is the mainland!

  • 233 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 234 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 235 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 236 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 237 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 238 School's link with cargo ship

  • 239 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 240 Private home for public pump

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 242 Weare Giffard potato

  • 243 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 244 Artisans' Club

  • 245 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 246 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 247 Decontrol of meat

  • 248 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 249 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 250 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 251

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 252 Torrington in 1967

  • 253 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 254 The Geneva marionettes

  • 255 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 256 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 257 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 258

    Exhibition of school work
  • 259 Six footed lamb

  • 260 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 261 Jumble sale fever

  • 262 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 263

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 264

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 265 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 266 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 267 New civic medallions

  • 268 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 269 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 270 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 271 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 272 Finished in 1876

  • 273 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 274 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 275 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 276 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 277 Cruising down the river

  • 278 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 279 Last train from Torrington

  • 280 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 281 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 282 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 283 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 284 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 285 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 286 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 287 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 288 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 289 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 290 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 291 Circus comes to town

  • 292 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 293 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 294 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 295 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 296 What's the time?

  • 297 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 298 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 299 North Devon Driving School

  • 300 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 301 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 302 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 303 Hartland Dancers
  • 304 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 305 Variety in summer weather

  • 306 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 307

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 308 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 309 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 310 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 311 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 312 Just over a year old

  • 313 When horses score over the tractor

  • 314 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 315 Warmington's garage ad

  • 316 Out of puff!

  • 317 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 318 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 319 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 320 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 321 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 322 Picking the pops

  • 323 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 324 A bird of their own!

  • 325 Pannier Market's future?

  • 326 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 327 Police station view of Bideford

  • 328 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 329 A story to tell!

  • 330 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 331 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 332

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 333 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 335 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 336 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 337 It really was the 'last time'

  • 338 Twenty-one yachts

  • 339 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 340 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 341 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 342 No laughing matter

  • 343

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 344 Mobile missionary

  • 345 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 346 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 347 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 348 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 349 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 350 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 351 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 352

    First prize
  • 353 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 354 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 355 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 356 Ten year old scrambler

  • 357 Some 240 exhibits

  • 358 Life begins at 80

  • 359

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 360 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 361 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 362

    Relatives all over the world
  • 363 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 364 No sale of Springfield House

  • 365 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 366

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 367 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 368 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 370 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 371 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 372 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 373

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 374 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 375 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 376 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 377 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 378

    Married in 1908
  • 379 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 380 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 381 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 382 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 383 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 384 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 385 New shipyard on schedule

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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  • 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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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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Four Bidefordians Meet In Cairo

From Cairo the Editor has received together with the photograph of the four Bidefordians concerned, the following cheery letter which he feels sure will find an echo in many a heart.

6.11.1945 Bideford Cairo

‘Like everyone else separated from their families by thousands of miles, our thoughts are continually turning to our own little corner in the West, and it goes without saying that one of the delights of overseas life is to meet someone who knows the Little White Town and its noted personalities. Mr C S F Harding; Mr Gorvett; Granfer Giddy, and a hundred others were all remembered with warm hearts’.

Fred Miller, Harry Miles, Horace Tithecott, Clarrie Rendle

The full Gazette article is dated 6 November 1945

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