• 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 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 2 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 3 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 4 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 5 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 6 Bideford loses training ship

  • 7

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 8 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 9

    Bidefordians
  • 10 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

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

  • 12 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 13 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 14 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 15 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 16 Northam footballers of the future

  • 17 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 18 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 19 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 20 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 21 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 22 School crossing patrol begins

  • 23 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 24 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 25 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 26 They are parted pro-tem

  • 27 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 28 Pannier Market's future?

  • 29 New Post Office

  • 30

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 31 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 32 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 33 By pony and trap to market

  • 34 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 35 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 36 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 37 Torrington in 1967

  • 38 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 39 Six footed lamb

  • 40 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 41 Puppet characters introduced

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

  • 43 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 44 Circus comes to town

  • 45 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 46 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 47 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 48 All aboard the ark

  • 49 New life for Hartland organ

  • 50 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 51 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 52 Bridging the stream

  • 53 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 54 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 55 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 56 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 57 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 58 Simple Item 138
  • 59 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 60 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 61 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 62 Finished in 1876

  • 63 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 64 Just over a year old

  • 65 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 66 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 67 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 68 Ten year old scrambler

  • 69 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 70

    Building works
  • 71 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 72 New choral society's growing response

  • 73 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 74 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 75 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 76

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 77 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 78 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 79 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 80 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 81 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 82 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 83 Waldon Triplets
  • 84 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 85 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 86 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 87 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 88 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 89 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 90 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 91 New civic medallions

  • 92 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 93 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 95 Some mushroom!

  • 96 Burnard family reunion

  • 97 Appledore's largest

  • 98 Hartland postman retires

  • 99

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 100

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 101 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 102 Twenty-one yachts

  • 103 Can spring be far away?

  • 104 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 105 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 106 Hartland Dancers
  • 107 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 108 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 109 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 110 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 111 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 112 Torrington children build igloo
  • 113 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 114 North Devon Driving School

  • 115 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 116 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 117 Sight of a lifetime

  • 118 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 119 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 120 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 121 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 122 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 123 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 124 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 125 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 126 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 127 Devil sent packing

  • 128 For crying out loud!

  • 129 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 130 Ships at Bideford

  • 131 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 132

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 133 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 134 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 135 Private home for public pump

  • 136 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 137

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 138 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 139 No laughing matter

  • 140 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 141

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 142 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 144 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 145 Bideford computer stars

  • 146 No sale of Springfield House

  • 147 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 148 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 149 Torrington's new amenity

  • 150 First ship in 8 years

  • 151 A story to tell!

  • 152 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 153 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 154 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 155 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 156 Variety in summer weather

  • 157 Revenge in style

  • 158 The Geneva marionettes

  • 159 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 160 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 161 When horses score over the tractor

  • 162 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 163 Emergency ferry services

  • 164

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 165 New Lundy stamps

  • 166 It really was the 'last time'

  • 167 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 168 Weare Giffard potato

  • 169 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 170 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 171 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 172 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 173 Traditions and skills still there

  • 174 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 175 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 176 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 177 End of the line

  • 178 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 179 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 180 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 181 So this is the mainland!

  • 182

    Relatives all over the world
  • 183 Hartland's invitation

  • 184 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 185

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 186 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 187 Loads of black and white

  • 188 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 189 Capers on the cobbles

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

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

  • 192 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 193 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 194

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 195 Police station view of Bideford

  • 196 Centenary of Gazette

  • 197 Decontrol of meat

  • 198 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 199 Penny for the guy

  • 200 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 202 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 203 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 204 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 205 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 206 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 207 Clovelly nightmare

  • 208 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 209 113 years at Instow

  • 210 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 211 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 212 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 213 Recognise this resort?

  • 214 School's link with cargo ship

  • 215 Modern living at Bideford

  • 216 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 217 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 218 Riverside mystery

  • 219 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 220 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 221 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 222 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 223 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 224 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 225 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 226 Last train from Torrington

  • 227 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 228 Clovelly custom

  • 229 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 230 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 231 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 232 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 233 Happy Days!

  • 234 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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    New gateway
  • 236 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 237 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 238 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 239 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 240 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 241 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 242 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 243 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 244 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 245 Littleham family's five generations

  • 246 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 247 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 248 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 249 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 250 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 251 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 252

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 253 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 254 Northam's almshouse

  • 255

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 256 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 257 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 258

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 259

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 260 Out of puff!

  • 261 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 262 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 263 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 264 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 265 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 266 Life begins at 80

  • 267 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 268 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 269 Clovelly donkey film star

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    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 271 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 272 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 273 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 274 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 275 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 277 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 278 A roof-top view - where?

  • 279 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 280 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 281 What's the time?

  • 282 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 283 New art gallery opened

  • 284 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 285 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 286 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 287

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 288 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 289 In their new robes and hats

  • 290 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 292

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 293

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 294 New look in the hayfields

  • 295 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 296 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 297 Jumble sale fever

  • 298 Picking the pops

  • 299 Born 1883 - still going strong

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 301 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 302 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 304 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 305

    Married in 1908
  • 306 Warmington's garage ad

  • 307 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 308 Peter poses for TV film

  • 309 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 310 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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    First prize
  • 312 Artisans' Club

  • 313

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 314 A man and his wheel

  • 315 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 316 Mobile missionary

  • 317 New addition to Quay front

  • 318 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 319 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 320 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 322 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 323 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 324 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 325 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 326 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 327 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 328 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 329 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 330 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 331 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 332 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 333 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 334 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 335

    Exhibition of school work
  • 336 Cruising down the river

  • 337 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 338 New shipyard on schedule

  • 339 Parkham plan realised

  • 340 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 341 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 342 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 343

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 344 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 345 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 346

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 347 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 348 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 349 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 350 Some 240 exhibits

  • 351 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 352 Service with a smile

  • 353 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 354 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 355

    Was a missionary
  • 356 He beat the floods

  • 357 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 358 The art of the thatcher

  • 359 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 360 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 361 A bird of their own!

  • 362 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 364 All for the love of a lady!

  • 365 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 366 Bideford regatta

  • 367 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 368 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 369 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 370 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 371 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 372 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 373 Picking the pops

  • 374 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 375 Off on a great adventure

  • 376 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 377 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 378 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 379 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 380 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 381 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 382 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 383 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 384 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 385 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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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Children’s model of Torrington

Illustrating local architecture

Fourth year pupils of Torrington Secondary Modern School have constructed in cardboard and wood a composite group of models based on a representation of Torrington Market Square to illustrate local architectural features of 1851.

15 December 1950 Childrens model of Torrington

It has all been made at school and represents a good deal of application and education which the pupils have entered into with zest. The models include the Town Hall, ‘The Black Horse’, the Old Coffee Tavern (now Tickle’s garage), the Bell Inn (Green Lantern Café), Blatchfords etc.

Gazette article 15 December 1950

 

Passing of a Torrington landmark

No regrets!

Normally the passing of a landmark is to be regretted but there are no regrets at the demolition of the ruin of Sydney House, Torrington.

27 October 1950 Passing of a Torrington landmark

It stood as a tragic reminder of the fire which in 1941 gutted the main premises, then used as a County Council open-air school for delicate children, five of whom lost their lives in the outbreak.

Gazette article 27 October 1950

 

 

Northam footballers of the future

Boys at Northam Carnival

The ball will be well and truly kept rolling if the lively smiles of these youngsters at Northam Carnival are any guide.

29 September 1950 Northam footballers of the future

Taking part in the tableau were : John Pickett, Kenneth Smale, Howard Davis, Tony Kelly, John Davies, Philip Stevens, John Slay-Maker, David Gale, Philip Prust, Derek James, and Trevor Jameson.

Gazette article 29 September 1950

 

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