• 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 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 2 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 4 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 5

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 6 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 7 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 8 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 9 Artisans' Club

  • 10 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 11 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 12

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 13

    Building works
  • 14 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 15

    Married in 1908
  • 16 It really was the 'last time'

  • 17 No laughing matter

  • 18 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 19 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 20 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 21 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 22 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 23

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 24 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 25 Hartland Dancers
  • 26 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 27 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 28 Weare Giffard potato

  • 29 Appledore's largest

  • 30 Off on a great adventure

  • 31 In their new robes and hats

  • 32 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 33 Ten year old scrambler

  • 34 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 35 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 36 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 37 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 38 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 39 Finished in 1876

  • 40 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 41 Littleham family's five generations

  • 42 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 43 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 44 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 45 A bird of their own!

  • 46 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 47 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 48 All aboard the ark

  • 49 Jumble sale fever

  • 50 The art of the thatcher

  • 51 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 52 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 53

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 54 Ships at Bideford

  • 55 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 56

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 57

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 58 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 59 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 60 New shipyard on schedule

  • 61 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 62 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 63 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 64 New Lundy stamps

  • 65 New art gallery opened

  • 66 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 67 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 68 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 69 Emergency ferry services

  • 70 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 71 A roof-top view - where?

  • 72 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 73 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 74 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 75 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 76 New choral society's growing response

  • 77 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 78 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 79 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 80 Bridging the stream

  • 81 Hartland postman retires

  • 82 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 83 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 84 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 85 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 87 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 88 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 89

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 90 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 91 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 92 What's the time?

  • 93 Service with a smile

  • 94 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 95

    First prize
  • 96 Bideford computer stars

  • 97 Northam's almshouse

  • 98 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 99 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 100 For crying out loud!

  • 101 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 102

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 103 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 104 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 105 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 106 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 107 Parkham plan realised

  • 108 Picking the pops

  • 109 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 111 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 112 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 113 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 114 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 115 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 116 Torrington in 1967

  • 117 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 118 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 119 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 120 Twenty-one yachts

  • 121 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 122 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 123 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 124 Loads of black and white

  • 125 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 126 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 127 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 128

    Exhibition of school work
  • 129 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 130 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 131 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 132 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 133 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 134 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 135 Some 240 exhibits

  • 136 New addition to Quay front

  • 137 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 138 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 139 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 140 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 141 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 142 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 143 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 144 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 145 Puppet characters introduced

  • 146 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 147

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 148 All for the love of a lady!

  • 149 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 150 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 151 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 152 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 153

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 154

    Relatives all over the world
  • 155 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 156 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 157 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 158 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 159 Torrington's new amenity

  • 160 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 161 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 162 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 163 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 164 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 165 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 166 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 167 Six footed lamb

  • 168 Pannier Market's future?

  • 169 Warmington's garage ad

  • 170

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 171 Northam footballers of the future

  • 172 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 173 Modern living at Bideford

  • 174 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 175 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 176 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 177 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 178 Private home for public pump

  • 179 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 180 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 181 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 182 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 183 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 185 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 186 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 187 Life begins at 80

  • 188 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 189 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 190 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 191 End of the line

  • 192 Sight of a lifetime

  • 193 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 194 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 195 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 196 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 197 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 198 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 199 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 200 Hartland's invitation

  • 201 Recognise this resort?

  • 202 New life for Hartland organ

  • 203 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 204

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 205 Waldon Triplets
  • 206 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 207 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 209 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 210 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 211 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 212 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 213 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 214

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 215 They are parted pro-tem

  • 216 Some mushroom!

  • 217 Bideford regatta

  • 218 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 219 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 220 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 221 New look in the hayfields

  • 222 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 223 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 224 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 225 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 226 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 227 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 228 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 229 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 230 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 231

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 232 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 233 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 234 When horses score over the tractor

  • 235

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 236 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 237 Devil sent packing

  • 238 A story to tell!

  • 239 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 240 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 241 Centenary of Gazette

  • 242 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 244 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 245 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 246

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 247 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 248 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 249 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 250 New civic medallions

  • 251 Bideford loses training ship

  • 252 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 253 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 254

    Was a missionary
  • 255

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 256 A man and his wheel

  • 257 Capers on the cobbles

  • 258 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 259 Revenge in style

  • 260 Mobile missionary

  • 261 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 262 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 263

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 264 Decontrol of meat

  • 265 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 266 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 267 Traditions and skills still there

  • 268 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 269 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 270 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 271 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 272 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 273 So this is the mainland!

  • 274 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 275 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 276 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 277 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 278 Variety in summer weather

  • 279 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 280 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 281 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 282 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 283 Torrington children build igloo
  • 284 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 285

    New gateway
  • 286 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 288 North Devon Driving School

  • 289 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 290 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 291 Cruising down the river

  • 292 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 294 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 295 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 297 By pony and trap to market

  • 298 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 299 Clovelly nightmare

  • 300 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 301 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 303 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 304 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 305 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 306 Last train from Torrington

  • 307 First ship in 8 years

  • 308 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 309 Riverside mystery

  • 310 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 311 Simple Item 138
  • 312

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 313 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 314 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 315 Peter poses for TV film

  • 316 Out of puff!

  • 317 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 318 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 319 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 320 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 321 113 years at Instow

  • 322 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 323

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 324 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 325 Burnard family reunion

  • 326 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 327 Just over a year old

  • 328 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 329 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 330 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 331 The Geneva marionettes

  • 332 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 333 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 334 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 335 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 336 No sale of Springfield House

  • 337 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 338 Circus comes to town

  • 339 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 340 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 341 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 343 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 344 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 345 Clovelly custom

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

  • 347 Police station view of Bideford

  • 348 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 349 Picking the pops

  • 350 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 351 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 352 Happy Days!

  • 353 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 354 School crossing patrol begins

  • 355 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 356

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 357 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 358 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 359 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 360 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 361 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 362

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 363

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 364 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 365 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 366 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 367 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 368 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 369 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 370

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 371 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 372 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 373 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 374

    Bidefordians
  • 375 He beat the floods

  • 376 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 377 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 378 New Post Office

  • 379 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 380 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 381 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 382 Penny for the guy

  • 383 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 384 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 385 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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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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

 

 

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