• 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 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 2 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 3 Out of puff!

  • 4 Northam footballers of the future

  • 5

    Was a missionary
  • 6 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 7 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 8 Picking the pops

  • 9 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 10 Clovelly custom

  • 11 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 12 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 13

    Married in 1908
  • 14 Hartland's invitation

  • 15 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 16 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 17 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 18 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 19 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 20 First ship in 8 years

  • 21 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 22 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 23 Burnard family reunion

  • 24 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 25 He beat the floods

  • 26 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 27

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 28 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 29 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 30 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 31 Just over a year old

  • 32 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 33 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 34 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 35 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 36 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 37

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 38

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 39 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 40 School's link with cargo ship

  • 41 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 42 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 43 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 44 A story to tell!

  • 45 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 46 Peter poses for TV film

  • 47 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 48 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 49 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 51 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 52 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 53 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 54 Bideford computer stars

  • 55 Artisans' Club

  • 56 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 57 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 58 No laughing matter

  • 59

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 60 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 61 When horses score over the tractor

  • 62

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 63 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 66 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 68 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 69 Variety in summer weather

  • 70 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 71 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 72 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 73

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 74 Can spring be far away?

  • 75 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 76 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 78 Puppet characters introduced

  • 79 A bird of their own!

  • 80 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 82

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 83 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 84 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 85 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 86 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 87 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 88 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 89 A roof-top view - where?

  • 90 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 91 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 92

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 93 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 94 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 95 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 96 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 97 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 98 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 99 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 100 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 101 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 102 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 103 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 104 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 105 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 106 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 107 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 108 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 109 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 110

    Building works
  • 111

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 112 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 113 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 114 Bridging the stream

  • 115 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 116 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 117 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 118 New choral society's growing response

  • 119 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 120

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 121 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 122 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 123 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 124 New addition to Quay front

  • 125 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 126 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 127 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 128 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 129 Parkham plan realised

  • 130 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 131 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 132 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 133 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 134 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 135 Mobile missionary

  • 136 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 137 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 139 Circus comes to town

  • 140 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 141 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 142 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 143

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 144 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 145 Weare Giffard potato

  • 146 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 147 New civic medallions

  • 148 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 149 Police station view of Bideford

  • 150 New shipyard on schedule

  • 151 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 152 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 153

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 154 Torrington children build igloo
  • 155 Twenty-one yachts

  • 156 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 157 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 158

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 159 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 160 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 161 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 162 Pannier Market's future?

  • 163 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 164 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 165 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 166 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 167 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 168 So this is the mainland!

  • 169 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 170 Off on a great adventure

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    New gateway
  • 172 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 173 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 174 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 175 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 176 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 177 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 178 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 179 Finished in 1876

  • 180 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 181 The art of the thatcher

  • 182 Torrington's new amenity

  • 183 Hartland Dancers
  • 184 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 185 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 186 Revenge in style

  • 187 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 188 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 189 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 190 Service with a smile

  • 191 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 192 Riverside mystery

  • 193

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 194 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 195 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 196 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 197 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 198 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 200 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 201 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 202 They are parted pro-tem

  • 203 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 204 Waldon Triplets
  • 205 Picking the pops

  • 206 Penny for the guy

  • 207 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 208 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 209 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 210 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 211 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 212

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 213 New Post Office

  • 214 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 215

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 216 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 217 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 218 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 219 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 221 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 222 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 223 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 224 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 225 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 226 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 227 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 228 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 229 Torrington in 1967

  • 230 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 231 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 232 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 233 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 234

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
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    First prize
  • 236 For crying out loud!

  • 237 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 238 All aboard the ark

  • 239 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 240 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 241 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 242

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 243 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 244 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 245 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 246

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 247 Happy Days!

  • 248 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 249 Six footed lamb

  • 250 Devil sent packing

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

  • 252 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 253 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 254 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 255 All for the love of a lady!

  • 256 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 257 Emergency ferry services

  • 258 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 259 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 260 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 261 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 262 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 263 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 264 In their new robes and hats

  • 265 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 266 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 267 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 268 Simple Item 138
  • 269 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 270 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 271 Last train from Torrington

  • 272 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 274 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 275 School crossing patrol begins

  • 276 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 277

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 278 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 279 Ten year old scrambler

  • 280 Centenary of Gazette

  • 281 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 282 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 283 What's the time?

  • 284 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 285 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 286 Private home for public pump

  • 287 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 288 The Geneva marionettes

  • 289 Capers on the cobbles

  • 290 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 291 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 292 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 293 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 294 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 295 Sight of a lifetime

  • 296 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 297 Some 240 exhibits

  • 298 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 299 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 300 Appledore's largest

  • 301 Hartland postman retires

  • 302 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 303 End of the line

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

  • 305 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 306 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 307 North Devon Driving School

  • 308 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 309 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 310 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 311 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 312 Loads of black and white

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

  • 314 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 315 Warmington's garage ad

  • 316

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 317 A man and his wheel

  • 318

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 319 Cruising down the river

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    Bidefordians
  • 321 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 322 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 323 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 324 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 325 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 326 Traditions and skills still there

  • 327 New life for Hartland organ

  • 328 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 329 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 330 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 331 By pony and trap to market

  • 332 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 333 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 334

    Relatives all over the world
  • 335

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 336 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 338 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 339 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 340 Bideford loses training ship

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 342 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 343 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 344 Northam's almshouse

  • 345 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 346 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 347 Modern living at Bideford

  • 348 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 349 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 350 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 351 Jumble sale fever

  • 352 Decontrol of meat

  • 353 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 354 New Lundy stamps

  • 355 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 356 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 357 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 358 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 359 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 360 113 years at Instow

  • 361 It really was the 'last time'

  • 362 New look in the hayfields

  • 363 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 364 Some mushroom!

  • 365 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 366 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 367 Bideford regatta

  • 368 Recognise this resort?

  • 369 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 371 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 372 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 373 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 374 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 375 New art gallery opened

  • 376 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 377 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 378 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 379

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 380 Life begins at 80

  • 381 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 383 Ships at Bideford

  • 384 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 385 Allhalland Street - then and now

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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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

 

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