• 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 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 2 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 3 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 4 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 5 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 6 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 7 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 8

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 9 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 10

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 11 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 12 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 13 Emergency ferry services

  • 14 All aboard the ark

  • 15 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 16 Loads of black and white

  • 17 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 18 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 19 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 21 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 22 New addition to Quay front

  • 23 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 24

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 25 The cab at the corner>
  • 26 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 27 Puppet characters introduced

  • 28 Pannier Market's future?

  • 29 Six footed lamb

  • 30 In their new robes and hats

  • 31 By pony and trap to market

  • 32 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 33 Torrington in 1967

  • 34 Littleham family's five generations

  • 35 Simple Item 138
  • 36 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 37 New Post Office

  • 38 Last train from Torrington

  • 39 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 40 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 41 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 42 New choral society's growing response

  • 43 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 44 Ships at Bideford

  • 45 Happy Days!

  • 46 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 47 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 48 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 49 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 50 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 51 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 52 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 53 They are parted pro-tem

  • 54

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 55 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 56 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 57

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 58 Peter poses for TV film

  • 59 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 60 What's the time?

  • 61 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 62 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 63 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 64 Warmington's garage ad

  • 65 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 66

    Building works
  • 67 Hartland postman retires

  • 68 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 69 Bridging the stream

  • 70

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 71 Twenty-one yachts

  • 72 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 73 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 74 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 75 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 76 Riverside mystery

  • 77 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 78 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 79

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 80 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 81

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 82 Sweets derationing

  • 83

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 84 Burnard family reunion

  • 85 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 86 School crossing patrol begins

  • 87

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 88 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 89 For crying out loud!

  • 90 Circus comes to town

  • 91 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 92 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 93 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 94 Mobile missionary

  • 95 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 97 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 98 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 99 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 100

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 101

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 102 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 103 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 104 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 105 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 106 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 107 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 109 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 110 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 111 Appledore's largest

  • 112 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 113 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 114 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 115 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 116 Hartland Dancers
  • 117 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 118 School's link with cargo ship

  • 119 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 120 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 121 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 122

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 123 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 124

    New gateway
  • 125 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 126 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 127 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 128 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 129 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 130 First ship in 8 years

  • 131 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 133 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 134 Private home for public pump

  • 135 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 136

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 137 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 138 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 139 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 140 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 141 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 142 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 143 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 144 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 145 Bideford regatta

  • 146 Jumble sale fever

  • 147 From Bobby to Brian

  • 148 Devil sent packing

  • 149 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 150 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 151 End of the line

  • 152 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 154 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 155 The Geneva marionettes

  • 156 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 157 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 158 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 159 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 160 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 161 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 162 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 163 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 164 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 165 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 166 Torrington's new amenity

  • 167 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 168 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 169 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 170 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 171 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 172 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 173 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 174 New civic medallions

  • 175 Out of puff!

  • 176 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 177 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 178

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 179 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 180 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 181 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 182 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 183 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 184 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 185 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 186 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 187 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 188 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 189 Parkham plan realised

  • 190 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 192 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 193 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 194 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 195 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 196 Weare Giffard potato

  • 197 Clovelly custom

  • 198 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 199 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 200 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 201 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 202 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 203 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 204 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 205 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 206 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 207 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 208 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 209 Clovelly nightmare

  • 210 Police station view of Bideford

  • 211 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 212

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 213 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 214 A roof-top view - where?

  • 215 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 216 Finished in 1876

  • 217 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 218 No sale of Springfield House

  • 219 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 221 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 222 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 223 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 224 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 225 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 226 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 227 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 228 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 229 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 230 Bideford computer stars

  • 231 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 232 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 233 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 234 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 235 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 236 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 237 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 238 Modern living at Bideford

  • 239 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 240 Service with a smile

  • 241 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 242 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 243 New art gallery opened

  • 244 Capers on the cobbles

  • 245 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 246 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 247 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 248

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 249 Hartland's invitation

  • 250 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 251 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 252 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 253 Revenge in style

  • 254 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 255 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 256 Some 240 exhibits

  • 257 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 259 Can spring be far away?

  • 260 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 261 He beat the floods

  • 262 A bird of their own!

  • 263 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 264 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 265 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 266 New look in the hayfields

  • 267 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 268

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 269 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 270 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 271 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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    Bidefordians
  • 273 Decontrol of meat

  • 274 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 275 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 276 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 277 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 278 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 279 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 280 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 281 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 282 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 284 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 285 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 286 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 287 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 288 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 289 Saving money, wear and tear

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 291 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 292 It really was the 'last time'

  • 293 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 294 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 295 A man and his wheel

  • 296 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 297 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 298 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 299 So this is the mainland!

  • 300 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 301 Some mushroom!

  • 302 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 303 Just over a year old

  • 304 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 305 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 306 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 307 Filming at Hartland

  • 308

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 309 No laughing matter

  • 310 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 311 Cruising down the river

  • 312 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 313 Life begins at 80

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    First prize
  • 315 New Lundy stamps

  • 316 Artisans' Club

  • 317 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 318 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 319 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 320 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 321 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 322

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 323 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 324 Northam footballers of the future

  • 325 Northam's almshouse

  • 326 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 327 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 328 When horses score over the tractor

  • 329 Torrington children build igloo
  • 330 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 331 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 332 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 333 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 334 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 335 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 336 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 337 The art of the thatcher

  • 338 New shipyard on schedule

  • 339

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 340 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 342 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 343

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 344 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 345 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 346 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 347 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 348 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 349 North Devon Driving School

  • 350 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 351 All for the love of a lady!

  • 352 Recognise this resort?

  • 353 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 354 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 355 A story to tell!

  • 356

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 357

    Exhibition of school work
  • 358 Waldon Triplets
  • 359 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 361 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 362 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 363 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 364 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 365 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 366 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 367 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 368 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 369 Traditions and skills still there

  • 370 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 371 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 372 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 373 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 374 113 years at Instow

  • 375 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 376 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 377 New life for Hartland organ

  • 378 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 380 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 381 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 382 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 383 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 385 Picking the pops

  • 386 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 387 Sight of a lifetime

  • 388 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 389 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 390 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 391 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 392 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 393

    Was a missionary
  • 394 Centenary of Gazette

  • 395 Picking the pops

  • 396

    Married in 1908
  • 397 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 398 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 399 Off on a great adventure

  • 400 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 401 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 402 Variety in summer weather

  • 403 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 404 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 405 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 406 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 407 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 408

    Relatives all over the world
  • 409 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 410 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 411 Penny for the guy

  • 412 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 413 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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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  • 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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  • 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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Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

Bideford High Street in August

Holiday traffic is kept gently on the move. Pavements are thronged with shoppers, many of them holiday-makers bringing a gay touch of beach-wear or, if skies are not favourable, wearing the now almost ubiquitous plastic mackintosh.

13 August 1954 Holiday traffic

Gazette article 13 August 1954

 

 

Decontrol of meat – 5 July 1954

Pre-war quality

Pre-war quality in sausages and cooked meats will be back again with decontrol of meat next week.

2 July 1954 Decontrol of meat

Remember the queues at our shop in the High Street? Now no need to queue, you’ll get the best of pork, bacon, sausages and cooked meats at Frayne’s, High Street, Bideford.

Gazette ad 2 July 1954

Children’s procession with foxgloves

Procession for St Nectan's festival

Carrying foxgloves, children from Hartland and Welcombe took part in a procession at St Nectan’s Church, Hartland, on Sunday morning.

25 June 1954 Childrens procession with foxgloves

Foxgloves grow in profusion in the parish and the carrying of them at the festival of the Saint arises from the legend that when robbers beheaded St Nectan foxgloves sprang up where his blood was shed.

Gazette article 25 June 1954

 

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