• 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 Bideford loses training ship

  • 2 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 3 Quads at Thornhillhead

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    New gateway
  • 5 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 6 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 7 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 8 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 9

    Relatives all over the world
  • 10 Circus comes to town

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

  • 12 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 13 New look in the hayfields

  • 14 In their new robes and hats

  • 15 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 16 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 17 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 18 Hartland's invitation

  • 19 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 20 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 21 Ships at Bideford

  • 22 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 23

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 24 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 25 Torrington's new amenity

  • 26 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 27 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 28 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 29 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 30 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 31 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 32 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 33 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 34 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 35 Devil sent packing

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

  • 37 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 38

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 39 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 40 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 41 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 42 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 43 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 44 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 45 Hartland Dancers
  • 46 Penny for the guy

  • 47 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 48 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 49 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 50 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 52 North Devon Driving School

  • 53 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 54 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 55 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 56 New life for Hartland organ

  • 57 It really was the 'last time'

  • 58 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 59 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 60 Off on a great adventure

  • 61 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 62 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 63 Torrington children build igloo
  • 64 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 65

    Exhibition of school work
  • 66 Modern living at Bideford

  • 67 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 68

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 69 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 70 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 71 Artisans' Club

  • 72 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 73 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 74 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 75 Jumble sale fever

  • 76 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 78 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 79 Six footed lamb

  • 80 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 81 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 82 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 83 New art gallery opened

  • 84 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 85

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 86 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 87 Sweets derationing

  • 88 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 89 Last train from Torrington

  • 90 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 91 Picking the pops

  • 92 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 93 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 94 Burnard family reunion

  • 95 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 96 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 97 Service with a smile

  • 98 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 99 Out of puff!

  • 100 Mobile missionary

  • 101 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 102 Bridging the stream

  • 103 No sale of Springfield House

  • 104 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 105

    Married in 1908
  • 106 Bideford computer stars

  • 107 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 108 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 109 Centenary of Gazette

  • 110

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 111 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 112 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 113 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 114 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 115 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 116 For crying out loud!

  • 117

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 118 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 119 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 120 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 121 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 122 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 123 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 124 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 125

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 126

    First prize
  • 127 Weare Giffard potato

  • 128 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 129 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 130 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 131 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 132 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 133 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 134 School crossing patrol begins

  • 135 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 136 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 137 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 139 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 140 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 141 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 142 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 143 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 144 Northam's almshouse

  • 145 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 146 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 147 New civic medallions

  • 148 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 149 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 150

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 151 Emergency ferry services

  • 152 All aboard the ark

  • 153 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 154 Bideford regatta

  • 155 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 156

    Building works
  • 157 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 158 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 159 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 160 Loads of black and white

  • 161 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 162 Just over a year old

  • 163 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 164 New addition to Quay front

  • 165 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 166 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 167 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 168 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 169

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 170 Littleham family's five generations

  • 171 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 172

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 173 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 174 The Geneva marionettes

  • 175 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 176 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 177 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 178 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 179 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 180 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 181 First ship in 8 years

  • 182 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 183

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 184 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 186 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 187 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 188 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 189 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 190 Sight of a lifetime

  • 191 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 192 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 193

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 194 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 195 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 196 They are parted pro-tem

  • 197 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 198 Clovelly nightmare

  • 199 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 200 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 201 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 202 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 203 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 205 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 206 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 207 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 208 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 209 No laughing matter

  • 210

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 211 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 212 From Bobby to Brian

  • 213 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 214

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 215 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 216 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 217 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 218 When horses score over the tractor

  • 219 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 220 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 221 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 222 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 223

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 224 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 225

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 226 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 227 Filming at Hartland

  • 228 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 229 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 230 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 231 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 232 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 233 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 234 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 235 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 236 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 237 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 238 Northam footballers of the future

  • 239

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 240 Some mushroom!

  • 241 Happy Days!

  • 242 A bird of their own!

  • 243 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 244 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 245 Picking the pops

  • 246 He beat the floods

  • 247 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 248 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 249 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 250 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 252 Variety in summer weather

  • 253 Decontrol of meat

  • 254 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 255 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 256 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 257 Twenty-one yachts

  • 258 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 259 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 260 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 261 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 262 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 263 Revenge in style

  • 264 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 265 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 266 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 267 What's the time?

  • 268 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 269 Warmington's garage ad

  • 270 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 271 A roof-top view - where?

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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 273 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 274 Cruising down the river

  • 275 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 276 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 277 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 278 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 279 Private home for public pump

  • 280 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 281 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 282 Appledore's largest

  • 283 New shipyard on schedule

  • 284 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 285 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 286 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 287 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 288 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 289 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 290 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 291 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 292 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 293 Clovelly custom

  • 294 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 295 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 296 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 297 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 298 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 299 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 301 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 302 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 304

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 305 By pony and trap to market

  • 306 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 307

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 308

    Bidefordians
  • 309 Waldon Triplets
  • 310 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 311 Some 240 exhibits

  • 312 School's link with cargo ship

  • 313 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 314 Pannier Market's future?

  • 315 All for the love of a lady!

  • 316 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 317 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 318 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 319 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 320 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 321 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 322 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 323 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 324

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 325 Finished in 1876

  • 326 New Lundy stamps

  • 327 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 328 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 329 Riverside mystery

  • 330 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 331 A man and his wheel

  • 332 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 333

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 334 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 335 A story to tell!

  • 336 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 337 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 338 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 339 Puppet characters introduced

  • 340 Police station view of Bideford

  • 341 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 342 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 343 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 344 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 345 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 346 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 347 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 349 Simple Item 138
  • 350 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 351 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 352 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 353 Parkham plan realised

  • 354 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 355 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 356 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 357 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 358 Recognise this resort?

  • 359 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 360 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 361 The cab at the corner>
  • 362 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 363 Peter poses for TV film

  • 364 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 365 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 366 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 367 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 368 Traditions and skills still there

  • 369 New choral society's growing response

  • 370 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 371 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 372 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 373 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 374 So this is the mainland!

  • 375 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 376 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 377 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 378 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 379 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 380 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 381 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 382 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 383 Torrington in 1967

  • 384 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 385 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 386 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 387

    Was a missionary
  • 388 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 389 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 390 New Post Office

  • 391 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 392 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 394 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 395 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 396 End of the line

  • 397 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 398 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 399 Hartland postman retires

  • 400 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 401 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 402 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 403 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 404 Life begins at 80

  • 405 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 406 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 407 113 years at Instow

  • 408 Ten year old scrambler

  • 409 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 410

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 411 Can spring be far away?

  • 412 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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    Lenwood Squash Club
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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Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

Large assembly at Wednesday’s celebration

Typical of the many smaller Methodist foundations to be found in the North Devon countryside, Landcross Methodist chapel is snugly tucked alongside the Bideford to Torrington main road at its junction with the Bradworthy road.

25 June 1954 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

The chapel was built over a cattle shed which continued to be used as such to at leased 1881.

The present membership of Landcross Chapel is seventeen. The population of Landcross in 1850 was 120 and the present day only 64.

Gazette article 25 June 1954

 

Light reading for the Lighthouse

County library visits Hartland Point

Hartland Lighthouse is one of forty-five centres in the north-west part of Devon which is supplied with collections of books from the Torridge Regional Brach of the Devon County Library at Torrington.

14 May 1954 Light reading for the lighthouse

The regional librarian (Mr P.A. Drake) is seen at the lighthouse as the fresh collection of books is delivered for the use of the lighthouse staff and their wives, who read more than 400 books during the past year.

Gazette article 14 May 1954

New civic medallions

Medallions for Bideford Mayor and Mayoress

Two medallions were presented to the town at Bideford Manor Court, the lower one for the use of Mayors, being the gift of Mr Stanley J. Bowen (a London-Bidefordian), and above it that to be worn by Mayoresses, the gift of the Mayor (Mr C.A. Grant in commemoration of the Coronation of Elizabeth II).

30 April 1954 New civic medallions

Both medallions were made locally to the design of Mr W.J.A. Corke, principal of Bideford School of Art.

Gazette article 30 April 1954

 

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