• 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 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 2 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 3 New civic medallions

  • 4 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 5 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 6 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 7

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 8 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 9 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 10 Sweets derationing

  • 11 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 12 Pannier Market's future?

  • 13 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 14 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 15 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 16 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 17 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 18 Bideford's first woman councillor

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

  • 20 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 21

    Exhibition of school work
  • 22 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 23 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 24 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 25 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 26 Bideford loses training ship

  • 27 Ten year old scrambler

  • 28 Penny for the guy

  • 29 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 30 Out of puff!

  • 31 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 32 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 33 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 34 He beat the floods

  • 35 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 36 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 37 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 38 In their new robes and hats

  • 39 What's the time?

  • 40 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 41 Peter poses for TV film

  • 42 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 43 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 44 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 45 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 46 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 47 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 48 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 49 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 50 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 51 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 52 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 53 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 54

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 55 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 56 Devil sent packing

  • 57 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 58 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 59 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 60 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 61 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 62

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 63 For crying out loud!

  • 64 Warmington's garage ad

  • 65 Torrington in 1967

  • 66 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 67

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 68 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 69 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 70 Loads of black and white

  • 71 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 72 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 73 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 75 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 76 No sale of Springfield House

  • 77 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 78 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 79 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 81 Hartland postman retires

  • 82 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 83

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 84 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 85 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 86 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 87 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 88 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 89 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 90 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 91 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 92 A bird of their own!

  • 93 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 94 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 95 New choral society's growing response

  • 96 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 97 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 98 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 99 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 100

    New gateway
  • 101 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 102 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 103 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 104 Six footed lamb

  • 105 School's link with cargo ship

  • 106 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 107 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 108 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 109 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 110 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 111 Burnard family reunion

  • 112 Bideford computer stars

  • 113 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 114 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 115 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 116 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 117 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 118 Private home for public pump

  • 119 The Geneva marionettes

  • 120 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 121 Littleham family's five generations

  • 122 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 123 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 124 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 125

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 126 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 127 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 128 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 129 They are parted pro-tem

  • 130 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 131 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 132 New look in the hayfields

  • 133 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 134 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 135 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 136 Clovelly custom

  • 137 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 138 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 139 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 140 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 141 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 142 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 143 Hartland's invitation

  • 144 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 145 Centenary of Gazette

  • 146 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 147 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 148 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 149 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 150 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 151 Last train from Torrington

  • 152 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 153 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 154 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 155 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 157 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 158 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 159 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 160 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 161 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 162 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 163 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 164

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 165 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 166 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 167 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 168 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 169 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 170

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 171 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 172

    First prize
  • 173 So this is the mainland!

  • 174 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 175 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 176 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 177 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 178 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 179

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 180 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 181 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 182 Some 240 exhibits

  • 183 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 184 Circus comes to town

  • 185 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 187 Northam footballers of the future

  • 188 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 189 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 190 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 191 New life for Hartland organ

  • 192 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 193 Capers on the cobbles

  • 194 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 195 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 196 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 197 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 198 A story to tell!

  • 199

    Was a missionary
  • 200 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 201 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 202 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 203

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 204 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 205 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 206 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 207 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 208 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 209 The cab at the corner>
  • 210

    Building works
  • 211 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 212 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 213 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 214

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 215 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 216 End of the line

  • 217 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 218 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 219 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 220 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 221 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 222 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 223 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 224 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 225 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 226 Twenty-one yachts

  • 227 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 228 Happy Days!

  • 229 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 230 Mobile missionary

  • 231 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 232 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 233 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 234 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 235 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 236 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 237 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 238 Just over a year old

  • 239 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 240 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 241 Weare Giffard potato

  • 242 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 243 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 244 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 245 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 246 North Devon Driving School

  • 247 Appledore's largest

  • 248 Emergency ferry services

  • 249 Picking the pops

  • 250 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 251 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 253 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 254 Waldon Triplets
  • 255 Picking the pops

  • 256 Clovelly nightmare

  • 257 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 258 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 259 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 260 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 261 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 262 Cruising down the river

  • 263 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 265 School crossing patrol begins

  • 266 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 267 Bridging the stream

  • 268

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 269 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 270 Traditions and skills still there

  • 271 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 272 All for the love of a lady!

  • 273 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 275 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 276

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 277 Decontrol of meat

  • 278 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 279 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 280 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 281 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 283 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 284 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 285 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 286 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 287 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 288 Artisans' Club

  • 289

    Married in 1908
  • 290 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 291 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 292 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 293 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 294 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 295

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 296 Ships at Bideford

  • 297 Finished in 1876

  • 298 It really was the 'last time'

  • 299 Northam's almshouse

  • 300 Service with a smile

  • 301 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 302 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 303 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 304 Police station view of Bideford

  • 305 Sight of a lifetime

  • 306 Modern living at Bideford

  • 307 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 308 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 309 Torrington children build igloo
  • 310

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 311 First ship in 8 years

  • 312 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 313 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 314 By pony and trap to market

  • 315 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 316

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 317 Recognise this resort?

  • 318 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 319 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 320 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 321 Some mushroom!

  • 322 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 323 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 324 New Post Office

  • 325 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 326 New art gallery opened

  • 327 A roof-top view - where?

  • 328

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 329 When horses score over the tractor

  • 330 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 331 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 332 A man and his wheel

  • 333 Simple Item 138
  • 334 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 335 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 336 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 337 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 338 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 339 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 340

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 341 New addition to Quay front

  • 342

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 343 No laughing matter

  • 344 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 345

    Bidefordians
  • 346 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 347 Revenge in style

  • 348 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 349 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 350 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 351 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 352 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 353 Bideford regatta

  • 354 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 355 New Lundy stamps

  • 356 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 357 Jumble sale fever

  • 358 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 359 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 360 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 361 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 362 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 363 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 364 113 years at Instow

  • 365 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 366 Puppet characters introduced

  • 367 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 368 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 369

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 370 Torrington's new amenity

  • 371 All aboard the ark

  • 372 Parkham plan realised

  • 373 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 374 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 375 Variety in summer weather

  • 376 Hartland Dancers
  • 377

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 378 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 379 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 380 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 381 Life begins at 80

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 383 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 385

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 386 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 387 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 388 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 389 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 390 Riverside mystery

  • 391 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 392 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 393 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 394 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 395 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 396 The art of the thatcher

  • 397 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 398 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 399 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 400 From Bobby to Brian

  • 401 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 402 Filming at Hartland

  • 403 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 404 New shipyard on schedule

  • 405 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 406 Can spring be far away?

  • 407 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 408 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 409

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 410 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 411 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 412 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 413

    Cadets are given certificates
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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  • 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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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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A bigger and better Hillman range!

New cars at Warmington's garage

This motoring year, looks make news! The ‘Big Car’ beauty of the new Minx Saloon with added luggage space to match its 8 seater comfort. The exciting international elegance of the Californian. The sleek grace of the weatherwise Minx Convertible. The roominess of the Estate Car.
Warmington’s Garage, Bridgeland Street, Bideford. Tel. 16

19 March 1954 Warmingtons ad

Gazette ad. 19 March 1954

 

A story to tell!

Councils that know their business

North Devon resorts relying on their popularity with visitors for prosperity show their enterprise and good business sense in advertising a welcome to holidaymakers.

12 March 1954 A story to tell

Here is a message sent out via the National dailies and weeklies during the past few weeks and as a direct result the publicity department at Northam have been handling hundreds of enquiries weekly.

Gazette article 12 March 1954

 

Centenary of the Gazette

Gazette celebrates 100 years

The infant Gazette, which was first published as a monthly and then became a weekly, soon began to build up its circulation. Today it is estimated each issue is seen by some 30,000 people actual copies sold having increased by over 50 per cent since 1939.

12 March 1954 Centenary of Gazette

Today, a home of ships, a busy main road, and a pleasant promenade, Bideford Quay is all these and more .

The magic of far-away places and strange-sounding names is still to be found along Bideford Quay which was reconstructed in its present form 64 years ago.

Gazette article 12 March 1954

 

 

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