• 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 Last train from Torrington

  • 2 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 3 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 4 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 5 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 6 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 7 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 8 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 9 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 10 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 11 School's link with cargo ship

  • 12

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 13 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 14 All aboard the ark

  • 15 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 16 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 17 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 18 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 19 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 20 Recognise this resort?

  • 21 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 22

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 23 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 24 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 25 For crying out loud!

  • 26 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 27 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 28 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 29 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 30 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 31 School crossing patrol begins

  • 32 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 33 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 34 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 36 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 37 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 38 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 40 Torrington in 1967

  • 41 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 42 Modern living at Bideford

  • 43 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 44 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 45 Happy Days!

  • 46 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 47 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 48

    First prize
  • 49 North Devon Driving School

  • 50 Mobile missionary

  • 51 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 52

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 53 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 54 Circus comes to town

  • 55 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 56 Bideford computer stars

  • 57 New Post Office

  • 58 Service with a smile

  • 59

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 60 Appledore's largest

  • 61 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 62 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 63 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 64 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 65 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 66 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 67 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 68 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 69 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 70 Sight of a lifetime

  • 71 When horses score over the tractor

  • 72 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 73 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 74 Cruising down the river

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

  • 76 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 77 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 78 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 79

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 80 Bideford loses training ship

  • 81 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 82 Variety in summer weather

  • 83 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 84 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 85 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 86

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 87 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 88 Burnard family reunion

  • 89 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 90 New civic medallions

  • 91 Traditions and skills still there

  • 92 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 93 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 94

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 95 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 96 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 97 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 98 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 99 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 100 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 101 All for the love of a lady!

  • 102 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 103

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 104 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 105 Twenty-one yachts

  • 106

    Married in 1908
  • 107 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 109 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 110 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 111

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 112 Light reading for the lighthouse

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

  • 114 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

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

  • 117 Some mushroom!

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

  • 119 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 120 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 121

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 122 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 123 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 124 Simple Item 138
  • 125 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 126 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 127 Northam footballers of the future

  • 128 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 129 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 130 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 131 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 132 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 133 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 134 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 135 Devil sent packing

  • 136 Picking the pops

  • 137

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 138 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 139 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 140 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 141 Penny for the guy

  • 142 A roof-top view - where?

  • 143 Capers on the cobbles

  • 144 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 145 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 146 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 147 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 148 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 149 Hartland's invitation

  • 150 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 151 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 152 Waldon Triplets
  • 153 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 154 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 155 Warmington's garage ad

  • 156 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 157 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 158 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 159 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 160 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 161 In their new robes and hats

  • 162

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 163 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 164 113 years at Instow

  • 165 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 166 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 167 A man and his wheel

  • 168 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 169 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 170 New choral society's growing response

  • 171 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 172 It really was the 'last time'

  • 173 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 174 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 175 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 176 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 177 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 178 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 179 Littleham family's five generations

  • 180 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 181 Finished in 1876

  • 182

    New gateway
  • 183 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 184 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 185 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 186 Loads of black and white

  • 187 Ten year old scrambler

  • 188 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 189

    Relatives all over the world
  • 190 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 191 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 192 New life for Hartland organ

  • 193 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 194 Artisans' Club

  • 195 The Geneva marionettes

  • 196 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 197 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 198 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 199 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 200 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 201 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 202 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 203 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 204 New Lundy stamps

  • 205 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 206

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 207 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 208 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 209 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 210 Out of puff!

  • 211 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 212 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 213 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 214

    Exhibition of school work
  • 215 Private home for public pump

  • 216 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 217 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 218 So this is the mainland!

  • 219 New addition to Quay front

  • 220 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 221 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 222 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 223 Puppet characters introduced

  • 224 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 225 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 226 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 227 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 228 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 229 The art of the thatcher

  • 230 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 231 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 232 He beat the floods

  • 233 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 234 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 235 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 237 Weare Giffard potato

  • 238 Off on a great adventure

  • 239 First ship in 8 years

  • 240 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 241 Riverside mystery

  • 242

    Building works
  • 243 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 244 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 245 Pannier Market's future?

  • 246

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 247 Bideford regatta

  • 248

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 249 Six footed lamb

  • 250 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 251 New shipyard on schedule

  • 252 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 253 Just over a year old

  • 254 Clovelly nightmare

  • 255 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 256 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 257 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 258 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 259 Northam's almshouse

  • 260 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 261 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 262 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 263 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 264 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 265 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 267 Emergency ferry services

  • 268 Picking the pops

  • 269 A bird of their own!

  • 270 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 271 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 272 Jumble sale fever

  • 273 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 274 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 275 By pony and trap to market

  • 276 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 277 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 278 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 279 Can spring be far away?

  • 280 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 281 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 282 No laughing matter

  • 283 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 285 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 286 No sale of Springfield House

  • 287 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 288 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 289 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 290 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 291 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 292 Life begins at 80

  • 293 Ships at Bideford

  • 294 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 295

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 296 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 297

    Bidefordians
  • 298 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 299 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 300 Parkham plan realised

  • 301 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 302 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 303 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 304 Police station view of Bideford

  • 305 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 306 New art gallery opened

  • 307 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 308 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 309 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 310 Torrington's new amenity

  • 311 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 312 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 313 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 314

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

  • 316 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 317 Peter poses for TV film

  • 318 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 319 Clovelly custom

  • 320 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 321 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 322 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 323 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 324 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 325

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 326 Some 240 exhibits

  • 327 New look in the hayfields

  • 328 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 330 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 331 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 332 East-the-Water sets town an example

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    Was a missionary
  • 334 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 335 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 336 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 337 A story to tell!

  • 338 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 339 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 340 Hartland Dancers
  • 341 They are parted pro-tem

  • 342 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 343

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 344 Hartland postman retires

  • 345 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 346

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 347 Bridging the stream

  • 348 Torrington children build igloo
  • 349 Revenge in style

  • 350

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 351 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 352

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 353 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 354 Centenary of Gazette

  • 355 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 356 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 358

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 359 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 360 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 361 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 362 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 363 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 364 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 365 Decontrol of meat

  • 366 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 367 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 368 End of the line

  • 369 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 370 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 371 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 372

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 373 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 374 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 375 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 376 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 377 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 378 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 379 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 380 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 381 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 382 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 383 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 384 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 385 What's the time?

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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Cruising down the river

Plenty to see

Casting off from the Quay aboard paddle steamer ‘Cardiff Queen’ we wave to the onlookers lining the front.

17 August 1956 Cruising down the river

At Lower Cleavehouses we pass a barge chugging its way up to Bideford so laden with estuary gravel that it is almost awash.

Gazette article 17 August 1956

 

 

Appledore schooner broadcast

Probably last still trading

The coastal feature in the West of England BBC Home Service on Wednesday gives a portrait of the three-masted wooden schooner Kathleen and May. Under her skipper-owner Capt. Tommy Jewell of Alpha Place, Appledore, she plies from West-country ports and to Ireland.

26 October 1956 Appledore schooner broadcast

She carries a crew of four – skipper, mate, engineer and deckhand.

Gazette article 26 October 1956

 

Service with a smile

Bideford Bowling club's wives provide refreshments

Once again contributing much behind the scenes to the success and popularity of Bideford’s annual bowling tournament was the band of Bideford Club members’ wives who provided refreshments in the Rugby Club hall. They served an average of about 100 lunches, 135 teas and 100 coffees a day. The team was led by Mrs Harry Blackmore and Mrs F. Horner.

17 August 1956 Service with a smile

Seen in the photograph (left to right) are: Sitting – Mesdames J.R. Chipman, Harry Blackmore, F. Horner, C. Fulford, C. Mules and L.H. Gorrell; standing – Mesdames Elkins, George Blackmore, J.P. Cleverdon, Hudson, A.J.Luxton, S.R. Elliott, Kelly and P. Wadey.

Gazette article 17 August 1956

 

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