• 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 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 2 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 3 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 4 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 5 New art gallery opened

  • 6 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 7 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 8 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 9 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 10 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 11 Recognise this resort?

  • 12 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 13 Hartland Dancers
  • 14 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 15 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 16 Bideford regatta

  • 17 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 18 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 19

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 20 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 21 Littleham family's five generations

  • 22 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 23 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 24 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 26

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 27 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 28 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 29 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 30 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 31 Bridging the stream

  • 32 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 33 Some 240 exhibits

  • 34 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 35 Hartland's invitation

  • 36 Centenary of Gazette

  • 37 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 38 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 40 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 41 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 42 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 43 Riverside mystery

  • 44 New life for Hartland organ

  • 45 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 46 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 47 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 48 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 49 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 50 So this is the mainland!

  • 51 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 52 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 53 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 54 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 55 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 56 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 57 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 58 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 59 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 60 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 61 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 62 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 63

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 64 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 65 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 66 Cruising down the river

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

  • 68 What's the time?

  • 69 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 70 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 71 School's link with cargo ship

  • 72

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 73 Filming at Hartland

  • 74 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 76 Happy Days!

  • 77 Just over a year old

  • 78 Ten year old scrambler

  • 79 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 80 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 81 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 82 The cab at the corner>
  • 83 Some mushroom!

  • 84 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 85 New look in the hayfields

  • 86 Appledore's largest

  • 87 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 88

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 89 Picking the pops

  • 90 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 91 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 92 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 93 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 94

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 95 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 96 Jumble sale fever

  • 97 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 98 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 99 Peter poses for TV film

  • 100 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 101 Sweets derationing

  • 102 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 104 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 105 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 106 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 107 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 108 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 109 Artisans' Club

  • 110 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 111 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 112

    Was a missionary
  • 113 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 114 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 115 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 116 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 117 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 118 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 119 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 120 Service with a smile

  • 121 Can spring be far away?

  • 122 Pannier Market's future?

  • 123 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 124 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 125

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 126 Sight of a lifetime

  • 127 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 128 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 129

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 130

    New gateway
  • 131

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 132 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 133 The Geneva marionettes

  • 134 First ship in 8 years

  • 135 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 136 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 138 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 139 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 140 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 141 It really was the 'last time'

  • 142 New shipyard on schedule

  • 143 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 144 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 145 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 146 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 147 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 148 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 149 Simple Item 138
  • 150 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 151 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 152 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 153 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 154 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 155 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 156 Northam's almshouse

  • 157 North Devon Driving School

  • 158 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 159 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 161 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 162 113 years at Instow

  • 163 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 164 Variety in summer weather

  • 165 Penny for the guy

  • 166 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 167 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 168 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 169 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 170 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 171 Life begins at 80

  • 172 Off on a great adventure

  • 173 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 174 Ships at Bideford

  • 175 Devil sent packing

  • 176 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 177 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 178 A roof-top view - where?

  • 179 For crying out loud!

  • 180 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 181 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 183 Picking the pops

  • 184 By pony and trap to market

  • 185 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 186 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 187 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 188 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 189 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 190 Clovelly custom

  • 191 Last train from Torrington

  • 192 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 193 Capers on the cobbles

  • 194 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 195 New addition to Quay front

  • 196 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 197 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 198 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 199 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 200 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 201 Private home for public pump

  • 202 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 203 Hartland postman retires

  • 204 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 205

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 206 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 207 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 208 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 209 Torrington's new amenity

  • 210 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 211 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 212 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 213 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 214

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 215 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 216 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 217 Traditions and skills still there

  • 218 Mobile missionary

  • 219 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 220 Loads of black and white

  • 221 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 222

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 223 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 224 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 226 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 227 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 228 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 229 From Bobby to Brian

  • 230 Finished in 1876

  • 231 Torrington children build igloo
  • 232 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 233 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 234 Bideford computer stars

  • 235 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 236 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 237 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 238 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 239 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 240 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 241 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 242 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 243 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 244 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 245 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 246 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 247

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 248 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 249 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 250 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 251 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 252 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 253 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 254 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 255 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 256 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 257 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 258 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 259 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 260 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 261 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 262 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 263 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 264 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 265 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 266

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 267 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 268 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 269 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 270 School crossing patrol begins

  • 271 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 272

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 273 Waldon Triplets
  • 274 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 275 A man and his wheel

  • 276 All aboard the ark

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    Building works
  • 278 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 279 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 280 When horses score over the tractor

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 282 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 283 New civic medallions

  • 284 Weare Giffard potato

  • 285 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 286

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 287 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 288 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 289

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 290 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 291 Modern living at Bideford

  • 292

    Bidefordians
  • 293 He beat the floods

  • 294 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 295 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 296 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 297 Puppet characters introduced

  • 298 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 299 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 300 Revenge in style

  • 301 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 302 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 303 No sale of Springfield House

  • 304 No laughing matter

  • 305 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 306 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 307 Burnard family reunion

  • 308 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 309 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 310 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 311 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 312 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 313 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 314 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 315 End of the line

  • 316 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 317 A bird of their own!

  • 318 Clovelly nightmare

  • 319

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 320 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 321 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 322 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 323 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 324 All for the love of a lady!

  • 325 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 326 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 327 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 328 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 329 Decontrol of meat

  • 330 The art of the thatcher

  • 331

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 332 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 333 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 334 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 335 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 336 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 337 Bideford loses training ship

  • 338 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 339 New choral society's growing response

  • 340 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 341 Circus comes to town

  • 342 Police station view of Bideford

  • 343 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 344 Six footed lamb

  • 345 They are parted pro-tem

  • 346 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 347 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 348 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 349 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 350 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 351 Parkham plan realised

  • 352 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 353 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 354

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 355

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 356 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 357 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 358 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 359 Torrington in 1967

  • 360 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 361 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 363 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 364 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 365 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 366 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 367 Out of puff!

  • 368 New Post Office

  • 369 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 370 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 371 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 372 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 373 Northam footballers of the future

  • 374

    First prize
  • 375 Emergency ferry services

  • 376 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 377

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 378 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 379

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 380 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 381 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 382 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 383 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 384 Warmington's garage ad

  • 385 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 386

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 387 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 388

    Married in 1908
  • 389 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 390 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 391 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 392

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 393 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 394 A story to tell!

  • 395 New Lundy stamps

  • 396 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 397 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 398 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 399 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 400 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 401 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 402 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 403 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 404

    Exhibition of school work
  • 405 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 406 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 407 In their new robes and hats

  • 408 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 409 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 410 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 412 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 413 Brothers reunion 1947
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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New Post Office

As planned for Bideford in 1939

In 1939 a new post office building for Bideford, costing in the region of £15,000 was planned and the design illustrated was published. The war came soon afterwards, plans were shelved for more pressing needs and no such building has materialized as yet.

26 February 1954 New post office

Gazette article 26 February 1954

New Estate’s view of estuary activities

Vantage point at Appledore

From a vantage point below the ‘Lookout’, Appledore, the panorama of the estuary stretches out to the bar and here the m.v. ‘Fluidity’ is seen nosing her way in on the flooding tide accompanied by the pilot boat.

22 January 1954 New estates view of estuary activities

This splendid view will greet the residents of the new housing estate which Northam Urban District Council are erecting at West Appledore. The converted huts of the former naval camp there will be removed.

Gazette article 22 January 1954

 

Preparations for New Clovelly Court

Fire-damaged buildings demolished

Twice damaged by fire, Clovelly Court is once again the scene of demolition work in preparation for rebuilding.

The original house was burnt down with all its contents in 1789. Only one portion, the South Wing survived and escaped the second fire in 1944.

22 January 1954 New estates view of estuary activities

A smaller, more modern, Clovelly Court will eventually be built on the site which has magnificent views across rolling parkland to Bideford Bay behind.

Gazette article 22 January 1954

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