• 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 Devil sent packing

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    Was a missionary
  • 3 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 4 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 5 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 6 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 7 They are parted pro-tem

  • 8

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 9 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 10 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 11 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 12 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 13 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 14 Filming at Hartland

  • 15 Variety in summer weather

  • 16 Twenty-one yachts

  • 17 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 18 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 20 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 21 Northam footballers of the future

  • 22 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 23 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 24 Six footed lamb

  • 25

    Building works
  • 26 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 27 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 28 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 29 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 30 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 31 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 32 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 33 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 34 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 35 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 36 Circus comes to town

  • 37 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 38

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 39 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 40 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 41 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 42

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 43 All for the love of a lady!

  • 44 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 45 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 46 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 47 Service with a smile

  • 48 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 49 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 50 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 51 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 52 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 53 Cruising down the river

  • 54 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 55 For crying out loud!

  • 56 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 57 Decontrol of meat

  • 58 Peter poses for TV film

  • 59 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 60 Private home for public pump

  • 61 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 62 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 63

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 64 Clovelly custom

  • 65 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 66 Capers on the cobbles

  • 67 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 68 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 69 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 70 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 71 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 72 By pony and trap to market

  • 73 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 74 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 75 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 76 Some 240 exhibits

  • 77 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 78 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 79 Clovelly nightmare

  • 80 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 81 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 82 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 83 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 84 Bideford computer stars

  • 85 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 86

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 87 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 88 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 89 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 90 New addition to Quay front

  • 91 Ten year old scrambler

  • 92 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 93 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 94

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 95 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 96 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 97 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 98

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 99 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 100 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 101

    First prize
  • 102 All aboard the ark

  • 103 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 104 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 105

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 106 Torrington in 1967

  • 107 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 108 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 109 From Bobby to Brian

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

  • 111 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 112 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 113 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 114 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 115 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 116 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 117 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 118 A roof-top view - where?

  • 119 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 120 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 121 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 122 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 123 The art of the thatcher

  • 124 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 125 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 126 Modern living at Bideford

  • 127 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 128 A man and his wheel

  • 129 A bird of their own!

  • 130 Bideford loses training ship

  • 131

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 132 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 133 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 134 Ships at Bideford

  • 135 He beat the floods

  • 136 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 137 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 138 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 139 113 years at Instow

  • 140 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 141 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 142 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 143 Bridging the stream

  • 144 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 145 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 146 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 147

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 148 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 149 New choral society's growing response

  • 150 Waldon Triplets
  • 151 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 152 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 153 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 154 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 155 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 156 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 157 Off on a great adventure

  • 158

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 159 So this is the mainland!

  • 160 Can spring be far away?

  • 161 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 162 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 163 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 164 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 165 New civic medallions

  • 166 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 167 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 168 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 169 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 171 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 172 Picking the pops

  • 173 Sight of a lifetime

  • 174 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 175 New Post Office

  • 176 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 177 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 178 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 179 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 180 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 181 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 182 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 183 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 184 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 185 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 186 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 187 No laughing matter

  • 188 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 189 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 190 New Lundy stamps

  • 191 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 192 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 193 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 194 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 195 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 196 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 197 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 198

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 199 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 200 New art gallery opened

  • 201 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 203 In their new robes and hats

  • 204 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 205 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 206 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 207 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 208 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 209 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 210 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 211 Happy Days!

  • 212 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 213 Torrington children build igloo
  • 214 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 215 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 216 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 217 Centenary of Gazette

  • 218

    Relatives all over the world
  • 219 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 220 What's the time?

  • 221 School crossing patrol begins

  • 222 Some mushroom!

  • 223 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 224 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 225 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 226 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 227 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 228 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 229

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 230 Weare Giffard potato

  • 231 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 232

    New gateway
  • 233 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 234

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 235

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 236 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 237 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 238 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 239 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

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

  • 241 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 242 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 243 Pannier Market's future?

  • 244 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 245 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 246 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 247 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 248

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 249 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 250 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 251 Just over a year old

  • 252 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 253 Penny for the guy

  • 254 Jumble sale fever

  • 255 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 256 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 257 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 258 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 259 The cab at the corner>
  • 260 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 261 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 262 The Geneva marionettes

  • 263 It really was the 'last time'

  • 264 Traditions and skills still there

  • 265

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 266 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 267 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 268 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 269 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 270 Hartland's invitation

  • 271 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 272 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 273

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 274 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 275 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 276 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 277 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 278

    Bidefordians
  • 279 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 280 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 281

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 282 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 283 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 284 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 285 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 286 Burnard family reunion

  • 287 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 288 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 289 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 290 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 291 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 292 New life for Hartland organ

  • 293 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 295 Life begins at 80

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

  • 297 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 299 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 300 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 301

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 302 Last train from Torrington

  • 303 Bideford regatta

  • 304 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 305 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 306 Police station view of Bideford

  • 307 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 308 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 309 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 310 Littleham family's five generations

  • 311

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 312 Mobile missionary

  • 313 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 314 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 315 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 316 Picking the pops

  • 317 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 318 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 319 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 320 Revenge in style

  • 321 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 322 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 323 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 324 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 326 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 327 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 328 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 329 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 330 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 331 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 332 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 333 Finished in 1876

  • 334 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 335 New look in the hayfields

  • 336 Artisans' Club

  • 337 New shipyard on schedule

  • 338 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 339 School's link with cargo ship

  • 340 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 341 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 343 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 344 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 345 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 346 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 347 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 348 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 349 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 350 Hartland Dancers
  • 351 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 352 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 353 First ship in 8 years

  • 354 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 355 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 356

    Married in 1908
  • 357 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 358 Appledore's largest

  • 359

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 360 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 361 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 362 When horses score over the tractor

  • 363 Simple Item 138
  • 364 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 365 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 366 Puppet characters introduced

  • 367 Sweets derationing

  • 368 Recognise this resort?

  • 369 A story to tell!

  • 370 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 371

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 372 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 373 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 374 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 375 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 376 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 377 End of the line

  • 378 No sale of Springfield House

  • 379 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 380 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 381 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 382 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 384 Warmington's garage ad

  • 385

    Exhibition of school work
  • 386 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 387 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 388 Hartland postman retires

  • 389 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 390 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 391 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 392 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 393

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 394 Torrington's new amenity

  • 395 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 396 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 397 North Devon Driving School

  • 398 Emergency ferry services

  • 399 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 400 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 401 Loads of black and white

  • 402 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 403 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 404

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 405 Riverside mystery

  • 406 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 407 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 408 Out of puff!

  • 409 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 410 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 412 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

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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Safe door weighing two tons!

New strong room door

Arrival of a new strong-room door at Barclay’s bank in High Street, Bideford, attracted a crowd of interested sightseers.

8 July 1955 Safe door

Weighing two tons, five hundred-weights, and manufactured by Messrs. Hobb, Hart and Company of London, the door travelled by rail to Bideford then by lorry and finally by crane to the bank.

Gazette article 8 July 1955

 

Peter poses for T.V. film

Post donkey loaded with Christmas mail

Peter, the post donkey at Clovelly, poses undisturbed as Mr J. Hardman (right) the sub-postmaster, and postmen Messrs. H.W,. Parratt (at front) and Cecil Braund, load Christmas mail on his back and the proceedings are filmed for T.V. newsreel by Mr J. Dooley, seen standing under the Post Office sign.

30 December 1955 Peter posts for T.V. film

Gazette article 30 December 1955

 

 

Appledore boy is youngest recipient of R.N.L.I. vellum

Masterly handling of 18 ft boat when rescuing two boys

Ten year old Robert Cann of 20 Irsha Street, Appledore, has become the youngest person ever to be awarded the thanks on vellum of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution since the Institution was founded in 1824.

21 October 1955 Appledore boy is youngest recipient

Robert rescued two boys in a rowing boat on August 16 last. The two boys were aged 8 and 11 and were in difficulties when swimming in a strong tide. Robert single-handed manned his father’s 18 feet rowing boat and pulled across a four knot tide to reach the boys. After they had been rescued he knew it would be impossible to pull back to the point from which he had left. He therefore carried on until he reached the farther shore and pulled the boat single-handed round Appledore Point.

Gazette article 21 October 1955

 

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