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

  • 2 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 3 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 4 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 5 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 6

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 7 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 8 Twenty-one yachts

  • 9 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 10 Hartland Dancers
  • 11 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 12 New life for Hartland organ

  • 13 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 14 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 15 Just over a year old

  • 16 Emergency ferry services

  • 17 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 18 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 19 Riverside mystery

  • 20 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 21 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 22 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 23 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 24 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 25 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 26 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 27 Artisans' Club

  • 28 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 30 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 31 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 32 Picking the pops

  • 33 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 34 Ten year old scrambler

  • 35 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 36 A story to tell!

  • 37 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 38 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 39 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 40 Circus comes to town

  • 41 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 42 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 43 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 44 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 45 Bideford regatta

  • 46 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 47 No sale of Springfield House

  • 48 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 49 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 50 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 51 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 52 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 53 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 54 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 55 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 56 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 57 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 58 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 60 New Lundy stamps

  • 61 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 62 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 63 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 64 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 65 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 66 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 67 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 68 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 69 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 70 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 71 New Post Office

  • 72 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 73 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 74 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 76 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 77 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 78 For crying out loud!

  • 79 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 80 All for the love of a lady!

  • 81 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 83 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 84 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 85 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 86 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 87 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 88

    Was a missionary
  • 89

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 90

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 91 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 92 Bridging the stream

  • 93 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 94

    Relatives all over the world
  • 95 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 96 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 97 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 98 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 99 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 100 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 101 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 102 The Geneva marionettes

  • 103 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 104 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 106 Torrington's new amenity

  • 107 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 108 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 109 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 110 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 111 Peter poses for TV film

  • 112 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 113 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 114 Last train from Torrington

  • 115 Off on a great adventure

  • 116 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 117 Life begins at 80

  • 118 Decontrol of meat

  • 119 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 120 Torrington in 1967

  • 121 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 122 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 123 New shipyard on schedule

  • 124 Littleham family's five generations

  • 125 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 126 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 127 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 128 The art of the thatcher

  • 129 A roof-top view - where?

  • 130 Centenary of Gazette

  • 131 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 132 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 133

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 134 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 135 The cab at the corner>
  • 136 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 137 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 138 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 139 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 140 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 141 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 142 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 143 Northam footballers of the future

  • 144

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 145 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 146 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 147 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 148 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 149 Ships at Bideford

  • 150 Bideford loses training ship

  • 151 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 152 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 153 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 154 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 155

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 156 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 157 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 158 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 159 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 160 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 161 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 162 In their new robes and hats

  • 163 New addition to Quay front

  • 164

    First prize
  • 165 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 166 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 167 Penny for the guy

  • 168 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 169 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 170 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 171 From Bobby to Brian

  • 172

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 173 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 174 Puppet characters introduced

  • 175 Some 240 exhibits

  • 176 Bideford computer stars

  • 177 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 178 They are parted pro-tem

  • 179 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 180 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 181 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 182 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 184

    Exhibition of school work
  • 185

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 186 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 187 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 188 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 189 Six footed lamb

  • 190

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 191

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 192 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 193 Private home for public pump

  • 194 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 195 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 196 Devil sent packing

  • 197 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

  • 199 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 200 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 201 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 202 A man and his wheel

  • 203 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 204 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 205

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 206 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 207 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 208 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 209 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 210 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 211 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 212 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 213 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 214

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 215 Burnard family reunion

  • 216 What's the time?

  • 217 Sight of a lifetime

  • 218 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 219 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 220

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 221 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 222 End of the line

  • 223 New art gallery opened

  • 224 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 225 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 226 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 227 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 229 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 230 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 231 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 232 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 234 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 235 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 236 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 237 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 238

    Building works
  • 239

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 240 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 241 Weare Giffard potato

  • 242 Police station view of Bideford

  • 243 School crossing patrol begins

  • 244 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 245 Some mushroom!

  • 246 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 247 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 248 Northam's almshouse

  • 249 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 250 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 251 He beat the floods

  • 252 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 253 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 254 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 255 First ship in 8 years

  • 256 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 257 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 258 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 259 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 260 So this is the mainland!

  • 261 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 262 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 263 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 264 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 265 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 266 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 267 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 268 Revenge in style

  • 269 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 270 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 271 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 272

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 273

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 274 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 275 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 276 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 277 Mobile missionary

  • 278 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 279 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 280 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 281 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 282 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 283 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 284 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 285 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 286 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 287 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 288 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 289 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 290 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 291 Service with a smile

  • 292 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 293

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 294 Appledore's largest

  • 295 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 296 Filming at Hartland

  • 297 New look in the hayfields

  • 298

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 299 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 300

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 301 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 302 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 303 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 304 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 305 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 306 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 307 New civic medallions

  • 308 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 309 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 310 No laughing matter

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    Bidefordians
  • 312 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 313 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 314 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 315 Torrington children build igloo
  • 316 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 317

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 318 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 319 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 320 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 321 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 322 Picking the pops

  • 323 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 324 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 325 Clovelly custom

  • 326 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 327 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 328 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 329 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 330 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 331 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 332 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 333 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 334 When horses score over the tractor

  • 335 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 336 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 337 Recognise this resort?

  • 338 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 339 Can spring be far away?

  • 340 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 341 113 years at Instow

  • 342 Sweets derationing

  • 343 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 344 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 345 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 346 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 347 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 348 Waldon Triplets
  • 349 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 350 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 351 New choral society's growing response

  • 352 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 353 Parkham plan realised

  • 354

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 355 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 356 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 357 North Devon Driving School

  • 358 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 359 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 360 Pannier Market's future?

  • 361 Jumble sale fever

  • 362 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 363 All aboard the ark

  • 364 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 365 Warmington's garage ad

  • 366 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 367 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 368 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 369 Variety in summer weather

  • 370 School's link with cargo ship

  • 371

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 372 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 373 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 374 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 375 Hartland's invitation

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    New gateway
  • 377 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 378 Finished in 1876

  • 379 Capers on the cobbles

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 381 Cruising down the river

  • 382 A bird of their own!

  • 383

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 384 By pony and trap to market

  • 385 Loads of black and white

  • 386 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 387 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 388 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 389 Out of puff!

  • 390 Hartland postman retires

  • 391 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 392 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 393 Happy Days!

  • 394

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 395 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 396 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 397 Modern living at Bideford

  • 398 It really was the 'last time'

  • 399

    Married in 1908
  • 400 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 401 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 402 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 403 Simple Item 138
  • 404 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 405 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 406 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 407 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 408 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 409 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 410 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 411 Clovelly nightmare

  • 412 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 413 Practical sympathy at Northam

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Rowing triumphs at Bideford

‘Fours’ and ‘eights National Championships

Bideford Amateur Club’s senior fours crew won the senior coxed four championship and with it The ‘Daily Herald’ cup,  and the West of England crew of eight held off the challenge of the North London holders to win the senior eights championship.

16 September 1955 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

Gazette article 16 September 1955

 

By pony and trap to market

Last link with old days at Bideford 

Perhaps Bideford’s last link with the days when ponies and traps parked outside the Pannier Market far outnumbered motor-cars is provided by Miss Maud Jeffery of Lower Netherdowns, Weare Giffard.

8 July 1955 Safe door weighing two tons

She has been driving her pony and trap into town every week for the past forty years and used to trade outside the market and along Grenville Street.

There is a stable adjoining her cottage occupied by her 10 year old pony Billy.

Gazette article 9 September 1955

 

America’s tribute to ‘J.H’

‘One of golf’s immortals’

A big surprise came to Mr J.H. Taylor, former Open golf champion on five occasions, when a special envoy arrived to present to him an illuminated scroll bearing the signatures of some 150 of America’s ‘senior’ golf professionals as a tribute to ‘one of golf’s immortals.’

8 July 1955 Americas tribue to J

Gazette article 8 July 1955

 

 

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