• 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 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 2 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 3 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 4 In their new robes and hats

  • 5 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 6 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 7

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 8 Last train from Torrington

  • 9 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 11 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 12 When horses score over the tractor

  • 13 Torrington children build igloo
  • 14 What's the time?

  • 15 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 16 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 17 Waldon Triplets
  • 18 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 19 Warmington's garage ad

  • 20 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 21 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 22 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 23 Bideford regatta

  • 24 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 25 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 26 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 27 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 28

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 29 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 30 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 31 Off on a great adventure

  • 32 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 33 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 34 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 35

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 36 School crossing patrol begins

  • 37 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 38

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 39 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 40

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 41 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 42 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 43 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 44 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 45 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 46 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 47 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 48 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 49 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 50 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 51 Penny for the guy

  • 52 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 53 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 54 Circus comes to town

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

  • 56 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 57 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 58 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 60 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 61 Finished in 1876

  • 62 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 63 New civic medallions

  • 64 113 years at Instow

  • 65

    Bidefordians
  • 66 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 67 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 68 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 69

    New gateway
  • 70 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 71 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 72 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 73 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 74 New art gallery opened

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

  • 76 Some 240 exhibits

  • 77

    Was a missionary
  • 78 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 79 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 80

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 81 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 82 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 83 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 84 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 85 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 86 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 87 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 88 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 89 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 90 He beat the floods

  • 91 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 92 Cruising down the river

  • 93 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 94 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 95 New addition to Quay front

  • 96 Six footed lamb

  • 97

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 98 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 99 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 100 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 101 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 102 New shipyard on schedule

  • 103 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 104 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 105 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 106 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 107 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 108

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 109 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 110 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 111 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 112 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 113

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 114 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 115 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 116 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 117 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 118 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 119 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 120 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 121 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 122 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 123 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 124 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 125 Life begins at 80

  • 126 For crying out loud!

  • 127 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 128 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 129

    Married in 1908
  • 130 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 131 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 132 Hartland's invitation

  • 133

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 134 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 135 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 136 A man and his wheel

  • 137 Northam's almshouse

  • 138 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 139

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 140 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 141 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 142 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 143 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 145 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 146 End of the line

  • 147 First ship in 8 years

  • 148 Puppet characters introduced

  • 149 Capers on the cobbles

  • 150 Mobile missionary

  • 151 New Lundy stamps

  • 152 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 153 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 154 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 155 The Geneva marionettes

  • 156 Service with a smile

  • 157

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 158 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 159 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 160 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 161 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 162 Recognise this resort?

  • 163 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 164 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 165 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 166 Picking the pops

  • 167 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 168 Jumble sale fever

  • 169 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 170 New choral society's growing response

  • 171 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 172 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 173 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 174 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 175

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 176 Private home for public pump

  • 177 Torrington's new amenity

  • 178 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 179 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 180 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 181 It really was the 'last time'

  • 182 Torrington in 1967

  • 183 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 184 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 185 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 186 Peter poses for TV film

  • 187 Bideford computer stars

  • 188 Bridging the stream

  • 189 Revenge in style

  • 190 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 191 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 192 All aboard the ark

  • 193 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 194 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 195 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 196 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 197 All for the love of a lady!

  • 198 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 199

    First prize
  • 200 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 201 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 202 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 203 Loads of black and white

  • 204 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 205 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 206 Simple Item 138
  • 207 Hartland postman retires

  • 208 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 209 Decontrol of meat

  • 210 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 211

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 212 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 213 North Devon Driving School

  • 214 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 215 Artisans' Club

  • 216 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 217 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 218

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 219 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 220

    Relatives all over the world
  • 221 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 222 Some mushroom!

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

  • 224 So this is the mainland!

  • 225 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 226 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 227 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 228 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 229 Centenary of Gazette

  • 230 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 231 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 232 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 233

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 234 Northam footballers of the future

  • 235 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 236 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 237 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 238 Parkham plan realised

  • 239 A bird of their own!

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

  • 241

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 242 Out of puff!

  • 243 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 244 New look in the hayfields

  • 245 Police station view of Bideford

  • 246 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 247 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 248 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 249 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 250 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 251 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 252 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 253 They are parted pro-tem

  • 254 Appledore's largest

  • 255 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 256 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 257 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 258 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 259 The art of the thatcher

  • 260 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 261 Hartland Dancers
  • 262 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 263 Twenty-one yachts

  • 264 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 265 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 266 Sight of a lifetime

  • 267 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 268 No laughing matter

  • 269 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 270 Riverside mystery

  • 271 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 272 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 273 Clovelly custom

  • 274 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 275 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 276 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 277 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 278 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 279 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 280 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 281 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 282 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 283 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 284 A roof-top view - where?

  • 285 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 286 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 287 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 288 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 289 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 290 Ships at Bideford

  • 291 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 292 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 293

    Exhibition of school work
  • 294 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 295 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 296 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 297 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 298 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 299 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 300 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 301 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 302 Just over a year old

  • 303 Pannier Market's future?

  • 304 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 305 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 306 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 307 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 308 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 309 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 310 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 311

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 312 Traditions and skills still there

  • 313 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 314 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 315 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 316

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 317 School's link with cargo ship

  • 318 Devil sent packing

  • 319 Burnard family reunion

  • 320 New life for Hartland organ

  • 321 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 322

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 323 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 324 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 325 Happy Days!

  • 326 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 327 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 328 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 329 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 330 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 331 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 332 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 333 A story to tell!

  • 334 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 335 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 336 Modern living at Bideford

  • 337 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 338

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 339 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 340 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 341 By pony and trap to market

  • 342 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 343 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 344 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 345 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 346 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 347 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 348 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 349 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 350 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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

  • 352 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 353 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 354 No sale of Springfield House

  • 355 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 356 Can spring be far away?

  • 357 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 358 Picking the pops

  • 359

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 360 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 361 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 362 Clovelly nightmare

  • 363

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 364 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 366 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 367 Weare Giffard potato

  • 368 Emergency ferry services

  • 369 Bideford loses training ship

  • 370 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 371

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 372 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 373 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 374 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 376 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 377

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 378 Littleham family's five generations

  • 379 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 380 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 381 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 382 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 383 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 384 New Post Office

  • 385

    Building works
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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  • 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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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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Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

Promising runs on beach

Pioneer enthusiast of sand-yachting at Westward Ho!, Mr E. Bizzell has been having some promising runs on the firm beach there at speeds in the region of 40 m.p.h. but he is still awaiting a perfect combination of wind and beach conditions that will permit him a seaward run to seriously challenge the present sand-yachting record of 45 m.p.h. which he is convinced can be beaten at Westward Ho!

18 May 1956 Westward Ho sand yacht to challenge speed record

Seen having a trip with Mr Bizzell in the photograph in the photograph above is Angus Harper.

Gazette article 18 May 1956

 

Bideford’s private wharves busier

Shipping at Bideford

Bideford’s private wharves were at their busiest since the war when the picture was taken. The latest to be deepened for coastal vessels is that of Messrs. I. Baker and Sons Ltd. in the foreground where m.v. ‘Celebrity’ is discharging cement. At the Devon Trading Co., Ltd. in the background the m.v. ‘Stan Woolaway’ is discharging gravel.

29 March 1956 Bidefords private wharves busier

If need be, Bideford, including its municipal quays, can now accommodate five vessels of aggregate tonnage of 3,500 at the same time and handles sea-cargoes averaging 2,000 tons weekly.

Gazette article 29 March 1956

 

Water Board mains spread through villages

Now approaching Weare Giffard

The North Devon Water Board’s mains are seen here approaching Weare Giffard. By the end of May many of the villages will be enjoying a piped supply to their homes for the first time. The pipe line through the village comes via Monkleigh as a branch off the trunk main and the total cost is estimated at £23,900.

27 January 1956 Water Board mains spread through villages

In other parts of the district the branch main from Little Torrington had now been laid to beyond Buckland Brewer with offshoots to Frithelstock and Monkleigh. Mains were laid in Parkham and the link between Buckland Brewer and Parkham would be completed by the end of May.

Gazette article 27 January 1956

 

 

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