• 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 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 2 So this is the mainland!

  • 3 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 4 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 6 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 8 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 9 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 10 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 11 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 12 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 13 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 14 Peter poses for TV film

  • 15 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 16

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 17 Capers on the cobbles

  • 18 The art of the thatcher

  • 19 No sale of Springfield House

  • 20 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 21 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 22 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 24 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 25 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 26 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 27

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 28 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 29 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 30 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 31 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 32 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 33 Hartland's invitation

  • 34 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 35 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 36

    Building works
  • 37 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 38 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 39 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 40 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 41

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 42 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 43 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 44 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 45 Jumble sale fever

  • 46 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 47 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 48 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 49 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 50 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 51 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 52 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 53

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 54 Off on a great adventure

  • 55 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 56 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 57 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 58 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 59 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 60 Pannier Market's future?

  • 61 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 62 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 63 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 64 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 65 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 66 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 67 Happy Days!

  • 68 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 69 School crossing patrol begins

  • 70 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 71 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 72 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 73 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 74 First ship in 8 years

  • 75 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 76

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 77 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 78 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 79 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 80 113 years at Instow

  • 81 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 82 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 83 Police station view of Bideford

  • 84 Burnard family reunion

  • 85 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 86 Bridging the stream

  • 87 Riverside mystery

  • 88 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 89 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 90 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 91 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 93 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 94 Picking the pops

  • 95

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 96 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 97 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 98 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 99 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 100 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 101 New civic medallions

  • 102 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 103 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 104 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 105 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 106 Mobile missionary

  • 107

    Bidefordians
  • 108 No laughing matter

  • 109 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 110 New Lundy stamps

  • 111 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 112 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 113 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 114 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 115 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 116 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 117 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 118 Weare Giffard potato

  • 119 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 121 He beat the floods

  • 122 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 123 Finished in 1876

  • 124 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 125 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 126 New shipyard on schedule

  • 127

    New gateway
  • 128

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 129

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 130 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 131 Hartland postman retires

  • 132 New look in the hayfields

  • 133 Twenty-one yachts

  • 134 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 135 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 136 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 137 Bideford loses training ship

  • 138 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 139 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 140 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 141 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 142 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 143 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 144 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 145 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 146 Clovelly custom

  • 147 Northam footballers of the future

  • 148 Northam's almshouse

  • 149 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 150 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 151 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 152 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 153 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 154 Private home for public pump

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

  • 156 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 157 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 158 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 159 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 160 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 161 Cruising down the river

  • 162 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 163 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 164 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 165 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 166 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 167 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 168 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 169 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 170 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 171 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 172

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 173

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 174 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 175 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 176 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 177 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 178 Out of puff!

  • 179 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 180 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 181 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 182 Six footed lamb

  • 183 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 184 A roof-top view - where?

  • 185 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 186 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 187 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 188 A story to tell!

  • 189 Penny for the guy

  • 190 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 191 Hartland Dancers
  • 192 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 193 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 194 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 195 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 196 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 197 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 198

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 199 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 200 Waldon Triplets
  • 201 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 202 Modern living at Bideford

  • 203 Ten year old scrambler

  • 204 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 205 Last train from Torrington

  • 206 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 207 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 208

    Was a missionary
  • 209

    Married in 1908
  • 210 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 211 A man and his wheel

  • 212 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 213 Filming at Hartland

  • 214 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 215 Some mushroom!

  • 216 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 217 Ships at Bideford

  • 218 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 219 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 220 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 221 For crying out loud!

  • 222 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 223 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 224 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 225 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 226 They are parted pro-tem

  • 227 The Geneva marionettes

  • 228 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 229 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 230 Revenge in style

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    First prize
  • 232 Artisans' Club

  • 233 Centenary of Gazette

  • 234 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 235 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 237 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 238

    Relatives all over the world
  • 239

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 240 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 241 The cab at the corner>
  • 242 All for the love of a lady!

  • 243 New life for Hartland organ

  • 244 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 245 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 246 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 247 By pony and trap to market

  • 248 Sight of a lifetime

  • 249 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 251 Emergency ferry services

  • 252 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 253 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 254 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 255 It really was the 'last time'

  • 256 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 257 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 258

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 259 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 260 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 261 Can spring be far away?

  • 262 School's link with cargo ship

  • 263 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 264 From Bobby to Brian

  • 265 Decontrol of meat

  • 266 New Post Office

  • 267 Warmington's garage ad

  • 268 Some 240 exhibits

  • 269 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 270 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 271 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 272 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 273 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 274 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 275 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 276 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 277 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 278 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 279 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 280 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 281 Parkham plan realised

  • 282 All aboard the ark

  • 283 Traditions and skills still there

  • 284 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 285 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 286 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 287 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 288 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 289 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 290 In their new robes and hats

  • 291 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 292 End of the line

  • 293 Simple Item 138
  • 294 When horses score over the tractor

  • 295 Torrington's new amenity

  • 296

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 297 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 298

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 299 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 300 Littleham family's five generations

  • 301 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 302

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 303 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 304 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 305

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 306 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 307 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 308 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 309 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 310 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 311 Variety in summer weather

  • 312 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 313 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 314 Clovelly nightmare

  • 315 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 316 Just over a year old

  • 317 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 318 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 319 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 320 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 321 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 322 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 323 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 324 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 325 Sweets derationing

  • 326 Life begins at 80

  • 327 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 328 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 329 Torrington in 1967

  • 330 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 331 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 332 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 334 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 335 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 336

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 337 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 338 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 339 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 340 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 341 What's the time?

  • 342 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 343 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 344 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 345

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 346 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 347 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 348 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 349 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 350 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 351 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 352 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 353 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 354 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 356 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 357 Bideford computer stars

  • 358 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 359 New addition to Quay front

  • 360 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 361 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 363 Puppet characters introduced

  • 364 Circus comes to town

  • 365 Bideford regatta

  • 366 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 367 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 368 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 369 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 370 North Devon Driving School

  • 371 Loads of black and white

  • 372 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 373 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 374 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 375 New art gallery opened

  • 376 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 377 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 378 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 379 New choral society's growing response

  • 380 Appledore's largest

  • 381 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 382 Picking the pops

  • 383 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 384 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 386 Torrington Church's new organ

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

  • 388

    Exhibition of school work
  • 389 Torrington children build igloo
  • 390 Service with a smile

  • 391 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 393 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 394 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 395

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 396 Devil sent packing

  • 397 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 398 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 399 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 400 Recognise this resort?

  • 401 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 403 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 404 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 405 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 406 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 407 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 408

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 409

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 410 A bird of their own!

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

  • 412 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 413 Daisy's pride and joy

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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  • 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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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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Quads at Thornhillhead

First for Mr Poole

These quadruplet lambs pictured with their Devon Closewool mother were born last week on the arm of Mr Reggie Poole of Vellstone, Buckland Brewer, and none are more proud than Mr and Mrs Poole’s five children, who are only too eager to help with the bottle feeding of the lambs. The eldest of them, eight year old Frederick, is seen with his father.

11 March 1955 Quads at Thornhillhead

Despite the snow and bitter cold on this farm situated on the edge of Thorhillhead Moor, Mr Poole has had a very good lambing season and the quads are the first his flock has produced.

Gazette article 11 March 1955

 

 

North Devon Driving school

New fleet for driving school

Mrs J.G. Bettison and Mrs M.H. Tucker, joint proprietors of the RAC registered North Devon Driving School selected these Standard 8 h.p. saloons as the basis of a new fleet, some fitted with dual control. Supplied and regularly serviced by Elliotts, the Standard main dealers.

4 March 1955 North Devon Driving school

Gazette article 4 March 1955

 

Can spring be far away?

Heavy snow in Hartland

Part of the legacy of last week’s blizzard which swept with particular violence over South-West Hartland, Welcome and Woolsery districts. The top picture shows typical drifting of snow in a farm gateway; the bottom picture is of the road between Elmscott and Docton banked by cold avenues of cleared and drifted snow.

4 March 1955 Can spring be far away

But spring approaches! In the snow at Hartland on Sunday the early primroses were to be found.

Gazette article 4 March 1955

 

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