• 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 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 2 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 3 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 5 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 7 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 8 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 9

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 10 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 11

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 12 Hartland's invitation

  • 13 New look in the hayfields

  • 14 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 15

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 16 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 17 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 18 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 19 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 20 Waldon Triplets
  • 21 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 22 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 23 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 24 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 25

    Bidefordians
  • 26 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 27 First ship in 8 years

  • 28 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 29 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 31 Picking the pops

  • 32 New choral society's growing response

  • 33 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 34 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 35 Service with a smile

  • 36 It really was the 'last time'

  • 37 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 38 Six footed lamb

  • 39 They are parted pro-tem

  • 40 Ten year old scrambler

  • 41 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 42 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 43 Bideford computer stars

  • 44 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 45 Parkham plan realised

  • 46 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 47

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 48 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 49 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 50 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 51 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 52

    First prize
  • 53 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 54 Bideford loses training ship

  • 55 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 56 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 57 Revenge in style

  • 58 The cab at the corner>
  • 59 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 60 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 61 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 62 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 63 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 64 Finished in 1876

  • 65 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 66 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 67 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 68 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 69

    Married in 1908
  • 70 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 72 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 73 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 74 Cruising down the river

  • 75 Some mushroom!

  • 76 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 77 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 78 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 79 The Geneva marionettes

  • 80 Ships at Bideford

  • 81 Clovelly custom

  • 82 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 83

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 84

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 85 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 86 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 88 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 89 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 90 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 91 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 92 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 93

    Exhibition of school work
  • 94 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 95 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 96 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 97

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 98 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 99 Simple Item 138
  • 100

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 101 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 102 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 103 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 104 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 105 The art of the thatcher

  • 106 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 107 Decontrol of meat

  • 108 Filming at Hartland

  • 109 No laughing matter

  • 110 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 111 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 112 A story to tell!

  • 113 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 114 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 115 Jumble sale fever

  • 116 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 118 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 119 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 120 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 121 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 122 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 123 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 125 Circus comes to town

  • 126 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 127 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 128 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 129 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 130 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 131 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 132 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 133 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 134 Artisans' Club

  • 135 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 136 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 137 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 138 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 139 Clovelly nightmare

  • 140 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 141 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 142 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 143 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 144 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 145 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 146 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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

  • 148 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 149 Centenary of Gazette

  • 150 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 151 Life begins at 80

  • 152 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 153 Last train from Torrington

  • 154 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 155 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 157 By pony and trap to market

  • 158 Some 240 exhibits

  • 159 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 160 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 161 Torrington children build igloo
  • 162 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 163 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 164 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 165 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 167 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 169 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 170 New addition to Quay front

  • 171 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 172 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 173 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 174 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 175 He beat the floods

  • 176 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 177 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 178 A bird of their own!

  • 179 A roof-top view - where?

  • 180 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 181 Police station view of Bideford

  • 182 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 183 Torrington in 1967

  • 184 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 185 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 186 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 187 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 188 New shipyard on schedule

  • 189 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 190 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 191 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 192 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 193 Modern living at Bideford

  • 194 Bridging the stream

  • 195 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 196 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 197 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 198 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 199 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 200 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 201 Off on a great adventure

  • 202 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 203 Weare Giffard potato

  • 204 Happy Days!

  • 205 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 206 Capers on the cobbles

  • 207

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 208 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 209 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 210 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 211 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 212 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 213 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 214 Sight of a lifetime

  • 215 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 217 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 219 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 220 Recognise this resort?

  • 221 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 222 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 223

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 224 From Bobby to Brian

  • 225 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 226

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 227 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 228

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 229 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 230 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 231 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 232 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 233 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 234 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 235 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 236 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 237 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 238 Mobile missionary

  • 239 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 240 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 241 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 242 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 243 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 244 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 245 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 246 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 247 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 248

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 249 Hartland postman retires

  • 250 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 251 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 252 Can spring be far away?

  • 253 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 254 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 255 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 256 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 257 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 258 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 259 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 260 Warmington's garage ad

  • 261 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 262 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 263 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 264 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 265 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 266 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 267 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 268 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 269 Penny for the guy

  • 270 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
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    Relatives all over the world
  • 272 Peter poses for TV film

  • 273 All for the love of a lady!

  • 274 A man and his wheel

  • 275

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 276 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 277 What's the time?

  • 278 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 279 No sale of Springfield House

  • 280 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 281 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 282

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 283 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 284 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 285 When horses score over the tractor

  • 286 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 287 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 288 New life for Hartland organ

  • 289 For crying out loud!

  • 290 Private home for public pump

  • 291 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 292 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 293 Variety in summer weather

  • 294

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 295 Traditions and skills still there

  • 296 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 297 School crossing patrol begins

  • 298 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 299 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 301 North Devon Driving School

  • 302 New Post Office

  • 303 Littleham family's five generations

  • 304 113 years at Instow

  • 305 Puppet characters introduced

  • 306 Northam footballers of the future

  • 307 Picking the pops

  • 308

    Was a missionary
  • 309 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 310 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 311 Torrington's new amenity

  • 312 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 313 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 314 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 315

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 316 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 318 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 319 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 320 Emergency ferry services

  • 321 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 322 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 323 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 324 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 325 Sweets derationing

  • 326 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 327 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 328 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 329 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 330 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 331 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 332 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 333 Pannier Market's future?

  • 334 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 335 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 336 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 337 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 338 New art gallery opened

  • 339 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 340 Northam's almshouse

  • 341 New Lundy stamps

  • 342 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 343 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 344 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 345 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 346 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 347 Hartland Dancers
  • 348 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 349 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 350 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 351 Bideford regatta

  • 352 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 353 Just over a year old

  • 354 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 355

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 356 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 357 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 358 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 359 School's link with cargo ship

  • 360 Devil sent packing

  • 361 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 362 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 363 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 364 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 365 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 366 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 368 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 369 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 370 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 371 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 372 All aboard the ark

  • 373 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 374 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 376 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 377

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 378

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 379

    Building works
  • 380 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 381 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 382 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 383 New civic medallions

  • 384 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 385 Loads of black and white

  • 386 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 387 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 388 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 389 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 390 So this is the mainland!

  • 391 Out of puff!

  • 392 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 393 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 394 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 395 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 396 Appledore's largest

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    New gateway
  • 398 Burnard family reunion

  • 399 End of the line

  • 400 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 401 Riverside mystery

  • 402 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 403

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 404 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 405 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 406 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 407 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 408 In their new robes and hats

  • 409 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 410 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 412 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 413 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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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  • 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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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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Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

Pat Smythe and Wilf White

Two of the greatest show jumping riders in Britain – Pat Smythe and Wilf White – both Olympic bronze medallists – will be among those competing at this year’s Bideford and District Horse Show, to be held at Porthill on Wednesday next.

17 August 1956 Olympic riders to compete

This, the oldest purely horse show in the Westcountry, is the 118th in the series, a wonderful record.

Gazette article 17 August 1956

 

Open-air art exhibition by ‘under 40’ group

New group of young artists in Bideford

A new association of young artists known as the Waterside Group has been formed in Bideford. To qualify for membership of the group an artist must be under 40. The group has held its first open-air exhibition. Paintings were hung on the park railings in the hope of attracting people who would not normally go inside an art gallery.

Explained a member: ‘Our idea is to exhibit paintings here on the river bank which will produce a positive reaction and not just conventional admiration for a pretty-pretty picture. We want to bring art in the modern style to the attention of ordinary people. We hope even the Teddy Boys will stop and have a look when they come along’.

29 June 1956 Open air exhibition by under 40 group

Those exhibiting were Brian Chugg, Barbara Vincent, June Strick, Josephine Spence, Mary Chugg, Jan Reynolds and Ken Doughty.

Gazette article 29 June 1956

 

 

On her ‘maiden trip’ from Bideford

Former trawler is new link with Lundy

This photograph looks down on the deck of the ‘Lundy Gannet’ preparing to make her maiden trip to Lundy as the new link between the mainland and the Island. Before she left on Wednesday’s morning tide the Rev. R.C. Dixon (Vicar of Appledore and Priest-in-charge of Lundy) blessed the vessel on its new mission.

29 June 1956 On her maiden trip from Bideford

Those in the picture, gathered round the hold from left to right are: Mr Dan Crawford, retired trawler skipper, who brought the craft round from Scarborough; Mr W. Pickett, Customs and Excise Officer at Appledore; Mr Peter M. Lecky, deckhand; Mr Trevor Davey, of Bucks, coxswain of the Clovelly lifeboat, who is the new skipper; Mr Stanley Smith, who manages the Marisco Tavern on Lundy and the Rev. R.C. Dixon.

Gazette article 29 June 1956

 

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