• 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 choral society's growing response

  • 2 Bideford regatta

  • 3 Recognise this resort?

  • 4 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 5 First ship in 8 years

  • 6 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 7 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 8 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 9 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 10 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 11 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 12 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 13 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 14 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 15 Simple Item 138
  • 16 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 17 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 18 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 19 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 21 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 22 He beat the floods

  • 23 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 24 Just over a year old

  • 25 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 26 It really was the 'last time'

  • 27 Revenge in style

  • 28 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 29 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 30 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 31 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 32 Pannier Market's future?

  • 33 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 34 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 35 When horses score over the tractor

  • 36 Torrington's new amenity

  • 37 Police station view of Bideford

  • 38 Last train from Torrington

  • 39 Hartland Dancers
  • 40 New look in the hayfields

  • 41 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 42 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 43 Waldon Triplets
  • 44 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 45 School crossing patrol begins

  • 46 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 47 Mobile missionary

  • 48 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 49 What's the time?

  • 50 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

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

  • 53 Torrington children build igloo
  • 54 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 55 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 56 By pony and trap to market

  • 57 Some 240 exhibits

  • 58 The art of the thatcher

  • 59 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 60 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 61 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 62 Bideford computer stars

  • 63 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 64

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 65 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 66 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 67

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 68 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 69 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 70 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 71 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 72 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 73 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 74 School's link with cargo ship

  • 75

    Bidefordians
  • 76 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 77 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 79 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 80 Ten year old scrambler

  • 81 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 82

    Exhibition of school work
  • 83 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 84

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 85 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 86 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 87 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 88 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 89 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 90 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 91 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 92 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 93 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 94 From Bobby to Brian

  • 95 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 96 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 97 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 98 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 99 They are parted pro-tem

  • 100 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 101 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 102 Some mushroom!

  • 103 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 104 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 105 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 106 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 107 No sale of Springfield House

  • 108 New civic medallions

  • 109 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 110 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 111 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 112 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 113 The cab at the corner>
  • 114 Ships at Bideford

  • 115 Can spring be far away?

  • 116 Cruising down the river

  • 117 Life begins at 80

  • 118 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 119 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 120

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 121 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 122 Finished in 1876

  • 123 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 124 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 125 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 127 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 128 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 129 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 130 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 131 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 132 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 133 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 134 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 135 Warmington's garage ad

  • 136 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 137 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 138 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 139 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 140 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 141 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 142 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 143 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 144

    Married in 1908
  • 145 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 146 A man and his wheel

  • 147 Out of puff!

  • 148 Clovelly custom

  • 149

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 150 All for the love of a lady!

  • 151 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 152 So this is the mainland!

  • 153 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 154 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 155 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 156 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 157 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 158 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 159 Twenty-one yachts

  • 160 Torrington in 1967

  • 161 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 162 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 163 Burnard family reunion

  • 164 Devil sent packing

  • 165 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 166 Bideford loses training ship

  • 167

    First prize
  • 168 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 169

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 170 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 171 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 172 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 173 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 174 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 175 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 176 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 177 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 178 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 179 Sweets derationing

  • 180 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 181 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 182 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 183 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 184 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 185 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 186 Puppet characters introduced

  • 187

    New gateway
  • 188

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 189 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 190 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 191 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 192

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 193 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 194 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 195 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 196 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 197 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 198 Northam's almshouse

  • 199 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 200 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 201 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 202 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 203

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 204 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 205 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 206 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 207 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 208 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 209 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 210 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 211 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 212 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 213 New addition to Quay front

  • 214 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 215 Decontrol of meat

  • 216 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 217 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 218 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 219 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 220 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 221 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 222 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 223 In their new robes and hats

  • 224 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 225 New shipyard on schedule

  • 226 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 227 Hartland's invitation

  • 228 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 229 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 230 For crying out loud!

  • 231 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 232 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 233

    Was a missionary
  • 234 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 235 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 236 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 237 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 238 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 240 Littleham family's five generations

  • 241 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 242 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 243 New Lundy stamps

  • 244 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 245 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 246 A roof-top view - where?

  • 247 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 248 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 249 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 250 Clovelly nightmare

  • 251 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 252

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 253 Happy Days!

  • 254

    Building works
  • 255 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 256 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 257 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 258

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 259 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 260 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 261 A story to tell!

  • 262 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 263 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 264 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 265 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 267 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 268 Artisans' Club

  • 269 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 270 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 271

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 272 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 273 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 274 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 275 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 276 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 277 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 278

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 279 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 280 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 281

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 282 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 283 Weare Giffard potato

  • 284 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 285 Bridging the stream

  • 286 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 287 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 288 Service with a smile

  • 289 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 290 Emergency ferry services

  • 291 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 292 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 294

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 295 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 296 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 297 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 298 Parkham plan realised

  • 299 New Post Office

  • 300 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 301 Off on a great adventure

  • 302 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 303 End of the line

  • 304 Variety in summer weather

  • 305 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 306 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 307

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 308 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 309 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 310 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 311 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 312 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 313 The Geneva marionettes

  • 314 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 315

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 316 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 317 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 318 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 319 No laughing matter

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

  • 321 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 323 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 324 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 325 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 326 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 327 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 328 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 329 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 330 Capers on the cobbles

  • 331

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 332 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 333 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 334 113 years at Instow

  • 335

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 336 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 337 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 338 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 339 Picking the pops

  • 340 All aboard the ark

  • 341 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 342 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 343

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 344 Northam footballers of the future

  • 345 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 346 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 347 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 348 Jumble sale fever

  • 349 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 350 Circus comes to town

  • 351 New life for Hartland organ

  • 352 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 353 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 354 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 355 Picking the pops

  • 356 New art gallery opened

  • 357 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 358 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 360 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 361 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 362

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 363 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 364 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 365 Centenary of Gazette

  • 366 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 367 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 368 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 369 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 370 Traditions and skills still there

  • 371 Sight of a lifetime

  • 372 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 373

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 374

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 375 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 376

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 377 Riverside mystery

  • 378 Hartland postman retires

  • 379 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 380

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 381 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 382 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 383 Loads of black and white

  • 384 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 385 A bird of their own!

  • 386 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 387 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 388 Penny for the guy

  • 389 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 390 Private home for public pump

  • 391 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 392 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 393 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 394 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 395 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 396 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 397 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 398 Peter poses for TV film

  • 399 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 400 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 401 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 402 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 403 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 404 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 405 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 406 Six footed lamb

  • 407 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 408 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 409 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 410 Filming at Hartland

  • 411 Appledore's largest

  • 412

    Relatives all over the world
  • 413 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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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Sailing to victory at Appledore

Winner at Appledore Regatta

Pictured in full sail off West Appledore is the ‘Doris Rosetta,’ owned by Mr P. Waters senr., a winner at the Appledore Regatta.

12 August 1949 Sailing to victory at Appledore

In the boat (left to right) are Mr N. Fishwick, Mr P. Waters, senr., Mr F. Eastman and Mr F. Bennett.

Gazette article 12 August 1949

 

Amsterdam to Bideford double success

First pigeons to fly North Sea

These two birds, bred and raced by Mr P. J. Mounce of High Street, Bideford, came in first and second positions of Bideford Racing Pigeon Club in the recent Amsterdam race (402 miles). No 6318, a blue chequer cock, came in first club position with a velocity of 540 yards per minute.
No 2917, another blue chequer cock, took the second club position returning a velocity of 521 yards per minute.

12 August 1949 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

This is the first time on record of pigeons flying the North Sea to Bideford.

Gazette article 12 August 1949

 

 

Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

22 July 1949 Local glove making

Gazette ad. 22 July 1949

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