• 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 Capers on the cobbles

  • 2 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 3 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 4 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 6 Devil sent packing

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

  • 8 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 9 Mobile missionary

  • 10 Parkham plan realised

  • 11 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 12 Ships at Bideford

  • 13 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 14 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 15 A bird of their own!

  • 16 Modern living at Bideford

  • 17 It really was the 'last time'

  • 18 Six footed lamb

  • 19 Littleham family's five generations

  • 20 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 21 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 22 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 24 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 25 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 26 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 27 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 28 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 29 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 30 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 31 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 32 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 33 Variety in summer weather

  • 34 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 35 School crossing patrol begins

  • 36 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 37 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 38 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 39 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 40 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 41 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 42 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 43 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 44 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 45 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 46 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 47 Finished in 1876

  • 48 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 49 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 50 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 51 Hartland Dancers
  • 52 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 53

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 54 Police station view of Bideford

  • 55 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 56

    Building works
  • 57 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 58 Artisans' Club

  • 59 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 60 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 61 For crying out loud!

  • 62 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 63 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 64

    Exhibition of school work
  • 65 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 66 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 67 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 68 North Devon Driving School

  • 69 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 70

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 71 New civic medallions

  • 72 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 73

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 74

    Was a missionary
  • 75 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 76 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 77 They are parted pro-tem

  • 78 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 79 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 80 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 81 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 83 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 84 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 85 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 86 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 87

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 88 A roof-top view - where?

  • 89 Loads of black and white

  • 90 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 91 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 92 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 93 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 95 He beat the floods

  • 96 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 97 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 98 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 100 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 101

    New gateway
  • 102 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 103 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 104 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 105 Revenge in style

  • 106 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 108 School's link with cargo ship

  • 109 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 110 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 111 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 112 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 113 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 114 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 115 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 116 Riverside mystery

  • 117 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 118 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 120 Sight of a lifetime

  • 121 A story to tell!

  • 122 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 123

    Bidefordians
  • 124 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 125 Out of puff!

  • 126 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 127 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 128 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 129

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 130

    Relatives all over the world
  • 131 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 132

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 133 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 134 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 135 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 136 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 137 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 138 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 139 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 140 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 141 By pony and trap to market

  • 142 Simple Item 138
  • 143 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 144 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 145 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 146 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 147 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 148 Peter poses for TV film

  • 149 All for the love of a lady!

  • 150

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 151 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 152 Hartland's invitation

  • 153 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 154 Clovelly nightmare

  • 155 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 156 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 157

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 158 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 159 Decontrol of meat

  • 160 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 161 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 162 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 163 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 164 Torrington children build igloo
  • 165 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 166 Traditions and skills still there

  • 167 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 168

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 169 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 170 Bideford computer stars

  • 171 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 172 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 173

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 174 New art gallery opened

  • 175 Bridging the stream

  • 176 Bideford regatta

  • 177 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 178 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 179 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 180 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 181 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 182 Service with a smile

  • 183 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 184 Jumble sale fever

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

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

  • 187 New Lundy stamps

  • 188

    Married in 1908
  • 189 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 190 Happy Days!

  • 191 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 192 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 193

    First prize
  • 194 Cruising down the river

  • 195 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 196 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 197 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 198

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 199

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 200 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 201 Circus comes to town

  • 202 Ten year old scrambler

  • 203

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 204 Some mushroom!

  • 205 Life begins at 80

  • 206 No laughing matter

  • 207 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 208 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 209 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 210 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 211 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 212 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 213 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 214 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 215 New addition to Quay front

  • 216 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 217 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 218 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 219 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 220 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 221 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 222 Emergency ferry services

  • 223 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 224 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 225 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 226 New Post Office

  • 227 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 228

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 229 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 230 The Geneva marionettes

  • 231 Recognise this resort?

  • 232 Appledore's largest

  • 233 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 234 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 235 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 236 Centenary of Gazette

  • 237 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 238 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 239 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 240

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 241 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 242 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 243 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 244 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 245 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 246 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 247 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 248 Weare Giffard potato

  • 249 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 250 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 251 New life for Hartland organ

  • 252 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 253 Hartland postman retires

  • 254 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 255 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 256 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 257 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 258 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 259 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 260 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 261 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 262

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 263 Can spring be far away?

  • 264 Bideford loses training ship

  • 265 Warmington's garage ad

  • 266 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 267 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 268

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 269 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 270

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 271 Torrington's new amenity

  • 272 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 273 Puppet characters introduced

  • 274 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 275 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 276 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 277 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 278 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 279 Northam footballers of the future

  • 280 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 281 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 282 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 283 No sale of Springfield House

  • 284 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 285 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 286 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 287 New fire and ambulance stations

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

  • 289 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 290 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 291 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 292 Picking the pops

  • 293 Last train from Torrington

  • 294 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 295 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 296 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 297 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 298 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 299 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 300 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 301 First ship in 8 years

  • 302 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 303 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 304 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 305 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 306 New choral society's growing response

  • 307 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 308 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 309 113 years at Instow

  • 310 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 311 Some 240 exhibits

  • 312 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 313

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 314 All aboard the ark

  • 315 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 316 New look in the hayfields

  • 317 When horses score over the tractor

  • 318 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 319 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 320 A man and his wheel

  • 321 Just over a year old

  • 322 Picking the pops

  • 323 What's the time?

  • 324 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 325 The art of the thatcher

  • 326 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 327 Northam's almshouse

  • 328 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 329

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 330 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 331 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 332 Pannier Market's future?

  • 333 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 334 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 335

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 336 End of the line

  • 337 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 338 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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

  • 340 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 341 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 342 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 343 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 344 Penny for the guy

  • 345 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 346 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 347 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 348 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 349 Private home for public pump

  • 350 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 351 Twenty-one yachts

  • 352

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 353 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 354 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 355 Waldon Triplets
  • 356

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 357 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 358 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 359 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 360

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 361 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 362 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 363 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 364 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 365 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 366 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 367 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 368 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 369 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 370 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 371 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 372 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 373 So this is the mainland!

  • 374 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 375 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 376 Clovelly custom

  • 377 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 378

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 379 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 380 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 381 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 382 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 383 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 384 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 385 Burnard family reunion

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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Not what it appears to be

Puzzle house in Victoria Park

Erection of the ‘house’ inside the main gates of Victoria Park, Bideford, has aroused a certain amount of speculation as to its purpose.

21 April 1950 Not what it appears to be

It is actually a most effective camouflage for the screening apparatus of the new sewerage system.

Gazette article 21 April 1950

 

Bideford – as Rowlandson saw it – about 1810-15

Early picture of Bideford

A young artist fleeing from his extravagant living in London ‘caught’ this picture of Bideford. It was 1810 and the artist was Rowlandson.

14 April 1950 Bideford as Rowlandson saw it

He was a cartoonist as well as a painter and the original of the picture is now at the Gazette office.

Gazette article 14 April 1950

 

Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

Attractive design by staff

The very attractive window display in the South Western Electricity Board’s Service Centre at High Street Bideford has won for the staff responsible a place in the qualifying round of an area competition, the winner of which will receive a challenge cup. The first three in each sub-area contest qualify for the area competition. Bideford will be up against strong competition against places like Bristol, Exeter, Torquay and Plymouth.

31 March 1950 Bideford electricity window display

The display was designed and executed by a team drawn from the staff at 20 High Street, headed by Mr V. Biddle, the district commercial officer, assisted by Mr E. Balment, sales representative, Mrs D. Branch and Miss M. Bellamy service centre attendants, Mr W. Holwill, draughtsman and Mr L. Davey and Mr A. Carpenter, electricians.

Gazette article 31 March 1950

 

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