• 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 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 2 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 3 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 4 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 5 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 6

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 7 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 8 Traditions and skills still there

  • 9

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 10 All aboard the ark

  • 11 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 12 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 13 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 14 Bideford loses training ship

  • 15 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 16 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 17 Penny for the guy

  • 18 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 19 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 20 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 21 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 22 He beat the floods

  • 23

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 24 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 25 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 26 A man and his wheel

  • 27 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 28 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 29 Picking the pops

  • 30

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 31 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 32 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 33 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 34 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 35 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 36 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 37 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 38 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 39

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 40 Peter poses for TV film

  • 41 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 42 North Devon Driving School

  • 43 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 45 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 46

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 47 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 48

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 49 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 50 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 51 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 52 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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

  • 54 Northam's almshouse

  • 55

    Was a missionary
  • 56 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 57

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 58 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 59 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 60

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 61 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 62 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 63 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 64 New choral society's growing response

  • 65 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 66 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 67 Happy Days!

  • 68 New look in the hayfields

  • 69 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 71 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 73

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 74 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 75

    New gateway
  • 76 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 77 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 78 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 79 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 80 Burnard family reunion

  • 81 Life begins at 80

  • 82 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 83

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 84 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 85 Warmington's garage ad

  • 86 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 87 The Geneva marionettes

  • 88 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 89 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 90 Off on a great adventure

  • 91

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 92 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 93 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 94 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 95 What's the time?

  • 96 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 97 Torrington's new amenity

  • 98 Jumble sale fever

  • 99 Puppet characters introduced

  • 100

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 101 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 102 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 103 Police station view of Bideford

  • 104

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 105 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 106 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 107 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 108 Sight of a lifetime

  • 109 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 110 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 111 New shipyard on schedule

  • 112 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 113 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 114 Simple Item 138
  • 115 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 116 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 117 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 118 Mobile missionary

  • 119 Modern living at Bideford

  • 120 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 121 No sale of Springfield House

  • 122 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 123 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 124 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 125 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 126 A roof-top view - where?

  • 127 New addition to Quay front

  • 128 Recognise this resort?

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

  • 130 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 131 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 132 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 133 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 134 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 135 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 136 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 137 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 138 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 139 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 140 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 141 So this is the mainland!

  • 142 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 143 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 144 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 145 Northam footballers of the future

  • 146 Pannier Market's future?

  • 147 School crossing patrol begins

  • 148 Ships at Bideford

  • 149 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 150 Ten year old scrambler

  • 151 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 152 Appledore's largest

  • 153 Finished in 1876

  • 154 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 155 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 156 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 157 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 158 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 159 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 160 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 161 Bideford computer stars

  • 162 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 163

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 164 Just over a year old

  • 165 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 166 Bridging the stream

  • 167 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 168 By pony and trap to market

  • 169 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 170 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 171 Capers on the cobbles

  • 172 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 173 It really was the 'last time'

  • 174 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 175 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 177 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 178 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 179 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 180 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 181 Littleham family's five generations

  • 182 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 183 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 184 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 185 No laughing matter

  • 186 Private home for public pump

  • 187 Some mushroom!

  • 188 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 189 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 190 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 191 School's link with cargo ship

  • 192 Hartland Dancers
  • 193 Bideford regatta

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

  • 195 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 196 Can spring be far away?

  • 197 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 198 Torrington children build igloo
  • 199 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 200 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 201 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 202 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 203 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 204 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 205

    Married in 1908
  • 206 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 207 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 208 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 209 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 210 Last train from Torrington

  • 211 All for the love of a lady!

  • 212

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 213 End of the line

  • 214 Out of puff!

  • 215

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 216 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 217 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 218 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 219 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 220 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 221 For crying out loud!

  • 222 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 223 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 224 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 225 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 226 They are parted pro-tem

  • 227

    Exhibition of school work
  • 228 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 229 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 230 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 231

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 232

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 233 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 234 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 235 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 236 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 237 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 238 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 239 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 240 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 241 Six footed lamb

  • 242 New Lundy stamps

  • 243 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 244 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 245 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 246 Hartland postman retires

  • 247 Torrington in 1967

  • 248 The art of the thatcher

  • 249 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 250 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 251 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 252 Hartland's invitation

  • 253 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 254 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 255 Artisans' Club

  • 256 New art gallery opened

  • 257 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 258 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 259 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 260 Picking the pops

  • 261 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 262

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 263 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 264 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 265 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 266 Emergency ferry services

  • 267 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 268

    Building works
  • 269 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 270 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 271 First ship in 8 years

  • 272 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 273 Waldon Triplets
  • 274 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 275 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 276 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 277 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 278

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 279 In their new robes and hats

  • 280 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 281 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 283 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 284 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 285 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 287 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 288 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 289 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 290 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 291

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 292 Centenary of Gazette

  • 293 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 294 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 295 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 296 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 297 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 298 Service with a smile

  • 299 Revenge in style

  • 300 Clovelly custom

  • 301 A bird of their own!

  • 302 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 303 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 304 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 305 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 306 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 307

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 308 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 309 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 310 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 311 Cruising down the river

  • 312 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 313 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 314 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 316 Clovelly nightmare

  • 317 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 318 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 319 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 320 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 321 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 322 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 323 Twenty-one yachts

  • 324 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 325 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 326 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 327 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 328 A story to tell!

  • 329

    First prize
  • 330 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 331 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 332 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 333 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 335 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 336 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 338 Riverside mystery

  • 339 New civic medallions

  • 340 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 341 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 342

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 343 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 344 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 345 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 346 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 347 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 348 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 349 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 350 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 351 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 352 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 353 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 354 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 355 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 356 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 357 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 358 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 359 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 360 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 361 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 362 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 363 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 364 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 365 Circus comes to town

  • 366 Devil sent packing

  • 367 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 368 Some 240 exhibits

  • 369 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 370 Decontrol of meat

  • 371 Loads of black and white

  • 372 Variety in summer weather

  • 373 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 374 New Post Office

  • 375 113 years at Instow

  • 376 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 377 When horses score over the tractor

  • 378 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 379

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 380 Weare Giffard potato

  • 381 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 382 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 383 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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    Bidefordians
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    Relatives all over the world
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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Revived market off to splendid start

First sale by new auctioneers

Bideford Town Council were going to back the town’s new cattle market enterprise by 100 per cent the Mayor, Mr A.C. Hooper, told a large crowd on Tuesday when he opened the first sale at Bideford Cattle Market by the auctioneering firm of Messrs. Kivell and Sons. A senior member of the firm, Mr Tom Kivell, said that entries had been overwhelming. The market attracted many people from the surrounding area and on Tuesday morning parked vehicles stretched in an unbroken line from the top of High Street to the top of Belvoir and in some other streets adjoining the market.

15.8.58 Revived market off to splendid start

Gazette article 15 August 1958

 

One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

Mr Martin's harvest not so hard hit

A thankful farmer is Mr J. Martin of Woodhouse Farm, Torrington, for although he agrees that this has been the ‘worst harvesting season for years,’ some of his crops have not been so hard hit by weather conditions as others in the surrounding area.

5 September 1958 One of the luckier farmers

Mr Martin is seen pictured above cutting barley which is standing fairly well despite the recent bad weather. ‘We have been luckier than many farmers I know,’ Mr Martin added. ‘A good deal of stuff has been spoiled, but the general situation for me is better than I expected.’

Gazette article 5 September 1958

 

Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

Bank Holiday traffic

The flow of holiday traffic over Bideford’s Long Bridge on the Saturday before Bank Holiday showing holiday-makers, their cars almost bumper to bumper, moving into the district.

8 August 1958 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

At other times of the day the heaviest traffic is on the other side of the road as holidays come towards their end.

Gazette article 8 August 1958

 

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