• 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 No sale of Springfield House

  • 2 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 3 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 4 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 5 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 6 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 7 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 8 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 9

    Married in 1908
  • 10 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 11

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 12 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 13 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 14 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 15 The art of the thatcher

  • 16 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 17 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 18 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 19

    Bidefordians
  • 20

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 21 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 22 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 23 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 24 New civic medallions

  • 25 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 26 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 27 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 28 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 29 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 30 Some mushroom!

  • 31 Centenary of Gazette

  • 32 They are parted pro-tem

  • 33 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 34 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 35 Some 240 exhibits

  • 36 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 37 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 38 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 39 The cab at the corner>
  • 40 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 41 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 42 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 43 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 44 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 45 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 46 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 47 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 48 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 49 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 50 Variety in summer weather

  • 51 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 52 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 53 Burnard family reunion

  • 54 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 55 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 56 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 57 Police station view of Bideford

  • 58 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 59 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 60 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 61 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 62 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 63 Clovelly nightmare

  • 64 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 65

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 66 Picking the pops

  • 67 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 68 He beat the floods

  • 69 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 70

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 71 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 72 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 73 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 74 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 75 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 76 Warmington's garage ad

  • 77 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 78 113 years at Instow

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

  • 80 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

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

  • 83 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 84 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 85 A bird of their own!

  • 86 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 87 A story to tell!

  • 88

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 89 Can spring be far away?

  • 90 It really was the 'last time'

  • 91 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 92 Mobile missionary

  • 93 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 94 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 96 Picking the pops

  • 97 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 98 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 99 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 100 Watch the dicky bird!

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

  • 102 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 103 Torrington children build igloo
  • 104 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 105 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 106 School's link with cargo ship

  • 107 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 108 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 109 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 110 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 111 Out of puff!

  • 112 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 113 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 114 In their new robes and hats

  • 115 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 116 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 117 All aboard the ark

  • 118 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 119 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 120 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 121 Pannier Market's future?

  • 122 End of the line

  • 123 Hartland Dancers
  • 124 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 125 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 126 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 127 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 128 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 129 Hartland's invitation

  • 130

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 131 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 132 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 133 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 134 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 135 Peter poses for TV film

  • 136 Torrington's new amenity

  • 137 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 138 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 139 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 140

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 141 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 142 Sweets derationing

  • 143 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 144 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 145 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 146 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 147 North Devon Driving School

  • 148 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 149 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 150 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 151 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 152 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 153

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 154 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 155 Filming at Hartland

  • 156 Waldon Triplets
  • 157 Riverside mystery

  • 158 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 159 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 160 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 161 Twenty-one yachts

  • 162 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 163 For crying out loud!

  • 164

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 165 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 166 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 167 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 168 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 169 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 170 New Lundy stamps

  • 171 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 172 School crossing patrol begins

  • 173 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 174 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 176 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 177 New addition to Quay front

  • 178 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 179 Devil sent packing

  • 180 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 181

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 182 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 183 Northam footballers of the future

  • 184 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 185 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 186 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 187 Penny for the guy

  • 188 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 189 Artisans' Club

  • 190 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 191 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 192 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 193 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 194 First ship in 8 years

  • 195 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 196 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 197 A man and his wheel

  • 198 Ships at Bideford

  • 199 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 200 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 201 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 202 Hartland postman retires

  • 203 Northam's almshouse

  • 204 Sight of a lifetime

  • 205

    Building works
  • 206

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 207 New Post Office

  • 208 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 209

    First prize
  • 210 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 211 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 212

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 213 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 214 Just over a year old

  • 215 Clovelly custom

  • 216 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 217 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 218 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 219 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 221 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 222 No laughing matter

  • 223 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 225 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 226 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 228 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 229 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 230 Life begins at 80

  • 231 A roof-top view - where?

  • 232 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 233

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 234 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 235 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 236 Cruising down the river

  • 237 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 238 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 239 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 240

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 241 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 242 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 243 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 244 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 245 Revenge in style

  • 246 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 247 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 248 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 249

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 250 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 251 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 252 The Geneva marionettes

  • 253 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 254 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 255 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 256 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 257 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 258 Service with a smile

  • 259 What's the time?

  • 260 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 261 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 262 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 263 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 264 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 265 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 266

    Was a missionary
  • 267 From Bobby to Brian

  • 268 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 269 Decontrol of meat

  • 270 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 271 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 272 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 273 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 274 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 275 Torrington in 1967

  • 276 Modern living at Bideford

  • 277 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 278 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 279 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 280 Simple Item 138
  • 281 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 282 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 283 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 284 Happy Days!

  • 285 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 286 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 287 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 288 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 289

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 290 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 291 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 292 Capers on the cobbles

  • 293 New choral society's growing response

  • 294 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 295 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 296 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 297 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 298 Traditions and skills still there

  • 299

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 300 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 301 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 302

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 303 Bideford computer stars

  • 304 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 305 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 306 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 307 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 308 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 309 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 310 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 311 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 312 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 313 When horses score over the tractor

  • 314 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 315 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 316 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 317 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 318 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 319 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 320 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 321

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 322 Littleham family's five generations

  • 323 Six footed lamb

  • 324 By pony and trap to market

  • 325 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 326 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 327 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 328 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 329

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 330 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 331 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 332 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 333 Bideford loses training ship

  • 334 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 335 Bideford regatta

  • 336 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 337 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 338 Ten year old scrambler

  • 339

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 340 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 341 Off on a great adventure

  • 342 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 343 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 344 Jumble sale fever

  • 345 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 346 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 347 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 348 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 349

    Exhibition of school work
  • 350 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 352 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 353 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 354 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 355 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 356 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 357 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 358 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 359 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 360 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 361 New look in the hayfields

  • 362

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 363 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 364 Last train from Torrington

  • 365 Finished in 1876

  • 366

    Relatives all over the world
  • 367 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 368 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 369 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 370 Puppet characters introduced

  • 371 Emergency ferry services

  • 372 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 373 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 374 Private home for public pump

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    New gateway
  • 376 Bridging the stream

  • 377 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 378 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 379 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 380 Appledore's largest

  • 381 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 382 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 383 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 384

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 385 All for the love of a lady!

  • 386 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 387

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 388 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 389 Recognise this resort?

  • 390 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 391 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 392 So this is the mainland!

  • 393 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 394 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 395 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 396 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 397 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 398 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 399 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 400 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 401 New art gallery opened

  • 402 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 403 Loads of black and white

  • 404 Parkham plan realised

  • 405 Circus comes to town

  • 406 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 407 Weare Giffard potato

  • 408 New life for Hartland organ

  • 409 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 410 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 411 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 412

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 413 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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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River scenes that enchant the visitors

All eyes on the Torridge river

Mr G.H. Jolliffe has given us permission to reproduce one of his pictures which shows a typical Bideford quayside departure of the Bristol Queen. The beauty of the Quay-side promenade with its shopping frontage flanked by the line of shipping and avenues of trees has been much commented upon by visitors and residents alike.

6 September 1957 River scenes that enchant the visitors

Gazette article 6 September 1957

 

Spray dodging – the new pastime

Stormy seas at Westward Ho!

High tides whipped by gale-force winds provided visitors and residents alike with a new source of entertainment during the early days of this week.

30 August 1957 Spray dodging the new pastime

Spray was being flung high inshore over the roofs of Springfield Terrace and Westbourne Terrace. The tips of the spray waves reached 15 feet above the roofs of the houses before they broke.

Gazette article 30 August 1957

 

Puzzle corner at Bideford

Whose right of way?

The four way road junction at the east end of Bideford Bridge poses a puzzle in arriving at a system of satisfactory control. One of the problems is that of crossing the heavy stream of traffic coming round the Barnstaple Street corner onto the bridge. Bideford Town Council recently decided to ask Devon County Council to consider providing traffic lights or a roundabout or a traffic controller there.

30 August 1957 Puzzle corner at Bideford

Gazette article 30 August 1957

 

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