• 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 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 2 Life begins at 80

  • 3 A roof-top view - where?

  • 4 All aboard the ark

  • 5 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 6 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 7 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 8 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 9

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 10 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 11 Bideford regatta

  • 12 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 13 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 14 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 15 Jumble sale fever

  • 16 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 17 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 18 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 19

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 20 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 21 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 22 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 23

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 24

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 25 Modern living at Bideford

  • 26 Some mushroom!

  • 27 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 28 Police station view of Bideford

  • 29 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 30 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 31 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 32 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 33 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 34 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 36 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 37 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 38 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 39 Littleham family's five generations

  • 40 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 41 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 42 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 43 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 44 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 45 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 46 New shipyard on schedule

  • 47 Centenary of Gazette

  • 48 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 49 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 50 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 51

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 52 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 53 Revenge in style

  • 54 First ship in 8 years

  • 55 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 56 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 57 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 58 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 59 Six footed lamb

  • 60 Variety in summer weather

  • 61 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 62 When horses score over the tractor

  • 63 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 64 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 65 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 66 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 67 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 68 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 69 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 70 The Geneva marionettes

  • 71 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 72 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 73 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 74 End of the line

  • 75 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 76 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 77 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 78

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 79 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 80 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 81 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 82 113 years at Instow

  • 83 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 84 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 85 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 86 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 87 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 88 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 89 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 90 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 91 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 92 Weare Giffard potato

  • 93 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 94 Torrington's new amenity

  • 95 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 96

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 97 Ships at Bideford

  • 98 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 99

    Relatives all over the world
  • 100 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 101 Devil sent packing

  • 102 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 103 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 104 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 105 Torrington in 1967

  • 106 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 108 New look in the hayfields

  • 109 Emergency ferry services

  • 110

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 111 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 112 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 113 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 114 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 115 It really was the 'last time'

  • 116 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 117 Mobile missionary

  • 118 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 119 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 120 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 121 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 122 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 123 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 124 Traditions and skills still there

  • 125 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 126 New civic medallions

  • 127

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 128 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 129 Off on a great adventure

  • 130 Circus comes to town

  • 131 Loads of black and white

  • 132 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 133 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 134 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 135 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 136 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 137 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 138 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 139 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 140 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 141 Northam's almshouse

  • 142 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 143 So this is the mainland!

  • 144 Cruising down the river

  • 145 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 146 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 147 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 148 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 149 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 150 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 151 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 152 Hartland postman retires

  • 153 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 154 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 155 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 156 Picking the pops

  • 157 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 158 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 159 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 160 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 161 Finished in 1876

  • 162 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 163

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 164 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 165 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 166 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 167 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 168 Peter poses for TV film

  • 169 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 170 Waldon Triplets
  • 171 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 172 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 173 Recognise this resort?

  • 174 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 175 New Lundy stamps

  • 176

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 177 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 178 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 179 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 180 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 181 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 182 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 183 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 184 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 185 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 186 The art of the thatcher

  • 187 New choral society's growing response

  • 188 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 189 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 191 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 192 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 193 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 194

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 195 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 196

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 197 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 198 In their new robes and hats

  • 199 Ten year old scrambler

  • 200 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 201 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 202 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 203 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 204 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 205 Artisans' Club

  • 206 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 207 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 208 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 209 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 210 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 211

    Building works
  • 212 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 213 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 214 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 215 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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    New gateway
  • 217 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 218 Appledore's largest

  • 219 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 220 Pannier Market's future?

  • 221 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 222 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 223 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 224 Twenty-one yachts

  • 225 Service with a smile

  • 226 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 227 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 228 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 229 Happy Days!

  • 230 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 231

    Exhibition of school work
  • 232

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 233 Northam footballers of the future

  • 234 What's the time?

  • 235 Picking the pops

  • 236 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 237 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 238 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 239 No sale of Springfield House

  • 240 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 241 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 242 Out of puff!

  • 243 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 244

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 245 Puppet characters introduced

  • 246 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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    Bidefordians
  • 248 New addition to Quay front

  • 249 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 250 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 251 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 252 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 253 School crossing patrol begins

  • 254 Bideford computer stars

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

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

  • 257 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 258 Penny for the guy

  • 259 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 260 Torrington children build igloo
  • 261 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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    Married in 1908
  • 263 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 264 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 266 A story to tell!

  • 267 Capers on the cobbles

  • 268 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 269 Warmington's garage ad

  • 270 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 271

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 272 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 273 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 274

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 275 For crying out loud!

  • 276 Simple Item 138
  • 277 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 278

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 279 Just over a year old

  • 280 Decontrol of meat

  • 281 New life for Hartland organ

  • 282 Clovelly nightmare

  • 283 Riverside mystery

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

  • 285 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 286 By pony and trap to market

  • 287 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 288 North Devon Driving School

  • 289 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 290 A man and his wheel

  • 291 Hartland Dancers
  • 292 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 293 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 296 New art gallery opened

  • 297

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 298 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 299 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 300 Private home for public pump

  • 301 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 302 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 303 A bird of their own!

  • 304 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 305 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 306 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 307 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 308 School's link with cargo ship

  • 309 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 310 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 311 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 312 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 313 He beat the floods

  • 314 They are parted pro-tem

  • 315 Some 240 exhibits

  • 316 Bridging the stream

  • 317 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 318 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 319 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 320 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 321 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 322 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 323 Allhalland Street - then and now

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    First prize
  • 325 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 327 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 328 Burnard family reunion

  • 329 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 330 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 331 Hartland's invitation

  • 332 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 333 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 335 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 336 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 337 Clovelly custom

  • 338 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 339 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 340 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 341 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 343 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 344 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 345 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 346 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 347 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 348 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 349 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 351 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 352 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 353

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 354 Can spring be far away?

  • 355 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 356 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 357 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 358 Parkham plan realised

  • 359 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 360 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 361 No laughing matter

  • 362 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 363

    Was a missionary
  • 364 Sight of a lifetime

  • 365

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 366 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 367 All for the love of a lady!

  • 368 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 369 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 370 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 371 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 372 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 374 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 375 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 376 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 377 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 378

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 379 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 380 Last train from Torrington

  • 381 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 382 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 383 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 384 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 385 New Post Office

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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Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

Productive Friesian cow

This Friesian cow, Turmog Pyramid IV owned by Mr F. Peter Martin of Furlong, Littleham, topped the 70 tons mark of milk yielded in her 14½ years. For those who cannot imagine milk in tons, this cow has given 15,193 gallons or enough milk to fill 121,544 pint bottles.

14 February 1958 Littleham cow tops 70 tons

Gazette article 14 February 1958

 

 

Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

Housewives throng vantage points

Eager to catch a glimpse of one of the most famous radio and television partnership, Wilfred and Mabel Pickles, scores of housewives thronged vantage points when the couple paid visits in the town during Tuesday morning.

At Bideford Secondary Modern School, nearly 600 children were assembled into the main hall. Wilfred presented a special show for the school which was a mixture of ‘Have a Go’ and ‘Top of the Form’.

31.1.1958 Bideford Wilfred and Mabel Pickles

A large crowd watched the arrival of the party at Bideford and District Hospital where Wilfred and Mabel greeted all the 57 patients, followed by a visit to Stella Maris Convent School and the Town Hall for a reception in the Mayor’s Parlour.

Gazette article 31 January 1958

 

Thorn Apple found in Littleham Conservatory

Beware this deadly plant

Lt.-Col. W.B. Churchill-Longman of Heale House, Littleham, displays a ‘deadly’ plant he has identified in his conservatory. It is the American thorn-apple which is described as very deadly to small children or in cattle. The foliage and seeds are deadly poisonous. The capsules are like those of a horse chestnut, green with spines, and attractive to children.

9 October 1959 Beware this deadly plant

Col. Churchill-Longman noticed the plant a short while ago when he removed a couple of cucumber plants and realised its serious nature.

Gazette article 9 October 1959

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