• 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 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 2 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 3 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 4 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 5 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 6 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 7 The cab at the corner>
  • 8 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 9 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 10 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 11 Cruising down the river

  • 12 Loads of black and white

  • 13 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 14 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 15 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 16 He beat the floods

  • 17 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 18 Modern living at Bideford

  • 19 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 20 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 21 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 22 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 23 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 24 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 25 Bideford regatta

  • 26 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 27

    Relatives all over the world
  • 28 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 30 A story to tell!

  • 31 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 32

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 33 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 34 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 35 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 36 End of the line

  • 37

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 38 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 39 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 40 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 41 A man and his wheel

  • 42 Decontrol of meat

  • 43 Private home for public pump

  • 44 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 45 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 46 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 47 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 48 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 49 Northam's almshouse

  • 50 Bideford computer stars

  • 51 Ten year old scrambler

  • 52 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 53 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 54 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 55 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 56 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 57 Peter poses for TV film

  • 58 Hartland postman retires

  • 59 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 60 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 61 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 62

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 63 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 64 New look in the hayfields

  • 65 Simple Item 138
  • 66 Northam footballers of the future

  • 67 Some mushroom!

  • 68 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 69 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 70

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 71

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 72 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 73 Capers on the cobbles

  • 74 In their new robes and hats

  • 75 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 76 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 77 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 78 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 79 New addition to Quay front

  • 80 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 81 Revenge in style

  • 82 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 83 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 84 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 85 Ships at Bideford

  • 86 Last train from Torrington

  • 87 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 88 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 89 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 90 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 91

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 92 Recognise this resort?

  • 93 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 94 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 95

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 96

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 97 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 98

    First prize
  • 99

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 100 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 101 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 102 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 103 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 104 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 105 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 106 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 107 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 108 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 110 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 111 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 112 Parkham plan realised

  • 113 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 114 Hartland's invitation

  • 115 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 116 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 117 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 119 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 120 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 121 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 122 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 123

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 124 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 125 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 126 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 127 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 128 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 129 Happy Days!

  • 130 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 131 Centenary of Gazette

  • 132 Variety in summer weather

  • 133 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 134 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 136 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 137 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 138 All for the love of a lady!

  • 139 Service with a smile

  • 140 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 141 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 142 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 143 Mobile missionary

  • 144 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 145 Twenty-one yachts

  • 146 Bridging the stream

  • 147 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 148 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 149 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 150 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 151 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 152 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 153 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 154 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 155

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 156 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 157 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 158 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 159 No laughing matter

  • 160 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 161 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 162 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 163 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 164 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 165

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

  • 167 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 168 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 170 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 171 Emergency ferry services

  • 172 Clovelly nightmare

  • 173 Six footed lamb

  • 174 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 176 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 177 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 178 A roof-top view - where?

  • 179 Sight of a lifetime

  • 180 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 181 Littleham family's five generations

  • 182 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 183 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 184 Torrington children build igloo
  • 185 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 186 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 187 113 years at Instow

  • 188

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 189 The Geneva marionettes

  • 190 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 191 By pony and trap to market

  • 192 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 193 Off on a great adventure

  • 194

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 195 Waldon Triplets
  • 196 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 197 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 199 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 200 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 201 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 202 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 203 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 204 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 205 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 206 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 207 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 208 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 209 Can spring be far away?

  • 210 Some 240 exhibits

  • 211 Penny for the guy

  • 212 Torrington's new amenity

  • 213 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 214 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 215 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 216 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 217 New civic medallions

  • 218 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 219 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 220 No sale of Springfield House

  • 221 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 222 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 223 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 224 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 225 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 226 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 227 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 228 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 229

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 230 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 231 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 232 It really was the 'last time'

  • 233 Appledore's largest

  • 234 For crying out loud!

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    Was a missionary
  • 236 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 237 New art gallery opened

  • 238 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 239 So this is the mainland!

  • 240 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 241 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 242 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 243

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 244 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 245 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 246 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 247 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 248 Pannier Market's future?

  • 249 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 250 New Post Office

  • 251 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 252 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 253 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 254 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 255 Circus comes to town

  • 256 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 257 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 258 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 259 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 260 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 261

    Bidefordians
  • 262 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 263 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 264 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 265 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 266 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 267 Sweets derationing

  • 268 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 269 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 270

    Exhibition of school work
  • 271 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 272 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 273 Weare Giffard potato

  • 274 Jumble sale fever

  • 275 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 276 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 277 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 279 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 280 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 281

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 282 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 283 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 284 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 285 Picking the pops

  • 286 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 287 The art of the thatcher

  • 288

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 289 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 290 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 291 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 292 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 293 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 294 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 295 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 297 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 298 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 299 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 300 North Devon Driving School

  • 301 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 302 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 303 Bideford loses training ship

  • 304 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 305 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 306 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 307 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 308 When horses score over the tractor

  • 309 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 310 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 311 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 312 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 313

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 314 A bird of their own!

  • 315 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 317 Riverside mystery

  • 318 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 319 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 320 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 321 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 322 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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

  • 324 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 325 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 326 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 327 Finished in 1876

  • 328 Out of puff!

  • 329 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 330 Life begins at 80

  • 331 What's the time?

  • 332 New life for Hartland organ

  • 333 From Bobby to Brian

  • 334 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 335 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 336 Just over a year old

  • 337 Torrington in 1967

  • 338 Picking the pops

  • 339

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 340 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 341 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 342 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 343 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 344 Puppet characters introduced

  • 345 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 346 New shipyard on schedule

  • 347 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 348 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 349 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 350 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 351 First ship in 8 years

  • 352 Traditions and skills still there

  • 353

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 354 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 355 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 356 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 357 Filming at Hartland

  • 358 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 359 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 360 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 361 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 362 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 363 Hartland Dancers
  • 364

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 365 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 366

    Married in 1908
  • 367 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 368 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 369 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 371 New choral society's growing response

  • 372 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 373 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 374 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 375 Artisans' Club

  • 376 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 377 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 378 Burnard family reunion

  • 379 New Lundy stamps

  • 380 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 381 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 382 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 383 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 384 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 385 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 387 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 388 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 389 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 390 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 391 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 392 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 393 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 394 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 395 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 396 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 397 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 398 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 399 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 400 Devil sent packing

  • 401 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 402

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 403 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 404 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 405 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 406 Clovelly custom

  • 407 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 408 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 409 School crossing patrol begins

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    Building works
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    New gateway
  • 412 They are parted pro-tem

  • 413 School's link with cargo ship

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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  • 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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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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The creative urge on Saturday morning

Modelling classes at Bideford School of Art

Saturday morning classes in clay modelling are the highlight of the week for youngsters between the ages of 9 and 15 at Bideford School of Art. It’s an added thrill, of course, for them to be able to keep the animals, simple bowls and figures that they model, fire and glaze.

1 February 1957 The creative urge on Saturday morning

Gazette article 1 February 1957

 

Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

Fishing light let every year

Once again the fishing light has gone out on Clovelly Quay at the end of another herring season – and a disappointing season it has been.

25 January Fishing light goes out

The light, which stands at the end of Clovelly pier, has been lit during the herring season from September 1st to January 1st every year since it was erected in 1883 with the exception of the war years. A brass plate records – ‘This light is erected by Neville Hamlyn Fane to the memory of Richard Harris and James Jewell who were drowned during the great gale of the sixth December, 1882.’ The two men were Clovelly herring fishermen who were unable to regain the shelter of the harbour that night over seventy years ago.

Gazette article 25 January 1957

 

East-the-Water sets town an example

Opening of new Community Hall

Making a special journey with his wife from Portsmouth, Mr Henry Colwill, the founder-secretary of East-the-Water Community Association was among the large crowd that saw Sir Dennis Stucley, himself born at East-the-Water, open the Association’s new Community Centre on Wednesday afternoon.

25 January 1957 East the Water sets town an example

The centre, created out of two large disused Nissen huts that were formerly part of the Rolamatic factory manufacturing electrical and mechanical components for aircraft, consists of a large hall 65 feet long that will seat over 250 people, a large stage at one end that can be curtained off to form a small hall, a kitchen and cloakrooms. It cost nearly £3,000.

Gazette article 25 January 1957

 

 

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