• 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 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 2 Bideford regatta

  • 3 Finished in 1876

  • 4 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 5 Happy Days!

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

  • 7 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 8

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 9 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 10 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 11 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 12 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 13 Hartland's invitation

  • 14 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 15 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 16 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 17 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 18 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 19 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 20

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 21 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 23

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 24 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 25 A bird of their own!

  • 26 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 27 End of the line

  • 28 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 29

    Was a missionary
  • 30 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 31

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 32 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 33 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 34 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 35 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 36 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 37 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 38 In their new robes and hats

  • 39 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 40 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 41 Northam footballers of the future

  • 42 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 43 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 44 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 45 By pony and trap to market

  • 46 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 47 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 48 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 49 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 50 Torrington's new amenity

  • 51 No sale of Springfield House

  • 52 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 53 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 54 Can spring be far away?

  • 55 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 56 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 57 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 58 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 59 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 61

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 62 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 63 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 64 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 65 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 66 Torrington children build igloo
  • 67 Hartland Dancers
  • 68 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 69 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 70 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 71

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 72 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 73

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 74

    Building works
  • 75 Capers on the cobbles

  • 76 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 77 First ship in 8 years

  • 78 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 79 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 81 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 82 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 83 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 84 All aboard the ark

  • 85 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 86 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 87 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 88 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 89 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 90 So this is the mainland!

  • 91 Riverside mystery

  • 92 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 94 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 95 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 96 Some 240 exhibits

  • 97 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 98 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 99

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 100 New Post Office

  • 101 Picking the pops

  • 102 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 103 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 104

    Married in 1908
  • 105 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 106 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 107 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 108

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 109 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 110 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 111 Ships at Bideford

  • 112 Centenary of Gazette

  • 113 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 114 North Devon Driving School

  • 115 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 116 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 117 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 118 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 120 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 121

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 122 Six footed lamb

  • 123 New shipyard on schedule

  • 124 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 125 Clovelly nightmare

  • 126 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 127 Some mushroom!

  • 128 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 129 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 130 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 131 Picking the pops

  • 132 New civic medallions

  • 133 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 134 New life for Hartland organ

  • 135 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 137 Variety in summer weather

  • 138 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 139 The art of the thatcher

  • 140 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 141 A story to tell!

  • 142 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 143 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 144 For crying out loud!

  • 145 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 146 Northam's almshouse

  • 147

    Relatives all over the world
  • 148

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 149 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 150 Emergency ferry services

  • 151 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 152 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 153 Loads of black and white

  • 154 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 155 Sight of a lifetime

  • 156 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 157 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 158 Bideford computer stars

  • 159

    First prize
  • 160 Out of puff!

  • 161 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 162 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 163 Artisans' Club

  • 164 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 165 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 166 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 167 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 168 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 169 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 170 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 171

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 172 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 173 Clovelly custom

  • 174 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 175 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 176 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 177 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 178 School crossing patrol begins

  • 179 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 180 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 181 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 182 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 183 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 184 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 185 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 186 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 187 Puppet characters introduced

  • 188

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 189 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 190 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 191 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 192 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 193 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 194 Just over a year old

  • 195 Off on a great adventure

  • 196 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 197 Burnard family reunion

  • 198

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 199 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 200 Bideford loses training ship

  • 201 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 202 Ten year old scrambler

  • 203 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 204 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 205 All for the love of a lady!

  • 206 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 207

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 208 It really was the 'last time'

  • 209

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 210 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 211 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 212 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 213 New addition to Quay front

  • 214 Weare Giffard potato

  • 215 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 216 Penny for the guy

  • 217 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 219 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 220 Mobile missionary

  • 221 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 222 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 223 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 224 Recognise this resort?

  • 225 Torrington in 1967

  • 226 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 227 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 228 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 229 School's link with cargo ship

  • 230 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 231 Warmington's garage ad

  • 232 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 234 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 235 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 236 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 237 Circus comes to town

  • 238 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 239 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 240 Decontrol of meat

  • 241

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 242 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 243 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 244 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 245 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 246 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 247 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 248 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 249 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 250 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 251 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 252 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 253 A man and his wheel

  • 254 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 255 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 256 Jumble sale fever

  • 257 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 258

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 259 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 260 New art gallery opened

  • 261 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 262 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 263 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 264 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 265 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 266 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 267 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 268 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 269 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 270 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 271 Littleham family's five generations

  • 272 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 273 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 274 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 275 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 277 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 278 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 279 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 280 Last train from Torrington

  • 281 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 282

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 283 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 284 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 285 They are parted pro-tem

  • 286 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 287 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 288 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 289 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 290 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 291 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 292 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 293 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 294 Private home for public pump

  • 295 Service with a smile

  • 296 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 297 113 years at Instow

  • 298 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 299 What's the time?

  • 300 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 301 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 302

    New gateway
  • 303 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 304 New choral society's growing response

  • 305 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 306 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 307

    Exhibition of school work
  • 308

    Bidefordians
  • 309 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 310 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 311 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 313 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 314 Traditions and skills still there

  • 315 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 316 Revenge in style

  • 317 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 318 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 319

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 320

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 321 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 322 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 323 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 324 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 325 Modern living at Bideford

  • 326 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 327 Appledore's largest

  • 328 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 329 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 330 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 331 New Lundy stamps

  • 332 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 333 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 334 Twenty-one yachts

  • 335 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 336 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 337 Devil sent packing

  • 338 New look in the hayfields

  • 339 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 340 Life begins at 80

  • 341 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 342 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 343 Parkham plan realised

  • 344 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 345 No laughing matter

  • 346 Cruising down the river

  • 347 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 348 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 349 Pannier Market's future?

  • 350 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 351 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 352

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 353

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 354 The Geneva marionettes

  • 355 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 356 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 357 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 358 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 359 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 360 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 361 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 362 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 363 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 364 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 365 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 366 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 367 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 368 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 369 Waldon Triplets
  • 370 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 371 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 372 Simple Item 138
  • 373 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 374 He beat the floods

  • 375 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 376

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 377 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 378 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 379 Hartland postman retires

  • 380 Bridging the stream

  • 381 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 382 A roof-top view - where?

  • 383 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 385 When horses score over the tractor

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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  • 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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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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Birds’ convalescent home at Instow

Fish for fulmar, worms for snipe

When attacked by a cat last week in Bideford, a blackbird lost about four inches of its tail. However it was lucky, for Miss B. Shelmerdine, the local secretary of the RSPCA found it and took it to Mrs Katharine Tottenham of Southside, Instow, who will look after it until it grows another tail.

23 January 1959 Birds convalscent home at Instow

People from all over the district bring injured birds and animals to her and she estimates that she handles about 40 bird cases a year alone. Since a girl she has been interested in animals and restoring the casualties brought to her back to good health and their place in their natural surroundings. The magpie ‘Piper’ is an exception in that it has remained a family pet, easily perching on heads and arms.

The fulmar was found starving in Bude and will stay in the Tottenham household until it has recovered its buoyancy. A wounded snipe given recently would eat nothing but worms – at the rate of 20 or so a day.

Gazette article 23 January 1959

 

For crying out loud!

Champion Bert takes the mike

National Champion Town Crier Bert Waldron ‘cheated’ in Torrington on Saturday morning. He jumped into a loudspeaker van and toured the streets ringing his bell and making his announcements using a microphone.

9 January 1959 For crying out loud

He had, however, a good excuse, for although he has the country’s champion voice after retaining the national Town Crier’s title at Hastings, the gale-force wind in Torrington made his task of a clear announcement difficult. So he rang and called over the microphone in Mr Tom Squire’s loudspeaker van.

Gazette article 9 January 1959

 

Bideford’s new market opens next week

£40,000 project at Hansen’s field

Next Tuesday brings the official opening of Bideford’s new cattle market at Hansen’s field, constructed at a cost of just over £40,000. The market takes the place of premises situated between Honestone Street and Meddon Street, erected in 1898, enlarged in 1926 and 1935 and now sold to the North Devon Meat Marketing Society.

23 September Bidefords new market opens next week

The photograph taken from the entrance to the new cattle market, shows the main buildings housing the auction ring and covered accommodation for certain classes of stock. Some of the open cattle pens are seen on the left.

Gazette article 23 September 1960

 

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