• 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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    Exhibition of school work
  • 2 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 3 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 4 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 5 Northam's almshouse

  • 6 For crying out loud!

  • 7 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 8 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 9 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 10 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 11 Twenty-one yachts

  • 12 In their new robes and hats

  • 13 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 14 Modern living at Bideford

  • 15 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 16 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 17 Finished in 1876

  • 18 New art gallery opened

  • 19 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 20 Torrington's new amenity

  • 21 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 22 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 23 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 24 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 25 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 26 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 27 Sight of a lifetime

  • 28

    Bidefordians
  • 29 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 30

    Relatives all over the world
  • 31

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 32 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 33 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 34 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 35 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 36 All aboard the ark

  • 37 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 38 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 39 Parkham plan realised

  • 40 Appledore's largest

  • 41 When horses score over the tractor

  • 42 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 43 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 44 Simple Item 138
  • 45 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 46 Weare Giffard potato

  • 47 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 48 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 49 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 50 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 51 Emergency ferry services

  • 52 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 53 End of the line

  • 54 Service with a smile

  • 55 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 56

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 57 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 58 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 59 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 60 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 61 New life for Hartland organ

  • 62 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 63 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 64 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 65 Hartland postman retires

  • 66 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 67 New look in the hayfields

  • 68 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 69 Jumble sale fever

  • 70 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 71 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 72 They are parted pro-tem

  • 73 New civic medallions

  • 74 A bird of their own!

  • 75

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 76

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 77 Six footed lamb

  • 78 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 79 Mobile missionary

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

  • 81 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 82 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 83 A roof-top view - where?

  • 84 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 85

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 86 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 87 Last train from Torrington

  • 88 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 89 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 90 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 91 Bideford loses training ship

  • 92 Bideford regatta

  • 93 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 94 Devil sent packing

  • 95 School's link with cargo ship

  • 96 Hartland's invitation

  • 97

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 98 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 99 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 100 Traditions and skills still there

  • 101 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 102 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 103

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 104

    Married in 1908
  • 105 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 106 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 107 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 108 The Geneva marionettes

  • 109 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 110 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 111 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 112 Penny for the guy

  • 113 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 114 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 115 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 116 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 117 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 118 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 119 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 120 School crossing patrol begins

  • 121 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 122 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 123 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 124

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 125 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 126 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 127

    First prize
  • 128 Riverside mystery

  • 129 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 130

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 131 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 132 Cruising down the river

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

  • 134 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 135 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 136 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 137 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 138 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 139 Recognise this resort?

  • 140 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 141 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 142 Puppet characters introduced

  • 143 All for the love of a lady!

  • 144 Clovelly nightmare

  • 145 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 146 Loads of black and white

  • 147 Ten year old scrambler

  • 148 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 149 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 150 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 152 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 153 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 154 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 155 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 156 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 157 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 158 By pony and trap to market

  • 159 113 years at Instow

  • 160 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 161 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 162 Northam footballers of the future

  • 163

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 164 New Lundy stamps

  • 165 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 166 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 167 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 168 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 169 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 170 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 171 Torrington in 1967

  • 172 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 173 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 174 Just over a year old

  • 175 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 176 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 177 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 178 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 179 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 180 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 181 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 182 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 183 Littleham family's five generations

  • 184

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 185 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 186 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 187 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 188 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 189 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 190 Bideford computer stars

  • 191 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 192 A man and his wheel

  • 193 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 194 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 195 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 196 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 197 Police station view of Bideford

  • 198 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 199 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 200 Clovelly donkey film star

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    New gateway
  • 202 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 203 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 204 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 205

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 206 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 207

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 208 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 209 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 210 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 211 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 212 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 213 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 214 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 215

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 216

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 217 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 218 Picking the pops

  • 219 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 220 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 221 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 222 Hartland Dancers
  • 223 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 225 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 226 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 228 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 229 A story to tell!

  • 230 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 231 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 232 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 233 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 235 Peter poses for TV film

  • 236 New addition to Quay front

  • 237 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 238 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 239 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 240 Waldon Triplets
  • 241 Clovelly custom

  • 242 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 243 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 244 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 245 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 246 Private home for public pump

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

  • 248 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 249 So this is the mainland!

  • 250 Life begins at 80

  • 251 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 252 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 253 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 254 It really was the 'last time'

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 256 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 257 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 258 Some 240 exhibits

  • 259 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 260 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 261 Capers on the cobbles

  • 262 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 263 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 264 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 265 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 266 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 267 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 268 Revenge in style

  • 269

    Was a missionary
  • 270 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 271 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 272 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 273 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 274 Some mushroom!

  • 275 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 277 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 279 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 280 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 281 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 282 Happy Days!

  • 283 Torrington children build igloo
  • 284 What's the time?

  • 285 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 286 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 287 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 288 New Post Office

  • 289 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 290 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 291 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 292 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 293 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 294 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 296 Centenary of Gazette

  • 297 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 298 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 299 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 300 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 301 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 302 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 303 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 304 Pannier Market's future?

  • 305 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 306 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 307 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 308 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 309 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 310 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 311 Artisans' Club

  • 312 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 313 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 314 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 315 Decontrol of meat

  • 316 No laughing matter

  • 317 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 318 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 319 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 320 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 321 Out of puff!

  • 322 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 323 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

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

  • 326 Warmington's garage ad

  • 327 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 328 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 330 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 331 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 332 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 333

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 334 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 335

    Building works
  • 336 Variety in summer weather

  • 337 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 338 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 339 First ship in 8 years

  • 340 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 341 The art of the thatcher

  • 342 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 343 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 344 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 345

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 346 Ships at Bideford

  • 347 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 348 Picking the pops

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

  • 350 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 351 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 352 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 353 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 354 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 355 Burnard family reunion

  • 356

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 357 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 358 Can spring be far away?

  • 359 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 360 Circus comes to town

  • 361 New shipyard on schedule

  • 362 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 364 He beat the floods

  • 365

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 366 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 367 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 368 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 369 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 370 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 372 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 373 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 374

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 375 Bridging the stream

  • 376 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 377

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 378 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 379 North Devon Driving School

  • 380 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 381 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 382 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 383 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 384 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 385 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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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Old Girls revisit Edgehill

Dramatic moments recalled

One of the most successful reunions of Edgehill College Old Girls took place at Bideford during the past weekend. They returned not only to enjoy personal reunions but to see how the College was at work today under modern conditions.

Dramatic moments were recalled by the visit of one Old Girl. Then a boarder at the school, she was the first to wake up and give the alarm of fire which destroyed the buildings in June 1920.

10 March 1950 Old girls revisit Edgehill

Above is given an aerial view of the present school which has been specially re-photographed to show what has grown so triumphantly from the past.

Gazette article 10 March 1950

 

Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

Local scene depicted

Over the centre of a block of four traditional style houses erected by Bideford Rural District Council at Winsworthy, Clovelly, has been placed the plaque illustrated above.

17 February 1950 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

A very promising artist Mr Walter Crang, executed the carving – the scene depicts Gallantry Bower, Clovelly, with Lundy beyond, the scene being visible from the upstairs windows of the houses.

Gazette article 17 February 1950

 

A sense of humour in advertising

New film at the Strand

A bedstead slung between two trees and a notice saying ‘You can’t sleep here,’ catches the eye outside the Strand Cinema, Bideford.

10 February 1950 A sense of humour in advertising

It is an enterprisingly-humorous pointer to the film of that title being shown today and tomorrow at the cinema.

Gazette article 10 February 1950

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