• 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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    Relatives all over the world
  • 2 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 3 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 4 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 5 The Geneva marionettes

  • 6 What's the time?

  • 7 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 8 Waldon Triplets
  • 9 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 10 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 11 Hartland Dancers
  • 12 Circus comes to town

  • 13 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 14 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 15 Clovelly custom

  • 16 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 17 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 18 Service with a smile

  • 19 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 20 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 21 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 22 Ships at Bideford

  • 23 Chess - their bridge over the years

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 25 Just over a year old

  • 26 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 27 A roof-top view - where?

  • 28 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 29 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 30 New art gallery opened

  • 31 End of the line

  • 32 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 33 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 34 Picking the pops

  • 35 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 36 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 37 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 38 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 39 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 40 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 41 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 42 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 43 Hartland postman retires

  • 44 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 45 No laughing matter

  • 46 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 47 Hartland's invitation

  • 48 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 49 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 50 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 51 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 52 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 53

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 54 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 55 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 56

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 57 New choral society's growing response

  • 58 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 59 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 60 Emergency ferry services

  • 61

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 62 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 63 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 64 When horses score over the tractor

  • 65

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 66 Appledore's largest

  • 67 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 68 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 69 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 70 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 71 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 72 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 73 Out of puff!

  • 74 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 75 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 76 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 77 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 78 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 79 Bideford loses training ship

  • 80 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 81 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 82 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 83 They are parted pro-tem

  • 84 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 85 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 86 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 87 Decontrol of meat

  • 88 He beat the floods

  • 89 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 90 Steep street of old Bideford

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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 92 Can spring be far away?

  • 93 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 95 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 96 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 98 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 99 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 100 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 101 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 102 Northam footballers of the future

  • 103 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 104

    Building works
  • 105

    First prize
  • 106 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 107 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 108 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 110 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 111 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 112 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 113 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 115 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 118 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 119 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 120 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 121 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 122 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 123 Some mushroom!

  • 124 Six footed lamb

  • 125 Pannier Market's future?

  • 126 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 127 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 128 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 129 A bird of their own!

  • 130 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 131

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 132 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 133 Finished in 1876

  • 134

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 135 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 136

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 137 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 138 New life for Hartland organ

  • 139

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 140 Bideford regatta

  • 141 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 142 Warmington's garage ad

  • 143 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 144 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 145 A story to tell!

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

  • 147 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 148 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 149 Torrington children build igloo
  • 150 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 151 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 153 Life begins at 80

  • 154 New civic medallions

  • 155 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 156 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 157 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 158 Devil sent packing

  • 159 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 160 Happy Days!

  • 161 New addition to Quay front

  • 162 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 163 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 164 Weare Giffard potato

  • 165 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 166 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 167 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 168 Northam's almshouse

  • 169 New look in the hayfields

  • 170 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 171 New Post Office

  • 172 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 173 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 174 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 175 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 176 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 177 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 178 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 179

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 180 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 181 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 182 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 183 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 184 North Devon Driving School

  • 185 Simple Item 138
  • 186 Police station view of Bideford

  • 187 Off on a great adventure

  • 188 Parkham plan realised

  • 189 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 190 Sight of a lifetime

  • 191 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 192 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 193 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 194 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 195 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 196 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 197 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 198 Penny for the guy

  • 199 For crying out loud!

  • 200 Last train from Torrington

  • 201 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 202 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 203 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 204 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 205 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 206 By pony and trap to market

  • 207 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 208 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 209 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 210 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 211 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 213 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 214 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 215 Cruising down the river

  • 216 Revenge in style

  • 217 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 218 Capers on the cobbles

  • 219 First ship in 8 years

  • 220 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 221 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 223 Traditions and skills still there

  • 224 Mobile missionary

  • 225 Bideford computer stars

  • 226 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 227 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 228 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 229 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 231 Designed and made in Bideford

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    Was a missionary
  • 233 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 234 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 235 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 236 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 237 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 238 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 239 Torrington's new amenity

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 241 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 242 School's link with cargo ship

  • 243

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 244 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 245 Jumble sale fever

  • 246 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 247 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 248 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 249 Record player of 80 years ago

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    New gateway
  • 251 Ten year old scrambler

  • 252 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 253 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 254 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 255 Some 240 exhibits

  • 256 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 257 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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    Bidefordians
  • 259 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 260

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 261

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 262 School crossing patrol begins

  • 263

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 264 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 265 Torrington in 1967

  • 266 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 267 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 268 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 269 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 270 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 271 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 272 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 273 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 274 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 276 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 277 Loads of black and white

  • 278 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 279 Centenary of Gazette

  • 280 It really was the 'last time'

  • 281 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 282 New shipyard on schedule

  • 283 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 284 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 285 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 286 Twenty-one yachts

  • 287 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 288 Private home for public pump

  • 289 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 290 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 291 Puppet characters introduced

  • 292 The art of the thatcher

  • 293 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 294 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 295 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 296 Clovelly nightmare

  • 297 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 298 Bridging the stream

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 300 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 301 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 302 Picking the pops

  • 303 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 304 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 305 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 306 New Lundy stamps

  • 307 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 308 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 309 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 310 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 312 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 313 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 314 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 315 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 316 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 317 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 318 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 319 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 320 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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    Married in 1908
  • 322 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 323 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 324 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 325 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 326 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 327 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 328 No sale of Springfield House

  • 329 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 330 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 331 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 332 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 333 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 334 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 335 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 336 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 338 Artisans' Club

  • 339 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 340 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 341 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 342 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 343 113 years at Instow

  • 344

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 345 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 346 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 347

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 348 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 349 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 351 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 352 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 354 Riverside mystery

  • 355 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 356 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 357 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 358 All aboard the ark

  • 359 All for the love of a lady!

  • 360 Variety in summer weather

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 362 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 363 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 364 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 366 Recognise this resort?

  • 367 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 368 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 369 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 371 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 372 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 373 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 374 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 375 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 376 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 377 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 378 A man and his wheel

  • 379 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 380 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 381 Littleham family's five generations

  • 382 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 383 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 384 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 385 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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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  • 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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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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Designed and made in Bideford

Work for London church named after Devon saint

An artist and a blacksmith, near neighbours in Bideford are playing a part in the rebuilding of a church in Whitechapel, London, dedicated to a Devon saint, St Boniface. The church was completely demolished during the war by a bomb dropped during the blitz.

The artist is Mr Reginald Lloyd of the Strand and the blacksmith Mr Peter Harding of North Road.

20 May 1960 Designed and made in Bideford

Mr Lloyd was invited to design the 36-foot long Communion rails, an oratory screen and pulpit carvings. The pulpit will be of pre-cast concrete with slate panels, carved by Mr Lloyd in his Bideford studio. The Communion rails are being made by Mr Harding.

Gazette article 20 May 1960

 

Torrington’s shelter for the aged

Shelter on Castle Hill

The old people’s shelter on Castle Hill, Torrington, built at a cost of £171, was officially opened by the Mayor of Torrington, Col. J.E. Palmer, on Saturday. At the ceremony were Torrington Council members and local old folk who will use the shelter.

22 April 1960 Torringtons shelter for the aged

Gazette article 22 April 1960

 

 

 

Picking the pops

Juke Box Jury in Bideford

The ‘Juke Box Jury’ which at the ‘Cat’s whisker’ coffee bar, Bideford, held what is hoped to be the first of a series of sessions.

11 March 1960 Picking the pops

Left to right : Mr Reg Bennett (proprietor and chairman for the evening), and the jury – Ronald Burridge, Elizabeth King, Brian Osborne, Pearl Thomas and Brian Trick.

Gazette article 11 March 1960

 

 

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