• 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 School crossing patrol begins

  • 2 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 4 So this is the mainland!

  • 5 Private home for public pump

  • 6 New Lundy stamps

  • 7 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 8 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 9 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 10 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 11 Centenary of Gazette

  • 12 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 13 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 14 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 15 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 16 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 17 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 18 Hartland postman retires

  • 19 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 20 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 21 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 22 Traditions and skills still there

  • 23 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 24 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 25 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 26 Modern living at Bideford

  • 27 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 28 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 29 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 30

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 31 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 32 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 33 It really was the 'last time'

  • 34 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 35 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 36 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 37 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 39 Twenty-one yachts

  • 40 Artisans' Club

  • 41 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 42 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 44 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 45 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 46 Burnard family reunion

  • 47 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 48 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 49 A story to tell!

  • 50 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 51 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 52 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 53 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 54 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 55 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 56 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 57 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 58

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 59 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 60 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 61 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 62 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 63

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 64 Happy Days!

  • 65

    Bidefordians
  • 66 Ships at Bideford

  • 67 A roof-top view - where?

  • 68 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 69 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 70

    Exhibition of school work
  • 71

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 72 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 73 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 74 Devil sent packing

  • 75 Mobile missionary

  • 76 Weare Giffard potato

  • 77 New shipyard on schedule

  • 78 School's link with cargo ship

  • 79 By pony and trap to market

  • 80 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 81 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 82 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 83 Six footed lamb

  • 84 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 85 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 86

    Was a missionary
  • 87 Bideford regatta

  • 88 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 89

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 90 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 91 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 92 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 93 Jumble sale fever

  • 94 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 95 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 97 Torrington children build igloo
  • 98 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 99

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

  • 101 New life for Hartland organ

  • 102 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 103 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 104 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 105 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 106 The Geneva marionettes

  • 107 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 108 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 109 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 110 113 years at Instow

  • 111 New addition to Quay front

  • 112 Variety in summer weather

  • 113 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 114 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 115 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 116 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 117 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 118 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 119

    First prize
  • 120 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 121

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 122 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 123 Service with a smile

  • 124 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 125 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 126 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 127 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 129 Clovelly nightmare

  • 130 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 132 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 133 All for the love of a lady!

  • 134 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 136 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 137 Bideford loses training ship

  • 138 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 139 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 140 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 141 Can spring be far away?

  • 142 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 143 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 144 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 146 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 147 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 148 Picking the pops

  • 149 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 150

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 151 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 152 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 153

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 154 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 155 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 156 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 157 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 158 Out of puff!

  • 159

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 160 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 161

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 162 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 163 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 164

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 165 No sale of Springfield House

  • 166 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 167

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 168 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 169 Simple Item 138
  • 170 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 171 No laughing matter

  • 172 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 173 Loads of black and white

  • 174 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 175 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 176 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 177 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 178 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 179 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 180 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 181 Parkham plan realised

  • 182 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 183

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 184 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 185

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 186 Peter poses for TV film

  • 187 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 188 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 189 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 190 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 191 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 192 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 193 End of the line

  • 194 Revenge in style

  • 195 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 196 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 197 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 198 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 199 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 200 New civic medallions

  • 201 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 202 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 203 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 204

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 205 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 206 Off on a great adventure

  • 207 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 208 Finished in 1876

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

  • 210 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 211 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 212 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 213 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 214 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 216 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 217 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 218 Clovelly custom

  • 219 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 220 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 221 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 222 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 223 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 224 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 225 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 226 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 227 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 228 He beat the floods

  • 229 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 230 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 231 In their new robes and hats

  • 232 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 233 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 234 Puppet characters introduced

  • 235 Northam footballers of the future

  • 236 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 237

    Building works
  • 238 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 239 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 240 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 241 Bridging the stream

  • 242 New Post Office

  • 243 What's the time?

  • 244 Riverside mystery

  • 245 New look in the hayfields

  • 246 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 247 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 248 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 249 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 250 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 251

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 252 Some mushroom!

  • 253 Littleham family's five generations

  • 254 A bird of their own!

  • 255 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 256 Just over a year old

  • 257 A man and his wheel

  • 258 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 259 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 260 Picking the pops

  • 261 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 262 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 263 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 264 Hartland Dancers
  • 265 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 267 Waldon Triplets
  • 268 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 269 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 270 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 271 North Devon Driving School

  • 272

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 273 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 274 Northam's almshouse

  • 275 They are parted pro-tem

  • 276 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 277 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 278

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 279 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 280 Some 240 exhibits

  • 281 Emergency ferry services

  • 282 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 283

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 284 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 285 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 286 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 288 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 289 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 290 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 291 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 292 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 293 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 294 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 295 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 296 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 297 Decontrol of meat

  • 298 Sight of a lifetime

  • 299 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 300 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 301 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 302

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 303 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 304 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 305 Life begins at 80

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    New gateway
  • 307 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 308 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 309 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 310 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 311 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 312 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 313 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 314 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 315 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 316 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 317 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 318

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 319 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 320 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 321 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 322 Cruising down the river

  • 323 Circus comes to town

  • 324 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 325 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 327 When horses score over the tractor

  • 328 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 329 Appledore's largest

  • 330 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 331 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 332 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 333 New art gallery opened

  • 334 Recognise this resort?

  • 335 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 336 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 337 The art of the thatcher

  • 338 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 339 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 341 Ten year old scrambler

  • 342 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 343 First ship in 8 years

  • 344 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 345 Hartland's invitation

  • 346

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 347 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 348 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 349 All aboard the ark

  • 350 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 351 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 352 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 353 For crying out loud!

  • 354 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 355 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 356 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 357

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 358 Last train from Torrington

  • 359 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 360 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 361 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 362 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 363 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 364 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 365 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 366 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 367 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 368 Torrington's new amenity

  • 369 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 370 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 371 New choral society's growing response

  • 372 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 373 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 374 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 375 Torrington in 1967

  • 376 Bideford computer stars

  • 377 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 378 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 379 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 380 Pannier Market's future?

  • 381

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 382 Penny for the guy

  • 383 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 384 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 385 Record pebble-throwing day

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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  • 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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  • 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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Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

Donkeys at Broomhayes

A long-felt wish to have a donkey or a pony as a pet at this children’s convalescent home has come true. The two donkeys which have been cared for by the children are a mother and daughter known as Mother Donkey and Sonia. They were to have returned to Woolacombe shortly to resume a summer task of giving rides on the beach. However on hearing how attached they had become to his two donkeys during the winter, Mr Albert Moon of the Castle, Woolacombe, sent a message ‘Please keep Mother Donkey.’

25 March 1960 Broomhayes children keep their winter pet

Mother Donkey will be able to continue to give the children their morning rides and walking with them.

Gazette article 25 March 1960

 

 

 

Picking the pops

Juke Box Jury at coffee bar

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

 

 

Saving money, wear and tear

Delivery of Milk Marketing Board's cars

Mass production is a particular concern of the Milk Marketing Board’s cattle breeding centre at Torrington so it is not surprising to find them pioneering in this part of the country the mass delivery of cars, a method that has become common elsewhere.

4 March 1960 Saving wear and tear

Mr J.W. Martin, manager of the centre, said that in keeping with the modern trend of labour-saving it had been decided to try out this method whereby one man did a job that normally involved five. The Ministry’s distribution depot for this area is at Dorking so that cars delivered by transporter have clocked only about 25 miles when they reach Torrington, compared with 200-plus when they are driven here.

Gazette article 4 March 1960

 

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