• 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 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 2 Ten year old scrambler

  • 3 They are parted pro-tem

  • 4 Out of puff!

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 6 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 7 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 8 A bird of their own!

  • 9 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 10

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 11 No sale of Springfield House

  • 12 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 13 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 15 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 16 Decontrol of meat

  • 17 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 18 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 19 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 20 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 21 Puppet characters introduced

  • 22 Variety in summer weather

  • 23 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 24 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 25 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 26 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 27 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 28 Bideford regatta

  • 29 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 30 Picking the pops

  • 31 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 32

    First prize
  • 33 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 34 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 35 Circus comes to town

  • 36 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 37 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 38 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 39 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 40 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 41 A story to tell!

  • 42 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 43 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 44 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 45 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 46 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 47 Bridging the stream

  • 48 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 49

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 50 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 51 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 52

    Bidefordians
  • 53 Clovelly custom

  • 54 So this is the mainland!

  • 55

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 56 Can spring be far away?

  • 57 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 59 Littleham family's five generations

  • 60 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 61 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 62 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 63 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 64 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 65 Simple Item 138
  • 66 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 67 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 68 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 69 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 70 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 71 North Devon Driving School

  • 72 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 73 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 74

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 75 Devil sent packing

  • 76 Sweets derationing

  • 77 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 78 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 79 Private home for public pump

  • 80 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 81 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 82 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 83

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 84 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 85 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 86 Hartland postman retires

  • 87 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 88 Just over a year old

  • 89 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 90 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 91 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 92 Emergency ferry services

  • 93 Hartland's invitation

  • 94 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 95 Recognise this resort?

  • 96 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 97 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 98

    Exhibition of school work
  • 99 Police station view of Bideford

  • 100 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 101

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 102 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 103 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 104 Bideford computer stars

  • 105 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 106 Hartland Dancers
  • 107 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 108 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 109 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 110 Cruising down the river

  • 111 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 112 Ships at Bideford

  • 113 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 114 A man and his wheel

  • 115 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 116 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 117 Peter poses for TV film

  • 118 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 119 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 120 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 121 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 122 Six footed lamb

  • 123 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 124 End of the line

  • 125 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 126 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 127 Some 240 exhibits

  • 128 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 129 Pannier Market's future?

  • 130 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 131 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 132 New art gallery opened

  • 133 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 134 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 135 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 136 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 137 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 138 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 139

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 140 Torrington's new amenity

  • 141 Finished in 1876

  • 142 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 143 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 144 Picking the pops

  • 145 Northam footballers of the future

  • 146 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 147 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 148 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

  • 150 The cab at the corner>
  • 151 It really was the 'last time'

  • 152 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 153 From Bobby to Brian

  • 154 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 155 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 156

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 157 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 158 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 159 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 160 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 161 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 162 Revenge in style

  • 163 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 164 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 165 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 166 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 167 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 168 School's link with cargo ship

  • 169 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 170 Parkham plan realised

  • 171 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 172 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 173 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 174 All aboard the ark

  • 175 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 176 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 177 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 178 The art of the thatcher

  • 179 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 180

    Relatives all over the world
  • 181

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 182 Penny for the guy

  • 183 Capers on the cobbles

  • 184 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 185 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 186 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 188 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 189 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 190 New shipyard on schedule

  • 191 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 192 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 193 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 194 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 195 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 196 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 197 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 198 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 199 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 200 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 201 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 202 Happy Days!

  • 203 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 204

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 205 Riverside mystery

  • 206 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 207

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 208 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 209 Life begins at 80

  • 210 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 211

    Building works
  • 212 Artisans' Club

  • 213 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 214 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 215 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 216 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 217

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 218 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 219

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 220 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 221 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 222 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 223 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 224 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 225 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 226 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 227 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 228 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 230 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 231 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 232 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 233 New Post Office

  • 234 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 235 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 236 Last train from Torrington

  • 237 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 238 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 239 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 240 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 241 Burnard family reunion

  • 242 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 243 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 244 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 245 Modern living at Bideford

  • 246 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 247 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 248 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 249 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 250 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 251 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 252 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 253 Off on a great adventure

  • 254 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 255 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 256 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 257 Torrington in 1967

  • 258 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 259 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 260 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 261 New civic medallions

  • 262 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 263 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 264 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 265 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 266 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 267 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 268 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 269 What's the time?

  • 270 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 271 Sweet success at Langtree School

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 273 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 274 No laughing matter

  • 275 Waldon Triplets
  • 276 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 277 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 278 Weare Giffard potato

  • 279 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 280 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 281 First ship in 8 years

  • 282

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 283 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 284 All for the love of a lady!

  • 285 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 286 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 287 Bideford loses training ship

  • 288 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 289 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 290 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 291 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 292 Mobile missionary

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

  • 294 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 295 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 296 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 297 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 298 By pony and trap to market

  • 299 Centenary of Gazette

  • 300 New addition to Quay front

  • 301 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 302 He beat the floods

  • 303

    Was a missionary
  • 304 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 305 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 306 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 307 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 308

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 309 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 310 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 311 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 312 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 313 Jumble sale fever

  • 314 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 315 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 316 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 317 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 318

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 319 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 320

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 321 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 322 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 323 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 325 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 327

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 328 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 329

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 330 Warmington's garage ad

  • 331 Service with a smile

  • 332 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 333 Torrington children build igloo
  • 334 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 335 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 336 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 337

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 338 Clovelly nightmare

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    New gateway
  • 340 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 341 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 342 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 344 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 346 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 347 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 348 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 349

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 350 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 351 The Geneva marionettes

  • 352 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 353 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 354 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 355 Loads of black and white

  • 356 New look in the hayfields

  • 357 113 years at Instow

  • 358 New choral society's growing response

  • 359 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 360 Filming at Hartland

  • 361 Appledore's largest

  • 362 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 363 Traditions and skills still there

  • 364 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 365 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 366 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 367 Some mushroom!

  • 368 Northam's almshouse

  • 369 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 370 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 371 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 372 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 373 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 374 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 375 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 376 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 377 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 378 School crossing patrol begins

  • 379 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 380 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 381 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 382 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 383 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 384 When horses score over the tractor

  • 385 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 386 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 387 Twenty-one yachts

  • 388 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 389 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 390 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 392 New life for Hartland organ

  • 393 A roof-top view - where?

  • 394 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 395 New Lundy stamps

  • 396 Sight of a lifetime

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 398 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 399 For crying out loud!

  • 400 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 401 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 402

    Married in 1908
  • 403 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 404 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 405 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 407 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 408 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 409 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 410 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 411 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 412 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 413 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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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  • 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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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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In the tortoise nursery

Eight hatched at Bideford

Eight tiny tortoises hatched from eggs that were buried in sand in an airing cupboard for three months of Misses Rosemary and Joy Greenslade of The Nook, Chudleigh Avenue, Bideford E.

28 February 1958 In the tortoise nursery

Last summer one of the 13 large tortoises in the garden laid her eggs.

Gazette article 28 February 1958

 

 

Torrington school’s sundial

Fashioned by Headmaster

Clocks and watches at Barley Grove Primary School, Torrington, are neglected for the children have a much more interesting way of finding out what time it is – they just go out into the playground and look up at the front porch of the school building.

14 February 1958 Torrington schools sundial

Attached to the top of the porch-way is a sundial made and inscribed by the school’s headmaster, Mr J.W. Hicks seen with some of the pupils in the above picture.

This is the wording on the sundial ‘I am a clock that never ticks. Fashioned by J.W. Hicks For the Blue Coat School at Torrington, Devon in 1957.’

Gazette article 14 February 1958

 

Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

Productive Friesian cow

This Friesian cow, Turmog Pyramid IV owned by Mr F. Peter Martin of Furlong, Littleham, topped the 70 tons mark of milk yielded in her 14½ years. For those who cannot imagine milk in tons, this cow has given 15,193 gallons or enough milk to fill 121,544 pint bottles.

14 February 1958 Littleham cow tops 70 tons

Gazette article 14 February 1958

 

 

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