• 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 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 3 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 4 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 5 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 6 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 7 Just over a year old

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

  • 9 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 10 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 11 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 12 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 13 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 14 Happy Days!

  • 15 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 16 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 17

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 18 Hartland postman retires

  • 19 New addition to Quay front

  • 20 Life begins at 80

  • 21 Police station view of Bideford

  • 22 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 23 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 24 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 25

    New gateway
  • 26 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 27 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 28

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 29 Clovelly custom

  • 30 Ten year old scrambler

  • 31 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 33 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 34 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 35 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 36 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 37 Emergency ferry services

  • 38

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 39 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 40 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 41 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 42 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 43 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 44 Finished in 1876

  • 45 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 46 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 48

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 49 New Post Office

  • 50 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 51 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 52 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 53 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 55 Six footed lamb

  • 56 New art gallery opened

  • 57 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 58 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 59 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 60 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 61 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 62 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 63 Torrington children build igloo
  • 64 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 65 Service with a smile

  • 66 New shipyard on schedule

  • 67 Centenary of Gazette

  • 68 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 69 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 70 Last train from Torrington

  • 71 New look in the hayfields

  • 72 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 74 Out of puff!

  • 75 It really was the 'last time'

  • 76 Variety in summer weather

  • 77 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 78 Burnard family reunion

  • 79 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 80 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 81 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 82 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 83 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 84 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 85 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 86 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 87 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

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

  • 90 From Bobby to Brian

  • 91 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 92 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 93 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 94 The Geneva marionettes

  • 95 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 96 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 97 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 98 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 99 Parkham plan realised

  • 100 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 101 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 102 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 103 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 104 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 105 Ships at Bideford

  • 106 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 108 Cruising down the river

  • 109 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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

  • 111 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 112 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 113 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 114 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 115 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 116 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 117 Riverside mystery

  • 118

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 119 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 120 School crossing patrol begins

  • 121 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 122 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 123 Appledore's largest

  • 124 In their new robes and hats

  • 125 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 126 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 127 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 128 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 129 Puppet characters introduced

  • 130 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 131 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 132 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 133 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 134 Torrington in 1967

  • 135 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 136

    Relatives all over the world
  • 137 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 138 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 139 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 140 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 141 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 142 For crying out loud!

  • 143 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 144 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 145 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 146 Recognise this resort?

  • 147 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 148 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 149 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 150 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 151 Torrington's new amenity

  • 152 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 153

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 154 Littleham family's five generations

  • 155

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 156 No laughing matter

  • 157 The cab at the corner>
  • 158 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 159 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 160 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 161 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 162 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 163 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 164 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 165 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 166 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 167 Northam's almshouse

  • 168 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 169

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 170 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 171 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 172 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 173

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 174 A roof-top view - where?

  • 175 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 176 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 177 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 178 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 179 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 180 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 181 When horses score over the tractor

  • 182 Decontrol of meat

  • 183 End of the line

  • 184 Sight of a lifetime

  • 185 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 186

    Was a missionary
  • 187 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 188 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 189 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 191 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 192 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 193 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 194

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 195 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 196 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 197 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 198 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 199 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 200

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 201 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 202 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 203 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 204 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 205 Bideford computer stars

  • 206 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 207 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 208 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 209

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 210 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 211 All aboard the ark

  • 212

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 213 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 214 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 215 Filming at Hartland

  • 216 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 217 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 218 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 219 Some 240 exhibits

  • 220 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 221 Jumble sale fever

  • 222 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 223 New civic medallions

  • 224 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 225 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 226 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 227 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 228 Circus comes to town

  • 229 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 230

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 231 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 232 Northam footballers of the future

  • 233 Warmington's garage ad

  • 234 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 235 Bideford loses training ship

  • 236 113 years at Instow

  • 237 Sweets derationing

  • 238 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 239 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 240 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 241

    Bidefordians
  • 242 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 243 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 244 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 245 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 246 Hartland Dancers
  • 247 By pony and trap to market

  • 248 No sale of Springfield House

  • 249 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 250

    Exhibition of school work
  • 251 Clovelly nightmare

  • 252 A story to tell!

  • 253 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 254 Peter poses for TV film

  • 255 Modern living at Bideford

  • 256

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 257 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 258

    First prize
  • 259 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 260 New Lundy stamps

  • 261 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 262

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 263 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 264 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 265 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 266 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 267 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 268

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 269 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 270

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 271 Picking the pops

  • 272 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 273 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 274 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 275 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 276 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 277 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 278 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 279 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 280 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 281 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 282 Waldon Triplets
  • 283 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 284 Some mushroom!

  • 285 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 287

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 288

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 289 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 290 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 291 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 292 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 293 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 295 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 296 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 297 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 298 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 299 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 300 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 301 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 302 Traditions and skills still there

  • 303 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 304 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 305 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 306 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 307 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 308 They are parted pro-tem

  • 309 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 310 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 312 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 313 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 314

    Married in 1908
  • 315 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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    Building works
  • 317

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 318 Private home for public pump

  • 319 So this is the mainland!

  • 320 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 321 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 322 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 323 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 324 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 325 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 326 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 327 Picking the pops

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

  • 329 Pannier Market's future?

  • 330 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 331 Weare Giffard potato

  • 332 What's the time?

  • 333 The art of the thatcher

  • 334 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 335 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 336 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 337 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 338 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 339 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 340 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 341 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 342 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 343 New choral society's growing response

  • 344 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 345 Off on a great adventure

  • 346 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 347 Simple Item 138
  • 348 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 349 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 350 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 351 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 352

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 353 Revenge in style

  • 354 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 355 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 356 Mobile missionary

  • 357 Bideford regatta

  • 358 Twenty-one yachts

  • 359 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 360 Can spring be far away?

  • 361 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 362 Bridging the stream

  • 363 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 364 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 365 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 366 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 367 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 368 He beat the floods

  • 369 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 370 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 371 New life for Hartland organ

  • 372 Capers on the cobbles

  • 373 Devil sent packing

  • 374 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 375 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 376 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 377 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 378 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 379 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 380 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 381 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 382 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 383 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 384 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 385 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 386 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 387 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 388 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 389 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 390 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 391 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 392 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 393 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 394 Hartland's invitation

  • 395 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 396 North Devon Driving School

  • 397 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 398 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 399 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 400 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 401 All for the love of a lady!

  • 402 Artisans' Club

  • 403 First ship in 8 years

  • 404 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 405 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 406 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 407 School's link with cargo ship

  • 408 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 409 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 410 Loads of black and white

  • 411 Penny for the guy

  • 412 A bird of their own!

  • 413 A man and his wheel

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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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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