• 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 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

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

  • 3 Six footed lamb

  • 4 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 5 No laughing matter

  • 6 They are parted pro-tem

  • 7 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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    First prize
  • 9 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 10 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 11 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 12 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 13 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 14 Picking the pops

  • 15 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 16 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 17 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 18

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 19 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 20 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 21 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 22 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 23 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 24

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 25 New addition to Quay front

  • 26

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 27 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 28 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 29 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 30 The Geneva marionettes

  • 31 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 32 Bideford computer stars

  • 33 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 34 Northam's almshouse

  • 35 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 36 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 37 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 38 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 39 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 40 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 41 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 42

    Relatives all over the world
  • 43 Ships at Bideford

  • 44 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 45 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 46 Traditions and skills still there

  • 47 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 48 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 49

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 50 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 51 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 52 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 53 For crying out loud!

  • 54 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 55 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 56 Picking the pops

  • 57 Capers on the cobbles

  • 58 Twenty-one yachts

  • 59 Some mushroom!

  • 60 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 61 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 62 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 63 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 64 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 65 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 66 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 67 First ship in 8 years

  • 68 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 69 Torrington's new amenity

  • 70 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 71 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 72 Artisans' Club

  • 73 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 74 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 75 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 76 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 77 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 78 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 79 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 80 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 81 Clovelly nightmare

  • 82 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 83

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 84 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 85 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 86 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 87 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 88 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 89 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 90 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 91 Hartland Dancers
  • 92 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 93 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 94 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 95 Mobile missionary

  • 96 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 97 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 98 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 99 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 100 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 101 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 102 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 103 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 105 End of the line

  • 106 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 107 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 108 So this is the mainland!

  • 109 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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    Bidefordians
  • 111 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 112 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 113 Decontrol of meat

  • 114 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 115 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 116 Devil sent packing

  • 117 Cruising down the river

  • 118 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 119 When horses score over the tractor

  • 120

    Married in 1908
  • 121

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 122 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 123 New art gallery opened

  • 124

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 125 Police station view of Bideford

  • 126 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 127 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 129

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 130 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 132

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 133 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 134 Ten year old scrambler

  • 135 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 136 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 137 Bridging the stream

  • 138 Littleham family's five generations

  • 139 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 140 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 141 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 142 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 143 Puppet characters introduced

  • 144 Loads of black and white

  • 145 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 146 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 147 Torrington in 1967

  • 148 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 149

    Was a missionary
  • 150 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 151 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 152 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 153 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 154 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 155 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 156 Circus comes to town

  • 157 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 158 113 years at Instow

  • 159 Can spring be far away?

  • 160 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 162 Burnard family reunion

  • 163 Warmington's garage ad

  • 164 New civic medallions

  • 165 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 166 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 167 Pannier Market's future?

  • 168 Just over a year old

  • 169

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 170 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 171 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 172 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 173 Waldon Triplets
  • 174 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 175 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 176 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 177 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 178 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 179 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 180 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 181 New shipyard on schedule

  • 182 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 183 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 184

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 185 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 186 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 187 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 188 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 189 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 190 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 191 New look in the hayfields

  • 192 New life for Hartland organ

  • 193 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 194 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 195 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 196 Bideford loses training ship

  • 197 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 198 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 199 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 200 Riverside mystery

  • 201 Out of puff!

  • 202 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 203

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 204 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 205 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 206 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 207 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 209 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 210

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 211 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 212 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 213 Recognise this resort?

  • 214

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 215 Service with a smile

  • 216 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 217 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 218 Off on a great adventure

  • 219 New Lundy stamps

  • 220 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 221 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 222 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 223 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 224 A story to tell!

  • 225 School's link with cargo ship

  • 226 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 227 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 228 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 229 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 230 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 231 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 232 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 233

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 234 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 235 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 236 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 237 Sight of a lifetime

  • 238 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 239 In their new robes and hats

  • 240 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 241 Last train from Torrington

  • 242 Jumble sale fever

  • 243 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 244 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 245 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 246 Revenge in style

  • 247 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 248 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 249 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 250 The art of the thatcher

  • 251 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 252 All for the love of a lady!

  • 253 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 254 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 255 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 256 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 257 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 258

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 259 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 260 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 261 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 262 Modern living at Bideford

  • 263 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 264 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

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

  • 267 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 268 Finished in 1876

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 270 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 271 Happy Days!

  • 272 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 273 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 274 A roof-top view - where?

  • 275 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 276 Weare Giffard potato

  • 277 Peter poses for TV film

  • 278 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 279 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 280 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 281 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 282 Variety in summer weather

  • 283 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 284 Hartland's invitation

  • 285 Life begins at 80

  • 286 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 288 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 289 He beat the floods

  • 290 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 292 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 293 Simple Item 138
  • 294 Northam footballers of the future

  • 295 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 296 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 297 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 298 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 299 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 300 It really was the 'last time'

  • 301 Some 240 exhibits

  • 302 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 303 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 304 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 306 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 307 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 308 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 309 Penny for the guy

  • 310 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 311 By pony and trap to market

  • 312 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 313 Bideford regatta

  • 314 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 315 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 316 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 317 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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    New gateway
  • 319 What's the time?

  • 320 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 321 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 322 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 323 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 324 A man and his wheel

  • 325 Centenary of Gazette

  • 326 Parkham plan realised

  • 327 All aboard the ark

  • 328 Torrington children build igloo
  • 329 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 330 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 331

    Exhibition of school work
  • 332 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 333 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 335 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 336 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 337

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 338 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 339

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 340 No sale of Springfield House

  • 341 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 342

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 343 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 344 North Devon Driving School

  • 345 A bird of their own!

  • 346 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 347 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 348

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 349 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 350 Emergency ferry services

  • 351 New Post Office

  • 352 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 353 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 354 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 355 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 356 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 357 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 358 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 359 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 360 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 361

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 362 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 363 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 364 Clovelly custom

  • 365 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 366 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 367 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 368 School crossing patrol begins

  • 369 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Building works
  • 371 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 373

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 374 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 375 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 376 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 377 Appledore's largest

  • 378 Hartland postman retires

  • 379 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 380 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 381 Private home for public pump

  • 382 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 383 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 384

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 385 Dismantling of wireless mast

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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  • 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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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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Huntshaw TV Mast

New TV mast

Five hundred feet high and standing at Huntshaw Cross, which is 677 feet above sea level, this new mast relaying ITV programmes can be seen over a wide area of the Torridge and Taw Valleys.

12 January 1968 Huntshaw TV mast

Use of this new slender landmark will remove black sports in North Devon where neither the Caradon Hill nor the Stockland Hill transmitters relaying the Westward programmes are receivable at good strength.

Gazette article 12 January 1968

 

 

Emergency ferry services

Ferry services quickly improvised

Amphibious vehicle ferry services were quickly improvised by the RCT Army unit at Fremington when Bideford bridge became unusable. Except for a period immediately before and after high tide, this involved vehicles and passengers negotiating extensive stretches of very clinging mud, particularly at the East-the-Water slipway near the school, where the photograph was taken.

19 January 1968 Emergency ferry services

A temporary jetty was therefore built out from the former goods station yard over the mud to the firmer sand and enabled crossings to be made at any state of the tide. On the west side landing and departure were at the steps opposite Bridgeland Street.

Gazette article 19 January 1968

 

Happy days!

Children enjoying new play field

A group of youngsters sampling the joys of the new play field and equipment at the former Old Town Cemetery, Bideford, pose on the climbing frame for the photographer.

7 April 1961 Happy Days

The opening of the play field in time for the Easter holidays has been welcomed by parents of young children living in the vicinity which is a long way across busy roads from other open spaces.

Gazette article 7 April 1961

 

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