• 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 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 2 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 3 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 4 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 5 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 6 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 7 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 8 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 9 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 10 New life for Hartland organ

  • 11

    Married in 1908
  • 12 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 13

    First prize
  • 14 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 15 Riverside mystery

  • 16 A man and his wheel

  • 17 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 18 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 19 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 20 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 21 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 23 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 24 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 25 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 26 Happy Days!

  • 27 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 28 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 29 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 30 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 31 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 32 Clovelly custom

  • 33 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 34 No laughing matter

  • 35 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 36 Picking the pops

  • 37 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 38 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 39 New Lundy stamps

  • 40 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 41 Torrington's new amenity

  • 42 Circus comes to town

  • 43

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 44 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 45 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 46 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 47 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 48 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 49 Twenty-one yachts

  • 50 Bridging the stream

  • 51 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 52 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 53

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 54 Decontrol of meat

  • 55 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 56 Six footed lamb

  • 57 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 58 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 59 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 60 Emergency ferry services

  • 61

    New gateway
  • 62 Waldon Triplets
  • 63 Northam footballers of the future

  • 64 End of the line

  • 65 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 66 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 67 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 68

    Building works
  • 69 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 70 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 71 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 72 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 73 Ten year old scrambler

  • 74 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 75 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 76 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 77 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 78 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 79 The art of the thatcher

  • 80 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 81 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 82 Hartland's invitation

  • 83 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 84 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 85 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 86 Cruising down the river

  • 87 New choral society's growing response

  • 88 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 89 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 90 School's link with cargo ship

  • 91

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 92 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 93 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 94 New art gallery opened

  • 95

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 96 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 97 Bideford computer stars

  • 98 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 99 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 100 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 101 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 102 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 103 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 104 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 105 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 107 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 108 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 109

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 110 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 111 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 112 It really was the 'last time'

  • 113 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 114 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 115 Warmington's garage ad

  • 116 Northam's almshouse

  • 117 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 118 Capers on the cobbles

  • 119 What's the time?

  • 120 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 121 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 122 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 123 Jumble sale fever

  • 124 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 125 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 126 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 127 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 128 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 129 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 130 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 131 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 133 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 134 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 135 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 136 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 137 Torrington in 1967

  • 138 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 139 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 140 For crying out loud!

  • 141 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 142 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 143 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 144 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 145 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 146 Weare Giffard potato

  • 147 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 148 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 149 Finished in 1876

  • 150 Mobile missionary

  • 151 They are parted pro-tem

  • 152

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 153 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 154

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 155 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 156 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 157 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 158 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 159 Pannier Market's future?

  • 160 Variety in summer weather

  • 161

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

  • 163 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 164 Out of puff!

  • 165 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 166 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 167

    Was a missionary
  • 168 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 169 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 170 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 172 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 173 Police station view of Bideford

  • 174 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 176

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 177 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 178 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 179 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 180 New addition to Quay front

  • 181 New shipyard on schedule

  • 182 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 183 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 184 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 185 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 186 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 187 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 188 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 189 Puppet characters introduced

  • 190 Torrington children build igloo
  • 191 A story to tell!

  • 192 Service with a smile

  • 193

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 194 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 195 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 196 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 197 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 198 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 199 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 200 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 201 So this is the mainland!

  • 202 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 203 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 204 Private home for public pump

  • 205 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 206 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 207 Revenge in style

  • 208

    Exhibition of school work
  • 209 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 210

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 211 Parkham plan realised

  • 212 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 213 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 214

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 215 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 216 Simple Item 138
  • 217

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 218 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 219 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 220 School crossing patrol begins

  • 221

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 222 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 223 A roof-top view - where?

  • 224 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 225 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 226

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 227 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 228 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 229 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 230 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 231 Modern living at Bideford

  • 232 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 233 First ship in 8 years

  • 234 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 235 Picking the pops

  • 236 He beat the floods

  • 237 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 238 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 239 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 240 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 241 Penny for the guy

  • 242 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 243 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 244 Centenary of Gazette

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 246 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 247 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 248 Peter poses for TV film

  • 249 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 250 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 251 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 252 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 253 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 254 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 255 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 256

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 257 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 258

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 259 Just over a year old

  • 260 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 261 A bird of their own!

  • 262 All aboard the ark

  • 263 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 264 113 years at Instow

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

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

  • 267 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 268 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 269

    Bidefordians
  • 270 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 271 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 272 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 273 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 274 In their new robes and hats

  • 275 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 276 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 277 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 278 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 280 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 281 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 282 Artisans' Club

  • 283 Off on a great adventure

  • 284 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 286 Some mushroom!

  • 287

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 288 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 289 Clovelly nightmare

  • 290 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 291 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 292 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 293 Can spring be far away?

  • 294 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 295 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 296 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 297 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 298 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 299

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 300 No sale of Springfield House

  • 301 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 302 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 303 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 304 Burnard family reunion

  • 305 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 306 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 307 The Geneva marionettes

  • 308 Recognise this resort?

  • 309 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 310 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 311 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 312 Bideford regatta

  • 313 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 314 Life begins at 80

  • 315 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 316

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 317 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 318 Appledore's largest

  • 319 All for the love of a lady!

  • 320 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 321 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 322 Traditions and skills still there

  • 323 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 324 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 325 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 327 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 328 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 329 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 330

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 331 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 332 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 333 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 334 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 335 By pony and trap to market

  • 336 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 337 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 338

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 339 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 340 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 341 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 342 Loads of black and white

  • 343 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 344 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 345

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 346 When horses score over the tractor

  • 347 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 348 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 349 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 350 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 351 Devil sent packing

  • 352 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 353 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 354 Some 240 exhibits

  • 355 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 356 New look in the hayfields

  • 357 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 358 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 359 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 360 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 361 New Post Office

  • 362 Littleham family's five generations

  • 363 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 364 Hartland Dancers
  • 365 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 366 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 367 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 368

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 369 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 370

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 371 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 372 Sight of a lifetime

  • 373 Ships at Bideford

  • 374 Last train from Torrington

  • 375 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 376 New civic medallions

  • 377 North Devon Driving School

  • 378 Hartland postman retires

  • 379 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 380 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 381 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 382 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 383 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 384 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 385 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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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  • 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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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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The end of the line

The end of Bideford railway station

Demolition is in full swing, which must be a blow to those who have harboured a hope that a passenger rail service would again be operated – possibly by local councils.

20 September 1968 End of the line

 

Gazette article 20 September 1968

Traditions and skills still there!

Appledore yacht races

The races for model yachts at Appledore regatta call for considerable craftmanship, skill and ingenuity, spiced by friendly rivalry.

9 August 1968 Traditions and skills still there

Practically all the models are home-made, often incorporating features of special design. The picture illustrates Mr Horace Ford, of Torridge Road, Appledore, and his daughter Janet preparing their entry in the 3 ft. 6 in. class. Mr Ford comes of a well-known local boatbuilding family and not only made this model but also one of the winners in a class for smaller models

Gazette article 9 August 1968

 

Variety in ‘summer’ weather

Variety in weather

It has been quite a week for variety in weather – occasional hot sunshine, exceptionally violent thunderstorms and periods of prolonged heavy rain, hailstones ‘as big as walnuts,’ flooding and hay and other crops damaged.

5 July 1968 Variety in summer weather

The vagaries of this summer so far are reflected in the above photograph taken at the donkey derby staged at Torrington.

Gazette article 5 July 1968

 

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