• 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 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 2 In their new robes and hats

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    Married in 1908
  • 4 Burnard family reunion

  • 5 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 6 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 7 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 8 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 9 Cruising down the river

  • 10 Picking the pops

  • 11 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 12 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 13 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 14 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 15 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 17 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 18 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 19 Torrington children build igloo
  • 20 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 21 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 22 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 23 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 24 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 25 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 26 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 27 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 28 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 29 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 30 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 31 New Lundy stamps

  • 32 When horses score over the tractor

  • 33 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 34 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 35 Picking the pops

  • 36 School's link with cargo ship

  • 37 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 38 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 39 Loads of black and white

  • 40 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 41 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 42 Bridging the stream

  • 43 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 44 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 45 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 46 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 47 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 48 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 49 Littleham family's five generations

  • 50 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 51 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 52 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 53 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 54 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 55

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 56 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 57 New Post Office

  • 58 Warmington's garage ad

  • 59

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 60 All for the love of a lady!

  • 61 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 62 Revenge in style

  • 63

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 64 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 65 Bideford computer stars

  • 66 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 67 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 68 Finished in 1876

  • 69 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 70 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 71 Modern living at Bideford

  • 72 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 73 He beat the floods

  • 74 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 75 Puppet characters introduced

  • 76 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 77 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 78

    Exhibition of school work
  • 79 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 80 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 81 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 82 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 83 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 84 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 85 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 86

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 87 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 88 Jumble sale fever

  • 89 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 91 Some 240 exhibits

  • 92 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 93 A roof-top view - where?

  • 94 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 95 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 97

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 98 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 99 Hartland postman retires

  • 100 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 101 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 102 Appledore's largest

  • 103 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 104 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 105 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 106 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 107 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 108

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 109 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 110 Northam's almshouse

  • 111 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 112 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 113 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 114 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 115 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 116 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 117 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 118 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 119 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 120 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 121 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 122 Parkham plan realised

  • 123 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 124 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 125 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 126 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 127 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 128 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 129 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 130 Simple Item 138
  • 131 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 132 Can spring be far away?

  • 133 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 134 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 135 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 136 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 137 Some mushroom!

  • 138 Life begins at 80

  • 139 New civic medallions

  • 140 Waldon Triplets
  • 141 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 142 Penny for the guy

  • 143 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 144 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 145 By pony and trap to market

  • 146 Emergency ferry services

  • 147

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 148 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 149 New addition to Quay front

  • 150 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 151 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 152 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 153 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 154 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 155 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 156 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 157 The Geneva marionettes

  • 158 Pannier Market's future?

  • 159 New art gallery opened

  • 160 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 161 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 162 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 163 Police station view of Bideford

  • 164 New life for Hartland organ

  • 165 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 166 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 167 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 168 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 169 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 170 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 171 Ships at Bideford

  • 172 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 173 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 174 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 175 A story to tell!

  • 176 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 177 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 178 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 179

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 180 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 181 Artisans' Club

  • 182 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 183

    Relatives all over the world
  • 184 North Devon Driving School

  • 185 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 186 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 187 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 189 Sight of a lifetime

  • 190 End of the line

  • 191 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 192 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 193 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 194 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 195

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 196 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 197 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 198 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 199 Bideford regatta

  • 200 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 201 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 202 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 203 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 204 113 years at Instow

  • 205 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 206 Private home for public pump

  • 207 Riverside mystery

  • 208 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 209 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 210 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 211 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 212 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 213 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 214 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 215 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 216 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 217 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 218 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 220

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 221 So this is the mainland!

  • 222

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 223 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 224

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 225 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 226 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 227 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 228 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 229 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 230 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 231 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 232 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 233 Six footed lamb

  • 234 No sale of Springfield House

  • 235 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 236 From Bobby to Brian

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

  • 238 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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

  • 240 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 241 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 242 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 243 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 244 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 246 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 247 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 248 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 249 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 250 Circus comes to town

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

  • 252 For crying out loud!

  • 253 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 254

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 255 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 256 Sweets derationing

  • 257 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 259 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 260 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 261

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 262 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 263 Recognise this resort?

  • 264 Off on a great adventure

  • 265 Traditions and skills still there

  • 266 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 267

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 268 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 269 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 270 Bideford loses training ship

  • 271 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 272 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 273 Decontrol of meat

  • 274 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 276 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 277 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 278 Happy Days!

  • 279 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 280 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 281 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 282 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 283 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 284 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 285

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 286 Centenary of Gazette

  • 287 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 289 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 290 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 291 Torrington's new amenity

  • 292 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 293 Clovelly custom

  • 294 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 295 The art of the thatcher

  • 296 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 297 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 298 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 299 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 300 Clovelly nightmare

  • 301 Mobile missionary

  • 302

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 303 A bird of their own!

  • 304 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 305 Out of puff!

  • 306 Peter poses for TV film

  • 307 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 308 Capers on the cobbles

  • 309 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 310 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 311 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 312 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 313 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 314 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 315 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 316 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 317 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 318 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 319 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 320 Devil sent packing

  • 321 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 322 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 323 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 324 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 326 School crossing patrol begins

  • 327 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 328 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 329 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 330 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 331 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 332 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 333 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 334 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 335 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 336 A man and his wheel

  • 337

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 338 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 339 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 340 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 341 First ship in 8 years

  • 342 Last train from Torrington

  • 343

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 344 Hartland's invitation

  • 345 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 346 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 347 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 348 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 349 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 350 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 351 Ten year old scrambler

  • 352 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 353 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 354 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 355 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 356 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 357 Torrington in 1967

  • 358 Variety in summer weather

  • 359 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 360 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

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

  • 362 What's the time?

  • 363 Filming at Hartland

  • 364 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 365 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 366 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 367 Northam footballers of the future

  • 368 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 369 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 370 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 371

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 372

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 373 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 374 Weare Giffard potato

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 376 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 377 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 378 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 379 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 380 New shipyard on schedule

  • 381 Torridge wins on time schedule

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    Building works
  • 383 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 384 Twenty-one yachts

  • 385 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 386 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 387 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 388 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 389 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 390 Just over a year old

  • 391 No laughing matter

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    New gateway
  • 393 New look in the hayfields

  • 394 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 395

    First prize
  • 396 The cab at the corner>
  • 397 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 398 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 399

    Was a missionary
  • 400 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 401 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 402 It really was the 'last time'

  • 403 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 404

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 405 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 406 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 407 Service with a smile

  • 408 Hartland Dancers
  • 409 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 410 All aboard the ark

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 412 They are parted pro-tem

  • 413

    Bidefordians
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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  • 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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  • 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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Holiday scene near Sandymere

Favourite spot on Northam Burrows

Beside the ridge beside the sea, a holiday scene on Northam Burrows near Sandymere, a favourite spot for picnics of visitors and local folk alike.

26 August 1960 Holiday scene near Sandymere

Gazette article 26 August 1960

 

Life begins at eighty

Appearing on TV programme

Photographed after taking part in recording T.W.W.’s ‘Life begins at eighty’ at the Queen’s Hall, Barnstaple are (left to right):

3 June 1960 Life begins at eighty

Mr Bryan Michie, the compere, Mrs L. Hearn of North Street, Northam aged 87; Mrs Belle Taylor (guest singer) of Rock Cottage, the Quay, Appledore aged 81; and Mr William Eastman of Avon Road, Bideford also aged 81.

Gazette article 3 June 1960

 

 

Designed and made in Bideford

Work for London church named after Devon saint

An artist and a blacksmith, near neighbours in Bideford are playing a part in the rebuilding of a church in Whitechapel, London, dedicated to a Devon saint, St Boniface. The church was completely demolished during the war by a bomb dropped during the blitz.

The artist is Mr Reginald Lloyd of the Strand and the blacksmith Mr Peter Harding of North Road.

20 May 1960 Designed and made in Bideford

Mr Lloyd was invited to design the 36-foot long Communion rails, an oratory screen and pulpit carvings. The pulpit will be of pre-cast concrete with slate panels, carved by Mr Lloyd in his Bideford studio. The Communion rails are being made by Mr Harding.

Gazette article 20 May 1960

 

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