• 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 firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 2 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 3 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 4 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 5 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 6 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 7 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 8 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 9 Hartland postman retires

  • 10 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 11 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 12 Finished in 1876

  • 13 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 14 Torrington in 1967

  • 15

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 16 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 17 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 18 Picking the pops

  • 19 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 20 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 21 End of the line

  • 22

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 23 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 24 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 25 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 26

    Exhibition of school work
  • 27 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 28 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 29 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 30 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 31 In their new robes and hats

  • 32 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 33 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 34 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 35 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 36 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 37 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 38 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 39 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 40 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 41 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 42 Centenary of Gazette

  • 43 Mobile missionary

  • 44 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 45 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 46 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 48 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 49 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 50 He beat the floods

  • 51 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 52

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 53 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

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

  • 55 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 56 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 57

    First prize
  • 58 Off on a great adventure

  • 59

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

  • 61 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 62 Warmington's garage ad

  • 63 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 64 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 65 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 66 Torrington's new amenity

  • 67 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 68 Hartland's invitation

  • 69 Variety in summer weather

  • 70 113 years at Instow

  • 71 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 72 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 73 For crying out loud!

  • 74 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 75 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 77 First ship in 8 years

  • 78 School crossing patrol begins

  • 79 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 80 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 81 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 82 A roof-top view - where?

  • 83 Modern living at Bideford

  • 84 Puppet characters introduced

  • 85 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 86 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 87 Picking the pops

  • 88 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 89 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 90 New Lundy stamps

  • 91 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 92 Police station view of Bideford

  • 93 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 94

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 95 Bridging the stream

  • 96 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 97 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 98 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 99 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 100 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 101 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 103 Jumble sale fever

  • 104 Happy Days!

  • 105 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 106 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 107 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 108 The art of the thatcher

  • 109 Sight of a lifetime

  • 110 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 111 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 112 Out of puff!

  • 113 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 114 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 115 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 116 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 117 Bideford loses training ship

  • 118 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 119

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 120 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 121 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 122

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 123 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 124 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 125 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 126 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 127 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 128 New look in the hayfields

  • 129 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 130 No sale of Springfield House

  • 131 Some mushroom!

  • 132 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 133

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 134 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 135 Traditions and skills still there

  • 136 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 137 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 138 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 139 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 140 Waldon Triplets
  • 141

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 142 Six footed lamb

  • 143 Simple Item 138
  • 144

    Married in 1908
  • 145 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 146 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 147 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 148 Riverside mystery

  • 149 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 150 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 151 Clovelly custom

  • 152 Loads of black and white

  • 153 Circus comes to town

  • 154 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 155 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 156 A man and his wheel

  • 157 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 158 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 159 Appledore's largest

  • 160 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 161 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 162 Hartland Dancers
  • 163 Twenty-one yachts

  • 164 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 165 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 166 Last train from Torrington

  • 167

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 168 Bideford computer stars

  • 169 All aboard the ark

  • 170 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 171

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 172 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 173 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 174 Northam's almshouse

  • 175 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 176 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 177 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 178 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 180 When horses score over the tractor

  • 181 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 182 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 183 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 184 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 185 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 186 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 187 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 188 New addition to Quay front

  • 189 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 190

    Bidefordians
  • 191 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 192 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 193 The Geneva marionettes

  • 194 Peter poses for TV film

  • 195 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 196 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 197

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 198 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 199 Ships at Bideford

  • 200

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 201 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 202 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 203 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 204 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 205 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 206 All for the love of a lady!

  • 207 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 208 Can spring be far away?

  • 209 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 210 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 211 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 212 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 213 Devil sent packing

  • 214 New choral society's growing response

  • 215 What's the time?

  • 216 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 217 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 218 Pannier Market's future?

  • 219 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 220 No laughing matter

  • 221 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 222 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 223 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 224 North Devon Driving School

  • 225 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 226 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 227

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 228 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 229 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 230 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 231 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 232 Private home for public pump

  • 233 Service with a smile

  • 234 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 235 New life for Hartland organ

  • 236 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 237 By pony and trap to market

  • 238 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 239 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 240 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 241

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 242 They are parted pro-tem

  • 243 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 244 Weare Giffard potato

  • 245 Bideford regatta

  • 246 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 247 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 248

    Was a missionary
  • 249 New civic medallions

  • 250 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 251 School's link with cargo ship

  • 252 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 253 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 254 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 255 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 256 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 257 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 258

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 259 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 260 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 261 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 262 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 263 Parkham plan realised

  • 264 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 265 Some 240 exhibits

  • 266 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 267 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 268 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 269 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 270 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 272

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 273 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 274 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 275 Recognise this resort?

  • 276 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 277 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 278 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 279 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 280 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 281 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 282 New art gallery opened

  • 283 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 284 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 285

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 286 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 287 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 288 Littleham family's five generations

  • 289 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 290 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 291 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 292 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 293 Revenge in style

  • 294 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 295 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 296 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 297 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 298 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 299 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 300 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 301 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 302 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 303 Northam footballers of the future

  • 304

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 305 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 306 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 308 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 309

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 310 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 311 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 312 New Post Office

  • 313 Artisans' Club

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

  • 315 Clovelly nightmare

  • 316

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 317 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 318

    Relatives all over the world
  • 319 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 320 So this is the mainland!

  • 321 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 322 Ten year old scrambler

  • 323 It really was the 'last time'

  • 324 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 325 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 326 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 327 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 328 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 329 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 330 Penny for the guy

  • 331 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 332 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 333

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 334 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 335 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 336 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 337 Decontrol of meat

  • 338 New shipyard on schedule

  • 339 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 340 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 341 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 342 Torrington children build igloo
  • 343 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 344 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 346 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 347 A story to tell!

  • 348

    Building works
  • 349 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 351 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 352 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 353 Just over a year old

  • 354 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 356 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 357 Burnard family reunion

  • 358 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 359 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 360 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 361 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 362 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 363 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 364 Cruising down the river

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    New gateway
  • 366 Life begins at 80

  • 367

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 368 A bird of their own!

  • 369 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 370 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 371 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 372 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 373 Capers on the cobbles

  • 374

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 375 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 376 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 377 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 378 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 379 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 380 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 381 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 383 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 384 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 385 Clovelly donkey film star

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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  • 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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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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Landmark at Bradworthy

Vicar in the stocks

10 February 1967 Landmark at Bradworthy

Children’s fun with the old stocks at Bradworthy when the Vicar, (Rev. H.T. Lingham Lees), seen adjusting the stocks, sat in the porch for 19 hours to receive donations towards the Parish Church Tower Appeal Fund.

Gazette article 10 February 1967

 

Ten year old scrambler

Learning about motorcycle scrambling

Anthony Raymont of 32 Clifton Street Bideford, although only 10, is learning about motorcycle scrambling and with his 70 cc. machine he can hold his own with his older fellow enthusiasts.

10 February 1967 Ten year old scrambler

At present he is much too young for serious competition but at every opportunity he can be seen practising in a field behind his home. On some of his practice runs Anthony meets his father and other local enthusiasts who included 14-year-old Roger Tuck of West View Terrace, second from the left. Other riders above are Terry Osborne and Tony Screech.

Gazette article 10 February 1967

 

To build racing cars in former blacksmith’s shop

Bideford's newest industry

Bideford’s newest industry began operations this week in a former blacksmith’s shop. The firm was formed almost three years ago in High Wycombe to manufacture space frames for racing cars.

27 January 1967 To build racing cars in former blacksmiths shop

Director Mr K.J. Nicholls told the Gazette that a space frame is the chassis of the modern racing car. Seen in the picture with Mr Nicholls is a new project – the company’s own sports racing two seater called the ‘Nike’. This has had extensive testing, but without its fibre glass body. So far only the moulds for this have been made.

Gazette article 27 January 1967

 

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