• 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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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 2 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 3 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 4 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 6 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 7 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 8 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 9 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 10 New art gallery opened

  • 11 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 12

    Married in 1908
  • 13 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 14 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 15 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 16 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 17 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 18 Some 240 exhibits

  • 19 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 20 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 21 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 22 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 23 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 24

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 25 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 26 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 27 Warmington's garage ad

  • 28 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 29 Revenge in style

  • 30 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 31 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 32 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 33 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 34 Last train from Torrington

  • 35 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 36 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 37 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 38 North Devon Driving School

  • 39 Parkham plan realised

  • 40 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 41 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 42 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 43 Clovelly custom

  • 44 New addition to Quay front

  • 45 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 46 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 47 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 48 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 49 The cab at the corner>
  • 50 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 51 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 52 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 53 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 54 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 55 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

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

  • 57 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 58 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 59 New life for Hartland organ

  • 60 End of the line

  • 61 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 62 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 63 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 64 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 65

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 66 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 67 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 68

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 69 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 70 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 71 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 73 Hartland Dancers
  • 74 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 75 What's the time?

  • 76

    Was a missionary
  • 77 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 78 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 79 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 80 New Post Office

  • 81 Northam footballers of the future

  • 82 Picking the pops

  • 83 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 84 Six footed lamb

  • 85

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 86 By pony and trap to market

  • 87 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 88 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 89 The Geneva marionettes

  • 90

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 91 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 92 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 93 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 95 Mobile missionary

  • 96 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 97 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 98

    Exhibition of school work
  • 99 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 100 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 101 Modern living at Bideford

  • 102 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 103 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 104 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 105 Off on a great adventure

  • 106 Emergency ferry services

  • 107 Sight of a lifetime

  • 108 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 109 Penny for the guy

  • 110 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

  • 112 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 113 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 114 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 115 Torrington in 1967

  • 116 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 117 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 118 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 119 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 120 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 122 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 123 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 124 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 125 Twenty-one yachts

  • 126 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 127 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 128 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 129 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 130 Ships at Bideford

  • 131 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 132 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 133 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 134 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 136 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 137 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 138 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 139 Northam's almshouse

  • 140 Capers on the cobbles

  • 141 Just over a year old

  • 142 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 143 In their new robes and hats

  • 144 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 145 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 146 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 147 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 148 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 149 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 150 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 151 Devil sent packing

  • 152 Hartland's invitation

  • 153 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 154

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 155 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 156 Finished in 1876

  • 157 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 158 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 159 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 160 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 161

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 162

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 163 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 164 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 165 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 166 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 167 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 168 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 169 All for the love of a lady!

  • 170 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 171 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 172 Loads of black and white

  • 173 New look in the hayfields

  • 174 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 175 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 176 No laughing matter

  • 177 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 179 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 180 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 182 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 183 Bridging the stream

  • 184 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 185 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 186 They are parted pro-tem

  • 187 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 188 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 189 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 190 Littleham family's five generations

  • 191 Jumble sale fever

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    New gateway
  • 193 Weare Giffard potato

  • 194 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 195 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 196 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 197 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 198 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 199 Appledore's largest

  • 200 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 201 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 202 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 204 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 205 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 206 Hartland postman retires

  • 207 Clovelly nightmare

  • 208 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 209 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 210 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 211 Torrington children build igloo
  • 212 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 213 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 214 Artisans' Club

  • 215

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 216 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 217 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 218 Cruising down the river

  • 219 So this is the mainland!

  • 220 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 221 First ship in 8 years

  • 222 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 223 Filming at Hartland

  • 224 Riverside mystery

  • 225 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 226 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 227 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 228 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 229 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 230 All aboard the ark

  • 231 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 232 Can spring be far away?

  • 233 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 234

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 235 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 236 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 237 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 238 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 239 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 240 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 241 Out of puff!

  • 242 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 243 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 244

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 245 From Bobby to Brian

  • 246 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 247 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 248 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 249 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 250 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 251 No sale of Springfield House

  • 252 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 253

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 254 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 255 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 256 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 257 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 258 A bird of their own!

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

  • 260 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 261 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 262 Some mushroom!

  • 263

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 264 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 265 Happy Days!

  • 266 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 267 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 268 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 269 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 270 Puppet characters introduced

  • 271 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 272 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 273 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 274 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 275 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 276 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 277 Bideford computer stars

  • 278 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 279 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 280 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 281

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 282 Centenary of Gazette

  • 283 Bideford regatta

  • 284 New civic medallions

  • 285 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 286 For crying out loud!

  • 287 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 288 Recognise this resort?

  • 289

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 290 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 291 113 years at Instow

  • 292 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 293 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 294 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 295 Bideford loses training ship

  • 296 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 297 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 298 Simple Item 138
  • 299 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 300 Circus comes to town

  • 301 It really was the 'last time'

  • 302 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 303 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 304 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 305 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 306 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 307

    Relatives all over the world
  • 308 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 309 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 310 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 311 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 312 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 313 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 314 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 315 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 316 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 317 A story to tell!

  • 318 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 319 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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    Building works
  • 321 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 322 He beat the floods

  • 323 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 324 Sweets derationing

  • 325 Service with a smile

  • 326

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 327 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 328 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 329 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 330

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 331 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 332 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 333 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 334 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 335 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 336 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 337 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 338 Picking the pops

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

  • 340 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 341 New shipyard on schedule

  • 342 A man and his wheel

  • 343 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 344 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 345 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 346 The art of the thatcher

  • 347 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 348 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 350 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 351 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 352

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 353 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 354 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 355 Waldon Triplets
  • 356 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 357 Burnard family reunion

  • 358 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 359 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 361 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 362 Decontrol of meat

  • 363 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 364 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 365 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 366 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 367 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 368 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 369 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 370

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 371 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 372 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 373 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 374 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 375 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 376 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 377 Private home for public pump

  • 378 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 379 Police station view of Bideford

  • 380 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 381 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    First prize
  • 383 New Lundy stamps

  • 384 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 385 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 386 When horses score over the tractor

  • 387 Ten year old scrambler

  • 388 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 389

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 390 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 391 Traditions and skills still there

  • 392 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 393

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 394

    Bidefordians
  • 395 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 396 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 397 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 398 Peter poses for TV film

  • 399 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 400 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 401 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 402

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 403 Variety in summer weather

  • 404 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 405 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 406 School's link with cargo ship

  • 407 New choral society's growing response

  • 408 Pannier Market's future?

  • 409 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 410 Life begins at 80

  • 411 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 412

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 413 Torrington's new amenity

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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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

 

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

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