• 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 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 2 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 4 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 6 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 7 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 8 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 10 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 11 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 12 Pannier Market's future?

  • 13 The art of the thatcher

  • 14 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 15 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 16 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 17 Capers on the cobbles

  • 18 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 19 Simple Item 138
  • 20 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 21 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 22 Clovelly custom

  • 23 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 24 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 26 From Bobby to Brian

  • 27 Weare Giffard potato

  • 28 113 years at Instow

  • 29 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 30 Appledore's largest

  • 31 Torrington's new amenity

  • 32 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 33 Burnard family reunion

  • 34 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 35 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 36 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 37 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 38 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 39

    New gateway
  • 40 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 41 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 42 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 43 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 44 New look in the hayfields

  • 45

    First prize
  • 46 Finished in 1876

  • 47 Sight of a lifetime

  • 48 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 49 Centenary of Gazette

  • 50

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 51

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 52 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 53 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 54 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 55 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 56 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 57 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 58 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 59 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 60 Littleham family's five generations

  • 61 Hartland postman retires

  • 62 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 63 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 64 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 65 Ten year old scrambler

  • 66 By pony and trap to market

  • 67 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 68 A roof-top view - where?

  • 69 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 70 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 71 New Post Office

  • 72 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 73 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 74 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 75 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 76 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 77 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 78 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 79 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 81 Recognise this resort?

  • 82 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 83 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 84 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 85 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 86 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 87 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 88 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 89 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 90 All for the love of a lady!

  • 91 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 92

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 93 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 94

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 95 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 97 Waldon Triplets
  • 98

    Married in 1908
  • 99 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 100 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 101 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 102 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 104 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 105 New addition to Quay front

  • 106 New civic medallions

  • 107 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 108 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 109 Last train from Torrington

  • 110 Some mushroom!

  • 111 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 112 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 113 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 114 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 115

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 116 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 117 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 118 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 119 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 120 New choral society's growing response

  • 121 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 122 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 123

    Building works
  • 124 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 125 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 126 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 127

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 128 Service with a smile

  • 129 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 130 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 131 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 132 They are parted pro-tem

  • 133 Clovelly nightmare

  • 134 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 135 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 136 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 137 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 138

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 139 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 140 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 141 Cruising down the river

  • 142 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 143 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 145 In their new robes and hats

  • 146 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 147 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 148

    Relatives all over the world
  • 149 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 150 Devil sent packing

  • 151 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 152 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 153 He beat the floods

  • 154

    Was a missionary
  • 155 A man and his wheel

  • 156 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 157 Revenge in style

  • 158 Police station view of Bideford

  • 159 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 160 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 161 North Devon Driving School

  • 162 Circus comes to town

  • 163 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 164 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 165 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 166 Hartland Dancers
  • 167 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 168 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 169 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 170 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 171 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 172 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 173 No laughing matter

  • 174 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 175 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 176

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 177 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 178 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 179 It really was the 'last time'

  • 180

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 181 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 182 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 183 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 184 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 185 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 186 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 187 When horses score over the tractor

  • 188 No sale of Springfield House

  • 189 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 190 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 191 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 192 New shipyard on schedule

  • 193 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 194 School crossing patrol begins

  • 195 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 196 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 197

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 198 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 199 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 200

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 201

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 202 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 203 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 204

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 205 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 206 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 207 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 208 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 209 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 210 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 211 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 212 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 213 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 214 Picking the pops

  • 215 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 216 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 217 Emergency ferry services

  • 218 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 219 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 220 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 221

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 222 Northam's almshouse

  • 223 Bideford computer stars

  • 224 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 226 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 227 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 228 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 229 School's link with cargo ship

  • 230 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 231

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 232 Filming at Hartland

  • 233 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 234 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 235 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 236 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 238 A story to tell!

  • 239 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 240 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 242 Northam footballers of the future

  • 243 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 244 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 245 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 246

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 247 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 248 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 249 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 250

    Exhibition of school work
  • 251

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 252 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 253 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 254 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 255 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 256 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 257 Jumble sale fever

  • 258 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 259 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 260 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 261 Torrington in 1967

  • 262 Happy Days!

  • 263 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 264 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 265 Loads of black and white

  • 266 Decontrol of meat

  • 267 Artisans' Club

  • 268 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 269 New art gallery opened

  • 270 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 271 Just over a year old

  • 272 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 273 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 274 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 275 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 277 Mobile missionary

  • 278 Ships at Bideford

  • 279 Modern living at Bideford

  • 280 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 282 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 283 What's the time?

  • 284 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 286 The Geneva marionettes

  • 287 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 288 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 289 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 290 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 291 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 292 Bideford regatta

  • 293 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 294 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 295 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 296 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 297 Parkham plan realised

  • 298 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 299 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 300 Variety in summer weather

  • 301 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 302 A bird of their own!

  • 303 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 304 Private home for public pump

  • 305 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 306 Picking the pops

  • 307 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 308 All aboard the ark

  • 309 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 310 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 311 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 312 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 313 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 314 End of the line

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 316 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 317 Hartland's invitation

  • 318 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 319 Off on a great adventure

  • 320 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 321 The cab at the corner>
  • 322 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 323 Puppet characters introduced

  • 324 Six footed lamb

  • 325 Peter poses for TV film

  • 326 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 327 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 329 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 330 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 331 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 332 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 333 New life for Hartland organ

  • 334 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 335 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 336 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 337 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 338 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 339 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 340 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 341 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 342 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 343 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 344 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 345 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 346 Traditions and skills still there

  • 347 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 348 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 349 Warmington's garage ad

  • 350 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 351 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 352 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 353 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 354 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 355 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 356 New Lundy stamps

  • 357 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 358

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 359 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 360 Twenty-one yachts

  • 361 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 362 For crying out loud!

  • 363 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 364

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 365 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 366 Torrington children build igloo
  • 367

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 368 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 369 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 370 Riverside mystery

  • 371 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 372

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 373 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 374 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 375 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 376 Out of puff!

  • 377 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 378 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 379 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 380 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 381 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 382 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 383 Sweets derationing

  • 384

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 385 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 386 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 387 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 388 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 389 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 390 Life begins at 80

  • 391 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 392 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 393 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 394 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 395

    Bidefordians
  • 396 Bideford loses training ship

  • 397 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 398 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 400 Penny for the guy

  • 401 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 402 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 403 Some 240 exhibits

  • 404 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 405 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 406 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 407 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 408 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 409 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 410 Bridging the stream

  • 411 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 412 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 413 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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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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

 

It really was the last ‘time’!

Last call at Taddiport

On Tuesday night ‘Time, gentlemen, please,’ the call that has rung through the Buckingham Arms at Taddiport for considerably more than 100 years, was heard for the last time.

21 June 1968 It really was the last time

Owners of the inn, Whitbreads, have sold it and the licence is to be surrendered. But the purchaser is no stranger. He is Mr Jim Horrell, landlord of the Buckingham Arms for the past 12 years. The pub will be the farmhouse for the smallholding on which it is situated.

Gazette article 21 June 1968

 

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