• 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 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 2 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 3 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 4 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 5 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 6

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 7 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 8 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 9 Peter poses for TV film

  • 10 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 11 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 12 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 13 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 14 Jumble sale fever

  • 15 Variety in summer weather

  • 16 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 17

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 18

    New gateway
  • 19 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 20 Picking the pops

  • 21 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 22 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 24 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 25 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 26 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 27 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 28 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 29 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 30 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 31 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 32

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 33 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 34 Devil sent packing

  • 35 Cruising down the river

  • 36 New Lundy stamps

  • 37 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 38 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 39 North Devon Driving School

  • 40 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 41 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 42 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 43 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 44

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 45 School's link with cargo ship

  • 46 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 47 Decontrol of meat

  • 48 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 49 Torrington children build igloo
  • 50 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 51 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 52 Hartland's invitation

  • 53 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 54 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 55 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 56 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 57 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 58 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 59 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 60 A story to tell!

  • 61 Burnard family reunion

  • 62 Parkham plan realised

  • 63 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 64 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 65

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 66 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 68 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 69 Weare Giffard potato

  • 70 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 71 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 72 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 73 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 74 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 75 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 76 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 77 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 78 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 79 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 80 Circus comes to town

  • 81 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 82 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 83 Clovelly nightmare

  • 84 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 85 Capers on the cobbles

  • 86 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 87

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 88 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 89 Hartland postman retires

  • 90 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 91 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 92 Revenge in style

  • 93 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 94

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 95 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 96 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 97 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 98

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 99 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 100 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 101

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 102

    Relatives all over the world
  • 103 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 104

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 105

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 106 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 107

    Building works
  • 108 For crying out loud!

  • 109 Simple Item 138
  • 110 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 111 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 112 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 113 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 114 Six footed lamb

  • 115 The art of the thatcher

  • 116 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 117 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 118 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 119 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 120 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 121 Recognise this resort?

  • 122 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 123 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 124 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 125 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 126 Finished in 1876

  • 127 Mobile missionary

  • 128 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 129 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 131 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 132 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 133 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 134 End of the line

  • 135 Modern living at Bideford

  • 136 Some 240 exhibits

  • 137 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 138 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 139 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 140 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 141 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 142 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 143 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 144 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 145 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 146 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 147 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 148 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 149 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 150

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 151 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 153 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 154 Picking the pops

  • 155 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 156 Ten year old scrambler

  • 157 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 158 Penny for the guy

  • 159 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 160

    Bidefordians
  • 161 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 162 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 163 Out of puff!

  • 164 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 165 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 166 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 167 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 168 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 169 Littleham family's five generations

  • 170 Private home for public pump

  • 171 Ships at Bideford

  • 172 Bideford computer stars

  • 173 Riverside mystery

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

  • 175 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 176 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 177 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 178 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 179 They are parted pro-tem

  • 180 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 181 It really was the 'last time'

  • 182 Puppet characters introduced

  • 183 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 184 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 186 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 187 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 188 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 189 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 190 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 191 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 192 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 193 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 194

    Married in 1908
  • 195

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 196 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 197 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 198 New Post Office

  • 199 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 200 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 202 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 203 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 204

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 205 Service with a smile

  • 206 No sale of Springfield House

  • 207

    Exhibition of school work
  • 208 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 209 Northam footballers of the future

  • 210 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 211 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 212 Bideford regatta

  • 213 Sight of a lifetime

  • 214 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 215 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 216 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 217 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 218 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 219 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 220 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 221 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 222

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 223 So this is the mainland!

  • 224 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 225 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 226 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 227 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 228 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 229 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 230 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 232 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 233 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 234 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 235 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 236 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 237 Traditions and skills still there

  • 238 First ship in 8 years

  • 239 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 240 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 241 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 242 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 243

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 244 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 245 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 246 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 247 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 248

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 249 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 250 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 251 Waldon Triplets
  • 252 All for the love of a lady!

  • 253 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 254 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 255 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 256

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 257 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 258 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 259 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 260

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 261 School crossing patrol begins

  • 262 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 263 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 264 Happy Days!

  • 265 Hartland Dancers
  • 266 Bridging the stream

  • 267 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 268 Torrington's new amenity

  • 269 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 270 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 272 New art gallery opened

  • 273 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 274 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 275 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 276 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 277 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 278 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 279 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 280 Centenary of Gazette

  • 281 Last train from Torrington

  • 282 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 283 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 284 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 285 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 286 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 287 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 288 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 289 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 290 Appledore's largest

  • 291 What's the time?

  • 292

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 293 Artisans' Club

  • 294 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 295 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 296 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 297 No laughing matter

  • 298 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 299

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 300 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 301 New civic medallions

  • 302 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 303 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 304 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 305 Bideford loses training ship

  • 306 Police station view of Bideford

  • 307 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 308 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

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

  • 311 All aboard the ark

  • 312 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 313 Loads of black and white

  • 314 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 315 In their new robes and hats

  • 316 Torrington in 1967

  • 317 Emergency ferry services

  • 318 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 319 Off on a great adventure

  • 320 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 321 A man and his wheel

  • 322 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 323

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 324 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 325 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 326 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 327 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 328 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 329 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 331 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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    First prize
  • 333 Twenty-one yachts

  • 334 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 335

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 336 113 years at Instow

  • 337 When horses score over the tractor

  • 338 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 339 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 340 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 341 Pannier Market's future?

  • 342 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 343 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 344 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 345 New addition to Quay front

  • 346 Some mushroom!

  • 347 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 348 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 349 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 350 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 351 Clovelly custom

  • 352

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 353 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 354 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 355 New look in the hayfields

  • 356 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 357 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 358 New life for Hartland organ

  • 359 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 360 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 361 New choral society's growing response

  • 362 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 363 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 364 Life begins at 80

  • 365 Can spring be far away?

  • 366 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 367 A bird of their own!

  • 368 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 369 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 370

    Was a missionary
  • 371 Warmington's garage ad

  • 372 Northam's almshouse

  • 373 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 374 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 375 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 376 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 377 By pony and trap to market

  • 378 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 379 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 381 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 382 Just over a year old

  • 383 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 384 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 385 He beat the floods

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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North Devon author featured in TV documentary

Henry Williamson featured

Here, photographed against the background of the estuary of the rivers Taw and Torridge which he knows so well, Henry Williamson, the distinguished author whose home is in North Devon, was featured in a BBC TV documentary ‘The Survivor’.

13 May 1966 North Devon author

Scenes of the River Torridge at Beam Weir, Torrington and downstream to Landcross railway bridge were included in the feature, also of Landcross Church where in 1935 Henry Williamson married his first wife.

Gazette article 13 May 1966

 

 

Sooty is quick on the draw

Cat plays darts

As quick as a dart flies to the board this cat will pounce and pull it out. From a ledge Sooty springs to snatch. He hunts darts in the bar of the Hunters Inn, Well Street, Torrington, to which he strayed five months ago. But Sooty’s grabs are not appreciated by men in a match so at such times he is banished from the bar.

15 April 1966 Sooty is quick on the draw

Gazette article 15 April 1966

 

Out of puff!

Steam roller disgraced

Mr Alfred C. Short, now of Bristol, sends a snap he took nearly 60 years ago of a steam roller ‘broken down and disgraced’ in Meddon Street in May 1907. The man standing in the doorway under the barber’s pole is, Mr Short thinks, the barber himself, the late Mr Alfred Stone.

25 February 1966 Out of puff

 

Gazette article 25 February 1966

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