• 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 loses training ship

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 3 Clovelly custom

  • 4 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 5 New life for Hartland organ

  • 6 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 8 Decontrol of meat

  • 9 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 10 North Devon Driving School

  • 11 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 12 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 13 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 14 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 15 Puppet characters introduced

  • 16 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 17 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 18 Centenary of Gazette

  • 19 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 22 The art of the thatcher

  • 23 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 24 Torrington's new amenity

  • 25 School crossing patrol begins

  • 26 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 27 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 28 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 29

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 30 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 31 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 32 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 33 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 34 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 35

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 36 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 37 Ships at Bideford

  • 38 Revenge in style

  • 39 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 40 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 41 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 42 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 43 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 44 Variety in summer weather

  • 45 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 46 Artisans' Club

  • 47 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 48 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 49 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 50 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 51 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 52 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 53 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 54 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 55 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 56 Pannier Market's future?

  • 57 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 58 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 59 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 60 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 61 Bideford regatta

  • 62 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 63 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 64 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 65 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 66 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 67 A bird of their own!

  • 68 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 69 Cruising down the river

  • 70 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 71 New Lundy stamps

  • 72 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 73

    Exhibition of school work
  • 74 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 75 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 76 Littleham family's five generations

  • 77 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 78 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 79 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 80 Twenty-one yachts

  • 81

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 82 What's the time?

  • 83

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 84 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 85 No sale of Springfield House

  • 86 Can spring be far away?

  • 87

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 88 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 89 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 90 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 91 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 92

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 93 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 94 Circus comes to town

  • 95 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 96 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 97

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 98 New art gallery opened

  • 99 So this is the mainland!

  • 100 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 101 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 102 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 103 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 104 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 105 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 106 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 107 They are parted pro-tem

  • 108 By pony and trap to market

  • 109 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 110 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 111 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 112 Out of puff!

  • 113

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 114 Hartland Dancers
  • 115 Ten year old scrambler

  • 116 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 117 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 119 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 120 Traditions and skills still there

  • 121 Picking the pops

  • 122 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 123 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 124 In their new robes and hats

  • 125 Some 240 exhibits

  • 126 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 127 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 128 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 129

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 130 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 131 End of the line

  • 132 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 133 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 134 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 135 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 136 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 137 Weare Giffard potato

  • 138 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 139 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 140 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 141 It really was the 'last time'

  • 142 Just over a year old

  • 143 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 144 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 145 Northam footballers of the future

  • 146 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 147 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 148 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 149 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 150 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 151

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 152 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 153 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 155

    Married in 1908
  • 156 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 157 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 158 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 159 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 160 Happy Days!

  • 161 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 162 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 163 Service with a smile

  • 164 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 165 Torrington in 1967

  • 166 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 167 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 168 New addition to Quay front

  • 169 Some mushroom!

  • 170 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 171 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 172

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 173 Penny for the guy

  • 174 113 years at Instow

  • 175 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 176 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 177 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 178

    Bidefordians
  • 179 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 180 New look in the hayfields

  • 181

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 182

    First prize
  • 183 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 184 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 185 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 186 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 187 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 188 Sight of a lifetime

  • 189 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 190 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 191 Private home for public pump

  • 192 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 193 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 194 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 195 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 196 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 197 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 198 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 199 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 200

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 201 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 202 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 203 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 204 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 205 School's link with cargo ship

  • 206 A story to tell!

  • 207 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 208 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 209

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 210 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 211 New Post Office

  • 212 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 213 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 214

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 215 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 216 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 217 A man and his wheel

  • 218 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 220 Jumble sale fever

  • 221 Northam's almshouse

  • 222 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 223 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 224 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 225 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 226 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 227 Devil sent packing

  • 228 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 229 Bridging the stream

  • 230 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 231 All aboard the ark

  • 232 Capers on the cobbles

  • 233 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 234 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 235 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 236 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 237 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 238 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 239 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 240 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 241 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 242 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 243 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 245 A roof-top view - where?

  • 246 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 247 Hartland's invitation

  • 248 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 249 Emergency ferry services

  • 250 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 251 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 253 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 254 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 255 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 256 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 257 New choral society's growing response

  • 258 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 259 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 260 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 261

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 262 He beat the floods

  • 263 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 264 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 265 Bideford computer stars

  • 266 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 267 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 268 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 269 Recognise this resort?

  • 270

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 271 Waldon Triplets
  • 272

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 273 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 274 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 275 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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    Relatives all over the world
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    Building works
  • 278 Six footed lamb

  • 279 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 280 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 281 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 282 Riverside mystery

  • 283 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 284 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 285 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 286 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 287 Life begins at 80

  • 288 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

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

  • 291 Torrington children build igloo
  • 292 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 293 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 294 Clovelly nightmare

  • 295 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 296 New shipyard on schedule

  • 297 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 298 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 299 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 300 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 301 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 302 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 303 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 304 The Geneva marionettes

  • 305 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 306

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 307 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 308 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 309 Mobile missionary

  • 310 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 311 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 312 No laughing matter

  • 313 For crying out loud!

  • 314 Finished in 1876

  • 315 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 316 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 317 New civic medallions

  • 318 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 319 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 320 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 321 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 322 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 323

    Was a missionary
  • 324 Off on a great adventure

  • 325 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 326 Police station view of Bideford

  • 327 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 328 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 329 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 330 Loads of black and white

  • 331 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 332 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 333 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 334

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 335 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 336

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 337 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 338 Picking the pops

  • 339 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 340 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 341 Peter poses for TV film

  • 342 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 343 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 344 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 345 Modern living at Bideford

  • 346 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 347 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 348 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 349 Burnard family reunion

  • 350 Parkham plan realised

  • 351 Hartland postman retires

  • 352 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 353 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 354 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 355 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 356

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 357 All for the love of a lady!

  • 358 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 359 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 361 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 362

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 363 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 364 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 365 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 366 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 367

    New gateway
  • 368 Warmington's garage ad

  • 369 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 370 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 371 Simple Item 138
  • 372 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 373 Last train from Torrington

  • 374 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 375 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 377 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 378

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 379 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 380 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 381 When horses score over the tractor

  • 382 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 383 Appledore's largest

  • 384 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 385 First ship in 8 years

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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  • 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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  • 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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Daisy’s pride and joy

New arrival at Hartland Abbey

14 May 1965 Daisys pride and joy

Daisy, a donkey belonging to Lady Stucley at Hartland Abbey, gave birth to a foal on the Queen’s birthday last month. The new arrival was appropriately named ‘Queenie’. As can be seen from the photograph above, mother and daughter are doing very well.

Gazette article 14 May 1965

 

 

‘Les Girls’ of Hartland

Stars of Hartland concert

Introducing ‘Les Girls’ one of the star attractions at the concert presented on two evenings at Hartland in aid of Cancer Campaign funds.

15 April 1965 Les girls of Hartland

Left to right: Brenda Heard, Judy Fanson, Joyce Goaman, Nancy Beer, Barbara Goaman, and Heather Dayman.

In their feature ‘Around the world’ they presented a charming and varied series of dances in costume.

Gazette article 15 April 1965

 

A bird of their own!

Bideford Secondary School's eagle

2 April 1965 A bird of their own

Hardly a bird of paradise, but certainly their own work. This ingenious Golden Eagle was constructed out of scrap metal by some of the boys of Bideford County Secondary School. It may not be able to mount up in the skies with its wings but it has a commanding air.

Gazette article 2 April 1965

 

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