• 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 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 2 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 3 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 4 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 5 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 6 School's link with cargo ship

  • 7 Decontrol of meat

  • 8 A roof-top view - where?

  • 9 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 10 New Post Office

  • 11 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 12

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 13

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 14 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 15 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 16 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 17 Simple Item 138
  • 18 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 19

    Married in 1908
  • 20 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 21 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 22 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 23 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 24 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 25 Service with a smile

  • 26 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 27 Burnard family reunion

  • 28 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 29 So this is the mainland!

  • 30 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 31 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 32 Some 240 exhibits

  • 33 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 34 Appledore's largest

  • 35 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 36 Torrington in 1967

  • 37 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 38 Artisans' Club

  • 39 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 40 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 41 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 42 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 43 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 44

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 45

    Building works
  • 46

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 47 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 48 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 49 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 50 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 51 Picking the pops

  • 52 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 53 Jumble sale fever

  • 54 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 55 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 56 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 57 The cab at the corner>
  • 58 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 59 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 60 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 62 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 63 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 64

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 65 From Bobby to Brian

  • 66

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 67 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 68 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 69 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 70 Ten year old scrambler

  • 71 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 72 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 73 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 74 Torrington's new amenity

  • 75 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 76 Parkham plan realised

  • 77 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 78 Last train from Torrington

  • 79 A man and his wheel

  • 80 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 82 Emergency ferry services

  • 83 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 84 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 85 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 86 All aboard the ark

  • 87 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 88 Variety in summer weather

  • 89 Clovelly custom

  • 90 Northam footballers of the future

  • 91 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 92 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 93 Clovelly nightmare

  • 94 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 95 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 96 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 97 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 98 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 99 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 100 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 101 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 102 For crying out loud!

  • 103 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 104 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 105

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 106 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 107 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 108 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 109 New look in the hayfields

  • 110 A story to tell!

  • 111 Out of puff!

  • 112 New life for Hartland organ

  • 113 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 114 Hartland's invitation

  • 115 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 116 The art of the thatcher

  • 117 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 118 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 119 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 120 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 121 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 122

    New gateway
  • 123 Picking the pops

  • 124 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 125 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 126 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 127 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 128 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 129 Recognise this resort?

  • 130 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 131 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 132

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 133 Revenge in style

  • 134 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 136 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 137 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 138 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 139 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 140 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 141 Pannier Market's future?

  • 142 Just over a year old

  • 143 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 144 Warmington's garage ad

  • 145 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 146 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 147 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 148 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 149 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 150 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 151 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 152 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 153

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 154 A bird of their own!

  • 155

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 156 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 157 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 158 Circus comes to town

  • 159 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 160 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 161 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 162 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 163 Sweets derationing

  • 164 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 165 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 166 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 167 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 168 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 169

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 170 New Lundy stamps

  • 171 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 172 Ships at Bideford

  • 173 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 174

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 175 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 176 Riverside mystery

  • 177 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 178 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 179 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 180 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 181 He beat the floods

  • 182 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 183 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 184 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 185 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 186

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 187 Hartland Dancers
  • 188 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 189 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 190 New choral society's growing response

  • 191 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 193 Finished in 1876

  • 194 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 195 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 196 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 197 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 198 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 199 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 200 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 201 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 202 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 203 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 205 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 206 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 207 Puppet characters introduced

  • 208 When horses score over the tractor

  • 209 Traditions and skills still there

  • 210

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 211 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 212 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 213 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 214 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 215 113 years at Instow

  • 216 Torrington children build igloo
  • 217 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 218

    Was a missionary
  • 219

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 220 End of the line

  • 221

    First prize
  • 222 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 223 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 224 Happy Days!

  • 225 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 226 Modern living at Bideford

  • 227 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 228 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 229 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 230 No laughing matter

  • 231 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 232 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 233 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 234 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 235 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 236 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 237 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 238 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 239 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 240 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 241 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 242

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 243

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 244 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 245 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 246 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 247 Private home for public pump

  • 248 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 249 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 250 Police station view of Bideford

  • 251 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 252 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 253 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 254 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 255 School crossing patrol begins

  • 256 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 257 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 258 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 259 Bideford computer stars

  • 260 No sale of Springfield House

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

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

  • 263 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 264 What's the time?

  • 265 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 266 It really was the 'last time'

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 268 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 269 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 270 North Devon Driving School

  • 271

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 272 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 273 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 274 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 275 Twenty-one yachts

  • 276 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 277 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 278 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 279 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 280 New fire and ambulance stations

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

  • 282 Penny for the guy

  • 283 All for the love of a lady!

  • 284 Sight of a lifetime

  • 285 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 286 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 287 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 288 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 289 First ship in 8 years

  • 290

    Bidefordians
  • 291 Mobile missionary

  • 292 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 293 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 294 Peter poses for TV film

  • 295 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 296 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 297 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 298 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 299 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 300 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 301 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 302 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 303 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 304 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 305 Cruising down the river

  • 306

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 307 Centenary of Gazette

  • 308 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 309 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 310 Watch the dicky bird!

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 312 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 313 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 314 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 315 New civic medallions

  • 316 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 317 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 319 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 320 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 321 Some mushroom!

  • 322 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 324 Bridging the stream

  • 325 Bideford loses training ship

  • 326 Loads of black and white

  • 327 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 328 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 329 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 330 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 331 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 332 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 333 New shipyard on schedule

  • 334 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 335 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 336

    Exhibition of school work
  • 337 In their new robes and hats

  • 338 Hartland postman retires

  • 339 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 340 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 341 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 342 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 343 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 344 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 346 New addition to Quay front

  • 347 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 348 Littleham family's five generations

  • 349 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 350 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 351 Filming at Hartland

  • 352 Northam's almshouse

  • 353 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 354 Weare Giffard potato

  • 355

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 356 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 357 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 358 Can spring be far away?

  • 359 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 360 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 361 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 362 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 363 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 364 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 365 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 367 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 368 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 369 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 370 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 371 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 372 Life begins at 80

  • 373 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 374 New art gallery opened

  • 375 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 376 Bideford regatta

  • 377 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 378 The Geneva marionettes

  • 379 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 380

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 381 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 382 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 383 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 384 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 385 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 386 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 387

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 388 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 389 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 391 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 392 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 393 Six footed lamb

  • 394 Devil sent packing

  • 395

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 396 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 397 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 398

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 399 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 400 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 401 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 402 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 403 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 404 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 405 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 406 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 407 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 408 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 409 Waldon Triplets
  • 410 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 411 Off on a great adventure

  • 412 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 413 Wishing well is pixielated

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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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

Puppet characters introduced

Puppeteer gives talk

2 December 1966 Puppet characters introduced

Pictured above is Mr Philip Rose with his puppet ‘Old Wal’ with which he gave a talk and demonstration to the Young Conservatives at Bideford. Mr Rose is a professional puppeteer and has appeared on television many times. His work with puppets Pinky and Perky is particularly well-known.

Gazette article 2 December 1966

 

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