• 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 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 2 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 3 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 4 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 5 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 6 All for the love of a lady!

  • 7 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 8 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 9 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 10 Mobile missionary

  • 11 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 12 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 13 A story to tell!

  • 14 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 15

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 16 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 17 Decontrol of meat

  • 18 Appledore's largest

  • 19 Cruising down the river

  • 20

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 21 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 22 Bideford computer stars

  • 23 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 24

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 25 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 26 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 27 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 28 Ten year old scrambler

  • 29

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 30 School crossing patrol begins

  • 31 No sale of Springfield House

  • 32 He beat the floods

  • 33 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 34 Jumble sale fever

  • 35 By pony and trap to market

  • 36 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 37 Bideford loses training ship

  • 38 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 39 Happy Days!

  • 40 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 41 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 42 Hartland's invitation

  • 43

    Building works
  • 44 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 45 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 46 New art gallery opened

  • 47 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 49 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 50 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 51 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 52 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 53 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 54 Off on a great adventure

  • 55 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 56 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 57

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 58 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 59 Puppet characters introduced

  • 60

    Bidefordians
  • 61 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 62 When horses score over the tractor

  • 63 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 64

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 65 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 66 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 67 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 68 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 69 Pannier Market's future?

  • 70 Picking the pops

  • 71 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 72 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 73

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 74 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 75 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 76 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 77 What's the time?

  • 78 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 79 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 80 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 82 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 83 Sight of a lifetime

  • 84 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 85 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 86 Hartland postman retires

  • 87 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 89 Artisans' Club

  • 90 Six footed lamb

  • 91 New look in the hayfields

  • 92 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 93 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 94 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 95 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 96 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 97 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 98 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 99 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 100 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 101 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 102 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 103 Loads of black and white

  • 104 Last train from Torrington

  • 105 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 106 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 107 Weare Giffard potato

  • 108 Peter poses for TV film

  • 109

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 110

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 111 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 112 Can spring be far away?

  • 113

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 114 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 115 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 116 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 117 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 118 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 119 Ships at Bideford

  • 120 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 121 A roof-top view - where?

  • 122 A bird of their own!

  • 123 Clovelly nightmare

  • 124 Emergency ferry services

  • 125 Clovelly custom

  • 126 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 127 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 128 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 129 New Post Office

  • 130 Out of puff!

  • 131 Some mushroom!

  • 132 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 133 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 134 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 135 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 136 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 137 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 138 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 139 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 140 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 141 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 142 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 144 Private home for public pump

  • 145 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 146 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 147 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 148 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 149 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 150 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 151 Police station view of Bideford

  • 152 Picking the pops

  • 153 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 154 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 155 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 156 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 158 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 159 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 160 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 161 For crying out loud!

  • 162

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 163 Torrington's new amenity

  • 164 Torrington in 1967

  • 165

    Relatives all over the world
  • 166 New Lundy stamps

  • 167

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 168 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 169 Twenty-one yachts

  • 170 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 171 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 172 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 173 New shipyard on schedule

  • 174 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 175

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 176 Northam footballers of the future

  • 177 They are parted pro-tem

  • 178 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 179 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 180 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 181 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 182 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 183 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 184 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 185 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 186 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 187 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 189

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 190 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 191 Modern living at Bideford

  • 192 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 193 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 194

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 195 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 196

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 197 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 198 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 199 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 200 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 201 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 202 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 203 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 204 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 205 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 206 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 207 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 208 Centenary of Gazette

  • 209 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 210

    New gateway
  • 211 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 212 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 213 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 215 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 216

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 217

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 218 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 219 Parkham plan realised

  • 220 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 221 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 222 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 223 Capers on the cobbles

  • 224

    Exhibition of school work
  • 225 Service with a smile

  • 226 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 227 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 228 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 229 Devil sent packing

  • 230 Traditions and skills still there

  • 231 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 232 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 233 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 234 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 235 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 236 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 237 First ship in 8 years

  • 238 In their new robes and hats

  • 239 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 240 So this is the mainland!

  • 241 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 243 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 244 New addition to Quay front

  • 245 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 246 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 247 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 248 It really was the 'last time'

  • 249 Just over a year old

  • 250 Hartland Dancers
  • 251 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 252 No laughing matter

  • 253 Variety in summer weather

  • 254 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 255 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 256 All aboard the ark

  • 257 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 258 Bridging the stream

  • 259 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 260 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 261 North Devon Driving School

  • 262 Life begins at 80

  • 263 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 264 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 265 Torrington children build igloo
  • 266 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 267 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 268

    Married in 1908
  • 269 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 270 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 271 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 272 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 274 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 275 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 276 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 277 Simple Item 138
  • 278 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 279 Bideford regatta

  • 280 A man and his wheel

  • 281 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 282 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 283 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 285 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 286 New choral society's growing response

  • 287 Riverside mystery

  • 288 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 289 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 290 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 291 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 292 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 293 Some 240 exhibits

  • 294 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 295 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 296 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 297 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 298 The Geneva marionettes

  • 299

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 300 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 301 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 302 School's link with cargo ship

  • 303 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 304 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 305 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 306 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 307 Finished in 1876

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 309 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 310 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 311 New life for Hartland organ

  • 312 Revenge in style

  • 313 Burnard family reunion

  • 314 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 315 Recognise this resort?

  • 316 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 317 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 318 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 319 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 320 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 321 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 322 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 323 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 324

    Was a missionary
  • 325

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 326 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 327 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 328 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 329 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 330 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 331 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 332 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 333 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 334 The art of the thatcher

  • 335 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 336 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 337 End of the line

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    First prize
  • 339 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 340 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 341 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 343 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 344 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 345 113 years at Instow

  • 346 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 347 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 348 Penny for the guy

  • 349 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 350 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 351 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 353 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 354 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 355 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 356 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 357 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 358 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 359 New civic medallions

  • 360 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 361 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 362 Northam's almshouse

  • 363 Circus comes to town

  • 364 Warmington's garage ad

  • 365 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 366 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 367 Waldon Triplets
  • 368 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 369 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 372 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 373 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 374 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 375 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 376 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 377 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 378 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 379 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 380 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 381 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 382 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 383 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 384 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 385 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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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  • 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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  • 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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All aboard the ark

Bound for Weston-super-Mare 

Painted in bright colours, the Noah’s Ark, was built by Messrs. M.W. Blackmore and Sons of New Road, Bideford to the orders of Weston-Super-Mare Corporation for use on the town’s Marine Pleasure Lake.

17 August 1951 All aboard the ark

The cartoon figures seen in nautical garb around the vessel’s sides are the work of Mr Charles King, the Bucks Mills artist.

She is pictured on her Board of Trade trials on the river before being hoisted out by crane to start her journey by road to Weston.

Gazette article 17 August 1951

 

 

 

Getting up steam for tomorrow

 Fire Service gala at Bideford

The first gala ever to be held by a Devon County Fire Service takes place at Bideford Sports Ground tomorrow.

3 August 1951 Getting up steam for tomorrow

Some of the equipment being shown will be over 200 years old. One fire engine being used will be a steam engine in perfect working order over 100 years old. The engine has been pumping water by the Kingsley Road, Bideford on several occasions during the past week.

Gazette article 3 August 1951

 

Fishermen of Greencliff

Toped and tailed

Fishing off Greencliff, Abbotsham Mr William Copp of Strawberry Cottage, Meddon Street, Bideford and Mr W.R. Elliott of Hillbre, Old Barnstaple Road, Bideford, caught three tope measuring
between 4 feet and 4 feet 6 inches.

20 July 1951 Fishermen of Greencliff

The above photograph was taken by Mr W. Cobbledick of 7 Irsha Street, Appledore.

Gazette article 20 July 1951

 

 

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