• 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 schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 2 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 3 For crying out loud!

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    New gateway
  • 5 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 6 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 7 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 8 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 9 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 10 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 11 A story to tell!

  • 12

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 13 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 14 A man and his wheel

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

  • 16 A roof-top view - where?

  • 17

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 18 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 19 New Lundy stamps

  • 20

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 21 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 22 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 23 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 24 When horses score over the tractor

  • 25 All for the love of a lady!

  • 26

    Exhibition of school work
  • 27 Torrington children build igloo
  • 28 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 29 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 30

    Bidefordians
  • 31 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 32

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 33 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 34 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 35 The cab at the corner>
  • 36 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 37

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 38 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 39 Devil sent packing

  • 40 Clovelly nightmare

  • 41 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 42 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 43 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 44 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 45 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 46 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 47 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 48 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 49 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 50

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 51 Picking the pops

  • 52 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 53

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 54 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 55 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 56 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 57 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 58 Penny for the guy

  • 59 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 60 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 62 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 63 Variety in summer weather

  • 64 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 65 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 66

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 67 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 68 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 69 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 70

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 71 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 72 Peter poses for TV film

  • 73 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 74 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 75 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 76 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 77 Cruising down the river

  • 78 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 79 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 80 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 81 Twenty-one yachts

  • 82 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 83 Just over a year old

  • 84 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 85 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 86 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 87 The Geneva marionettes

  • 88 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 89 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 90 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 91 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 92 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 93 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 94

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 95 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 96 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 97 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 98 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 99 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 100 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 101

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 102 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 103 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 104 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 105 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 106 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 107 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 108 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 109 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 110 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 111 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 112 Simple Item 138
  • 113 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 114

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 115 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 116 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 117 New addition to Quay front

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

  • 119 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 120 Finished in 1876

  • 121 Waldon Triplets
  • 122 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 123 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 124 Some 240 exhibits

  • 125 Out of puff!

  • 126

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 127 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 128 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 129 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 130 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 131 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 132 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 133 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 134

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 135 No laughing matter

  • 136 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 137 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 138 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 139 What's the time?

  • 140 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 141 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 142 Happy Days!

  • 143 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 144 Appledore's largest

  • 145 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 146 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 147 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 148 Weare Giffard potato

  • 149 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 150 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 151 Bideford loses training ship

  • 152 Loads of black and white

  • 153 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 154 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 155 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 156 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 157 Emergency ferry services

  • 158 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 159 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 160 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 161 They are parted pro-tem

  • 162 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 163 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 164 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 165 Service with a smile

  • 166 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 167 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 169 Picking the pops

  • 170 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 171 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 172 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 173 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 174 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 175 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 176 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 177 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 178 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 179 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 180 A bird of their own!

  • 181 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 182 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 183 He beat the floods

  • 184

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 185 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 186 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 187 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 188 Burnard family reunion

  • 189 Revenge in style

  • 190 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 191 New art gallery opened

  • 192

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 193 By pony and trap to market

  • 194 Hartland postman retires

  • 195 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 196 School crossing patrol begins

  • 197 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 198 Centenary of Gazette

  • 199 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 200 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 201 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 202 First ship in 8 years

  • 203 End of the line

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

  • 205 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 206 Capers on the cobbles

  • 207 Ten year old scrambler

  • 208 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 209 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 210 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 211 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 212 North Devon Driving School

  • 213 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 214 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 215 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 216 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 217 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 218 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 219 Warmington's garage ad

  • 220

    Married in 1908
  • 221 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 222 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 223 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 224 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 225 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 226 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 227 Jumble sale fever

  • 228 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 229 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 230 Northam footballers of the future

  • 231

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 232 Bideford regatta

  • 233 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 234 Police station view of Bideford

  • 235 New look in the hayfields

  • 236 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 237 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 238 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 239

    Building works
  • 240 Modern living at Bideford

  • 241 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 242 All aboard the ark

  • 243 Hartland's invitation

  • 244

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 245 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 246 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 247 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 248 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 249 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 250 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 251 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 252 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 253 New choral society's growing response

  • 254 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 255 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 256 New civic medallions

  • 257 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 258 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 259 Puppet characters introduced

  • 260 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 261 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 262 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 263 Off on a great adventure

  • 264 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 265 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 266 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 267 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 268 School's link with cargo ship

  • 269 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
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    Was a missionary
  • 271 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 272 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 273 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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    First prize
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    Relatives all over the world
  • 276 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 277 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 278 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 279 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 280 Pannier Market's future?

  • 281 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 282 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 283 New Post Office

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

  • 285 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 286 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 287 From Bobby to Brian

  • 288 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 289 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 291 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 292 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 293

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 294 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 295 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 296 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 297 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 298 Life begins at 80

  • 299 Recognise this resort?

  • 300 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 301 Torrington's new amenity

  • 302 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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

  • 304 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 305 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 306 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 307 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 308 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 309 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 310 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 311 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 312 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 313 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 314 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 316 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 317 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 318 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 319 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 320 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 321 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 322 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 323 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 324 Northam's almshouse

  • 325 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 326 Circus comes to town

  • 327 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 328 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 329 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 330 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 331 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 332 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 333 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 334

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 335 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 336 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 337 The art of the thatcher

  • 338 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 339 Six footed lamb

  • 340 Ships at Bideford

  • 341 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 342 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 344 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 346 Mobile missionary

  • 347 113 years at Instow

  • 348 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 349 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 350 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 351 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 352 So this is the mainland!

  • 353 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 354 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 355 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 356 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 357 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 358 Artisans' Club

  • 359 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 360 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 361 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 362 Private home for public pump

  • 363 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 364 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 365 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 367 Can spring be far away?

  • 368 No sale of Springfield House

  • 369 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 370 Sweets derationing

  • 371 Traditions and skills still there

  • 372 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 373 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 374

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 375 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 376 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 377 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 378 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 379 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 380 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 381 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 382 Hartland Dancers
  • 383 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 384 Clovelly custom

  • 385 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 386 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 387 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 388

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 389 Decontrol of meat

  • 390 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 391 Sight of a lifetime

  • 392

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 393 Some mushroom!

  • 394 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 395 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 396 Torrington in 1967

  • 397 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 398 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 399 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 400 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 401 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 402 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 403 Last train from Torrington

  • 404 New shipyard on schedule

  • 405 Riverside mystery

  • 406 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 407 Littleham family's five generations

  • 408 Filming at Hartland

  • 409

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 410 It really was the 'last time'

  • 411 Bridging the stream

  • 412 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 413 Bideford computer stars

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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Bideford’s first woman councillor

Town council election results

Bidefordians assembled outside the Town Hall late on Thursday to hear the declaration of the poll in the municipal elections gave a particularly warm welcome to Mrs E.M. Cox,the first woman to be elected a member of Bideford Town Council.

20 May 1949 Bidefords first woman councillor

Cllr. Cox received a great welcome from the crowd as she stepped to the microphone and promised to attend meetings regularly and give her full energy to doing the best she could for electors. She added: ‘I feel rather lonely so will you please, when you can, send along another woman. In the meantime don’t be afraid, I will keep my end up with the boys.’

Gazette article 20 May 1949

 

Thriving ‘Orphan of the storm’

Lucky puppy

This is the story and photograph of Tessa a Schipperke (Dutch barge dog) puppy belonging to Mr and Mrs T.G. Kelland of Summerhill, Littleham, who has been successfully nursed from a pathetic new-born puppy weighing 4 ounces to a thriving bundle of energy and fluff weighing one and a quarter pounds after 25 days.

22 February 1949 Thriving Orphan of the storm

Tessa’s mother died when having puppies and this was the only one saved from the litter.

In that first anxious fortnight Mr and Mrs Kelland had to feed the puppy every two hours day and night which continued for 11 days. Very appropriately Tessa has been registered as ‘Orphan of the Storm.’

Gazette article 22 February 1949

 

Children’s model of Torrington

Illustrating local architecture

Fourth year pupils of Torrington Secondary Modern School have constructed in cardboard and wood a composite group of models based on a representation of Torrington Market Square to illustrate local architectural features of 1851.

15 December 1950 Childrens model of Torrington

It has all been made at school and represents a good deal of application and education which the pupils have entered into with zest. The models include the Town Hall, ‘The Black Horse’, the Old Coffee Tavern (now Tickle’s garage), the Bell Inn (Green Lantern Café), Blatchfords etc.

Gazette article 15 December 1950

 

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