• 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 New life for Hartland organ

  • 2 Some 240 exhibits

  • 3 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 4 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 5 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 6 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 7 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 8 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 9 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 10 Bideford loses training ship

  • 11 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 12 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 13 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 14 School's link with cargo ship

  • 15 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 16 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 17 Mobile missionary

  • 18 Traditions and skills still there

  • 19 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 20 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 21 Bideford computer stars

  • 22

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 23 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 25 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 26 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 27 Torrington children build igloo
  • 28 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 29 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 30 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 31 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 32 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 33 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 34 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 35 Clovelly custom

  • 36 Decontrol of meat

  • 37 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 38

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 39 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 40 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 41 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 42 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 43 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 44 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 45 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 46 The cab at the corner>
  • 47 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 48 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 49 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 50 Bideford regatta

  • 51 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 52 Littleham family's five generations

  • 53 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 54 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 55 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 56 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 57 Emergency ferry services

  • 58 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 60 Devil sent packing

  • 61

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 62 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 63 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 64 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 65 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 66

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 67 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 68 No sale of Springfield House

  • 69

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 70 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 71 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 72 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 73

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 74 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 76 Bridging the stream

  • 77 Service with a smile

  • 78 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 79 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 80 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 81 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 82 A roof-top view - where?

  • 83 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 85

    Was a missionary
  • 86 It really was the 'last time'

  • 87 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 88 School crossing patrol begins

  • 89 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 90 Private home for public pump

  • 91 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 92 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 93 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 94 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 95 113 years at Instow

  • 96 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 97 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 98 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 99 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 100 Picking the pops

  • 101 Northam's almshouse

  • 102 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 103 For crying out loud!

  • 104 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 105 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 106 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 107 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 108

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 109 Circus comes to town

  • 110 Happy Days!

  • 111 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 112 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 113 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 114 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 115 Jumble sale fever

  • 116 Twenty-one yachts

  • 117 In their new robes and hats

  • 118 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 119 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 120 He beat the floods

  • 121 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 122

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 123 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 124 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 125 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 126 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 127 They are parted pro-tem

  • 128

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 129 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 130 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 131 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 132 New addition to Quay front

  • 133 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 134 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 135 Hartland Dancers
  • 136 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 137 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 138 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 139 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 140 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 141 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 142 Some mushroom!

  • 143 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 144 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 145 New shipyard on schedule

  • 146 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 148 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 149 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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

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

  • 152 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 153 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 154 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 155 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 156 New choral society's growing response

  • 157 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 158 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 159 What's the time?

  • 160 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 161 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 162 From Bobby to Brian

  • 163

    Married in 1908
  • 164 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 165 Recognise this resort?

  • 166 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 168 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 169 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 170 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 171 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 172

    New gateway
  • 173

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 174 Sight of a lifetime

  • 175 Northam footballers of the future

  • 176 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 177 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 178 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 179 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 180 Peter poses for TV film

  • 181 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 182 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 183 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 184 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 185

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 186

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 187 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 188 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 189 Riverside mystery

  • 190 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 191

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 192 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 193 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 194 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 195 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 196 Off on a great adventure

  • 197 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 198 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 199 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 200 Just over a year old

  • 201 Six footed lamb

  • 202 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 203 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 204 Artisans' Club

  • 205 Variety in summer weather

  • 206 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 207 Out of puff!

  • 208 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 209 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 210 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 211 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 212 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 213 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 214 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 215

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 216 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 218

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 219 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 220

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 221 A bird of their own!

  • 222

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 223 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 224 New Post Office

  • 225 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 226 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 227 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 228 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 229 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 230 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 231 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 232 Police station view of Bideford

  • 233 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 234 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 235 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 236 Appledore's largest

  • 237 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 238 Hartland postman retires

  • 239 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 240 Waldon Triplets
  • 241 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 242 When horses score over the tractor

  • 243 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 244 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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    First prize
  • 246 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 247 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 248 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 249 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 250 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 251 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 252 End of the line

  • 253 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 254 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 255 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 256 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 257 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 258 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 259 North Devon Driving School

  • 260 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 261 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 262 New civic medallions

  • 263 Life begins at 80

  • 264 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 265 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 266 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 267 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 268 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 269 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 270 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 271

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 272 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 273

    Relatives all over the world
  • 274 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 275 Capers on the cobbles

  • 276 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 277 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 278 Penny for the guy

  • 279 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 280 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 281 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 282 Torrington's new amenity

  • 283 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 284 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 285 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 286 Hartland's invitation

  • 287 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 288 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 289 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 291 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 292 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 293 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 294 Warmington's garage ad

  • 295 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 296 By pony and trap to market

  • 297 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 298 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 299 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 300 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 301 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 302 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 303 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 304 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 305 Ships at Bideford

  • 306 New art gallery opened

  • 307 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 308 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 309 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 310 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 311 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 312

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 313 Finished in 1876

  • 314 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 315 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 316 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 317 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 318 Ten year old scrambler

  • 319

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 320 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 321

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 322 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 323 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 324 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 325 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 326 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 327 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 328 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 329 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 330 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 331 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 332 All for the love of a lady!

  • 333 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 334 A story to tell!

  • 335 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 336 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 337 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 338 Torrington in 1967

  • 339 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 340 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 341 Burnard family reunion

  • 342 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 344 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 345 Puppet characters introduced

  • 346 A man and his wheel

  • 347 New Lundy stamps

  • 348 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 350 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 351 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 352 All aboard the ark

  • 353 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 354 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 355 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 356 Picking the pops

  • 357 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 358 Last train from Torrington

  • 359 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 361 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 362 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 363 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 365 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 366

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 367 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 368 Modern living at Bideford

  • 369 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 370 Can spring be far away?

  • 371 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 372 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 373 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 374 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 375 Pannier Market's future?

  • 376 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 377 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 378 Filming at Hartland

  • 379 Salmon netting at Bideford

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 381 First ship in 8 years

  • 382 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 383 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 384 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 385 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 386 The Geneva marionettes

  • 387 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 388 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 389 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 390 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 391 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 392

    Building works
  • 393 Clovelly nightmare

  • 394 Sweets derationing

  • 395 No laughing matter

  • 396 Simple Item 138
  • 397 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 398 Parkham plan realised

  • 399 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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    Bidefordians
  • 401 The art of the thatcher

  • 402

    Exhibition of school work
  • 403 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 404 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 405 Weare Giffard potato

  • 406 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 407 Cruising down the river

  • 408 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 409

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 410 Revenge in style

  • 411 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 412 Loads of black and white

  • 413 Students help model St Sidwell

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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Town council to retain house

No sale of Springfield House

Bideford Town Council have declined to sell Springfield House to Devon County Council. The Town Council were told by the Borough Surveyor Mr H.J. Denne that because of the proposed harbour extension and the expanding trade of the cattle market, they should retain it for their own use.

12 February 1965 Town council to retain house

The Town Clerk (Mr L.B. Galliford) said the County Council were seeking a site for a handicapped persons’ centre and an old people’s home.

Gazette article 12 February 1965

 

Photo mural in Bideford bank

From the steps of the Bideford branch of the Westminster Bank

one can look down the Quay to Bideford’s famous 600 year old bridge. That visual atmosphere has now been pictured inside the banking hall. This week a 12 foot long photographic mural has been erected.

4 December 1964 Photo mural in local bank

The photograph was taken by Castle Studio, Torrington, and enlarged by a specialist firm. The mural was fixed to the wall by Messrs. Shapland and Petter and then came the finishing touches by Mr R. Newbold, the photographer, seen at work in the picture above. Watching him (left) is Mr K.E. Taylor, the branch manager.

Gazette article 4 December 1964

 

They never miss a game at Torrington

Veterans William Reed, 90 (right) and Tom Cudmore, 83,

have been Torrington supporters for years and still never miss a match, come rain or shine.

6 November 1964 90 and 83 they never miss a game

Mr Reed says that Torrington’s best team played soon after the first world war and can remember practically every player who has turned out for Torrington.

His friend Mr Tom Cudmore also never misses a match, come rain, hail or snow.

Gazette article 6 November 1964

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