• 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 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 2 Bringing shopping home by goat

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 4 Variety in summer weather

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 6 A man and his wheel

  • 7 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 8 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 9 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 10 School crossing patrol begins

  • 11 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 12 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 13 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 14 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 16 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 17 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 18 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 19 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 20 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 21 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 22 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 23 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 24 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 25 Private home for public pump

  • 26 Simple Item 138
  • 27 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 28

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 29 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 30 Burnard family reunion

  • 31 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 32 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 33 He beat the floods

  • 34 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 35 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 36 In their new robes and hats

  • 37 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 38 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 39 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 40 Clovelly custom

  • 41 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 42 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 43 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 45 Emergency ferry services

  • 46 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 47 Modern living at Bideford

  • 48 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 49 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 50 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 51 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 52 For crying out loud!

  • 53 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 54 New addition to Quay front

  • 55 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 56 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 57 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 58 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 59 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 60 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 61 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 62 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 63 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 64 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 65 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 66 A story to tell!

  • 67

    Was a missionary
  • 68

    First prize
  • 69 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 70 Hartland postman retires

  • 71 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 72 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 73 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 74 New look in the hayfields

  • 75 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 77 Twenty-one yachts

  • 78 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 79 It really was the 'last time'

  • 80 The cab at the corner>
  • 81 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 82 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 83 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 84 Filming at Hartland

  • 85 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 86 Revenge in style

  • 87 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 89 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 90 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 91 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 92 Loads of black and white

  • 93

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 94 Littleham family's five generations

  • 95 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 96 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 97 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 98 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 99 Circus comes to town

  • 100 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 101 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 102 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 103 What's the time?

  • 104 Some 240 exhibits

  • 105 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 106 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 107 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 108 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 109 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 110 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 111 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 112 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 113 New civic medallions

  • 114

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 115 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 116 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 118 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 119 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 120 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 121 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 122 When horses score over the tractor

  • 123 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 124 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 125 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 126 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 127 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 128 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 129 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 130 Bideford regatta

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

  • 132 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 133 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 134

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 135 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 136 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 137 Six footed lamb

  • 138 They are parted pro-tem

  • 139 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 140 Picking the pops

  • 141 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 142 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 143 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 144 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 145 Last train from Torrington

  • 146 Service with a smile

  • 147 New shipyard on schedule

  • 148 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 149 North Devon Driving School

  • 150 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 151 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 152 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 153 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 154 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 155 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 156 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 157 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 158 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 159 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 160 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 161 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 162 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 163 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 164 The art of the thatcher

  • 165 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 166 End of the line

  • 167

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 168 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 169 Picking the pops

  • 170 Life begins at 80

  • 171

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 172

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 173 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 174 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 175 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 176 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 177 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 178 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 179 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 180

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 181 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 182 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 183 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 184 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 185 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 186 New life for Hartland organ

  • 187 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 188 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 189 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 190 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 191 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 192 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 193

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 194 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 195 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 196 Artisans' Club

  • 197 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 198 Finished in 1876

  • 199 Clovelly nightmare

  • 200 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 201 No sale of Springfield House

  • 202 Torrington's new amenity

  • 203 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 204 Waldon Triplets
  • 205 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 206 Puppet characters introduced

  • 207 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 208 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 209 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 210 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 211 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 212 The Geneva marionettes

  • 213 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 214 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 215 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 217 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 218 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 219 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 220 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 221 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 222 Capers on the cobbles

  • 223 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 225 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 226 New Post Office

  • 227 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 228

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 229 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 230 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 231 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 232 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 233 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 234

    Bidefordians
  • 235 Sight of a lifetime

  • 236 Off on a great adventure

  • 237 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 238 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 239

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 240 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 241 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 242 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 243 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 244

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 245 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 246

    Married in 1908
  • 247 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 248 All aboard the ark

  • 249 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 250 Cruising down the river

  • 251 A bird of their own!

  • 252 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 253 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 254 Northam's almshouse

  • 255 Hartland Dancers
  • 256

    Exhibition of school work
  • 257 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 258 So this is the mainland!

  • 259 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 260 Out of puff!

  • 261 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 262

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 263 From Bobby to Brian

  • 264 Torrington in 1967

  • 265 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 266 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 268 Northam footballers of the future

  • 269

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 270 First ship in 8 years

  • 271 Torrington children build igloo
  • 272 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 273 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 274 Bridging the stream

  • 275 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 276 Bideford loses training ship

  • 277 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 278 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 279 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 280 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 281 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 282 Parkham plan realised

  • 283

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 284

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 285 School's link with cargo ship

  • 286 Bideford computer stars

  • 287 Peter poses for TV film

  • 288 Riverside mystery

  • 289 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 290 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 291 Sweets derationing

  • 292 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 293 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 294 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 295 New choral society's growing response

  • 296

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 297 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 298 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 299 New Lundy stamps

  • 300 Happy Days!

  • 301 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 302

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 303 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 304 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 305 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 306 Devil sent packing

  • 307

    Building works
  • 308 Appledore's largest

  • 309 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 310 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 311 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 312 By pony and trap to market

  • 313 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 314 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 315 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 316 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 317 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 318 Hartland's invitation

  • 319 Decontrol of meat

  • 320 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 321 Mobile missionary

  • 322 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 323

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 324 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 325 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 326 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 327 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 328 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 329 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 330 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 331

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 332 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 333 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 334 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 335 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 336 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 337 Some mushroom!

  • 338 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 339 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 340 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 341 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 342 All for the love of a lady!

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

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

  • 345 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 346 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 347 Police station view of Bideford

  • 348 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 349 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 350 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 351 Weare Giffard potato

  • 352 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 353 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 354 Centenary of Gazette

  • 355 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 356

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 357 Warmington's garage ad

  • 358 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 359 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 360 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 361 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 362 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 363 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 364 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 365 Jumble sale fever

  • 366 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 367 Ten year old scrambler

  • 368 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 369 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 370 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 371 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 372 New art gallery opened

  • 373

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 374 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 375 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 376 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 377 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 378 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 379 A roof-top view - where?

  • 380 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 381 Just over a year old

  • 382

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 383 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 384 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 385 113 years at Instow

  • 386 Can spring be far away?

  • 387 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 388 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 389 No laughing matter

  • 390 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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    New gateway
  • 392 Ships at Bideford

  • 393

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 394 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 395 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 396 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 397 Penny for the guy

  • 398 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 399 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 400 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 401 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 402 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 403 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 404 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 405 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 406 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 407 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 408 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 410 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 412 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 413 Recognise this resort?

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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Shebbear sign-post blunder

Known as Sceaft Beara in 1050

and Sepesberia in the Domesday Book, Shebbear has had its name spelt in at least seven different ways over the centuries. Devon County Council have found yet another variation for 1974!

Shebbear sign post blunder

Gazette article 8 February 1974

Panto time at Westward Ho!

Latest in a long line of productions

presented each year by the Westward Ho! Follies is ‘Dick Whittington’. Producer Mrs Ada Powell has written in some interesting extras. ‘The children love a surprise’ she explained.

Mrs Powell is especially pleased at the number of men who have come forward to take part this year, boosting the cast to around 30. There will be 10 performances on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Panto time at Westward Ho!

In the picture are Cathy Sales, Lesley Pugh, Julie Lamey, Elizabeth Meadows, Hanna Wrey, Linda and Caroline Eastman, Jackie Clements and Julie Hodgkins.

Gazette article 11 January 1974

Torrington Lane takes on a new look

Redevelopment in East-the-Water

A new vista, topped by St Peter’s Church, opens up at Torrington Lane, East-the-Water, with the completion of the demolition under a clearance order of 22 houses. It marks the half-way stage of redevelopment in this vicinity that has been in the pipeline for some years.

New look for Torrington Lane

Two storey flats for old people with a warden scheme, are to be built this year on the site. Occupants of the cleared area have been rehoused by Bideford Town Council.

Gazette article 4 January 1974

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