• 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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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 2 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 3 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 4 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 5 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 6 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 7 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 8 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 9 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 10 Torrington children build igloo
  • 11 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 12 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 13 Sight of a lifetime

  • 14 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 15 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 16 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 17 Emergency ferry services

  • 18 Parkham plan realised

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 20 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 21 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 22 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 23 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 24 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 25

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 26 Puppet characters introduced

  • 27 Last train from Torrington

  • 28 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 29 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 30 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 31 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 32 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 33 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 34 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 35 New Post Office

  • 36 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 37 New addition to Quay front

  • 38 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 39 Picking the pops

  • 40 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 41 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 42 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 43 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 44 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 45 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 46 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 47 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 48 Just over a year old

  • 49 Ten year old scrambler

  • 50 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 51 Decontrol of meat

  • 52 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 53 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 54 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 55 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 56 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 57 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 58 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 59 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 60

    First prize
  • 61 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 62 When horses score over the tractor

  • 63 A roof-top view - where?

  • 64 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 65 They are parted pro-tem

  • 66 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 67 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 68 The cab at the corner>
  • 69 First ship in 8 years

  • 70 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 71 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 72 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 73 Hartland's invitation

  • 74

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 75 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 76 Picking the pops

  • 77 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 78 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 79 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 80 Variety in summer weather

  • 81 A story to tell!

  • 82 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 83 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 84 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 85 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 86 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 87 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 88 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 89 Northam footballers of the future

  • 90 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 91 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 92 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 93 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 94 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 95 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 96 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 97 All for the love of a lady!

  • 98

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 99 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 100 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 102 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 103 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 104 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 105 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 106 Appledore's largest

  • 107 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 108

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 109 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 110 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 111 Northam's almshouse

  • 112 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 113 New shipyard on schedule

  • 114 Centenary of Gazette

  • 115

    Bidefordians
  • 116 Revenge in style

  • 117 Loads of black and white

  • 118 Devil sent packing

  • 119

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 120

    Married in 1908
  • 121 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 122 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 123 Happy Days!

  • 124 The art of the thatcher

  • 125 Six footed lamb

  • 126 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 127

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 128 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 129 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 130 Can spring be far away?

  • 131 The Geneva marionettes

  • 132 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 133 Capers on the cobbles

  • 134 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 135 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 136

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 137 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 138 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 139 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 140 Weare Giffard potato

  • 141 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 142

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 143 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 144 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 145 No laughing matter

  • 146 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 147 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 148 Service with a smile

  • 149 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 150 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 151 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 152 Sweets derationing

  • 153 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 154 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 155 A bird of their own!

  • 156 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 157 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 158 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 159 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 161 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 162 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 163 New choral society's growing response

  • 164 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 165 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 166 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 168 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 169 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 170 Torrington's new amenity

  • 171 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 172 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 173 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 174 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 176 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 177 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 179 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 180 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 181 113 years at Instow

  • 182 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 183 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 184

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 185 He beat the floods

  • 186 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 188 Littleham family's five generations

  • 189

    Exhibition of school work
  • 190 New Lundy stamps

  • 191 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 192 Mobile missionary

  • 193 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 194 Private home for public pump

  • 195 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 196 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 197 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 198 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 200 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 201 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 202 Finished in 1876

  • 203 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 204 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 205 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 206 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 207 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 208 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 209 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 210 What's the time?

  • 211 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 212

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 213 Life begins at 80

  • 214 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 215 Circus comes to town

  • 216 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 217 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 218 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 219 From Bobby to Brian

  • 220 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 221 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 222 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 223 Ships at Bideford

  • 224 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 225 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 226

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 227 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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

  • 229 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 230 New art gallery opened

  • 231 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 232 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 234 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 235 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 236 Riverside mystery

  • 237 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 238

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 239 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 241 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 242 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 243 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 244 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 245 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 246 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 247 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 248 Modern living at Bideford

  • 249 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 250 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 251 Bideford regatta

  • 252 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 253 End of the line

  • 254 Torrington in 1967

  • 255 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 256 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 257 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 258 Burnard family reunion

  • 259 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 260 Jumble sale fever

  • 261 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 262 A man and his wheel

  • 263 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 264 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 265 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 266 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 267 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 268 Twenty-one yachts

  • 269 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 270 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 271 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 272 Traditions and skills still there

  • 273 Pannier Market's future?

  • 274 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 275 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 277 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 278 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 279 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 280 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 281 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 282 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 283 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 284 New civic medallions

  • 285 Warmington's garage ad

  • 286 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 287 All aboard the ark

  • 288 Hartland postman retires

  • 289 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 291 Down at the dump something stirs

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 293 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 294 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 295 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 296 Filming at Hartland

  • 297 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 300 Clovelly nightmare

  • 301 Recognise this resort?

  • 302 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 303 Simple Item 138
  • 304 School crossing patrol begins

  • 305 Clovelly custom

  • 306 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 307 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 308 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 309 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 310 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 311 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 312 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 313 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 314 Penny for the guy

  • 315 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 316 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 317 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 318 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 319 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 320 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 321 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 322 Bideford computer stars

  • 323 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 324 Safe door weighing two tons

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    Building works
  • 326 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 327 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 328 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 329 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 330 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 331 Cruising down the river

  • 332 Dismantling of wireless mast

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 334 Bridging the stream

  • 335 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 336 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 337 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 338 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 339 North Devon Driving School

  • 340 By pony and trap to market

  • 341 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 342 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 343 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 344 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 345 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 346 Peter poses for TV film

  • 347 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 348 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 349 Police station view of Bideford

  • 350 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 351 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 352 Out of puff!

  • 353 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 354 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 355 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 356 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 357 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 358 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 359 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 360

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 361 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 362

    New gateway
  • 363 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 364 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 365 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 366 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 367 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 368 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 370 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 371 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 372 It really was the 'last time'

  • 373

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 374 Bideford loses training ship

  • 375 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 376 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 377 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 378 Hartland Dancers
  • 379 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 380 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 381 School's link with cargo ship

  • 382

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 383 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 384 New life for Hartland organ

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    Was a missionary
  • 386 Artisans' Club

  • 387

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 388 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 389 Waldon Triplets
  • 390 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 391

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 392 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 393 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 394 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 395 Mayor becomes engine driver>
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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 397 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 398 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 399 Some mushroom!

  • 400 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 401 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 402 Off on a great adventure

  • 403 So this is the mainland!

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 405 For crying out loud!

  • 406 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 407 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 408 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 409 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 410 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 411 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 412 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 413 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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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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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