• 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 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 2 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 3 Modern living at Bideford

  • 4 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 5 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

  • 7 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 9 School crossing patrol begins

  • 10 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 11 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 12 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 13 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 14 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 15 Mobile missionary

  • 16 Penny for the guy

  • 17 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 18 Torrington in 1967

  • 19 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 20 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 21 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 22

    Exhibition of school work
  • 23 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 24 Burnard family reunion

  • 25 Bideford computer stars

  • 26 Appledore's largest

  • 27 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 28 Out of puff!

  • 29 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 30 Parkham plan realised

  • 31 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 32 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 33 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 34 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 35 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 36 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 37 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 38 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 39 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 40 Some mushroom!

  • 41

    Bidefordians
  • 42 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 43 Hartland Dancers
  • 44 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 45 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 46

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 47 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 48 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 49

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 50

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 51 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 52 For crying out loud!

  • 53 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 54 Decontrol of meat

  • 55

    First prize
  • 56 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 57 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 58 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 59 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 60 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 61 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 62 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 63 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 64

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 65 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 67 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 68 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 69

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 70 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 71 The cab at the corner>
  • 72 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 73 What's the time?

  • 74 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 75 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 76 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 77 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 78 Ships at Bideford

  • 79 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 80 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 81 Simple Item 138
  • 82 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 83 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 84 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 85 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 86 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 87 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 88 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 89 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 90 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 91 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 92 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 93 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 94 End of the line

  • 95

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 96 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 97 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 98 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 99 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 100 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 101 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 102 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 103 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 104 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 105 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 106 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 107 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 108 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 109 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 111 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 113 New choral society's growing response

  • 114 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 115 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 116 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 117 Variety in summer weather

  • 118 New look in the hayfields

  • 119 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 120 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 121 Can spring be far away?

  • 122 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 123 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 124 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 125 They are parted pro-tem

  • 126 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 127 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 128 Cruising down the river

  • 129 Off on a great adventure

  • 130 Sight of a lifetime

  • 131 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 132 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 133 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 134 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 135 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 136 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 137 The Geneva marionettes

  • 138 From Bobby to Brian

  • 139 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 140

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 141 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 142 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 143

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 144 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 145 So this is the mainland!

  • 146 All for the love of a lady!

  • 147 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 148 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 149 School's link with cargo ship

  • 150 Twenty-one yachts

  • 151 Bideford loses training ship

  • 152 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 153 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 154 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 155 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 156 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 157 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 158 New civic medallions

  • 159 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 160 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 161 Emergency ferry services

  • 162

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 163 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 164 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 165

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 166

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 167 Hartland postman retires

  • 168 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 169 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 170 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 171 Clovelly custom

  • 172 A roof-top view - where?

  • 173 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 174 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 175 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 176 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 177 Pannier Market's future?

  • 178 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 179 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 180 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 181 Private home for public pump

  • 182 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 183 Clovelly nightmare

  • 184

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 185 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 186 Torrington's new amenity

  • 187 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 188 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 189 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 190 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 191 Picking the pops

  • 192 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 193 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 194 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 195 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 196 New Lundy stamps

  • 197 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 198 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 199 Filming at Hartland

  • 200 Picking the pops

  • 201 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 202 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 203 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 204

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 205 First ship in 8 years

  • 206 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 207 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 208 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 209 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 210 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 211 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 212 New life for Hartland organ

  • 213 Artisans' Club

  • 214 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 215 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 216 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 217 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 218 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 219 A story to tell!

  • 220 By pony and trap to market

  • 221 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 222 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 223 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 224 Northam footballers of the future

  • 225 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 226 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 228 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 229 It really was the 'last time'

  • 230 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 231 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 232 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 233 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 234 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 235 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 236 Revenge in style

  • 237 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 238 Centenary of Gazette

  • 239 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 240

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 241 New addition to Quay front

  • 242 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 243 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 244 Torrington children build igloo
  • 245 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 246 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 247 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 248 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 249 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 250 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 251

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 252 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 253 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 254 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 255 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 256 Circus comes to town

  • 257 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 258

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 259 Happy Days!

  • 260 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 261

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 262 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 263 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 264 Recognise this resort?

  • 265 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 266

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 267 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 268 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 269 A man and his wheel

  • 270 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 271 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 272 Last train from Torrington

  • 273 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 274 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 275

    Building works
  • 276 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 277 Service with a smile

  • 278 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 279

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 280 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 281 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 282 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 283 Sweets derationing

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

  • 285

    New gateway
  • 286 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 287 Finished in 1876

  • 288 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 289 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 290 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 291 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 293

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 294 When horses score over the tractor

  • 295 Six footed lamb

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

  • 297 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 298 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 299 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 300 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 301 Peter poses for TV film

  • 302 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 303 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 304 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 305 Waldon Triplets
  • 306 Jumble sale fever

  • 307 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 308 New shipyard on schedule

  • 309 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 310 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 311 Bideford regatta

  • 312 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 313 No laughing matter

  • 314 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 315

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 316 Loads of black and white

  • 317 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 318

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 319 All aboard the ark

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

  • 321 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 322 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 323 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 324 Bridging the stream

  • 325 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 326 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 327 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 328 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 329 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 330 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 331 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 332 Traditions and skills still there

  • 333 Littleham family's five generations

  • 334 Northam's almshouse

  • 335 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 336 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 337

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 338 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 339 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 340 In their new robes and hats

  • 341 Police station view of Bideford

  • 342 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 343 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 344 Hartland's invitation

  • 345 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 346 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 347 Just over a year old

  • 348 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 349 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 350 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 351 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 352

    Was a missionary
  • 353 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 354 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 355

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 356

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 357 A bird of their own!

  • 358 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 359 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 360 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 361 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 362 The art of the thatcher

  • 363 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 364 Devil sent packing

  • 365 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 366 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 367 He beat the floods

  • 368 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 369 Life begins at 80

  • 370 Weare Giffard potato

  • 371 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 372 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 373 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 374 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 375 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 376 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 377 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 378 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 379 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 380 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 381 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 382 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 383 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 384 New art gallery opened

  • 385 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 386 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 387 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 388 113 years at Instow

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

  • 390 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 391

    Relatives all over the world
  • 392 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 393 North Devon Driving School

  • 394 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 395 Some 240 exhibits

  • 396 New Post Office

  • 397 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 398 Riverside mystery

  • 399 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 400 Puppet characters introduced

  • 401 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 402 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 403 Warmington's garage ad

  • 404 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 405 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 406 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 407 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 408 No sale of Springfield House

  • 409

    Married in 1908
  • 410 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 411 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 412 Capers on the cobbles

  • 413 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
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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113 Years at Instow

North Devon Cricket Club is fourth oldest in country

The club was founded at Barnstaple in 1823 with ground acquired at Pottington for pursuit of the game. In 1837 the club moved to its present quarters overlooking the Taw and Torridge estuary.

1 September 1950 113 years at Instow

The original deed box contains the earliest known match record, that of a game between the club, then ‘The Gentlemen of North Devon,’and Devon County School, now West Buckland School, played in 1845. The Gentlemen’s team comprised six parsons and five officers on that occasion.

Gazette article 1 September 1950

 

Capers on the cobbles

Carnival charm at Clovelly

There was plenty of carnival charm and humour at Clovelly on Bank Holiday Monday.

Mounted on a gaily caparisoned donkey, the Carnival Queen (11 year old Beryl Johns) had two stalwart male escorts as well as her young attendants as she rode down the cobbled street.

18 August 1950 Capers on the cobbles

Left to right: Mr W.A. Pickard, Lorna Jewell, Beryl Johns, Moyra Pickard and Mr R.W. Tridgell.

Gazette article 18 August 1950

 

Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

Accommodation sold out

On Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday the sun shone brightly and attracted visitors and residents alike. This picture shows the popularity of Westward Ho!

11 August 1950 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

Spare accommodation is very scarce in the district and people have been sleeping out in their cars. At least one family spent a rather cramped uncomfortable night in this manner on Bideford Pill, having arrived without booking accommodation and then being unable to find any.

Gazette article 11 August 1950

 

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