• 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 look in the hayfields

  • 2 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 3 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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    First prize
  • 5 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 6 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 7

    Married in 1908
  • 8 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 9 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 10 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 11

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 12 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 13 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 14 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 15 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 16 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 17 New Post Office

  • 18

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 19 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 20 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 22 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 23 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 24 Sight of a lifetime

  • 25 Recognise this resort?

  • 26 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 28 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 29 Warmington's garage ad

  • 30 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 31 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 32 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 33 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 34 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 35 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 36 Torrington children build igloo
  • 37 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 38 When horses score over the tractor

  • 39 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 40

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 41 No laughing matter

  • 42 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 43 Police station view of Bideford

  • 44 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 45 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 47 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 48 It really was the 'last time'

  • 49

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 50 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 51 New addition to Quay front

  • 52 Bideford regatta

  • 53 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 54 For crying out loud!

  • 55 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 56 New shipyard on schedule

  • 57

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 58 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 59 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 60 Parkham plan realised

  • 61 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 62 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 63 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 64 Revenge in style

  • 65 Can spring be far away?

  • 66 Artisans' Club

  • 67 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 68 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 70 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 71

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 72 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 74 A roof-top view - where?

  • 75 Emergency ferry services

  • 76 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 77 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 78 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 79 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 80 Ships at Bideford

  • 81 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 82 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 83 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 84 Variety in summer weather

  • 85 Weare Giffard potato

  • 86 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 87 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 88 Picking the pops

  • 89 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 90 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 91 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 92 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 93 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 94 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 95 Hartland Dancers
  • 96 Hartland's invitation

  • 97 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 98 Devil sent packing

  • 99 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 100 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 101 The Geneva marionettes

  • 102 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 103 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 104 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 105 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 106 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 107 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 108 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 109 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 111 Mobile missionary

  • 112 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 113 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 114 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 115 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 116 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 117 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 118 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 119 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 120 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 121 Loads of black and white

  • 122 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 123 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 124 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 126 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 127 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 128 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 129 Clovelly custom

  • 130 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 131 A bird of their own!

  • 132 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 133 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 134 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 135 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 136 North Devon Driving School

  • 137 Private home for public pump

  • 138 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 139

    Building works
  • 140 By pony and trap to market

  • 141 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 142 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 143 No sale of Springfield House

  • 144 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 145 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 146 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 147 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 148

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 149 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 150 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 151 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 152 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 153 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 154 Bideford computer stars

  • 155 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 156 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 157 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 158

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 159

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 160 New Lundy stamps

  • 161 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 162 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 164

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 165 Finished in 1876

  • 166

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 167 All for the love of a lady!

  • 168 What's the time?

  • 169 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 170 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 171 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 172 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 173

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 174

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 175 Capers on the cobbles

  • 176 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 177 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 178 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 179 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 180 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 181 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 182 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 183 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 184

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 185 Little 'Big Ben'

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    New gateway
  • 187 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 188

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 189 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 190 They are parted pro-tem

  • 191 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 192 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 193

    Was a missionary
  • 194 Out of puff!

  • 195 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 196 Northam's almshouse

  • 197 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 198 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 199 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 200

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 201 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 202 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 203 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 204 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 205 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 206 So this is the mainland!

  • 207 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 208 Decontrol of meat

  • 209 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 210

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 211

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 212 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 213 Service with a smile

  • 214 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 215 A man and his wheel

  • 216 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 217

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 218 All aboard the ark

  • 219 Twenty-one yachts

  • 220 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 221 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 222 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 223 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 224 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 225 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 226 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 227 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 228 Life begins at 80

  • 229 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 230 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 231 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 232 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 233 Torrington in 1967

  • 234 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 235 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 236 Bideford loses training ship

  • 237 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 238 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 239 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 240 Waldon Triplets
  • 241 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 242 Picking the pops

  • 243 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 244 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 245 Riverside mystery

  • 246 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 247 New art gallery opened

  • 248 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 249 113 years at Instow

  • 250 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 251 Peter poses for TV film

  • 252 School's link with cargo ship

  • 253 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 254 Bridging the stream

  • 255 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 256 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 257 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 258

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 259 Modern living at Bideford

  • 260 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 261 New choral society's growing response

  • 262 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 263 Happy Days!

  • 264 End of the line

  • 265

    Relatives all over the world
  • 266 Some mushroom!

  • 267 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 268 Northam footballers of the future

  • 269 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 271 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 272 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 273 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 274 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 275 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 276 School crossing patrol begins

  • 277 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 278 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 279 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 280 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 281 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 282 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 283 Traditions and skills still there

  • 284 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 285 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 286 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 287

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 288 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 289 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 290

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 291

    Bidefordians
  • 292 Littleham family's five generations

  • 293 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 294 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 295 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 296 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 297 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 298 New life for Hartland organ

  • 299 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 301 Penny for the guy

  • 302 First ship in 8 years

  • 303 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 304 New civic medallions

  • 305 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 306 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 307 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 308 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 309 Burnard family reunion

  • 310 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 311 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 313 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 314

    Exhibition of school work
  • 315 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 316 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 317 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 318 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 319 Torrington's new amenity

  • 320 Puppet characters introduced

  • 321 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 322 Ten year old scrambler

  • 323 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 324 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 327 Centenary of Gazette

  • 328 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 329 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 330 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 331 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 332 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 334 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 335 In their new robes and hats

  • 336

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 337 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 338 Pannier Market's future?

  • 339 Off on a great adventure

  • 340 Just over a year old

  • 341 Circus comes to town

  • 342 Some 240 exhibits

  • 343 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 344 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 345 Cruising down the river

  • 346 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 347 Six footed lamb

  • 348 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 349 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 350 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 351 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 352 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 353 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 354 He beat the floods

  • 355 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 356 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 357 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 358 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 359 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 360 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 361 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 362 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 363 The art of the thatcher

  • 364 A story to tell!

  • 365 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 366 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 367 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 368 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 369 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 370 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 371 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 372 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 373 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 374 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 375 Last train from Torrington

  • 376 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 377 Simple Item 138
  • 378 Appledore's largest

  • 379 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 381 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 382 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 383 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 384 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 385 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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 School Choir Perform in France at Landivisiau Twinning Ceremony

Bideford School Choir Perform in France at Landivisiau Twinning Ceremony, 6 June 1977

School Choir Sing in Landivisiau

Bideford-Landivisiau Twinning Ceremony in France

Bideford School Junior Choir

In France, at the Landivisiau war memorial site, a twinning ceremony was held at which Bideford School Junior Choir sang Bideford’s own song, ‘The little white town’, following the signing of the twinning charter.  The young choir went on to entertain residents at a local old people’s home and sang at Mass in the parish church. Bideford Town Council later sent a letter of appreciation to Bideford School congratulating the choir on the way that they conducted themselves during the visit.

Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film

Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film, 31 January 1969Teenagers make horror film

Children Make Their Own Horror Film

31 January 1969

Frustrated at not being allowed to see X certificate films at the cinema, 14-year-old Peter Jackson and his friends ‘protest’ by making their own horror film in East-The-Water. Shot on 8mm film, ‘Return of The Mummy’ stars Peter’s sister Tina (aged 10, female lead) and friends Stephen Sherbourne (title role), Rudy Lee and David Wilson. The film will be about 10 minutes long, end with the mummy being burnt at the stake and hopefully is to be shown at Bideford Secondary School.

 

Torrington Children Build Igloo

Torrington Children Build Igloo

Torrington Children Build Igloo

A Touch Of The Frozen North At Torrington

28th February, 1969

During the severe weather, Torrington Blue Coat children built themselves an igloo in Barley Grove.

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