• 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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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 2 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 3 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 4 Out of puff!

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

  • 6 Hartland Dancers
  • 7 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 8 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 9 Burnard family reunion

  • 10 The art of the thatcher

  • 11 Torrington in 1967

  • 12

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 13

    Married in 1908
  • 14 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 15 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 16 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 17

    Exhibition of school work
  • 18 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 19 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 20 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 21

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 22 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 23 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 25 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 26 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 27 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 28 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 29 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 30 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 31 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 32 No sale of Springfield House

  • 33 Ten year old scrambler

  • 34 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 35 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 36 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 37 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 38 A story to tell!

  • 39

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 40 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 41

    First prize
  • 42 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 43 North Devon Driving School

  • 44 Finished in 1876

  • 45 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 46 Penny for the guy

  • 47 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 48 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 49 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 50 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 51 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 52 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 53 Traditions and skills still there

  • 54 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 56 Hartland postman retires

  • 57 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 58 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 59 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 60 What's the time?

  • 61

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 62 Service with a smile

  • 63 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 64 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 65 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 66 Happy Days!

  • 67 Appledore's largest

  • 68 Puppet characters introduced

  • 69 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 70 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 71 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 72 New shipyard on schedule

  • 73 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 74 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 76 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 77 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 78 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 79 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 80 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 81 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 82 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 83 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 84 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 85 Northam footballers of the future

  • 86 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 87 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 88 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 89

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 90 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 91 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 92 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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    New gateway
  • 94 A roof-top view - where?

  • 95 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 96 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 97 End of the line

  • 98 New art gallery opened

  • 99 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 100 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 101 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 102 New addition to Quay front

  • 103 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 104 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 105 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 106 He beat the floods

  • 107 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 108 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 110

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 111 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 112 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 113 Capers on the cobbles

  • 114 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 116 New Lundy stamps

  • 117 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 118 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 119 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 120 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 121 Pannier Market's future?

  • 122 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 123 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 124 Jumble sale fever

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 126 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 127 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 128 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 129 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 131 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 132

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 133 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 134 Bridging the stream

  • 135 By pony and trap to market

  • 136 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 137 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 138 Some mushroom!

  • 139 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 140 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 141 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 142 The Geneva marionettes

  • 143 Six footed lamb

  • 144 No laughing matter

  • 145 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 146 Bideford loses training ship

  • 147 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 148 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 149 In their new robes and hats

  • 150 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 151 Littleham family's five generations

  • 152 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 153 Steep street of old Bideford

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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 155

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 156 Clovelly nightmare

  • 157 New Post Office

  • 158 School's link with cargo ship

  • 159 Sight of a lifetime

  • 160 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 161 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 162

    Bidefordians
  • 163 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 164 Loads of black and white

  • 165

    Was a missionary
  • 166 Modern living at Bideford

  • 167 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 168 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 169 They are parted pro-tem

  • 170 Decontrol of meat

  • 171 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 172 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 174 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 175 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 176 Picking the pops

  • 177 Last train from Torrington

  • 178 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 179 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 180 Revenge in style

  • 181

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 182

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 183 Bideford computer stars

  • 184 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 185 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 186 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 187 Waldon Triplets
  • 188 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 189 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 190 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 191

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 192 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 193 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 194 For crying out loud!

  • 195 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 196 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 197 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 198 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 199 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 200 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 201 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 202 Bideford regatta

  • 203 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 204 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 205

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 206

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 207 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 208 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 209 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 210 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 211 Emergency ferry services

  • 212 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 213

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 214

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 215 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 216 Life begins at 80

  • 217 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 218 It really was the 'last time'

  • 219 So this is the mainland!

  • 220 Clovelly custom

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 222 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 223 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 224 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 225 Simple Item 138
  • 226 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 227 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 228 Recognise this resort?

  • 229 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 230 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 231 Cruising down the river

  • 232 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 233 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 234 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 235 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 236 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 237 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 238 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 239 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 240 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 241

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 242 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 243 Warmington's garage ad

  • 244 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 245 Can spring be far away?

  • 246 Hartland's invitation

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

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    Building works
  • 249 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 250 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 251 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 252 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 253 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 254 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 255 Devil sent packing

  • 256 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 257 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 258 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 259 Mobile missionary

  • 260 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 261 Variety in summer weather

  • 262 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 263 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 264

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 265 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 266 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 267 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 268

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 269 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 270 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 271 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 272 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 273 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 274 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 275 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 276 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 277 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 278 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 279 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 280 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 281 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 282 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 283 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 284 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 285 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 286 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 287 All for the love of a lady!

  • 288 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 289 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 290 Peter poses for TV film

  • 291

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 292 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 293 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 294 Riverside mystery

  • 295 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 296 New choral society's growing response

  • 297 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 298 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 299 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 300 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 301 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 302 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 303 Northam's almshouse

  • 304 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 305 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 306 Some 240 exhibits

  • 307 Centenary of Gazette

  • 308 A man and his wheel

  • 309 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 310 A bird of their own!

  • 311 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 312 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 313 New civic medallions

  • 314 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 315 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 316 First ship in 8 years

  • 317 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 318 New look in the hayfields

  • 319 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 320 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 321 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 322 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 323 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 324 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 325 When horses score over the tractor

  • 326 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 327 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 328 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 329 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 330 Off on a great adventure

  • 331 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 332 Torrington children build igloo
  • 333 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 334 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 335 Torrington's new amenity

  • 336 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 337 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 338 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 339 Picking the pops

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

  • 341 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 342 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 343 Circus comes to town

  • 344 Parkham plan realised

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 346 113 years at Instow

  • 347 Artisans' Club

  • 348 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 350 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 351 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 352 Ships at Bideford

  • 353 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 354 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 355 Twenty-one yachts

  • 356 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 357 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 358 New life for Hartland organ

  • 359 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 360 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 361 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 363 Weare Giffard potato

  • 364 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 365 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 366 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 367 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 368 Just over a year old

  • 369 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 370 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 371 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 372 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 373 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 374 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 375 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 376 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 377 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 378 All aboard the ark

  • 379 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 380 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 381 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 382 Private home for public pump

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

  • 384 Police station view of Bideford

  • 385 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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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Northam Burrows Committee

Northam Burrows Committee

Potwalloping
 

The old custom of POTWALLOPING will be held on Saturday, July 27th 1963 9 to 5pm. All welcome on the Burrows. Refreshments provided for genuine pebble-pickers

 

Clock Future Uncertain

Clock Future Uncertain

Bideford Clock Future
 

Bideford pannier market could lose its ancient parliamentary clock - to the offices of Torridge District Council. The council's Development Committee were told by the chief technical officer, Mr Richard Brasington, that the clock, now not operating, had been valuedat £700. Its condition was beginning to cause concern and he suggested that it should be repaired and refurbished at a possible cost of £100 and perhaps moved to the council offices.
The market superint- he added, wanted it to be sold and replaced with an electric clock.

The committee agreed that the clock should be repaired and a decision then taken on where to resite it.

 

Christmas Art Exhibition

Christmas Art Exhibition at the Burton Art Gallery, Bideford

Burton Art Gallery
 

The 1st Open Annual Fine Art Exhibition of Painting-Graphics-Sculpture by local artists from December 4 to December 16 inclusive. Artists must submit work for selection on November 25 to Bideford Arts Centre
Write for entry form and further particulars to: J Paterson, Principal, Bideford Arts Centre, The Quay, Bideford 2462

 
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