• 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 Hartland postman retires

  • 2 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 3 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 4 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 5 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 6 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 7

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 8 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 9 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 10 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 11 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 12 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 13 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 14 Recognise this resort?

  • 15 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 16 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 17 When horses score over the tractor

  • 18

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 19 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 20 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 22 He beat the floods

  • 23 Emergency ferry services

  • 24

    New gateway
  • 25 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 26

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 27 Ships at Bideford

  • 28 New art gallery opened

  • 29 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 30 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 31

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 32 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 33 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 35 Picking the pops

  • 36 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 37 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 38 Devil sent packing

  • 39

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 40 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 41 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 42 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 43 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 44 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 45 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 46 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 47 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 48 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 49 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 50 Happy Days!

  • 51 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 52 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 53 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 54 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 55 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 56 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 57 Northam's almshouse

  • 58 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 59 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 60 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 61 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 62 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 63 Hartland's invitation

  • 64 Capers on the cobbles

  • 65 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 66 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 67 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 68 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 69

    Bidefordians
  • 70 Penny for the guy

  • 71 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 72 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 73 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 74 Simple Item 138
  • 75 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 76 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 77 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 78 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 79 New addition to Quay front

  • 80 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 81

    Exhibition of school work
  • 82 Pannier Market's future?

  • 83 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 84 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 85 New Lundy stamps

  • 86 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 87 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 88 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 89 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 90 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 91 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 92 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 93 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 94 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 95 They are parted pro-tem

  • 96 Bridging the stream

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

  • 98 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 99 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 100 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 101 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 102 School's link with cargo ship

  • 103

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 104 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 105 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 106 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 107 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 109

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 110 For crying out loud!

  • 111

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 112 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 113

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 114 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 116 Torrington in 1967

  • 117 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 118 A roof-top view - where?

  • 119 Life begins at 80

  • 120 Appledore's largest

  • 121 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 122 Police station view of Bideford

  • 123 Mobile missionary

  • 124 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 125 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 126 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 127 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 128 Northam footballers of the future

  • 129 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 131 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 132 Revenge in style

  • 133 Torrington children build igloo
  • 134 End of the line

  • 135 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 136

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 137 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 138

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 139

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 140 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 141 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 142 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 143 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 144 Some 240 exhibits

  • 145 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 147 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 148 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 149 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 150 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 151 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 152

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 153 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 154 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 155 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 156 All aboard the ark

  • 157 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 158 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 159 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 160 Loads of black and white

  • 161 School crossing patrol begins

  • 162 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 163 Parkham plan realised

  • 164 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 165 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 166 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 167 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 168 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 169 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 170 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 171 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 172 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 173 Bideford computer stars

  • 174 A man and his wheel

  • 175 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 176 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 177 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 178 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 179 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 180 Puppet characters introduced

  • 181 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 182 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 183 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 184 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 185 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 186 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 187

    Was a missionary
  • 188 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 189 New life for Hartland organ

  • 190 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 191 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 192 Weare Giffard potato

  • 193 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 194 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 195

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 196 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 197 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 198

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 199 The art of the thatcher

  • 200 Riverside mystery

  • 201 So this is the mainland!

  • 202 Twenty-one yachts

  • 203

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 204 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 205 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 206 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 207 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 208 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 209 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 210 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 211 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 212 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 213

    Relatives all over the world
  • 214 In their new robes and hats

  • 215 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 217 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 218 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 220 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 221 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 222 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 223 Decontrol of meat

  • 224 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 225

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 226 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 227 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 228 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 229 A bird of their own!

  • 230 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 231 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 232 Artisans' Club

  • 233

    Building works
  • 234 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 235 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 236 Hartland Dancers
  • 237 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 238 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 239 No laughing matter

  • 240 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 242 Clovelly custom

  • 243 Warmington's garage ad

  • 244 New Post Office

  • 245 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 246 What's the time?

  • 247 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 248

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 249 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 250 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 251 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 252 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 253 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 254 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 255 New civic medallions

  • 256 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 257 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 258 Peter poses for TV film

  • 259 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 260 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 261 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 262 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 263 Burnard family reunion

  • 264 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 265 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 266 Private home for public pump

  • 267 Six footed lamb

  • 268 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 269 Sight of a lifetime

  • 270 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 271 Circus comes to town

  • 272 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 273 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 274 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 275 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 276 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 277 Picking the pops

  • 278 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 280 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 281 It really was the 'last time'

  • 282 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 283 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 284 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 285 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 286 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 287 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 288 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 289 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 290 Can spring be far away?

  • 291

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 292 Finished in 1876

  • 293 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 294 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 295 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 296 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 297 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 298 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 299 Modern living at Bideford

  • 300 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 301 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 302 The Geneva marionettes

  • 303 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 304 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 305 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 306 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 307 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 308 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 309 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 310 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 311 113 years at Instow

  • 312 Traditions and skills still there

  • 313 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 314 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 315 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 316 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 317

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 318 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 319 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 320 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 321 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 322 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 323 Variety in summer weather

  • 324 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 325 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 326 Service with a smile

  • 327 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 328 Jumble sale fever

  • 329 First ship in 8 years

  • 330

    Married in 1908
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 332 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 333 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 334 Bideford loses training ship

  • 335 Some mushroom!

  • 336 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 337 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 338 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 339

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 340 Littleham family's five generations

  • 341 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 342 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 343 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 344 Cruising down the river

  • 345 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 346 All for the love of a lady!

  • 347 Ten year old scrambler

  • 348 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 349 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 350 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 351 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 352

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 353 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 354 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 355 Bideford regatta

  • 356 New choral society's growing response

  • 357

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 358 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 359 North Devon Driving School

  • 360 No sale of Springfield House

  • 361 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 362 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 364 Just over a year old

  • 365 New look in the hayfields

  • 366 Clovelly nightmare

  • 367 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 368 Centenary of Gazette

  • 369 New shipyard on schedule

  • 370

    First prize
  • 371

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 372 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 373 Waldon Triplets
  • 374 Last train from Torrington

  • 375 Torrington's new amenity

  • 376 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 377 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 378 A story to tell!

  • 379 Out of puff!

  • 380 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 381 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 382 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 383 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 384 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 385 Students help model St Sidwell

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

Greeting of 'grand old man' 

Here is the smiling greeting of Hartland’s Grand Old Man, 91 Years old Mr Daniel Headon, better known to many as ‘Uncle Dan’

26 January 1951 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

Hardly a day passes but Uncle Dan can be seen out on the main Bideford-Bude road for his three or four mile walk, often carrying a large bundle of firewood, as he makes his way home to Baxworthy Corner, Hartland, where he lives with his son and daughter-in-law.

January 12 is Mr Headon’s great day; not only is it his own birthday but also that of his great-grandson Vernon Henry Keen.

Gazette article 26 January 1951

 

Taw Development Scheme - £8,500,000

View of Taw and Torridge estuary

This arial photograph gives an excellent general perspective of the Taw and Torridge Estuary including the site at east Yelland where a generating station is being erected at a cost of £8,500,000 and will take seven years to complete.

19 January 1951 Taw development scheme

Gazette article 19 January 1951

 

Do you recall the old windmill at Northam?

Demolished in 1922

Memories of the old windmill which once stood off the road between Northam and Appledore have been revived by the recent demolition of Chanter’s Folly. The mill stood in a field known to this day as ‘Windmills’ which lies on the Appledore side of the lane leading to Bidna off the main Northam to Appledore road just past Knapp House. The tower fell into disrepair and became a danger to cattle wandering around its base and even inside.

28 November 1952 Do recall the old windmill at Northam

The windmill tower was of brick on a stone base. A good deal of the base remains but the brick walling, which was some three feet thick, was later used to build a sea-wall under Watertown farm which can be seen today.

Gazette article 28 November 1952

 

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