• 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 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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    Was a missionary
  • 3 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 4 A man and his wheel

  • 5 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 6 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 7

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 8

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 9 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 10 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 11 Last train from Torrington

  • 12 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 13 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 14

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 15 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 16 Northam's almshouse

  • 17 No laughing matter

  • 18 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 19 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 20 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 21 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 22 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 23 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 24 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 26 Riverside mystery

  • 27 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 28 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 29 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 30 When horses score over the tractor

  • 31

    Married in 1908
  • 32 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 33 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 35

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 36 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 37 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 38 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 39 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 40 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 41 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 42 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 43 Finished in 1876

  • 44 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 45

    Relatives all over the world
  • 46 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 47 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 48 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 49 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 50 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 51 School crossing patrol begins

  • 52 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 53 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 54 Bideford loses training ship

  • 55

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

  • 57 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 58 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 59 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 60 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 62 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 63 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 64 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 65 Warmington's garage ad

  • 66 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 67 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 68 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 69 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 70 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 71 Parkham plan realised

  • 72 They are parted pro-tem

  • 73 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 74 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 75 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 76 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 77 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 78 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 79 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 80 Weare Giffard potato

  • 81 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 83 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 84 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 85 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 86

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 87 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 88 Hartland Dancers
  • 89 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 90 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 91 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 92

    Building works
  • 93 Variety in summer weather

  • 94 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 95 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 96 New look in the hayfields

  • 97 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 98 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 99 First ship in 8 years

  • 100 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 101 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 102 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 103

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 104

    Exhibition of school work
  • 105 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 106 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 107 Bideford computer stars

  • 108 Decontrol of meat

  • 109

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 110 Traditions and skills still there

  • 111 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 113 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 114 Waldon Triplets
  • 115

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 116 Littleham family's five generations

  • 117 Out of puff!

  • 118 All for the love of a lady!

  • 119 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 120 The Geneva marionettes

  • 121 Ships at Bideford

  • 122 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 123 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 124 What's the time?

  • 125 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 126 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 127 A bird of their own!

  • 128 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 129 New choral society's growing response

  • 130 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 131 North Devon Driving School

  • 132 Torrington children build igloo
  • 133 School's link with cargo ship

  • 134 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 135 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 136 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 137 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 138 No sale of Springfield House

  • 139 Can spring be far away?

  • 140 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 141 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 142 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 143 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 144 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 145 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 146

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 147 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 148 Clovelly custom

  • 149 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 150 Emergency ferry services

  • 151 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 152 Capers on the cobbles

  • 153 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 154 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 155 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 156 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 157 New Post Office

  • 158 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 159 End of the line

  • 160 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 161 Pannier Market's future?

  • 162 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 163 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 164 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 165 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 166 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 167 New life for Hartland organ

  • 168 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 169 Recognise this resort?

  • 170 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 171 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 172 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 173

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 174 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 175 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 176 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 177 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 178

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 179 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 180 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 181 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 182 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 183 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 184 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 185 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 186 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 187 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 188 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 189 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 190 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 191

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 192 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 193 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 194 It really was the 'last time'

  • 195 Some 240 exhibits

  • 196 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 198 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 199 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 200 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 201 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 202 Clovelly nightmare

  • 203 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 205 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 206 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 207 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 208 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 209 New shipyard on schedule

  • 210 Off on a great adventure

  • 211

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 212 113 years at Instow

  • 213 Penny for the guy

  • 214 New addition to Quay front

  • 215 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 216 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 217 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 218 Happy Days!

  • 219 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 220 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 221 Mobile missionary

  • 222 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 223 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 224 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 225 Service with a smile

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

  • 227 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 228 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 229 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 230 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 231 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 232

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 233 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 234 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 235 For crying out loud!

  • 236 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 237 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 238 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 239 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 241 Circus comes to town

  • 242 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 243 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 244 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 245 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 246 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 247 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 248 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 249 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 250 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 251 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 252 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 253 By pony and trap to market

  • 254 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 255 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 256 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 257 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 258 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 259 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 260 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 261 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 262 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 263 The cab at the corner>
  • 264 Twenty-one yachts

  • 265 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 266 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 267 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 268 Loads of black and white

  • 269 Torrington's new amenity

  • 270 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 271 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 272 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 273 Puppet characters introduced

  • 274 Beach search for mines takes longer

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    First prize
  • 276 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 277 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 278 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 279

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 280 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 281 All aboard the ark

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

  • 283 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 284 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 285 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 286 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 287 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 288 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 289 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 290 Some mushroom!

  • 291 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 292 Artisans' Club

  • 293 Life begins at 80

  • 294 He beat the floods

  • 295 Hartland's invitation

  • 296 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 297 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 298 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 299

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 300 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 301 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 302 Picking the pops

  • 303 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 304 Simple Item 138
  • 305

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 306 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 307 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 308 Private home for public pump

  • 309 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 310 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 311 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 313 New Lundy stamps

  • 314

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 315 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 316 New civic medallions

  • 317 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 318 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 320 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 321 Revenge in style

  • 322 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 323 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 324 The art of the thatcher

  • 325 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 326 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 327 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 328 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 329 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 330

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 331 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 332 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 333 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 334 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 335 Bideford regatta

  • 336 Devil sent packing

  • 337 Just over a year old

  • 338

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 339 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 340 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 341 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 342 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 343 In their new robes and hats

  • 344 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 345 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 346 A story to tell!

  • 347 Cruising down the river

  • 348

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 349 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 350 Picking the pops

  • 351 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 352 Hartland postman retires

  • 353 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 354 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 355 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 356 Centenary of Gazette

  • 357 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 358 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 359

    Bidefordians
  • 360 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 361 Six footed lamb

  • 362 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 363 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 364 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 365 Ten year old scrambler

  • 366 Jumble sale fever

  • 367 So this is the mainland!

  • 368 Bridging the stream

  • 369 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 370 Northam footballers of the future

  • 371 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 372 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 373 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 374 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 375 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 376 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 377 Modern living at Bideford

  • 378 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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    New gateway
  • 380 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 381 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 382 A roof-top view - where?

  • 383 Appledore's largest

  • 384 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 385 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 386 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 387 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 388 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 389 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 390 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 391 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 392 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 393 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 394 Sweets derationing

  • 395 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 396 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 397 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 398 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 399 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 400 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 401 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 402 Police station view of Bideford

  • 403 New art gallery opened

  • 404 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 405 Burnard family reunion

  • 406

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 407 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 408

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 409 From Bobby to Brian

  • 410 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 411 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 412 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 413 New look for Torrington Lane

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Gus Honeybun meets local children at Bideford Sports Ground

Gus Honeybun meets local children at Bideford Sports Ground 12th May 1972

Gus Honeybun visit 12 May 1972

Gus Honeybun meets local children at charity soccer match, 12th May 1972.

Puppet TV star, Gus Honeybun, meets some local children at Bideford Sports Ground where a charity football match between Westward TV and Appledore Shipbuilders took place.

Two Double Baptisms On River Torridge

Two Double Baptisms On River Torridge 10 March 1978

Two Double Baptisms On River Torridge

River Torridge Double Baptisms

10 March 1978

On a boat alongside Appledore Quay, with a borrowed ship's bell, a baptism was conducted by Rev. Donald Peyton Jones, including the baptism of Faye Edwards and Mathew Roy.

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.

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