• 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 Clovelly custom

  • 2 Private home for public pump

  • 3

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 4 Modern living at Bideford

  • 5 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 6 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 7 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 8 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 9 Finished in 1876

  • 10 Warmington's garage ad

  • 11

    First prize
  • 12 Clovelly nightmare

  • 13 Some 240 exhibits

  • 14 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 15 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 16

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 17 Bridging the stream

  • 18 Police station view of Bideford

  • 19 Simple Item 138
  • 20 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 21 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 22 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 23 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 24 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 25 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 26 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 27 Bideford loses training ship

  • 28 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 29 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 30 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 31 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 32 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 33 Out of puff!

  • 34

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 35

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 36 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 37 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 38 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 39 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 40

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 41 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 42 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 43 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 44 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 45 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 47 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 48 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 49 Recognise this resort?

  • 50 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 51 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 52 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 53 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 54 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 55 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 56 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 58 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 59 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 60 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 61 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 62 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 63 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 64

    Exhibition of school work
  • 65

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 66 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 67

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 68 New Post Office

  • 69 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 70 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 71 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 72 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 73 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 74 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 75 Littleham family's five generations

  • 76 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 77 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 78 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 79 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 81 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 82 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 83 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 84 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 85 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 86 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 87 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 88 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 89 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 90 Hartland Dancers
  • 91 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 92 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 93

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 94 Loads of black and white

  • 95 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 96 Picking the pops

  • 97 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 98 All for the love of a lady!

  • 99 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 100

    New gateway
  • 101 All aboard the ark

  • 102 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 103 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 104

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 105 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 106 Can spring be far away?

  • 107

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 108 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 109 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 110 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 111 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 112 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 113 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 114 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 115

    Bidefordians
  • 116 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 117 Some mushroom!

  • 118 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 119 Torrington children build igloo
  • 120 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 121 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 122 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 123

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 124

    Relatives all over the world
  • 125 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 126 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 127 Service with a smile

  • 128 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 129 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 130 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 131 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 132 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 133 Variety in summer weather

  • 134 113 years at Instow

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

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

  • 137 They are parted pro-tem

  • 138 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 139 For crying out loud!

  • 140 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 141

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 142 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 143 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 144 So this is the mainland!

  • 145 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 146 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 147 Ships at Bideford

  • 148 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 149 Pannier Market's future?

  • 150 In their new robes and hats

  • 151 Off on a great adventure

  • 152 Last train from Torrington

  • 153 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 154 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 155 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 156 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 157 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 158 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 159 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 160 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 161 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 162

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 163 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 164 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 165 New addition to Quay front

  • 166 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 168 Six footed lamb

  • 169

    Was a missionary
  • 170 Bideford regatta

  • 171

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 172 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 173 Emergency ferry services

  • 174 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 175 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 176 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 177 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 178 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 179 Picking the pops

  • 180 New look in the hayfields

  • 181 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 182 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 183 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 184 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 185 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 186 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 187 Appledore's largest

  • 188 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 189 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 190

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 191 A roof-top view - where?

  • 192 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 193 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 194 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 195 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 196 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 197 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 198 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 199 Puppet characters introduced

  • 200 Artisans' Club

  • 201 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 202

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 203 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 204 New art gallery opened

  • 205 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 206 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 207 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 208 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 209 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 210 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 211 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 212 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 213 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 214 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 215 School crossing patrol begins

  • 216 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 217 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 218 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 219 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 220 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 221 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 222 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 223 Torrington in 1967

  • 224 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 225 Traditions and skills still there

  • 226 The art of the thatcher

  • 227 Centenary of Gazette

  • 228 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 229 A man and his wheel

  • 230 Just over a year old

  • 231 Life begins at 80

  • 232 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 233 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 234 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 235 A bird of their own!

  • 236 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 237 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 238 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 239 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 240

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 241 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 242 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 243

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 244 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 245 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 246 Bideford computer stars

  • 247 Parkham plan realised

  • 248 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 249 Jumble sale fever

  • 250 First ship in 8 years

  • 251 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 252 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 253 Revenge in style

  • 254 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 255 New shipyard on schedule

  • 256 Northam's almshouse

  • 257

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 258 Twenty-one yachts

  • 259 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 260 It really was the 'last time'

  • 261 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 262 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 263 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 265 End of the line

  • 266 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 268 Mobile missionary

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

  • 270 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 271 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 272 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 273 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 274 Weare Giffard potato

  • 275

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 276 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 277 New choral society's growing response

  • 278 Peter poses for TV film

  • 279 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 280 Hartland postman retires

  • 281 Cruising down the river

  • 282 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 283 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 284 Waldon Triplets
  • 285 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 286 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 287 Burnard family reunion

  • 288 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 289 Devil sent packing

  • 290 New Lundy stamps

  • 291 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 292 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 293 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 294 Northam footballers of the future

  • 295 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 296 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 297 Sight of a lifetime

  • 298 Ten year old scrambler

  • 299 The Geneva marionettes

  • 300 School's link with cargo ship

  • 301 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 302 What's the time?

  • 303 When horses score over the tractor

  • 304 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 305 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 306 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 307 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 308 New life for Hartland organ

  • 309 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 310 Penny for the guy

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

  • 312 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 313 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 314 Capers on the cobbles

  • 315 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 316 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 317 Circus comes to town

  • 318 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 319 Happy Days!

  • 320 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 321 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 322 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 324 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 325 New civic medallions

  • 326 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 327 No laughing matter

  • 328 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 329 By pony and trap to market

  • 330 Riverside mystery

  • 331 Decontrol of meat

  • 332 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 333 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 334 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 335 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 336

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 337 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 338 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 339 Hartland's invitation

  • 340 A story to tell!

  • 341

    Building works
  • 342 North Devon Driving School

  • 343 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 344 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 345 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 346 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 348 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 349

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 350

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 351 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 352 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 353 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 354 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 355 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 356 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 357 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 358 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 359 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 360 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 361 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 362 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 363 He beat the floods

  • 364 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 365 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 366 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 367 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 368 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 369 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 371 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 372 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 373

    Married in 1908
  • 374 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 375 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 376 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 377 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 378 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 379 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 380

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 381 No sale of Springfield House

  • 382 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 383 Torrington's new amenity

  • 384 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 385 Bicycle now does donkey work

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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One of the "Old School"

One of the "Old School"

02101945 Jack Cornish m
 

Mr "Jack" Cornish retires after 40 years with the "Gazette". At the age of 75, Mr. "Jack" Cornish, of 25 Victoria Grove, Bideford, has retired from the printing works staff of the "Bideford Gazette" after 40 years' service with the firm.

 

Where Bideford Rope-Makers Walked

Where Bideford Rope-Makers Walked

Rope Walk
 

From the photograph most readers will immediately recognise the Strand but fewer will recall the wooden posts which formed part of the extension to "Rope" Walk which ran from the foreground of the picture back past the bottom of Chingswell Street, across the bottom of Willett Street to the Quay end of Bridgeland Street.
The ancient and principal ropewalk in Bideford, where ropes were made by hand, was owned from very early times by the Wren family, and later was acquired by Mr H M Restarick.

 

Has designed all furnishings of new chapel

Has Designed All Furnishings of New Chapel

Reginald Lloyd
 

Bideford artist Reginald Lloyd and his work featured in a recent issue of "Canvas," Westward Television's monthly magazine of the arts.
In the new chapel at the Stella Maris Convent School at Bideford he is doing something he believes no other artist has had the chance to do - design every article and piece of furniture and paint the pictures. This will include the altar, the ironwork, altar rails and screen, the pews, the candlesticks and the painting of the crucifixion.

 
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