• 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's gift to Sir Francis

  • 2 When horses score over the tractor

  • 3 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 4 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 5 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 6 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 7

    Bidefordians
  • 8 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 9 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 10 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 11 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 12 First ship in 8 years

  • 13 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 14 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 15 Bridging the stream

  • 16 Traditions and skills still there

  • 17 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 18 Torrington children build igloo
  • 19 New art gallery opened

  • 20 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 21 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 22 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 23 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 24 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 25 For crying out loud!

  • 26 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 27 Revenge in style

  • 28 Hartland postman retires

  • 29 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 30 Circus comes to town

  • 31 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 32 Out of puff!

  • 33 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 34 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 35 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 36 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 37 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 38 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 39 Hartland Dancers
  • 40

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 41 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 42 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 44 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 45 Picking the pops

  • 46 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 47 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 48

    Exhibition of school work
  • 49 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 50 Bideford regatta

  • 51 The art of the thatcher

  • 52 A bird of their own!

  • 53 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 54 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 55 Weare Giffard potato

  • 56 Clovelly custom

  • 57

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 58 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 59 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 60

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 61 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 62

    New gateway
  • 63 Penny for the guy

  • 64 New shipyard on schedule

  • 65 New Post Office

  • 66 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 67 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 68 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 69 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 70 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 71 It really was the 'last time'

  • 72 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 73 New addition to Quay front

  • 74 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 75 In their new robes and hats

  • 76 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 77 School crossing patrol begins

  • 78 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 79 No laughing matter

  • 80

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 81 Puppet characters introduced

  • 82 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 83 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 84 Recognise this resort?

  • 85 Centenary of Gazette

  • 86 Life begins at 80

  • 87 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 88

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 89 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 90 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 91 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 92 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 94 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 95 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 96 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 97 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 98 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 99 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 100 Littleham family's five generations

  • 101 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 102 Bideford loses training ship

  • 103 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 104 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 105 Emergency ferry services

  • 106

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 107 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 108 North Devon Driving School

  • 109 Last train from Torrington

  • 110 New civic medallions

  • 111 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 112 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 113

    First prize
  • 114 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 115 What's the time?

  • 116 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 117 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 119 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 120 Private home for public pump

  • 121 Police station view of Bideford

  • 122 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 123 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 124 School's link with cargo ship

  • 125

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 126 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 127 Picking the pops

  • 128 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 129 Riverside mystery

  • 130 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 132 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 133 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 134 Peter poses for TV film

  • 135

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 136 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 137 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 138 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 139 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 140 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 141

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 142 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 143 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 144 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 145 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 146 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 147 Sight of a lifetime

  • 148 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 149 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 150 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 151 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 152 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 153 Loads of black and white

  • 154

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 155 Capers on the cobbles

  • 156

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 157 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 158 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 159 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 160 Devil sent packing

  • 161 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 162 All aboard the ark

  • 163 Off on a great adventure

  • 164 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 165 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 166 A man and his wheel

  • 167 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 168 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 169 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 170

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 171 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 172 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 173 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 174

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 175

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 176 End of the line

  • 177

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 178 Torrington's new amenity

  • 179 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 180 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 181 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 182 Jumble sale fever

  • 183 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 184 The Geneva marionettes

  • 185 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 186 Hartland's invitation

  • 187 Ships at Bideford

  • 188 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 189 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 190 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 191 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 192 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 193 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 194 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 195 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 196 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 197 New life for Hartland organ

  • 198 113 years at Instow

  • 199 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 200 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 201 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 202 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 203 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 204 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 205

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 206 Ten year old scrambler

  • 207 Bideford computer stars

  • 208 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 209 Burnard family reunion

  • 210 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 211 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 212 Variety in summer weather

  • 213 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 214 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 215 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 216 Decontrol of meat

  • 217 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 218 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 219 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 220 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 221 Artisans' Club

  • 222 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 223 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 225 New look in the hayfields

  • 226 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 227 Parkham plan realised

  • 228 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 229 Can spring be far away?

  • 230 So this is the mainland!

  • 231 Some mushroom!

  • 232 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 234 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 235 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 236 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 237 Northam footballers of the future

  • 238 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 240 He beat the floods

  • 241 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 242 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 243 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 244 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 245 Simple Item 138
  • 246

    Married in 1908
  • 247 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 248 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 249

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 250 Warmington's garage ad

  • 251 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 252 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 253 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 254 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 255 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 256 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 257 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 258 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 259 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 260 Finished in 1876

  • 261 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 262 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 263 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 264 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 265 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 266 Mobile missionary

  • 267 Happy Days!

  • 268 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 269 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 270 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 271 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 272 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 273 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 274 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 276 They are parted pro-tem

  • 277 Clovelly nightmare

  • 278 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 279 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 280 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 281 Northam's almshouse

  • 282 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 283 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 284 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 285 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 286 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 287 Some 240 exhibits

  • 288

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 289 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 290 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 291 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 292 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 294 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 295 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 296

    Was a missionary
  • 297 New Lundy stamps

  • 298 A roof-top view - where?

  • 299 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 300 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 301

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 302 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 303 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 304 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 305 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 306 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 307 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 308 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 309 All for the love of a lady!

  • 310 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 311 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 312 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 313 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 314 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 315 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 316 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 317 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 318 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 319 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 320 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 321 No sale of Springfield House

  • 322 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 323

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 324

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 325 Appledore's largest

  • 326 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 327 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 328 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 329 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 330 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 331 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 332 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 333 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 334 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 335 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 336 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 337 Waldon Triplets
  • 338 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 339 Torrington in 1967

  • 340 Service with a smile

  • 341 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 342 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 343 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 344 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 345

    Building works
  • 346 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 347 Just over a year old

  • 348 Cruising down the river

  • 349 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 350 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 351

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 352

    Relatives all over the world
  • 353 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 354 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 356 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 357 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 358 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 359 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 360 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 361 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 362 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 363 Pannier Market's future?

  • 364 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 365 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 366 Six footed lamb

  • 367 New choral society's growing response

  • 368 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 369 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 370 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 371 A story to tell!

  • 372 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 373 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 374 By pony and trap to market

  • 375

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 376 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 377 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 378 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 379

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 380 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 381

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 382 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 383 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 384 Twenty-one yachts

  • 385 Torridge wins on time schedule

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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Allhalland Street – then and now!

Street view in 1900

The photos above show Allhalland street of 50 years ago, and when compared with the recent photo below, it will be noted that there has been little structural change but a great increase in the number of little shops of varying interest.

25 July 1952 Allhalland Street then and now

In the centuries that have passed this was the street so well-known to the sailors who used the port and to the townspeople . Long before the Quay as at present was built, it was along Allhalland Street the people went from the High Street to the Town Hall, the Grammar School, the Parish Church and the Bridge.

Gazette article 18 July 1952

 

Making way for the double-deckers

Road widening in Northam

During the past week, work has been progressing on the widening of the corner at the junction of Burrough road with Castle street, Northam, so as to make it easier for double-decked omnibuses to use the Lenard road route on the way to Appledore and so by-pass narrow Cross Street.

27 June 1952 Making way for the double deckers

When the work is complete the buses will return to this alternative route on the run from Bideford to Appledore. Buses returning from Appledore to Bideford will continue to use the Cross Street route.

Gazette article 27 June 1952

 

 

New look in the hayfields

Harvest at Westward Ho!

Hayfields in the district are being given a ‘new look’ when the Vendeuvre hay baling machine gets to work, rectangular bales taking the place of the familiar rounded pokes of hay. After the hay has been cut, dried and raked into rows stretching the length of the field, the Vendeuvre is brought in and picks up the hay, feeds it into the machine where a number of arms pummel the hay into tightly-packed rectangular bales which are then tied twice with cord and deposited on the ground.

27 June 1952 New look in the hayfields

This photograph was taken in a three-acre field at Westward Ho! which yielded nearly 400 bales of hay.

Gazette article 27 June 1952

 

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