• 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 A man and his wheel

  • 2 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 3 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 4 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 5 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 6 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 7 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 8 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 9 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 10 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 11 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 12 They are parted pro-tem

  • 13 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 14 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 15 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 16 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 17 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 18

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 19 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 20 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 21 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 22 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 23 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 24 Artisans' Club

  • 25 Bideford regatta

  • 26 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 27 Life begins at 80

  • 28 Hartland Dancers
  • 29 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 30 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 31 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 32 The Geneva marionettes

  • 33 Torrington children build igloo
  • 34 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 35 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 36 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 37 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 38 Finished in 1876

  • 39 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 40 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 41

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 42 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 43 Peter poses for TV film

  • 44 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 45 By pony and trap to market

  • 46 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 47 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 48 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 49 Warmington's garage ad

  • 50 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 51

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 52 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 53 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 54 113 years at Instow

  • 55 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 56 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 57

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 58 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 59 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 60 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 61 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 62 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 63

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 64 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 65 Decontrol of meat

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

  • 67 Centenary of Gazette

  • 68 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 69 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 70 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 71 All for the love of a lady!

  • 72 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 73 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 74

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 75 Just over a year old

  • 76 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 77 When horses score over the tractor

  • 78 It really was the 'last time'

  • 79

    New gateway
  • 80 Ten year old scrambler

  • 81 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 82

    Relatives all over the world
  • 83 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 84 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 85 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 86 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 87 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 88 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 89 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 90 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 91 Northam footballers of the future

  • 92 Revenge in style

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

  • 94 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 96 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 97 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 98 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 99 Twenty-one yachts

  • 100 Modern living at Bideford

  • 101 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 102 A story to tell!

  • 103 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 104 North Devon Driving School

  • 105 Mobile missionary

  • 106 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 107 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 108 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 109 A bird of their own!

  • 110 Bideford loses training ship

  • 111 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 112 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 113 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 114 Littleham family's five generations

  • 115 All aboard the ark

  • 116 First ship in 8 years

  • 117 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 118 Circus comes to town

  • 119 Sight of a lifetime

  • 120

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 121

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 122 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 123 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 124 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 125 Devil sent packing

  • 126 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 127

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 128 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 129 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 130 Pannier Market's future?

  • 131 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 132 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 133 Loads of black and white

  • 134 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 135 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 136 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 137 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 138 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 139 Service with a smile

  • 140 Emergency ferry services

  • 141 Picking the pops

  • 142 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 143 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 144 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 145 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 146 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 147 School crossing patrol begins

  • 148 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 149 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 150 Happy Days!

  • 151 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 152 New Lundy stamps

  • 153 No laughing matter

  • 154 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 155 Private home for public pump

  • 156 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 157 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 158 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 159 Jumble sale fever

  • 160 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 161 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 162 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 163 New Post Office

  • 164 Torrington in 1967

  • 165 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 167 Torrington's new amenity

  • 168 Out of puff!

  • 169 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 170 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 172 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 173 Hartland postman retires

  • 174 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 175 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 176 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 177 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 178 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 179 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 180 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 181 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 182 Can spring be far away?

  • 183 Capers on the cobbles

  • 184 Born 1883 - still going strong

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    Was a missionary
  • 186 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 187 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 188 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 189 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 190

    Building works
  • 191 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 192 Appledore's largest

  • 193 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 195 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 196 Weare Giffard potato

  • 197 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 198 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 199 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 200 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 201 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 202 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 203 What's the time?

  • 204 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 205 School's link with cargo ship

  • 206 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 207 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 208 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 209 Last train from Torrington

  • 210 Burnard family reunion

  • 211 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 212 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 213 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 214 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 215 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 216 Police station view of Bideford

  • 217 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 218 Recognise this resort?

  • 219

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 220 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 221 Six footed lamb

  • 222

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 223 Clovelly custom

  • 224 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 225 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 226 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 227 Puppet characters introduced

  • 228

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 229 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 230 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 231 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 232 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 233 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 234 Ships at Bideford

  • 235 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 236 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 237 The art of the thatcher

  • 238 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 239 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 240 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 241 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 242 Cruising down the river

  • 243 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 244 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 245

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 246 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 247 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 248 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 249 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 250 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 251 New art gallery opened

  • 252 In their new robes and hats

  • 253 New life for Hartland organ

  • 254 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 256 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 257

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 258 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 259 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 260 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 261 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 262 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 263 New addition to Quay front

  • 264

    Bidefordians
  • 265 Picking the pops

  • 266 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 267 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 268 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 270 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 271 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 272 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 273 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 274 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 275 So this is the mainland!

  • 276 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 277

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 278 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 279 Traditions and skills still there

  • 280 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 281 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 282 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 283 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 284

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 285 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 286 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 287

    Married in 1908
  • 288 Riverside mystery

  • 289 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 290 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 291 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 292 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 293 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 294 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 295 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 296 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 297 End of the line

  • 298

    Exhibition of school work
  • 299 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 300 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 301 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 302 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 303 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 304 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 305 Penny for the guy

  • 306 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 307 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 308 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 309 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 310 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 311 New shipyard on schedule

  • 312 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 313 Some mushroom!

  • 314 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 315 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 317 New look in the hayfields

  • 318 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 319 Northam's almshouse

  • 320

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 321 New civic medallions

  • 322

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 323 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 324 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 325

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 326 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 327

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 328 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 329 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 330 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 331 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 333 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 335 Simple Item 138
  • 336 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 337 New choral society's growing response

  • 338 Off on a great adventure

  • 339 He beat the floods

  • 340 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 341 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 342

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 343 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 344 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 345 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 346 No sale of Springfield House

  • 347 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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    First prize
  • 349 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 350 Clovelly nightmare

  • 351 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 352 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 353 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 354 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 356 Hartland's invitation

  • 357 A roof-top view - where?

  • 358 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 359 Some 240 exhibits

  • 360 Bridging the stream

  • 361 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 363 For crying out loud!

  • 364 Parkham plan realised

  • 365 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 367 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 368 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 369 Variety in summer weather

  • 370 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 371 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 373 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 374 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 375 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 376 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 377 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 378

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 379 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 380 Bideford computer stars

  • 381 Waldon Triplets
  • 382 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 383 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 384 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 385 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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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Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

Accommodation sold out

On Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday the sun shone brightly and attracted visitors and residents alike. This picture shows the popularity of Westward Ho!

11 August 1950 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

Spare accommodation is very scarce in the district and people have been sleeping out in their cars. At least one family spent a rather cramped uncomfortable night in this manner on Bideford Pill, having arrived without booking accommodation and then being unable to find any.

Gazette article 11 August 1950

 

X-ray shoe fitting for Bideford

De-Luxe shoe fitting

The first De Luxe Pedoscope x-ray in Bideford and District now installed at Messrs. Braunds, Footfitters, 66 Mill Street, Bideford.

21 July 1950 X ray shoe fitting

Gazette ad. 21 July 1950

 

They are parted pro tem

Building solution in Bideford

Off the Northam Road, Bideford, Mr Arthur Beer has a site for four houses but only three people with licences for houses to be built. Two of those three wanted end houses, hence the gap in the middle, a commentary on present-day building regulations.

7 July 1950 They are parted pro tem

Gazette article 7 July 1950

 

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