• 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 By pony and trap to market

  • 2 In their new robes and hats

  • 3 Weare Giffard potato

  • 4

    Married in 1908
  • 5 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 6 North Devon Driving School

  • 7 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 8 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 9 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 10 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 11

    New gateway
  • 12 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 13 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 14 Hartland postman retires

  • 15 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 16

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 17 Bideford regatta

  • 18 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 19 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 20

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 21

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 22 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 23 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 24

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 25 A bird of their own!

  • 26 Northam footballers of the future

  • 27 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 28 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 29 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 30 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 31 School's link with cargo ship

  • 32 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 33 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 34 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 35 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 36 Private home for public pump

  • 37

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 38 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 39 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 41 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 43 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 44 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 45 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 46 New Lundy stamps

  • 47 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 48 Torrington's new amenity

  • 49 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 50 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 51 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 52 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 53 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 54 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 55 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 56 Some mushroom!

  • 57

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 58 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 59 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 60 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 61 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 62 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 63 No sale of Springfield House

  • 64 Jumble sale fever

  • 65 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 66 Torrington in 1967

  • 67 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 68 New life for Hartland organ

  • 69 Simple Item 138
  • 70 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 71 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 72 Cruising down the river

  • 73

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 74

    Bidefordians
  • 75 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 76 Warmington's garage ad

  • 77 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 78 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 79 New choral society's growing response

  • 80 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 81 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 82 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 83 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 84 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 85 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 86 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 87 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 88 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 89 Decontrol of meat

  • 90 No laughing matter

  • 91 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 92 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 93 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 94 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 95 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 96 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 97 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 98 Devil sent packing

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

  • 100 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 101 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 102

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 103 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 104 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 105 All aboard the ark

  • 106 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 107 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 108 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 109 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 110 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 111 Emergency ferry services

  • 112 Riverside mystery

  • 113 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 114 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 115 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 116 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 117 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 118 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 119 New shipyard on schedule

  • 120 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 121 Traditions and skills still there

  • 122 Centenary of Gazette

  • 123

    Exhibition of school work
  • 124 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 125 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 126

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 127 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 128

    Was a missionary
  • 129 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 130 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 131 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 132 Burnard family reunion

  • 133 School crossing patrol begins

  • 134

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 135 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 136 What's the time?

  • 137 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 138 Clovelly nightmare

  • 139

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 140 Waldon Triplets
  • 141 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 142 Loads of black and white

  • 143 Life begins at 80

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

  • 145 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 146 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 147 Can spring be far away?

  • 148 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 149 Bideford loses training ship

  • 150 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 151 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 152 He beat the floods

  • 153 Parkham plan realised

  • 154 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 155 Revenge in style

  • 156 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 157 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 158 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 159 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 160 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 161 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 162 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 163 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 164 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 165 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 166 Happy Days!

  • 167 New art gallery opened

  • 168 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 169 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 170 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 171 A story to tell!

  • 172 It really was the 'last time'

  • 173 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 174 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 175 Littleham family's five generations

  • 176 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 177

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 178 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 179 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 180 Bideford computer stars

  • 181 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 182 Penny for the guy

  • 183 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 184 Last train from Torrington

  • 185 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 186 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 187 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 188 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 189 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 190 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 191 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 192 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 193 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 194 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 195 Torrington children build igloo
  • 196 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 197

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 198 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 199 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 200 Peter poses for TV film

  • 201 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 203 Out of puff!

  • 204 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 205 Clovelly custom

  • 206 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 207 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 208

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 209 Ships at Bideford

  • 210 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 211 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 212 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 213 Service with a smile

  • 214 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 215 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 216 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 217 Recognise this resort?

  • 218 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 219 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 220 The art of the thatcher

  • 221 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 222 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 223 Hartland Dancers
  • 224

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 225 The Geneva marionettes

  • 226 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 227

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 228 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 229 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 230 New Post Office

  • 231 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 232

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 233 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 234 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 235 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 236 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 237 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 238

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 239 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 240 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 241 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 242 Appledore's largest

  • 243 So this is the mainland!

  • 244 Hartland's invitation

  • 245 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 246 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 247 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 249 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 250 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 251 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 252 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 254 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 255 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 256 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 257 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 258 New civic medallions

  • 259 Sight of a lifetime

  • 260 They are parted pro-tem

  • 261 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 262 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 263 Artisans' Club

  • 264 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 265 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 267

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 268 A roof-top view - where?

  • 269 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 270 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 271 Circus comes to town

  • 272 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 273 Capers on the cobbles

  • 274 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 275 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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    First prize
  • 277 For crying out loud!

  • 278 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 279 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 280 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 281 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 282 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 283 New addition to Quay front

  • 284 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 285 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 286

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 287 Ten year old scrambler

  • 288 A man and his wheel

  • 289 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 290 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 292 When horses score over the tractor

  • 293 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 294 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 295 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 296 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 297 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 298 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 299 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 300 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 301 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 302 Finished in 1876

  • 303 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 304 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 305 Bridging the stream

  • 306 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 307

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 308 Just over a year old

  • 309 First ship in 8 years

  • 310

    Building works
  • 311

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 312 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 313 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 314 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 315 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 316 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 317 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 318 Some 240 exhibits

  • 319

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 320 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 321 113 years at Instow

  • 322 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 323 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 324 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 325 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 326 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 327 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 328 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 329 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 330 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 331 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 332 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 333 New look in the hayfields

  • 334 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 335 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 336 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 337 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 338 All for the love of a lady!

  • 339 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 340

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 341 End of the line

  • 342 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 343 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 344 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 345 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 346 Modern living at Bideford

  • 347 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 348 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 349 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 350 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 351

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 352 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 353 Picking the pops

  • 354 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 355 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 357

    Relatives all over the world
  • 358 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 359 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 360 Variety in summer weather

  • 361 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 362 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 363 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 364 Puppet characters introduced

  • 365 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 366 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 367 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 368 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 369 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 370 Off on a great adventure

  • 371 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 372 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 374 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 375 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 376 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 377 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 378 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 379 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 381 Picking the pops

  • 382 Mobile missionary

  • 383 Six footed lamb

  • 384 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 385 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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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A man and his wheel

Wheel at Old Mill Farm

For well over a century the Tape family, father and son, have worked the wheel at the Old Mill Farm, Coombe Valley on the Cornish borderline with Devon.

20 August 1954 A man and his wheel

Above can be seen Mr Fred Tape now well into his seventies. Everything at the farm depends on the old water-wheel which supplies electric light by direct current, milling corn for local farmers, pulping, saw-milling, and other mechanical duties.

Gazette article 20 August 1954#

Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

Bideford High Street in August

Holiday traffic is kept gently on the move. Pavements are thronged with shoppers, many of them holiday-makers bringing a gay touch of beach-wear or, if skies are not favourable, wearing the now almost ubiquitous plastic mackintosh.

13 August 1954 Holiday traffic

Gazette article 13 August 1954

 

 

Decontrol of meat – 5 July 1954

Pre-war quality

Pre-war quality in sausages and cooked meats will be back again with decontrol of meat next week.

2 July 1954 Decontrol of meat

Remember the queues at our shop in the High Street? Now no need to queue, you’ll get the best of pork, bacon, sausages and cooked meats at Frayne’s, High Street, Bideford.

Gazette ad 2 July 1954

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