• 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 New addition to Quay front

  • 2 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 3 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 4 In their new robes and hats

  • 5 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 6 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 7 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 8 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 9 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 10 Peter poses for TV film

  • 11 Private home for public pump

  • 12 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 13 Off on a great adventure

  • 14 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 15 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 16 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 17 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 18 Riverside mystery

  • 19 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 20 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 21 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 22 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 23 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 24 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 25 Bideford regatta

  • 26 Ships at Bideford

  • 27 So this is the mainland!

  • 28 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 29 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 30 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 31 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 32 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 33 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 34

    First prize
  • 35 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 36 Weare Giffard potato

  • 37 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 38 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 39 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 40 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 41 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 42 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 43 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 44 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 46 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 47 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 48 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 49 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 50 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 51 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 52

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 53 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 55 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 56 Northam's almshouse

  • 57 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 59 First ship in 8 years

  • 60 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 61 No laughing matter

  • 62 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 63 Service with a smile

  • 64 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 65 Some mushroom!

  • 66 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 67 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 68 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 69 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 70 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 71 Capers on the cobbles

  • 72 School crossing patrol begins

  • 73 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 74 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 75 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 76 Traditions and skills still there

  • 77 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 78 Parkham plan realised

  • 79 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 80 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 81 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 82

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 83

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 84 Simple Item 138
  • 85 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 86 Waldon Triplets
  • 87 Circus comes to town

  • 88 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 89 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 91

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

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

  • 94 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 95 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 96 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 97 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 98 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 99 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 100 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 101 Appledore's largest

  • 102 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 103 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 104

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 105 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 106 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 107 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 109 Clovelly nightmare

  • 110 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 111 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 112 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 113 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 114 No sale of Springfield House

  • 115 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 116 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 117 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 118 Modern living at Bideford

  • 119 Artisans' Club

  • 120 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 121 Hartland Dancers
  • 122 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 123 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 124 Decontrol of meat

  • 125 Clovelly custom

  • 126 Bridging the stream

  • 127

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 128 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 129

    New gateway
  • 130

    Exhibition of school work
  • 131 Northam footballers of the future

  • 132 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 133 Police station view of Bideford

  • 134 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 135 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 136 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 137 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 138 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 139 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 140 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 141

    Married in 1908
  • 142 Pannier Market's future?

  • 143

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 144 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 145 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 146

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 147 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 148 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 149 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 150 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 151 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 152 Penny for the guy

  • 153 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 154 A roof-top view - where?

  • 155 Warmington's garage ad

  • 156 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 157 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 158 Variety in summer weather

  • 159 All for the love of a lady!

  • 160 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 161 Torrington children build igloo
  • 162 When horses score over the tractor

  • 163 Cruising down the river

  • 164 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 165 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 166 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 167 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 168 North Devon Driving School

  • 169 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 170

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 171 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 172 By pony and trap to market

  • 173 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 174 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 175 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 176 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 177 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 178 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 179 All aboard the ark

  • 180 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 181 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 182 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 183 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 184 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 185 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 186 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 187 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 188 Burnard family reunion

  • 189 New choral society's growing response

  • 190 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 191 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 192 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 193 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 194 Ten year old scrambler

  • 195 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 196 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 197 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 199 Sight of a lifetime

  • 200 Puppet characters introduced

  • 201 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 202 113 years at Instow

  • 203 Emergency ferry services

  • 204

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 205 A man and his wheel

  • 206 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 207 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 208 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 209 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 210 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 211 A bird of their own!

  • 212

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 213 New civic medallions

  • 214 Bideford computer stars

  • 215 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 216 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 217 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 218 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 219 For crying out loud!

  • 220 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 221 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 222 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 223 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 224 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 225

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 226 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 227 Torrington in 1967

  • 228 Recognise this resort?

  • 229 Life begins at 80

  • 230 Six footed lamb

  • 231

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 232

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 233 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 235 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 236 Just over a year old

  • 237 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 238 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 239

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 241 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 242 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 243 Littleham family's five generations

  • 244 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 245 It really was the 'last time'

  • 246 Loads of black and white

  • 247 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 248 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 249 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 250 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 251

    Relatives all over the world
  • 252 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 253 The Geneva marionettes

  • 254 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 255

    Building works
  • 256 New Lundy stamps

  • 257 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 258

    Bidefordians
  • 259 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 260 What's the time?

  • 261

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 262 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 263 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 264 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 265 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 266

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

  • 268 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 269 Last train from Torrington

  • 270 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 271 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 272 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 273 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 274

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 275 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 276 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 277 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 278 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 279 Some 240 exhibits

  • 280 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 281 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 282 Devil sent packing

  • 283 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 284 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 285 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 286 Torrington's new amenity

  • 287 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 288 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 289 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 290 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 291 A story to tell!

  • 292 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 293 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 294 The art of the thatcher

  • 295 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 296 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 297 Happy Days!

  • 298 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 300 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 301 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 302 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 303 Finished in 1876

  • 304 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 305 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 306 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 307 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 308 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 309 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 310 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 311 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 312 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 313 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 314 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 315 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 316 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 317 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 318 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 319

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 320 Revenge in style

  • 321 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 322 New shipyard on schedule

  • 323 Jumble sale fever

  • 324 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 325 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 327 End of the line

  • 328 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 329 Picking the pops

  • 330 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 331 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 332 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 333 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 334 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 335 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 336 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 337 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 338 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 339 Bideford loses training ship

  • 340 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 341 New Post Office

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 343 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 345 Can spring be far away?

  • 346 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 347 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 348 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 350 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 351 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 352 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 353

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 354 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 355 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 356 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 357

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 358 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 359 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 360 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 361 He beat the floods

  • 362 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 363 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 364 Out of puff!

  • 365 School's link with cargo ship

  • 366 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 367 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 368

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 369 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 370 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 371 Hartland's invitation

  • 372 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 373 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 374 Mobile missionary

  • 375 New art gallery opened

  • 376 New look in the hayfields

  • 377 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 378 Centenary of Gazette

  • 379 Picking the pops

  • 380 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 381 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 382 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 383 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 384

    Was a missionary
  • 385 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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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Children’s procession with foxgloves

Procession for St Nectan's festival

Carrying foxgloves, children from Hartland and Welcombe took part in a procession at St Nectan’s Church, Hartland, on Sunday morning.

25 June 1954 Childrens procession with foxgloves

Foxgloves grow in profusion in the parish and the carrying of them at the festival of the Saint arises from the legend that when robbers beheaded St Nectan foxgloves sprang up where his blood was shed.

Gazette article 25 June 1954

 

Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

Large assembly at Wednesday’s celebration

Typical of the many smaller Methodist foundations to be found in the North Devon countryside, Landcross Methodist chapel is snugly tucked alongside the Bideford to Torrington main road at its junction with the Bradworthy road.

25 June 1954 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

The chapel was built over a cattle shed which continued to be used as such to at leased 1881.

The present membership of Landcross Chapel is seventeen. The population of Landcross in 1850 was 120 and the present day only 64.

Gazette article 25 June 1954

 

Light reading for the Lighthouse

County library visits Hartland Point

Hartland Lighthouse is one of forty-five centres in the north-west part of Devon which is supplied with collections of books from the Torridge Regional Brach of the Devon County Library at Torrington.

14 May 1954 Light reading for the lighthouse

The regional librarian (Mr P.A. Drake) is seen at the lighthouse as the fresh collection of books is delivered for the use of the lighthouse staff and their wives, who read more than 400 books during the past year.

Gazette article 14 May 1954

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