• 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 Cruising down the river

  • 2 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 3 New look in the hayfields

  • 4 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 5 So this is the mainland!

  • 6 A man and his wheel

  • 7

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 8 Loads of black and white

  • 9 Revenge in style

  • 10 For crying out loud!

  • 11 New life for Hartland organ

  • 12 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 13 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 14 A story to tell!

  • 15 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 16 Warmington's garage ad

  • 17

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 18 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 19

    Exhibition of school work
  • 20 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 21 New art gallery opened

  • 22 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 23 Hartland postman retires

  • 24 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 25 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 26 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 27 By pony and trap to market

  • 28 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 29 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 30 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 32 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 33 Six footed lamb

  • 34

    Relatives all over the world
  • 35 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 36

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 37 Burnard family reunion

  • 38

    Was a missionary
  • 39 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 40 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 41 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 42 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 43 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 44 Picking the pops

  • 45 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 46 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 47 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 48 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 49 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 50 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 51

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 52

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 53 End of the line

  • 54 Bideford loses training ship

  • 55 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 56

    Married in 1908
  • 57 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 58 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 59 Capers on the cobbles

  • 60 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 61 Northam's almshouse

  • 62 Jumble sale fever

  • 63 Centenary of Gazette

  • 64 Finished in 1876

  • 65 He beat the floods

  • 66 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 67 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 68 In their new robes and hats

  • 69 Puppet characters introduced

  • 70 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 71 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 72 New Post Office

  • 73 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 74 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 75 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 76

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 77 Bideford regatta

  • 78

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 79 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 80

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 81 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 82 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 83 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 84 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 86 New civic medallions

  • 87

    Building works
  • 88 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 89 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 90 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 91

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 92 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 93 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 94 First ship in 8 years

  • 95 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 96 Bideford computer stars

  • 97 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 98 School's link with cargo ship

  • 99 Emergency ferry services

  • 100 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 101

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 102 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 104 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 105 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 106 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 107 Weare Giffard potato

  • 108 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 109 Torrington's new amenity

  • 110 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 111 Clovelly custom

  • 112 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 113 The Geneva marionettes

  • 114 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 115 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 116 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 117 Can spring be far away?

  • 118 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 119 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 120

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 121 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 122

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 123 No sale of Springfield House

  • 124 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 125 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 126 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 128 All aboard the ark

  • 129 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 130 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 131 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 132 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 134 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 135 When horses score over the tractor

  • 136 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 137 No laughing matter

  • 138 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 140 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 141 Some 240 exhibits

  • 142 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 143 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 144 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 145 Life begins at 80

  • 146 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 147 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 148 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 150 Circus comes to town

  • 151 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 152 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 153 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 154 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 155 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 156 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 157

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 158 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 159 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 160 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 161 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 162 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 163 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 164 Appledore's largest

  • 165 Out of puff!

  • 166 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 167 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 168 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 169 Torrington children build igloo
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    First prize
  • 171 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 172 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 173 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 174 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 175 New Lundy stamps

  • 176 A bird of their own!

  • 177 Devil sent packing

  • 178 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 179 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 180 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 181 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 182 Parkham plan realised

  • 183 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 184 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 185 Private home for public pump

  • 186

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 187 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 188

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 189 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 190 All for the love of a lady!

  • 191 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 193 Waldon Triplets
  • 194 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 195 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 196 Peter poses for TV film

  • 197 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 199 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 200 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 201

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 202 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 203 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 204 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 205

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 206 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 207 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 208 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 209 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 210 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 211 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 212 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 213 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 214 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 215 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 216 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 217 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 218 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 219 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 220 North Devon Driving School

  • 221 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 222

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 223 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 224 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 225 New addition to Quay front

  • 226 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 227 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 228 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 229 Police station view of Bideford

  • 230 Just over a year old

  • 231 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 232 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 233 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 234 Decontrol of meat

  • 235 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 236 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 237 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 238 Some mushroom!

  • 239 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 240 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 241 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 242 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 243 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 244 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 245

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 246 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 247 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 248 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 249 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 250 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 251 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 252 Hartland's invitation

  • 253 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 254 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 255

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 256 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 257 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 258 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 259 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 260 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 261 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 262 Traditions and skills still there

  • 263 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 264 Penny for the guy

  • 265 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 266 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 267 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 268 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 269 Bridging the stream

  • 270 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 271 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 272 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 273 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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    New gateway
  • 275 Modern living at Bideford

  • 276 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 277 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 278 Clovelly nightmare

  • 279

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 280 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 281 Ships at Bideford

  • 282 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 283 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 284 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 285 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 286 What's the time?

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

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 289 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 290 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 291 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 292 Ten year old scrambler

  • 293 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 294 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 295 Off on a great adventure

  • 296 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 297 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 298 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 299 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 300 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 301 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 302 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 303 Riverside mystery

  • 304 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 305 Last train from Torrington

  • 306 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 307 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 308 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 309 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 310 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 311 Hartland Dancers
  • 312 The art of the thatcher

  • 313 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 314 113 years at Instow

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

  • 316 School crossing patrol begins

  • 317 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 318 They are parted pro-tem

  • 319 Picking the pops

  • 320 Northam footballers of the future

  • 321 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 322 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 323 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 324 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 325 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 326 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 327 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 328 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 329 A roof-top view - where?

  • 330 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 331 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 332 Variety in summer weather

  • 333 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 334

    Bidefordians
  • 335 Happy Days!

  • 336 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 337 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 338 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 339 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 340 Littleham family's five generations

  • 341 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 342 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 343 Service with a smile

  • 344 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 345 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 346 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 347 New shipyard on schedule

  • 348 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 349 Pannier Market's future?

  • 350 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 351 Twenty-one yachts

  • 352 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 353

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 354 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 355 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 356 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 357 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 358 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 359 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 360 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 361 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 362 New choral society's growing response

  • 363 Simple Item 138
  • 364 It really was the 'last time'

  • 365 Recognise this resort?

  • 366

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 367 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 368 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 369 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 370 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 371 Mobile missionary

  • 372 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 373 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 374 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 375 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 376 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 377

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 378 Artisans' Club

  • 379 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 380 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 381 Sight of a lifetime

  • 382 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 383 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 384 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 385 Huntshaw TV mast

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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Preparations for New Clovelly Court

Fire-damaged buildings demolished

Twice damaged by fire, Clovelly Court is once again the scene of demolition work in preparation for rebuilding.

The original house was burnt down with all its contents in 1789. Only one portion, the South Wing survived and escaped the second fire in 1944.

22 January 1954 New estates view of estuary activities

A smaller, more modern, Clovelly Court will eventually be built on the site which has magnificent views across rolling parkland to Bideford Bay behind.

Gazette article 22 January 1954

Safe door weighing two tons!

New strong room door

Arrival of a new strong-room door at Barclay’s bank in High Street, Bideford, attracted a crowd of interested sightseers.

8 July 1955 Safe door

Weighing two tons, five hundred-weights, and manufactured by Messrs. Hobb, Hart and Company of London, the door travelled by rail to Bideford then by lorry and finally by crane to the bank.

Gazette article 8 July 1955

 

Peter poses for T.V. film

Post donkey loaded with Christmas mail

Peter, the post donkey at Clovelly, poses undisturbed as Mr J. Hardman (right) the sub-postmaster, and postmen Messrs. H.W,. Parratt (at front) and Cecil Braund, load Christmas mail on his back and the proceedings are filmed for T.V. newsreel by Mr J. Dooley, seen standing under the Post Office sign.

30 December 1955 Peter posts for T.V. film

Gazette article 30 December 1955

 

 

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