• 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 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 2 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 3 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 4

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 5

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 6 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 7 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 8 Picking the pops

  • 9 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 10 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 11 Bideford regatta

  • 12

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 13 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 14 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 15 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 16 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 17 It really was the 'last time'

  • 18 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 19 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 20 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 21

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 22 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 23 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 24 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 25 In their new robes and hats

  • 26 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 27 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 28 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 29 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 30 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 31 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 32 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 33 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 34 No sale of Springfield House

  • 35 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 36

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 37 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 39 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 40 Off on a great adventure

  • 41 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 42

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 43

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

  • 45 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 46 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 47 New shipyard on schedule

  • 48 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 49 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 50

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 51 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 52 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 53 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 54

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 55 Hartland's invitation

  • 56 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 57 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 58 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 59 New civic medallions

  • 60 Warmington's garage ad

  • 61 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 62 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 63 Burnard family reunion

  • 64 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 65 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 66 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 67 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 68

    Exhibition of school work
  • 69 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 70 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 71 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 72 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 73 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 74 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 75 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 76 Puppet characters introduced

  • 77 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 78 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 79 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 80 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 81 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 82 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 83 New Post Office

  • 84 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 85 Artisans' Club

  • 86 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 87 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 88 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 89

    Building works
  • 90 Penny for the guy

  • 91 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 92 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 93

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 94 New addition to Quay front

  • 95 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 96 Revenge in style

  • 97 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 98 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 99 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 100 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 101 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 102 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 103

    Relatives all over the world
  • 104 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 105 Northam's almshouse

  • 106

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 107

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 108 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 109 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 110 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 111 Bideford loses training ship

  • 112 All aboard the ark

  • 113 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 114 Jumble sale fever

  • 115 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 116 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 117 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 118 Clovelly nightmare

  • 119 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 120

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 121 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 122 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 123 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 124 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 125 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 126 Last train from Torrington

  • 127 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 128 For crying out loud!

  • 129 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 130 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 131 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 132 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 133 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 134 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 135 New choral society's growing response

  • 136 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 137 Hartland postman retires

  • 138 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 139 Bridging the stream

  • 140 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 141 Loads of black and white

  • 142 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 143 Decontrol of meat

  • 144

    Married in 1908
  • 145 Recognise this resort?

  • 146 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 148 They are parted pro-tem

  • 149 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 151 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 152 New Lundy stamps

  • 153

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 154 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 155 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 156 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 157

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 158 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 159 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 160 Can spring be far away?

  • 161 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 162 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 163 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 164 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 165 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 166 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 167 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 169 North Devon Driving School

  • 170 Littleham family's five generations

  • 171 New life for Hartland organ

  • 172 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 173 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 174 Capers on the cobbles

  • 175 Torrington's new amenity

  • 176 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 177

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 178 Clovelly custom

  • 179 Service with a smile

  • 180 Traditions and skills still there

  • 181 All for the love of a lady!

  • 182 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 183 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 184 Cruising down the river

  • 185 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 186 113 years at Instow

  • 187 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 188

    Bidefordians
  • 189 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 190

    New gateway
  • 191 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 192 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 193 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 194 Out of puff!

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

  • 196 A story to tell!

  • 197 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 198 So this is the mainland!

  • 199 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 200 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 201 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 202 The Geneva marionettes

  • 203 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 204 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 205 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 206 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 207 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 208 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 209 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 210 Sight of a lifetime

  • 211 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 212 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 213 Six footed lamb

  • 214 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 215 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 216 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 217

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 218 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 219 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 220 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 222 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 223 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 224 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 225 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 226 Private home for public pump

  • 227 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 228 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 230

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 231 Torrington in 1967

  • 232 School crossing patrol begins

  • 233 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 234 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 235 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 236 Weare Giffard potato

  • 237 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 238 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 239 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 240 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 241 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 243 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 244 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 245 No laughing matter

  • 246 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 247 Finished in 1876

  • 248 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 249 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 251 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 252 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 253 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 254 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 255 New look in the hayfields

  • 256 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 257 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 259 Mobile missionary

  • 260 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 261 Just over a year old

  • 262 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 263 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 264 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 265 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 266 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 267

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 268 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 269

    Was a missionary
  • 270 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 271 Police station view of Bideford

  • 272 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 273 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 274 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 275 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 276 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 277 Variety in summer weather

  • 278 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 279 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 280 Happy Days!

  • 281 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 282 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 283 The art of the thatcher

  • 284 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 285 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 286 By pony and trap to market

  • 287 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 288

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 289 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 290 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 291 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 292 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 294 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 295 Some 240 exhibits

  • 296 What's the time?

  • 297 A man and his wheel

  • 298 Peter poses for TV film

  • 299 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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    First prize
  • 301 When horses score over the tractor

  • 302 Waldon Triplets
  • 303 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 304 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 305 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 306 Centenary of Gazette

  • 307 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 308 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 309 Hartland Dancers
  • 310 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 311 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 312 Parkham plan realised

  • 313 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 314

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 315 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 316 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 317 Emergency ferry services

  • 318 Modern living at Bideford

  • 319 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 320 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 321 Simple Item 138
  • 322 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 323 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 324 Life begins at 80

  • 325 Ships at Bideford

  • 326 He beat the floods

  • 327 A bird of their own!

  • 328 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 329 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 330 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 331 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 332 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 333 Northam footballers of the future

  • 334 Bideford computer stars

  • 335 Circus comes to town

  • 336 First ship in 8 years

  • 337 Devil sent packing

  • 338 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 339 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 340 Twenty-one yachts

  • 341 Picking the pops

  • 342 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 343 School's link with cargo ship

  • 344 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 345 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 346 Some mushroom!

  • 347 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 348 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 349 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 350 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 351 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 352 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 353 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 354 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 355

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 356 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 357 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 358 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 359 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 360 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 361 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 363

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 364 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 365 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 366 Riverside mystery

  • 367

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 368 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 369 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 370 Pannier Market's future?

  • 371 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 372 Appledore's largest

  • 373 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 374 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 375 A roof-top view - where?

  • 376

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 377 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 378 End of the line

  • 379 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 380 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 381 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 382 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 383 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 384 Torrington children build igloo
  • 385 New art gallery opened

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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Mr Hobbs retires

Leaves Toy Works Ltd

Mr Bill Hobbs, who has retired after 30 years with Toy Works Ltd, of Handy Cross, Bideford, with the car radio presented to him by workmates, some of long standing and some comparatively new.

27.3.1975 Bideford Toy Works

He began to work for the father of the present chairman and managing director, Mr L Holzer, in Marlow at the end of World War II and after 20 years was one of the employees who opted to ‘go West’ when the company transferred to Bideford in 1965.

But in retirement he is returning ‘home.’

Gazette article April 1975

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