• 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 Puppet characters introduced

  • 2 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 3 Ships at Bideford

  • 4 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 5 Loads of black and white

  • 6 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 7 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 8 Bideford regatta

  • 9 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 10 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 11 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 12 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 13 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 14 Littleham family's five generations

  • 15 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 16 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 17 It really was the 'last time'

  • 18 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 19 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 20 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 21 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 22

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 23 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 24 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 25 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 26 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 27

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 28 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 29 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 30 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 31 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 32 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 33 All for the love of a lady!

  • 34 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 35 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 36 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 37 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 38 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 39 Last train from Torrington

  • 40

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 41 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 42 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 43 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 44 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 45 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 46 Hartland's invitation

  • 47 Northam footballers of the future

  • 48 New addition to Quay front

  • 49 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 50 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 51

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 52 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 53 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 54

    Building works
  • 55 The Geneva marionettes

  • 56 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 57 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 58 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 59 What's the time?

  • 60 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 62 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 63 Police station view of Bideford

  • 64 Circus comes to town

  • 65 Appledore's largest

  • 66 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 67 For crying out loud!

  • 68 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 69 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 70 So this is the mainland!

  • 71 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 72 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 73 End of the line

  • 74 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 75 He beat the floods

  • 76 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 77 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 78 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 79 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 80 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 81

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 82 Service with a smile

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

  • 84 Bridging the stream

  • 85 A roof-top view - where?

  • 86 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 87 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 88 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 89 Finished in 1876

  • 90 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 91 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 92 Hartland Dancers
  • 93 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 94 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 95 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 96 Pannier Market's future?

  • 97

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 98 Penny for the guy

  • 99 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 100 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 102 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 103

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 104 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 105 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 106 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 107 They are parted pro-tem

  • 108 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 109 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 110

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 111 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 112 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 113 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 114 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 115 New shipyard on schedule

  • 116 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 117 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 118

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 119 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 120 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 121 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 122

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 123 Torrington in 1967

  • 124 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 125 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 126 New choral society's growing response

  • 127 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 128 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 129 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 130 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 131

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 132

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 133 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 134 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 135 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 136 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 137 New civic medallions

  • 138 No sale of Springfield House

  • 139

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 140 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 141 Torrington's new amenity

  • 142 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 143 Picking the pops

  • 144 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 145 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 146 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 147 Ten year old scrambler

  • 148 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 149 Parkham plan realised

  • 150 Bideford computer stars

  • 151 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 152 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 153 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 154 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 155 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 156 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 158 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 159 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 160 Peter poses for TV film

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

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

  • 163 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 164 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 165 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 166 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 167 A man and his wheel

  • 168 Simple Item 138
  • 169 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 170 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 171 113 years at Instow

  • 172 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 173 Six footed lamb

  • 174 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 175

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

  • 177 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 178 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 179 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 180 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 181 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 182 Out of puff!

  • 183 New look in the hayfields

  • 184 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 185 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 186 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 188 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 189 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 190 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 191 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 192 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 194 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 195 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 196 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 197 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 198 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 199 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 200 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 201 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 202 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 203

    First prize
  • 204 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 205

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 206 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 207 First ship in 8 years

  • 208 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 209 Picking the pops

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

  • 211 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 212 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 213 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 214 Life begins at 80

  • 215 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 216 No laughing matter

  • 217 New Post Office

  • 218 Clovelly custom

  • 219 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 220 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 221 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 222 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 223 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 224 A story to tell!

  • 225 Decontrol of meat

  • 226 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 227 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 228 Jumble sale fever

  • 229 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 230

    Exhibition of school work
  • 231 Twenty-one yachts

  • 232 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 233 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 234 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 235 Off on a great adventure

  • 236 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 237 In their new robes and hats

  • 238 Some mushroom!

  • 239 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 240 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 241 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 242 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 244 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 245 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 246

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 247 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 248

    New gateway
  • 249 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 250 Devil sent packing

  • 251 Happy Days!

  • 252 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 253 When horses score over the tractor

  • 254 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 255 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 256 New art gallery opened

  • 257 By pony and trap to market

  • 258 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 259 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 260 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 261 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 262

    Relatives all over the world
  • 263

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 264 Waldon Triplets
  • 265 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 266 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 267 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 268 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 270 Little 'Big Ben'

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

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

  • 273 Mobile missionary

  • 274 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 275 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 276 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 277 Riverside mystery

  • 278 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 279 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 280 Sight of a lifetime

  • 281 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 282 Just over a year old

  • 283 Traditions and skills still there

  • 284 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 285 School crossing patrol begins

  • 286 Bideford loses training ship

  • 287 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 288 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 289 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 290 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 291 Private home for public pump

  • 292 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 293 New life for Hartland organ

  • 294 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 295 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 297 Recognise this resort?

  • 298 Clovelly nightmare

  • 299 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 301 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 302 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 303 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 304 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 305 Revenge in style

  • 306 Some 240 exhibits

  • 307 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 308 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 309

    Was a missionary
  • 310 Centenary of Gazette

  • 311 A bird of their own!

  • 312 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 313 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 314 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 315

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 316 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 317 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 318 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 319 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 320 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 321 Warmington's garage ad

  • 322 Cruising down the river

  • 323 Can spring be far away?

  • 324 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 325 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 326 All aboard the ark

  • 327 Emergency ferry services

  • 328 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 329 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 330 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 331 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 332

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 333

    Married in 1908
  • 334 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 335 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 336 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 337

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 338 Artisans' Club

  • 339 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 340 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 341 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 342 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 343 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 344 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 345 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 346 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 347 Variety in summer weather

  • 348 The art of the thatcher

  • 349 Capers on the cobbles

  • 350 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 351 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 352 Weare Giffard potato

  • 353 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 354 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 355 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 356

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 357 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 358 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 359 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 360 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 361 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 362 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 363 Burnard family reunion

  • 364 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 365 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 366 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 367 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 368 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 369

    Bidefordians
  • 370 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 371 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 372 Hartland postman retires

  • 373 School's link with cargo ship

  • 374 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 375 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 376 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 377 North Devon Driving School

  • 378 Torrington children build igloo
  • 379 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 380

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 381 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 382 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 383 Northam's almshouse

  • 384

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 385 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Help National Recovery

H E Fletcher Ltd

19.5.1950 Fletcher gloves

Beal's Central Dairy

Tea Rooms 

14.9.1937 Beals Dairy WHo

Gazette advert 14 September 1937

A Cafe in Northam

Norman Cafe, Northam

4.11.1947 Norman Cafe

4 November 1947

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