• 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 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 2 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
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    Exhibition of school work
  • 5 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 6 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 7 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 8 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 9 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 10 Happy Days!

  • 11 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 12 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 13 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 14 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 15 Pannier Market's future?

  • 16 Northam footballers of the future

  • 17 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 18 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 19 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 20 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 21 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 22 A story to tell!

  • 23 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 24 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 25 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 26 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 27 A man and his wheel

  • 28 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 29

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 30 Revenge in style

  • 31

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 32 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 33 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 34 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 35 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 36 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 37 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 38 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 39 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 40 No laughing matter

  • 41 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 42 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 43 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 44 A bird of their own!

  • 45 New civic medallions

  • 46 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 47 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 48

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 49 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 50 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 51

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 52 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 53 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 54 In their new robes and hats

  • 55 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 56 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 57 Off on a great adventure

  • 58 School's link with cargo ship

  • 59 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 60 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 61 Emergency ferry services

  • 62 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 63

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 64 So this is the mainland!

  • 65 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 66 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 67 New look in the hayfields

  • 68 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 70 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 71

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 72 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 73 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 74 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 75 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 76 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 78 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 79 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 80 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 81 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 82 Puppet characters introduced

  • 83 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 84 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 85 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 86 End of the line

  • 87 Hartland Dancers
  • 88

    Was a missionary
  • 89 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 90 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 91 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 92 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 93 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 94 What's the time?

  • 95 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 96 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 97

    Bidefordians
  • 98 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 99 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 100 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 101 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 102 For crying out loud!

  • 103 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 104 Simple Item 138
  • 105 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 106 All for the love of a lady!

  • 107 Sight of a lifetime

  • 108 All aboard the ark

  • 109

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 110 First ship in 8 years

  • 111 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 112 Variety in summer weather

  • 113

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 114 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 115

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 116 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 117 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 118 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 119 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 120 Saving money, wear and tear

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

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 123 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 124 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 125 Jumble sale fever

  • 126 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 127 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 128 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 130 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 132 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 133

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 134 It really was the 'last time'

  • 135

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 136 Northam's almshouse

  • 137 Weare Giffard potato

  • 138 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 139 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 140 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 141 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 142 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 143

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 144 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 145 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 146 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 147 Devil sent packing

  • 148 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 149 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 150 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 151 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 152 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 153 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 154 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 155 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 156 A roof-top view - where?

  • 157 The art of the thatcher

  • 158 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 159 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 160 Appledore's largest

  • 161 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 162 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 163 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 165 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 166 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 167 Torrington's new amenity

  • 168 Life begins at 80

  • 169 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 170 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 171 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 172 Cruising down the river

  • 173 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 174 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 175 When horses score over the tractor

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 177 New shipyard on schedule

  • 178 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 179 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 180 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 181 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 182 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 183 Bridging the stream

  • 184 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 185 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 186 North Devon Driving School

  • 187 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 188 Private home for public pump

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    Building works
  • 190 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 191 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 192 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 193 Can spring be far away?

  • 194 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 195

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 196 New Post Office

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

  • 198 Clovelly custom

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

  • 200 Torrington in 1967

  • 201 Burnard family reunion

  • 202 Artisans' Club

  • 203 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 204 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 205

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 206 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 208 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 209 Last train from Torrington

  • 210 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 211 Circus comes to town

  • 212 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 213 Parkham plan realised

  • 214 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 215 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 216 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 217 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 218 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 219 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 220 Some mushroom!

  • 221 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 222 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 223 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 224 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 225 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 226 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 227 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 228 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 229

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 230 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 231 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 232 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 233 Picking the pops

  • 234 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 235 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 236

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 237 Bideford regatta

  • 238 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 239 Six footed lamb

  • 240 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 242 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 243 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 244 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 245 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 246 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 247 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 249 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 250 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 251 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 252 Finished in 1876

  • 253 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 255 Torrington children build igloo
  • 256 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 257 Loads of black and white

  • 258 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 259 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 260 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 261 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 262 Peter poses for TV film

  • 263 Littleham family's five generations

  • 264 Out of puff!

  • 265 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 266 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 267 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 268 Modern living at Bideford

  • 269 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 270 Picking the pops

  • 271 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 272 Traditions and skills still there

  • 273 Waldon Triplets
  • 274 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 275 New art gallery opened

  • 276 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 277 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 278 New addition to Quay front

  • 279 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 280 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 281 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 283 Ten year old scrambler

  • 284 Centenary of Gazette

  • 285 Service with a smile

  • 286 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 287 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 288 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 289 Capers on the cobbles

  • 290 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 291 Some 240 exhibits

  • 292 The Geneva marionettes

  • 293 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 294 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 295 Bideford loses training ship

  • 296 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 297 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 299 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 300 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 301 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 302 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 303 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 304 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 305 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 306 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 307 Mobile missionary

  • 308 New life for Hartland organ

  • 309

    Relatives all over the world
  • 310 Penny for the guy

  • 311 No sale of Springfield House

  • 312 Just over a year old

  • 313 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 314 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 315 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 316 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 317 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 318 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 319 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 320 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 321 Twenty-one yachts

  • 322 School crossing patrol begins

  • 323 Bideford computer stars

  • 324 Police station view of Bideford

  • 325 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 326 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 327 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 328 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 329 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 330 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 331 Decontrol of meat

  • 332 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 333 Bideford's new market opens next week

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    New gateway
  • 335 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 336 They are parted pro-tem

  • 337 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 338 He beat the floods

  • 339 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 340 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 341

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 342

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 343 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 344 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 345 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 346 New Lundy stamps

  • 347 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 348 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 349 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 350 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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    First prize
  • 352 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 353 Recognise this resort?

  • 354 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 355 By pony and trap to market

  • 356 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 357 Warmington's garage ad

  • 358 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 359 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 360 113 years at Instow

  • 361 Riverside mystery

  • 362 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 363 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 364 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 365 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 366 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 367 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 368 Hartland's invitation

  • 369 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 370 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 371 Clovelly nightmare

  • 372 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 373 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 374 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 375 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 376 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 377 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 378

    Married in 1908
  • 379 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 380 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 381 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 382 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 383 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 384 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 385 Hartland postman retires

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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  • 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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  • 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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Ships at Bideford

Ships berthing last week

20 March 1959 Ships at Bideford

There is always a fascination about Bideford’s Quayside with its links with faraway places. Watchers last week saw among the vessels berthing, one of the largest to call at Bideford for a number of years. She was (right) the German vessel, m.v. ‘Oscar Mathies,’ with a cargo of timber from Sweden.

Gazette article 20 March 1959

 

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