• 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 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 2 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 3 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 4 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 5 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 6 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 7 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 8 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 9 Modern living at Bideford

  • 10 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 11 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 12 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 13

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

  • 15 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 16 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 17 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 18 New shipyard on schedule

  • 19 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 20 It really was the 'last time'

  • 21 By pony and trap to market

  • 22 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 23 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 24 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 25 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 26 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 27 Jumble sale fever

  • 28

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 29 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 30 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 32 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 33 First ship in 8 years

  • 34 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 35 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 36 In their new robes and hats

  • 37 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 38 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 39 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 40 Sight of a lifetime

  • 41 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 42 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 43 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 44 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 45 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 46 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 47 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 48 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 49 Puppet characters introduced

  • 50 New choral society's growing response

  • 51 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 52 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 53

    New gateway
  • 54 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 55 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 57 Pannier Market's future?

  • 58 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 59 Ten year old scrambler

  • 60 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 61 Warmington's garage ad

  • 62 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 63 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 64 Appledore's largest

  • 65 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 66

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 67 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 68 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 70 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 71 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 72

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 73 Happy Days!

  • 74 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 75 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 76 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 77 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 78 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 79 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 80 Picking the pops

  • 81 Torrington's new amenity

  • 82 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 83 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 84 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 85 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 86 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 87 Devil sent packing

  • 88 Burnard family reunion

  • 89 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 90 Life begins at 80

  • 91 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 92 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 93 Hartland Dancers
  • 94

    Bidefordians
  • 95 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 96 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 97 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 98 Hartland's invitation

  • 99 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 100 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 101 Torrington in 1967

  • 102 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 103 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 104 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 105 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 106 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 107 Riverside mystery

  • 108 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 109 Circus comes to town

  • 110 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 111 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 112 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 113 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 114 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 115 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 116 Emergency ferry services

  • 117 Parkham plan realised

  • 118 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 119 Mobile missionary

  • 120 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 121 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 122 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 123 Police station view of Bideford

  • 124 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 125 No laughing matter

  • 126 Private home for public pump

  • 127 For crying out loud!

  • 128 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 129 The cab at the corner>
  • 130 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 131 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 132 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 133 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 134 Last train from Torrington

  • 135 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 136 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 137 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 138 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 139 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 140 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 141 Penny for the guy

  • 142 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 143 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 144 Artisans' Club

  • 145

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 146 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 147 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 148 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 149 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 150 Cruising down the river

  • 151 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 152 New look in the hayfields

  • 153 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 154 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 156 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 157 Decontrol of meat

  • 158 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 159

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 160 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 161 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 162 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 163

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 164

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 165 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 166 Sweets derationing

  • 167

    Building works
  • 168 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 169 New life for Hartland organ

  • 170 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 171

    Exhibition of school work
  • 172 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 173 What's the time?

  • 174 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

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

  • 177 New civic medallions

  • 178 Centenary of Gazette

  • 179 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 180 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 181 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 182 They are parted pro-tem

  • 183

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 184 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 185 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 186 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 187 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 188 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 189 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 190 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 191 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 192 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 193

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 194 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 195 Bideford computer stars

  • 196 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 197 New Post Office

  • 198 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 199 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 200 The Geneva marionettes

  • 201 Northam's almshouse

  • 202 Bideford regatta

  • 203 New art gallery opened

  • 204 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 205 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 206 No sale of Springfield House

  • 207 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 208 Peter poses for TV film

  • 209 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 210 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 211 School's link with cargo ship

  • 212 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 213 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 214 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 215 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 217 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 218 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 219 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 220 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 221

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 222 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 223 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 224 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 225 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 226 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 227 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 228 A man and his wheel

  • 229

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 230

    Relatives all over the world
  • 231 Out of puff!

  • 232 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 233 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 234 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 235 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 236 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 237 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 238 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 239 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 241 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 242 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 243 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 244 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 245 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 246 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 247 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 248 Waldon Triplets
  • 249 New addition to Quay front

  • 250 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 251

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 252 End of the line

  • 253 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 254 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 255 Northam footballers of the future

  • 256 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 257 Filming at Hartland

  • 258 Watch the dicky bird!

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

  • 260 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 261 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 262 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 263 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 264 Recognise this resort?

  • 265 Loads of black and white

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

  • 267 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 268 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 269 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 270 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 271 So this is the mainland!

  • 272 113 years at Instow

  • 273 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 274 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 275 Off on a great adventure

  • 276 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 277

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 278 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 279 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 280 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 281 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 282 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 283 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 284 Capers on the cobbles

  • 285 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 286 Clovelly custom

  • 287 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 288

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 289 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 290 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 291 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 292 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 293 North Devon Driving School

  • 294 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 295 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 296 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 297 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 298 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 299 Hartland postman retires

  • 300 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 301 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 302 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 303 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 304 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 305 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 306 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 307 A bird of their own!

  • 308

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 309

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 310 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 311 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 312

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 313 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 314

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 315 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 316 Bideford loses training ship

  • 317 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 318 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 319 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 320 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 321 Simple Item 138
  • 322 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 324 All aboard the ark

  • 325 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 326 Littleham family's five generations

  • 327 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 328 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 329 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 330 Picking the pops

  • 331 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 332 Some mushroom!

  • 333 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 334 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 335 When horses score over the tractor

  • 336 Can spring be far away?

  • 337 Just over a year old

  • 338 A story to tell!

  • 339 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 340 Revenge in style

  • 341

    First prize
  • 342 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 343 Six footed lamb

  • 344

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 345 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 346 All for the love of a lady!

  • 347 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 348 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 349

    Was a missionary
  • 350 Ships at Bideford

  • 351 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 352 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 353 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 354 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 355 He beat the floods

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

  • 357 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 358 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 359 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 360 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 361

    Married in 1908
  • 362 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 363 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 364 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 365 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 366 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 367 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 368 Finished in 1876

  • 369 Clovelly nightmare

  • 370

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 371 Twenty-one yachts

  • 372 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 373

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 374 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 375 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 376 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 377 Torrington children build igloo
  • 378 From Bobby to Brian

  • 379 Bridging the stream

  • 380 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 381 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 382 School crossing patrol begins

  • 383 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 384

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 385 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 386 Weare Giffard potato

  • 387 New Lundy stamps

  • 388 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 389 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 390 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 391 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 392 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 393 Traditions and skills still there

  • 394 Service with a smile

  • 395 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 396 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 397 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 398 Some 240 exhibits

  • 399 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 400 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 401 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 402 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 403 A roof-top view - where?

  • 404 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 405 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 406 Variety in summer weather

  • 407 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 408 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 409 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 410

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 411 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 412 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 413 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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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  • 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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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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Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

Village milk now in bottles

They have gone on the bottle – the milk bottle – at Clovelly, for the village milk is no longer delivered from cans carried on a yoke.

6 February 1959 Can carrying over cobbles

Photographed above in his last week of yoke-carrying duties is Mr Peter Symons of Burnstone Farm. The young helper on the left is Jonathan Rowe, of High Street, Clovelly.

Gazette article 6 February 1959

 

Sixty-two year old Picaroonar makes ready for season

Clovelly's oldest fishing boat

Being prepared for the holiday season is Clovelly’s oldest fishing boat – a Picaroonar, which is a vessel peculiar to the world-famed village.

24 May 1968 Sixty two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

She was built in 1906 and is used for trips around the coast and occasionally for fishing. She was built by the late Mr Philip Waters of Appledore for Mr William Hamlyn of Bucks Mills.

Gazette article 24 May 1968

 

 

Pretty pennies at Beaford

Film star's first public engagement at Beaford

It was indeed a ‘pretty penny’ occasion at the Globe Hotel, Beaford, on Monday evening when Miss Penny Baker of Exeter, carried out her first solo public engagement as a film starlet by pushing over a pile of 2,600 pennies collected there on behalf of cancer research funds.

17 June 1966 Pretty pennies at Beaford

Later this week Penny reported for work in the new Norman Wisdom film ‘Press for time’. She was spotted at Devon County Show, where she was modelling fashions, by the producer of the film, and offered a screen test, the film part following.

Gazette article 17 June 1966

 

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