• 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 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 3 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 4 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 5 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 6 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 7 A bird of their own!

  • 8 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 9 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 10 Hartland postman retires

  • 11 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 12 By pony and trap to market

  • 13 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 14 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 15 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 16 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 17 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 18 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 19 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 20 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 21 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 22 When horses score over the tractor

  • 23 Devil sent packing

  • 24 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 25 What's the time?

  • 26 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 27 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 28 Waldon Triplets
  • 29 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 30 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 31 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 32 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 33 Modern living at Bideford

  • 34 Private home for public pump

  • 35 Six footed lamb

  • 36 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 37 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 38 Bideford loses training ship

  • 39

    Bidefordians
  • 40 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 41 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 42

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 43 New shipyard on schedule

  • 44 Bideford computer stars

  • 45 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 46 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 47 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 48 Picking the pops

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

  • 50 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 51 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 52 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 53 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 54

    New gateway
  • 55 All for the love of a lady!

  • 56 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 57 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 58 It really was the 'last time'

  • 59 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 60 New Lundy stamps

  • 61 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 62 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 63 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 66 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 67 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 68 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 69 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 70 Circus comes to town

  • 71 Twenty-one yachts

  • 72 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 73 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 74 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 75 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 76 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 78 Decontrol of meat

  • 79 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 80 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 81 New Post Office

  • 82 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 83 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 84 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 85 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 86 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 87 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 88 Sight of a lifetime

  • 89

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 90

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 91 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 92 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 93 Bridging the stream

  • 94 No laughing matter

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

  • 96 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 97 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 98 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 99 Penny for the guy

  • 100 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 101 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 102 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 103 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 104 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 105 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 106 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 107 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 108 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 109 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 110 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 111 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 112 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 113 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 114 Ships at Bideford

  • 115 Appledore's largest

  • 116 Happy Days!

  • 117 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 118 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 119 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 120 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 121

    Relatives all over the world
  • 122 Capers on the cobbles

  • 123 Picking the pops

  • 124 New civic medallions

  • 125 End of the line

  • 126 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 127 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 128 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 129 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 130

    Building works
  • 131 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 133 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 134 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 135 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 136 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 137 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 138 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 139 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 140 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 141 First ship in 8 years

  • 142 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 143 Hartland Dancers
  • 144 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 145

    First prize
  • 146 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 147 Some 240 exhibits

  • 148 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 149 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 150 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 151 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 152 North Devon Driving School

  • 153 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 154 Artisans' Club

  • 155 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 156 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 157 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 158 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 159 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 160 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 161 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 162

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 163 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 164

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 165

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 166 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 167 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 168 113 years at Instow

  • 169 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 170 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 171 Clovelly custom

  • 172 Loads of black and white

  • 173 Riverside mystery

  • 174 A story to tell!

  • 175 Northam's almshouse

  • 176

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 177 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 178 Parkham plan realised

  • 179 Torrington in 1967

  • 180 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 181 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 182 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 183 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 184 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 185 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 186 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 187 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 188 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 189 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 190 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 191 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 192 Out of puff!

  • 193 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 194 Ten year old scrambler

  • 195 So this is the mainland!

  • 196 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 197 Northam footballers of the future

  • 198 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 199 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 200 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 201 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 202 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 203 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 204

    Exhibition of school work
  • 205 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 206

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 207 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 208 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 209 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 210 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 211 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 212 Revenge in style

  • 213

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 214 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 215 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 216 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 217 Torrington children build igloo
  • 218 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 219 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 220 New look in the hayfields

  • 221 For crying out loud!

  • 222 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 223 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 224 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 225 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 226 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 227 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 228 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 229

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 230 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 231

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 232

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 233 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 234 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 235 Puppet characters introduced

  • 236 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 237 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 238 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 239 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 240 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 241 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 242 The Geneva marionettes

  • 243

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 244 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 245 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 246 Jumble sale fever

  • 247 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 249 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 250 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 251 Just over a year old

  • 252 Some mushroom!

  • 253 He beat the floods

  • 254 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 255 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 256

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 257 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 258

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 259 The cab at the corner>
  • 260 New choral society's growing response

  • 261 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 262 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 263 Cruising down the river

  • 264 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 265 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 266 A roof-top view - where?

  • 267 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 268 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 269 A man and his wheel

  • 270 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 271 In their new robes and hats

  • 272 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 273 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 274 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 275 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 276 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 277 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 278 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 279 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 280 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 281 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 282 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 283 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 284 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 285 All aboard the ark

  • 286 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 287 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 288 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 289 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 290

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 291 They are parted pro-tem

  • 292 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 293 Finished in 1876

  • 294 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 295 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 296 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 297 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 298 Hartland's invitation

  • 299 No sale of Springfield House

  • 300 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 301 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 302 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 303 Off on a great adventure

  • 304 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 305 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 306 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 307 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 308 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 309 Variety in summer weather

  • 310 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 311 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 313 The art of the thatcher

  • 314 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 315 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 316 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 317 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 318 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 319 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 320 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 321 Clovelly nightmare

  • 322 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 323 Recognise this resort?

  • 324 New life for Hartland organ

  • 325

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 326 Bideford regatta

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

  • 328 Pannier Market's future?

  • 329 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 330

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 331 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 332

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 333 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 334 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 335 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 336 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 337 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 338 New addition to Quay front

  • 339

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 340 From Bobby to Brian

  • 341 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 342 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 343 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 344 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 345 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 347

    Married in 1908
  • 348 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 349 Warmington's garage ad

  • 350 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 351 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 352 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 353 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 354 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 355

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 356 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 357

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 358 Life begins at 80

  • 359 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 361 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 362 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 363 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 364 New art gallery opened

  • 365 Filming at Hartland

  • 366 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 367 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 368 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 369 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 370 Traditions and skills still there

  • 371 Police station view of Bideford

  • 372 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 373 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 374 Sweets derationing

  • 375 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 376 Service with a smile

  • 377 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 378

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 379 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 380 Torrington's new amenity

  • 381 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 382 School crossing patrol begins

  • 383 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 384 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 385 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 386 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 387 Weare Giffard potato

  • 388 Littleham family's five generations

  • 389 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 390 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 391 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 392

    Was a missionary
  • 393 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 394 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 395 Burnard family reunion

  • 396 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 397 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 398 Last train from Torrington

  • 399 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 400 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 401 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 402 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 403 Peter poses for TV film

  • 404 Simple Item 138
  • 405 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 406 Can spring be far away?

  • 407 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 408 School's link with cargo ship

  • 409 Mobile missionary

  • 410 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 411 Centenary of Gazette

  • 412 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 413 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
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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Bideford Red junior crew cause a major surprise

This Bideford Reds junior crew caused one of the major surprises of Saturday's regatta by beating West of England champions Torquay.

1964 Bideford Reds win


The oarsmen are Terry Palmer, Len White, G Kelly, Owen Sims and Dave Curtis.

BOOK WE SHOULD ALL READ - 1944

THRILLING STORY OF THE FIGHTING DEVONS – NOW ON SALE 2/6

31 October 1944 Lieut Colonel A Valentine

With Christmas approaching, readers in Bideford and throughout the Torridge District especially, are recommended to buy up every available copy they can of ‘We Landed in Sicily and Italy’, that excellent and glorious story of the fighting Devons, intimately illustrated with maps and charts, written by its popular Commanding Officer, Lt-Col A W Valentine, DSO, CBE. Priced at 2s 6d per copy, the publishers, Messrs Gale and Polden Ltd have been instructed by Lt-Col to pay all royalties direct to the Devonshire Regiment Old Comrades Association. Men of the 5th (Bideford) Battalion of the Home Guard well remember the graphic preview of this book, Col Valentine gave them with the aid of blackboard sketches in a talk when he first returned from Italy. 

The story takes the reader . Malta where the Devon Regiment played their varied part in the Isle’s heroic resistance against unparalled attack, to Egypt for special assault training, and it was a happy ship that transferred the regiment to their first assault at Sicily. ‘We were a very Devon ship, our captain came from South Devon. The Brigadier, Brigadier R E Urquhart (who has since won fame at Arnhem commanding the Airborne troops), had left his family at Crediton, and our SNOL Lord Ashbourne, had made his wartime home in North Devon. Colonel Dewhurst, of the Royal Marines, our Brick Commander, is a well known figure in South Devon circles’.

31 October 1944 Lieut Colonel A Valentine

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