• 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 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 2 Recognise this resort?

  • 3 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 4 Picking the pops

  • 5 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 6 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 7 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 8 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 9 First ship in 8 years

  • 10

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 11

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 12 North Devon Driving School

  • 13 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 14 He beat the floods

  • 15 New art gallery opened

  • 16 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 17 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 18 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 19 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 20 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 21 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 22 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 23

    Exhibition of school work
  • 24 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 25 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 26 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 27 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 29 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 30 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 31

    Building works
  • 32 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 33 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 34

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 35 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 36 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 37 Picking the pops

  • 38 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 39 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 40 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 41 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 42 113 years at Instow

  • 43 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 44 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 45 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 46 Jumble sale fever

  • 47 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 48 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 49 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 50 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 51 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 52 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 53 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 54 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 55 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 56 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 58 New choral society's growing response

  • 59 When horses score over the tractor

  • 60 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 61 Northam's almshouse

  • 62 Cruising down the river

  • 63 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 64 School crossing patrol begins

  • 65 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 66 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 67 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 68 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 69 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 70 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 71 They are parted pro-tem

  • 72 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 73 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 74 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 75 A roof-top view - where?

  • 76 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 77

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 78

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 79 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 80 Appledore's largest

  • 81 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 82 Variety in summer weather

  • 83 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 84 Hartland Dancers
  • 85 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 86 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 87 The cab at the corner>
  • 88 Twenty-one yachts

  • 89 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 90 For crying out loud!

  • 91 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 92 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 93 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 94 Police station view of Bideford

  • 95 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 96 The art of the thatcher

  • 97 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 98 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 99

    Was a missionary
  • 100 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 101 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 102

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 103 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 104 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 105 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 106 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 108 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 109 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 110

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 111 Finished in 1876

  • 112 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 113 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 114 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 115 Happy Days!

  • 116 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 117 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 118 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 119 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 121 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 122 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 123

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 124 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 125 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 126 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 127 Private home for public pump

  • 128 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 129 A bird of their own!

  • 130 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 131 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 132 New addition to Quay front

  • 133

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 134

    Bidefordians
  • 135

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 136 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 137 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 138 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 140 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 141 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 142 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 143 Some 240 exhibits

  • 144

    New gateway
  • 145 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 146 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 147 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 148 Puppet characters introduced

  • 149 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 150 Peter poses for TV film

  • 151 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 152 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 153 Penny for the guy

  • 154 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 155 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 156

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 157 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 158 Torrington in 1967

  • 159 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 160 Some mushroom!

  • 161 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 162 Simple Item 138
  • 163

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 164 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 165 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 166 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 167 From Bobby to Brian

  • 168

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 169 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 170

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

  • 172 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 173 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 174 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 175

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 176 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 177 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 178 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 179 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 180 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 182 Hartland's invitation

  • 183 Decontrol of meat

  • 184 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 185 Burnard family reunion

  • 186 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 187 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 188 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 189 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 190 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 191 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 192 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 193 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 194 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 195 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 196 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 197 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 198 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 199 Revenge in style

  • 200 Torrington's new amenity

  • 201 Sight of a lifetime

  • 202 Just over a year old

  • 203 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 204 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 205 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 206 Hartland postman retires

  • 207 In their new robes and hats

  • 208 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 209 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 210 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 211 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 212 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 213 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 214 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 215 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 216 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 217 What's the time?

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

  • 219 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 220 Parkham plan realised

  • 221 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 222

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 223 Artisans' Club

  • 224

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

  • 226 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 227 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 228 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 229 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 231 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 232 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 233 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 234 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 235 Circus comes to town

  • 236 All aboard the ark

  • 237 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 238 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 239 Torrington children build igloo
  • 240 New civic medallions

  • 241 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 242 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 243 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 244 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 245 No laughing matter

  • 246 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 247 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 248

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 249 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 250 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 251 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 252 Bideford computer stars

  • 253 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 254 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 255 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 256 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 257 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 258 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 259 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 260 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 261 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 262 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 263 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 264 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 265

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 266 Clovelly nightmare

  • 267 Modern living at Bideford

  • 268 By pony and trap to market

  • 269 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 270 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 271 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 272 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 273 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 274 All for the love of a lady!

  • 275 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 276 Bideford regatta

  • 277 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 278 No sale of Springfield House

  • 279 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 280 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 281 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 282 New shipyard on schedule

  • 283 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 284 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 285 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 286 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 287 Service with a smile

  • 288 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 289 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 290 Littleham family's five generations

  • 291 The Geneva marionettes

  • 292 Bideford loses training ship

  • 293 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 294 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 295 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 296 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 297 Six footed lamb

  • 298 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 299 Off on a great adventure

  • 300 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 301

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 302

    Relatives all over the world
  • 303 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 304

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 305 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 306 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 307 Loads of black and white

  • 308 It really was the 'last time'

  • 309 Riverside mystery

  • 310 Out of puff!

  • 311 Mobile missionary

  • 312 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 313 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 314 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 315 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 316 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 317 Ten year old scrambler

  • 318 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 319 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 320 Pannier Market's future?

  • 321 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 322

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 323 Life begins at 80

  • 324 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 325 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 326 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 327 A story to tell!

  • 328 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 329 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 330 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 331 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 332 School's link with cargo ship

  • 333 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 334 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 335 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 336 Centenary of Gazette

  • 337 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 338 Warmington's garage ad

  • 339 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 341 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 342 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 343 Emergency ferry services

  • 344 Devil sent packing

  • 345 A man and his wheel

  • 346 Traditions and skills still there

  • 347 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 348 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 349 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 350 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 351 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 352 End of the line

  • 353 New life for Hartland organ

  • 354 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 355 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 356 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 357 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 358 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 359 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 360

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 361 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 362 Waldon Triplets
  • 363 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 364 New look in the hayfields

  • 365 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 366 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 367 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 368 Ships at Bideford

  • 369 Can spring be far away?

  • 370 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 372 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 373

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 374 Last train from Torrington

  • 375 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 376 New Post Office

  • 377 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 378 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 379 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 380 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 381 Sweets derationing

  • 382 So this is the mainland!

  • 383 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 385 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 386 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 387 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 388 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 389

    First prize
  • 390 Filming at Hartland

  • 391 Clovelly custom

  • 392 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 393 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 394 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 395 Bridging the stream

  • 396 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 397 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 398 Weare Giffard potato

  • 399 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 400 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 401 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 402 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 403 Capers on the cobbles

  • 404 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 405 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 406 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 407 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 408

    Married in 1908
  • 409 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 410 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 412 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 413

    Hamburger is part of modern life
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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  • 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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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 and District War Supply Depot

Support the Bideford and District War Supply Depot today by buying a St George’s Flat or a St George’s match-box cover which will help you to take care of your matches.

23.4.1918 Bideford War Supply Depot

Your generous help is needed in order that the splendid work which the Depot is doing for our soldiers and sailors may continue. Remember how greatly our soldiers appreciate the comforts sent them from the Depot, and remember how great is the need of the articles that are being sent out every week to the military hospitals and casualty clearing stations. The women workers cannot make the garments unless you help to supply them with the money to buy the materials. The public are invited to inspect specimens of the work at the Bridge Hall this afternoon. 

Gazette article dated 23 April 1918

Frithelstock

A handsome alms dish has been consecrated by the Vicar.

20.4.1918 Frithelstock

The inscription on the dish is 'given for the service of Almighty God and in loving memory of Lieut. Raymond Hogbin, aged 21, who died for his country, September 21 1917'.

Gazette article dated 20 April 1918

Northam

At the King’s Head Hotel yesterday afternoon Mr A W Cock FAI sold by auction No 4 Bay View Terrace, the purchaser being Mr G H Cork at £385. Messrs Hole, Seldon and Ward were the solicitors for the vendor. 

16.4.1918 Northam

At a meeting of the Northam Urban District Food Control Committee on Wednesday there were present Messrs W T Charlewood (in the chair), S Fulford, P K Harris, J B Penhorwood, W B Quance, T Slade and Miss I Pickard. The business transacted included the consideration of a number of applications for sugar for jam making (some of which were approved, and the Inspector was instructed to investigate others), and also the grading of applicants for supplementary rations.

Gazette article dated 16 April 1918

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