• 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 Clovelly custom

  • 2 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 3 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 4 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 5 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 6 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 7 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 8 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 9 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 10 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 11 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 12 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 13 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 14 New fire and ambulance stations

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

  • 16 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 17 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 18 A man and his wheel

  • 19 End of the line

  • 20 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 21 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 22 Pannier Market's future?

  • 23 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 24 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 25 Twenty-one yachts

  • 26 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 27 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 28 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 29 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 30 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 31 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 32 Ten year old scrambler

  • 33 Mobile missionary

  • 34 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 35 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 36

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 37 The Geneva marionettes

  • 38 Hartland postman retires

  • 39 When horses score over the tractor

  • 40 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 41 Weare Giffard potato

  • 42 Clovelly nightmare

  • 43 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 44 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 45 It really was the 'last time'

  • 46 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 47 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 48 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 49 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 50 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 51 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 52 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 53 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 54 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 55 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 56

    Was a missionary
  • 57 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 58 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 59 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 60 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 62 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 63 Waldon Triplets
  • 64 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 65 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 66 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 67 Bideford computer stars

  • 68 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 69 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 70 Life begins at 80

  • 71 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 72 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 73 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 74 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 75

    Building works
  • 76 Loads of black and white

  • 77 For crying out loud!

  • 78 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 79

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 80 School's link with cargo ship

  • 81 All for the love of a lady!

  • 82 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 83 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 84 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 85 Simple Item 138
  • 86 No laughing matter

  • 87 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 88

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 89 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 90 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 91 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 92 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 93 Decontrol of meat

  • 94

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 95 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 96 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 97 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 98 Jumble sale fever

  • 99 Hartland Dancers
  • 100 Picking the pops

  • 101 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 103

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 104 Burnard family reunion

  • 105 Torrington in 1967

  • 106 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 107 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 108 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 109 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 110 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 111

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 112 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 113 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 114 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 115 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 116 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 117 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 118

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 119 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 120 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 121 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 122 New choral society's growing response

  • 123 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 124 A bird of their own!

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

  • 126 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 127 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 128 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 129 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 131 Happy Days!

  • 132 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 133 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 134 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 135 New Lundy stamps

  • 136 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 137 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 138 The art of the thatcher

  • 139 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 140 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 141 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 142 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 143 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 144

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 145 Bridging the stream

  • 146 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 147 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 148 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 149 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 150 Riverside mystery

  • 151 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 152 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 153 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 154 Northam footballers of the future

  • 155 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 156 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 157 Some 240 exhibits

  • 158 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 159 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 160 Bideford regatta

  • 161 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 162 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 163 A roof-top view - where?

  • 164 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 166 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 167 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 168 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 169

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 170 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 171

    New gateway
  • 172 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 173 What's the time?

  • 174 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 175 Penny for the guy

  • 176

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 177 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 178 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 179 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 180 Ships at Bideford

  • 181 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 182 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 183 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 185 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 186 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 187 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 188 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 189 Recognise this resort?

  • 190 Artisans' Club

  • 191 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 192 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 194 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 195 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 196 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 197 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 198 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 199 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 200 Just over a year old

  • 201 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 202

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 203 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 204 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 205 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 206 School crossing patrol begins

  • 207 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 208 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 209 New Post Office

  • 210 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 211 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 212 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 213 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 214 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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

  • 216 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 217

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 218 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 219 113 years at Instow

  • 220 Capers on the cobbles

  • 221 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 222 Bideford loses training ship

  • 223 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 224 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 225

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 226 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 227 Some mushroom!

  • 228 Six footed lamb

  • 229 Warmington's garage ad

  • 230 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 231 Emergency ferry services

  • 232 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 233 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 234 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 235 Torrington's new amenity

  • 236 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 237 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 238 He beat the floods

  • 239

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 240 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 241 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 242 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 243 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 244 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 245 Modern living at Bideford

  • 246 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 247 First ship in 8 years

  • 248 All aboard the ark

  • 249 Puppet characters introduced

  • 250 Off on a great adventure

  • 251 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 252 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 253 A story to tell!

  • 254 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 255 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 256 In their new robes and hats

  • 257 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 258 Can spring be far away?

  • 259

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 260 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 261

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 262 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 263 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 264 New shipyard on schedule

  • 265

    Exhibition of school work
  • 266 Appledore's largest

  • 267 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 268 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 269 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 270 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 271 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 272 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 273 Out of puff!

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

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    First prize
  • 276 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 277 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 278 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 279 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 280 New addition to Quay front

  • 281 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 282 Private home for public pump

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    Married in 1908
  • 284 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 285 They are parted pro-tem

  • 286 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 287 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 288 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 289 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 290 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 291 Littleham family's five generations

  • 292 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 293 So this is the mainland!

  • 294 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 295 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 296 Variety in summer weather

  • 297 Service with a smile

  • 298 Peter poses for TV film

  • 299 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 300 New look in the hayfields

  • 301

    Bidefordians
  • 302

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 303 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 304 Centenary of Gazette

  • 305 No sale of Springfield House

  • 306 Last train from Torrington

  • 307 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 308 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 309 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 310 Traditions and skills still there

  • 311

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 312 Up-to-date Bideford!

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 314 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 315 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 316 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 317 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 318 Cruising down the river

  • 319 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 320 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 321 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 322 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 323 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 324 Northam's almshouse

  • 325 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 326 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 327 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 328 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 329 Police station view of Bideford

  • 330 Hartland's invitation

  • 331 Revenge in style

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

  • 333 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 334 Parkham plan realised

  • 335

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 336 New life for Hartland organ

  • 337 By pony and trap to market

  • 338 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 339

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 340 Circus comes to town

  • 341 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 342 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 343

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 344 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 345 North Devon Driving School

  • 346 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 347 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 348 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 349 Calligrapher extraordinary

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 351 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 352 Torrington children build igloo
  • 353 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 354 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 355 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 356 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 357 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 358

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 359 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 360 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 361

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 362 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 363 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 364 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 365 Picking the pops

  • 366 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 367 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 368 Finished in 1876

  • 369 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 370 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 371 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 372 New civic medallions

  • 373 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 376 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 377 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 378 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 379 Devil sent packing

  • 380 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 381 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 382 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 383 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 384 New art gallery opened

  • 385 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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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World War 1

Owing to the scarcity of men, dummy male guests will be substitued at parties.

Who will also be useful as dancing partners.

24.12.1918 cartoon

Gazette article dated 24 December 1918

World War 1

Women’s Employment In North Devon
Suggested Gloving School At Bideford

At a meeting of the Women’s Sub-Committee of the Barnstaple Local Advisory Committee the following were present: Alderman A J Reavell (in the chair), Mrs R Pinkham, Miss S Baulkwill, Miss B Jewell, Mrs T Gregory, Miss F B Wright, Mrs Heriz-Smith, and Mr J W Brannam.
It was agreed to recommend that the local industries, lace-net manufacture, glove, collar and basket making, and pottery manufacture should be included on Ministry of Pensions list of trades for which War widows might be trained.
Mr W Pinkham, of the National Glove Co., addressed the Committee on the possibilities of the glove trade as a field of employment for women. He said that there was a splendid opportunity of capturing German trade, and suggested that a technical school, to train workers for the glove industry, should be started at Bideford.

21.12.1918 Gloves

Gazette article dated 21 December 1918

World War 1

17 December 1918

Strawberries and blackberries have just been picked at Southcott by Mr Garfield Martin.

17.12.1918 Langtree

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