• 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 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 2 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 3 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 4 Emergency ferry services

  • 5 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 6 Bideford regatta

  • 7 First ship in 8 years

  • 8 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 9 Decontrol of meat

  • 10 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 11 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 12 Can spring be far away?

  • 13

    New gateway
  • 14 Some 240 exhibits

  • 15 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 16 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 17 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 18

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 19 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 20 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 21 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 22 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 23 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 24 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 25 School's link with cargo ship

  • 26 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 27 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 28 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 29 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 30 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 31

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 32 Artisans' Club

  • 33 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 34 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 35 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 36 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 37 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 38

    Relatives all over the world
  • 39 The Geneva marionettes

  • 40 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 41 Recognise this resort?

  • 42 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 43 Penny for the guy

  • 44

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 45 In their new robes and hats

  • 46 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 47 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 48 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 49 New Post Office

  • 50 Pannier Market's future?

  • 51 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 52 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 53 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 54 Puppet characters introduced

  • 55

    First prize
  • 56

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 57 Off on a great adventure

  • 58 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 59 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 60 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 61

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 62 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 63

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 64 He beat the floods

  • 65 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 66 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 67 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 68 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 69 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 70 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 71 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 72 For crying out loud!

  • 73 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 74 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 75 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 76 Simple Item 138
  • 77 Torrington children build igloo
  • 78 It really was the 'last time'

  • 79 Riverside mystery

  • 80 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 81 A roof-top view - where?

  • 82 A bird of their own!

  • 83 Northam's almshouse

  • 84 New civic medallions

  • 85 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 86 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 87 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 88 Sight of a lifetime

  • 89 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 90 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 91 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 92

    Was a missionary
  • 93 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 94 Burnard family reunion

  • 95 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 96 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 97 School crossing patrol begins

  • 98 Capers on the cobbles

  • 99 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 101 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 102 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 103 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 104

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 105 Hartland Dancers
  • 106 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 107 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 108 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 109 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 110 Happy Days!

  • 111 Weare Giffard potato

  • 112 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 113 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 114 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 115 Life begins at 80

  • 116 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 117 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 118 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 119 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 120

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 121 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 122 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 123 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 124 Police station view of Bideford

  • 125 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 126 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 127 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 128 The art of the thatcher

  • 129 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 130 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 131 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 132 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 133 Modern living at Bideford

  • 134 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 135 New shipyard on schedule

  • 136 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 137 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 138 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 139 No sale of Springfield House

  • 140 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 141 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 142 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 143 Picking the pops

  • 144 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 145 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 146 New addition to Quay front

  • 147 Hartland postman retires

  • 148

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 149 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 150 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 151 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 152 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 153 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 155 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 156 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 157 Clovelly nightmare

  • 158 113 years at Instow

  • 159 Private home for public pump

  • 160 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 161 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 162 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 163 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 164 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 165

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 166 Waldon Triplets
  • 167 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 169 Circus comes to town

  • 170

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 171 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 172 By pony and trap to market

  • 173 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 174 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 175

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 176 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 177 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 178 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 179 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 180

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 181 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 182 All for the love of a lady!

  • 183 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 184 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 185 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 186 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 187 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 188 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 189 Northam footballers of the future

  • 190 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 191 A story to tell!

  • 192 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 193 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 194 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 195 Some mushroom!

  • 196 New life for Hartland organ

  • 197 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 198 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 199 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 200 Cruising down the river

  • 201 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 202 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 203 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 204

    Married in 1908
  • 205 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 206 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 207 End of the line

  • 208 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 209 Bridging the stream

  • 210 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 211 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 212 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 213

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 214 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 215

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 216 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 217 So this is the mainland!

  • 218 Hartland's invitation

  • 219

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 220 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 221 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 222 A man and his wheel

  • 223 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 224 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 225 Jumble sale fever

  • 226 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 227

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 228 New art gallery opened

  • 229 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 230 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 231 Picking the pops

  • 232 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 233 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 234 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 235 They are parted pro-tem

  • 236 New look in the hayfields

  • 237 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 238 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 239 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 240 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 241 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 242

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 243 Twenty-one yachts

  • 244 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 246 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 247 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 249 Traditions and skills still there

  • 250 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 251

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 252 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 253 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 254 Appledore's largest

  • 255 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 256 Six footed lamb

  • 257 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 258 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 259 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 260 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 261 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 262 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 263 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 264 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 265 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 266 Out of puff!

  • 267 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 268 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 269 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 270 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 271

    Building works
  • 272 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 273 Loads of black and white

  • 274 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 275 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 276

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 277 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 278 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 280 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 281

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 282 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 283 Clovelly custom

  • 284 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 285 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 286 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 287 Devil sent packing

  • 288 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 289 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 290 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 291 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 292 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 293 Mobile missionary

  • 294 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 295 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 296

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 297 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 298 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 299 Variety in summer weather

  • 300 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 301 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 302 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 303 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 304 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 305 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 306 Littleham family's five generations

  • 307 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 308 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 309 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 310 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 311

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 312 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 313 Peter poses for TV film

  • 314 New choral society's growing response

  • 315 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 316 Bideford loses training ship

  • 317

    Exhibition of school work
  • 318 Just over a year old

  • 319 Service with a smile

  • 320 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 321 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 322 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 323 Ten year old scrambler

  • 324 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 325 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 326 Finished in 1876

  • 327 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 328 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 329 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 330 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 331 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 332 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 333 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 334 No laughing matter

  • 335 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 336 Torrington in 1967

  • 337 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 338 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 339 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 340 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 341 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 342 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 343 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 344 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 346 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 347 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 348 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 349 Revenge in style

  • 350 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 351 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 352 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 353 Parkham plan realised

  • 354

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 355 Last train from Torrington

  • 356 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 357 North Devon Driving School

  • 358 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 359 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 360 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 361 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 362 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 363 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 364

    Bidefordians
  • 365 New Lundy stamps

  • 366 What's the time?

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

  • 368 Torrington's new amenity

  • 369 All aboard the ark

  • 370 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 371 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 372 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 373

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 374 Centenary of Gazette

  • 375 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 377 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 378 Warmington's garage ad

  • 379 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 380 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 381 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 383 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 384 When horses score over the tractor

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

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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  • 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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  • 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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Buckland Brewer Exhibitors

Bideford Show Trophies

24.12.1959 Buckland Brewer

Above: Mrs. G. M. Brimacombe, of Tythecott, Buckland Brewer, who won the trophy for the most points in the poultry-dairy produce classes at the Three Societies’ Show at Bideford last week.

Below: Mr. W. Scoble, of Waffapool, Buckland Brewer, winner of the “hoof” section trophy for the best pig exhibits. With him in the picture is his son-in-law, Mr. R. Barron, associated with him in the farm. The pigs are Landrace cross Large White. (Photos, Mill Street Studios).

Gazette article dated 24 December 1959

 

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