• 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 Bideford regatta

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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 3 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 4 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 5 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 6 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 7 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 8 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 9 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 10 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 11 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 12 Private home for public pump

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

  • 14 He beat the floods

  • 15 Cruising down the river

  • 16 Torrington children build igloo
  • 17 Ships at Bideford

  • 18 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 19 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 20 Peter poses for TV film

  • 21 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 22 Mobile missionary

  • 23 School's link with cargo ship

  • 24 Finished in 1876

  • 25 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 26 When horses score over the tractor

  • 27 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 28

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 29 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 30 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 31 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 32 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 33 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 34 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 35 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 36 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 37 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 38

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 39 The Geneva marionettes

  • 40 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 41 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 42 New look in the hayfields

  • 43 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 44 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 45 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 46 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 47 Torrington's new amenity

  • 48 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 49 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 50 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 51

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 52 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 53 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 55 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 57 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 58

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 59 Bideford loses training ship

  • 60 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 61 School crossing patrol begins

  • 62 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 63 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 64

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 65 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 66 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 67 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 68 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 69 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 70 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 71 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 72 Littleham family's five generations

  • 73 Out of puff!

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

  • 75 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 76 Variety in summer weather

  • 77

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 78 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 79

    First prize
  • 80 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 81 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 82

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 83 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 84

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 85 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 86 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 87 Waldon Triplets
  • 88 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 89 A man and his wheel

  • 90 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 91 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 92 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 93 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 94 New Post Office

  • 95 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 96 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 97 Ten year old scrambler

  • 98 Artisans' Club

  • 99 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 100 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 101 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 102 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 103 The art of the thatcher

  • 104 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 105

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 106 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 107 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 108 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 109 Just over a year old

  • 110 Recognise this resort?

  • 111 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 112 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 113 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 114 They are parted pro-tem

  • 115 Burnard family reunion

  • 116 Capers on the cobbles

  • 117 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 119 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 120 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 121 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 122 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 123 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 124 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 125

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 126 All for the love of a lady!

  • 127 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 128 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 129 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 130 113 years at Instow

  • 131 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 132 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 134 Simple Item 138
  • 135 Modern living at Bideford

  • 136

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 137 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 138 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 139 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 140 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 141 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 142 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 143 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 144 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 145 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 146 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 147

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 148 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 149 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 150

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 151 Torrington in 1967

  • 152

    New gateway
  • 153 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 154 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 155 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 156 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 157 North Devon Driving School

  • 158 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 159 Jumble sale fever

  • 160 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 161 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 162 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 163 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 164 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 165 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 166

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 167 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 168 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 169 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 170 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 171 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 172 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 173 Circus comes to town

  • 174 Six footed lamb

  • 175 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 176 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 177 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 178 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 179 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 180 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 181

    Bidefordians
  • 182 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 183 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 184 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 185 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 186 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 187 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 188 Parkham plan realised

  • 189 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 190 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 191 Northam footballers of the future

  • 192 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 193 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 194 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 195 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 196 Happy Days!

  • 197

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 198 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 199 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 200 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 201 Traditions and skills still there

  • 202

    Was a missionary
  • 203 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 204 Puppet characters introduced

  • 205 Warmington's garage ad

  • 206 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 207 Hartland's invitation

  • 208 Centenary of Gazette

  • 209 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 210 Appledore's largest

  • 211 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 212 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 213 Can spring be far away?

  • 214 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 215 Decontrol of meat

  • 216 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 217 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 218 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 219 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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

  • 221 New art gallery opened

  • 222 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 223 Some mushroom!

  • 224 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 225 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 226 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 227 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 228 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 229 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 230 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 231 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 232 New shipyard on schedule

  • 233 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 234 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 235 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 236 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 237 No laughing matter

  • 238 New life for Hartland organ

  • 239 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 240

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 241 No sale of Springfield House

  • 242 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 244 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 245 New choral society's growing response

  • 246 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 247 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 248 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 249

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 250 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 251 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 252 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 253 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 254

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 255 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 256 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 257 Picking the pops

  • 258 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 259 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 260 Weare Giffard potato

  • 261 New Lundy stamps

  • 262 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 263 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 264 It really was the 'last time'

  • 265 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 266 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 268 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 269 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 270 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 271 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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

  • 273 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 274 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 276 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 277 A bird of their own!

  • 278 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 279 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 280 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 281 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 282 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 283 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 284 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 285

    Exhibition of school work
  • 286 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 287 In their new robes and hats

  • 288 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 289 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 290 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 291 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 292 What's the time?

  • 293 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 294 A story to tell!

  • 295 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 296 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 297 Picking the pops

  • 298 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 299 So this is the mainland!

  • 300 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 301 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 302 Life begins at 80

  • 303 Clovelly custom

  • 304

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 305 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 306 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 307 A roof-top view - where?

  • 308 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 310 Bideford computer stars

  • 311 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 312 Last train from Torrington

  • 313 By pony and trap to market

  • 314 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 315 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 316 Bridging the stream

  • 317 Service with a smile

  • 318 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 319 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 320 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 321 Loads of black and white

  • 322 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 323

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 324 All aboard the ark

  • 325 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 326 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 327 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 328 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 329 First ship in 8 years

  • 330 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 331 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 332 New civic medallions

  • 333 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 334 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 335 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 336 End of the line

  • 337 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 339 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 340 Hartland Dancers
  • 341 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 342 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 343 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 344 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 345 Sight of a lifetime

  • 346 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 347 Pannier Market's future?

  • 348 For crying out loud!

  • 349 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 350 Devil sent packing

  • 351 Hartland postman retires

  • 352 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 353 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 355 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 356

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 357 Penny for the guy

  • 358 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 359 Emergency ferry services

  • 360 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 361 Northam's almshouse

  • 362 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 363 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 364 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 365 Riverside mystery

  • 366 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 367 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 368

    Building works
  • 369 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 370

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 371

    Married in 1908
  • 372 New addition to Quay front

  • 373 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 374 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 375 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 376 Some 240 exhibits

  • 377 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 378 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 379 Police station view of Bideford

  • 380 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 381

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 382 Revenge in style

  • 383 Clovelly nightmare

  • 384 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 385 Appledore Juniors Football
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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Parish Bazaar

£1,000 Mark Hope 

Bideford Parish Bazaar

Bideford Parish bazaar, organised by St. Mary’s and St. Peter’s Churches on Wednesday in the Church Institute, has so far raised £911.19 and it is hoped that with further donations the total may reach the £1,000 mark, as it did last year.

The Bazaar was opened by Mr. F. Manning, a member of staff of Haileybury School and son of the late Preb. W. N. Manning who was Rector of Bideford from 1921 to 1946. The present Rector (Preb. T. Derwent Davies) became his curate here in 1945.

Gazette article dated 3 December 1971

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