• 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 Pannier Market's future?

  • 2 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 3 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 4 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 5 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 6 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 7 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 8 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 9 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 10 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 11

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 12 What's the time?

  • 13 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 14 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 15 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 16 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 17 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 18 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 19 All aboard the ark

  • 20 No laughing matter

  • 21 Life begins at 80

  • 22 A roof-top view - where?

  • 23 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 24 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 25 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 26 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 27 He beat the floods

  • 28 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 29 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 30 Modern living at Bideford

  • 31

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 32 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 33 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 34 New civic medallions

  • 35 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 36 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 37 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 39 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 40 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 41

    Building works
  • 42 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 43 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 44 A bird of their own!

  • 45 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 46

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 47 Hartland Dancers
  • 48 Cruising down the river

  • 49 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 50 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 51 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 52 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 53 Sweets derationing

  • 54 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 55 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 56 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 57 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 58 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 59 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 61

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 62 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 63 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 64 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 65 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 66 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 67 The Geneva marionettes

  • 68 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 69

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 70 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 71 Loads of black and white

  • 72 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 73 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 74 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 75 Littleham family's five generations

  • 76 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 77 Capers on the cobbles

  • 78 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 79 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 80 Northam footballers of the future

  • 81 Devil sent packing

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

  • 83 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 85 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 86 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 87 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 88 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 89

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 90 A story to tell!

  • 91 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 92 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 93 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 94 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 95 Last train from Torrington

  • 96 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 97 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 98 New shipyard on schedule

  • 99 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 100 Some mushroom!

  • 101 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 102 Hartland postman retires

  • 103 School crossing patrol begins

  • 104 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 105 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 106 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 107 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 108 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 109

    Married in 1908
  • 110

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 111 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 112 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 113 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 114 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 115 In their new robes and hats

  • 116 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 117

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 118

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 119 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 120 Puppet characters introduced

  • 121 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 122 Private home for public pump

  • 123 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 124 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 125

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 126 Jumble sale fever

  • 127 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 128 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 129 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 130 New life for Hartland organ

  • 131 The art of the thatcher

  • 132 Ships at Bideford

  • 133 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 134 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 135 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 136 It really was the 'last time'

  • 137 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 138 Decontrol of meat

  • 139 Revenge in style

  • 140 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 141 From Bobby to Brian

  • 142 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 143 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 144 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 145 Bridging the stream

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

  • 147 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 148 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 149 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 150 Can spring be far away?

  • 151 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 152 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 153 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 154 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 156 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 157 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 158 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 159 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 160 Police station view of Bideford

  • 161 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 162 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 163 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 164 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 165 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 166 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 167 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 168 Simple Item 138
  • 169 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 170 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 171

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 172 Appledore's largest

  • 173 First ship in 8 years

  • 174 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 176 Torrington children build igloo
  • 177 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 178 Twenty-one yachts

  • 179 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 180 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 181 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 182 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 184

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 185

    Bidefordians
  • 186 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 188 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 189 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 190 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 191 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 192 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 193 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 194 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 195 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 196 Happy Days!

  • 197 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 198 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 199

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 200 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 201 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 202 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 203 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 204

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 205 Mobile missionary

  • 206 Six footed lamb

  • 207 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 209

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 210 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 212 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 213 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 214 Hartland's invitation

  • 215 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 216 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 217 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 218 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 219 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 220 Variety in summer weather

  • 221 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 222 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 223 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 225 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 226 Filming at Hartland

  • 227 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 228 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 229 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 230 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 231 Centenary of Gazette

  • 232 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 233 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 234 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 235 New choral society's growing response

  • 236 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 237 No sale of Springfield House

  • 238 Weare Giffard potato

  • 239 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 240 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 241 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 242 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 243

    Relatives all over the world
  • 244 Ten year old scrambler

  • 245 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 246 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 247 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 248 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 249

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 250 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 251 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 252 Clovelly custom

  • 253

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 254 Parkham plan realised

  • 255 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 256 Torrington's new amenity

  • 257 Sight of a lifetime

  • 258 New Lundy stamps

  • 259 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 260 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 261 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 262 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 263 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 264 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 265 New addition to Quay front

  • 266

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 267 Waldon Triplets
  • 268 When horses score over the tractor

  • 269 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 270 New look in the hayfields

  • 271 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 272 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 273 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 274

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 275 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 276 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 277 New art gallery opened

  • 278

    First prize
  • 279 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 281 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 282 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 283 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 284 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 285 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 286

    New gateway
  • 287

    Was a missionary
  • 288 Peter poses for TV film

  • 289 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 290 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 291 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 292 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 293 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 294 Bideford loses training ship

  • 295 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 296 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 297 Recognise this resort?

  • 298 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 299 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 300 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 301 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 302 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 303 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 304

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 305 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 306 The cab at the corner>
  • 307 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 308 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 309 Finished in 1876

  • 310 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 311 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 312 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 313 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 314 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 315 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 316 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 317

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 318 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 319 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 320 Off on a great adventure

  • 321 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 322 Picking the pops

  • 323 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 324 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 325 North Devon Driving School

  • 326 So this is the mainland!

  • 327 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 328 Burnard family reunion

  • 329 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 330 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 331 Picking the pops

  • 332 Riverside mystery

  • 333 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 334 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 335 Artisans' Club

  • 336 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 337 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 338 Circus comes to town

  • 339 Bideford regatta

  • 340 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 341 Out of puff!

  • 342 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 343 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 344 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 345 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 346 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 347 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 348 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 349 Clovelly nightmare

  • 350 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 351 Just over a year old

  • 352 End of the line

  • 353 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 354 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 355

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 356 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 357 113 years at Instow

  • 358 Northam's almshouse

  • 359 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 360 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 361 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 362 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 363 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 364 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 365 Emergency ferry services

  • 366 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 367 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 368 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 369

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 370 They are parted pro-tem

  • 371 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 372 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 373 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 374 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 375 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 376 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 377 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 378 A man and his wheel

  • 379 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 380 By pony and trap to market

  • 381 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 382 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 383 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 384 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 385 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 386 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 387 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 388 New Post Office

  • 389 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 390

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 391 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 392 All for the love of a lady!

  • 393 Bideford computer stars

  • 394 Penny for the guy

  • 395 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 396 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 397 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 398 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 399 Warmington's garage ad

  • 400 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 401 For crying out loud!

  • 402 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 403 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 404 Service with a smile

  • 405

    Exhibition of school work
  • 406 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 407 Some 240 exhibits

  • 408 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 409 Traditions and skills still there

  • 410

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 411 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 412 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

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

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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  • 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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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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The Parsonage House

Buckland Brewer,

for sale by public auction on Friday 30 May, 1975 at The Queen's Hall, Barnstaple.

April 1975 Buckland Brewer Parsonage House for sale

Gazette article dated April 1975

Monkleigh House for sale

Outstanding Period Residence

March 1975 Monkleigh House for sale

March 1975

Renovation of Cottages Could Cost £21,000

Three derelict cottages

which cost only hundreds of pounds to build could cost £21,000 to restore. 

7.2.1975 Bideford renovation of cottages

The cottages – they are in North Road, Bideford – cannot be demolished because they are scheduled as being of special architectural or historic interest.

The land sub-committee of the Policy and Resources Committee of Torridge District Council, who own the houses, are to tell the Department of the Environment who scheduled the property about the situation and ask for a grant. The council had advertised for suggestions about the houses and had been contacted by a Mrs Charles Acton Bond, of Manotick, Ontario, Canada. She had written that she was interested in coming to live permanently in this country and was looking for a building to renovate.

Cllr Clifford suggested that if the council could delay until the property fell down, rear access could be provided to properties in the Strand.

7 February 1975

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