• 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 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 2 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 3 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 4

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 5 Bridging the stream

  • 6 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 7 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 8 A man and his wheel

  • 9 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 10 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 11 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 12 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 13 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 14

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 15 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 16 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 17 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 18 New life for Hartland organ

  • 19 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 20 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 21 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 22 Bideford regatta

  • 23 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 24 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 25 Parkham plan realised

  • 26 Emergency ferry services

  • 27 It really was the 'last time'

  • 28 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 29 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 30 Out of puff!

  • 31 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 32 School crossing patrol begins

  • 33 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 34 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 35 In their new robes and hats

  • 36 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 37 New choral society's growing response

  • 38 Torrington children build igloo
  • 39

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 40 Happy Days!

  • 41 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 42 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 43 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 44 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 45

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 46 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 47 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 48 Hartland's invitation

  • 49 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 50 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 51 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 52 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 53

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 54

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 55 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 56 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 57 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 58 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 59 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 60 Private home for public pump

  • 61

    Was a missionary
  • 62 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 63 Centenary of Gazette

  • 64 New addition to Quay front

  • 65

    First prize
  • 66 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 67 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 68 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 69 Torrington in 1967

  • 70 Mobile missionary

  • 71 First ship in 8 years

  • 72 Burnard family reunion

  • 73 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 74 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 75 Hartland postman retires

  • 76 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 77 Waldon Triplets
  • 78 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 79 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 80 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 81 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 82 By pony and trap to market

  • 83

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 84 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 85 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 86 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 87 The Geneva marionettes

  • 88 Cruising down the river

  • 89 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 90 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 91 For crying out loud!

  • 92

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 93 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 94 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 96 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 97 No laughing matter

  • 98 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 99 Appledore's largest

  • 100 Some mushroom!

  • 101 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 102 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 103 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 104 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 105 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 106 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 107 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 109 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 110 No sale of Springfield House

  • 111 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 112 Circus comes to town

  • 113 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 114 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 115 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 116 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 117 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 118 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 119 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 120 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 121 Recognise this resort?

  • 122 Finished in 1876

  • 123 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 124

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 125 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 126 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 127 Loads of black and white

  • 128 Peter poses for TV film

  • 129

    Bidefordians
  • 130 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 131 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 133 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 134

    Relatives all over the world
  • 135 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 136 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 137 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 138 Six footed lamb

  • 139 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 140 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 141

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 142 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 143 New look in the hayfields

  • 144 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 145 Variety in summer weather

  • 146 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 147 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 148 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 149 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 150 Warmington's garage ad

  • 151 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 153 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 154

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 155 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 156 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 157 He beat the floods

  • 158 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 159 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 160 Hartland Dancers
  • 161 Off on a great adventure

  • 162 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 163 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 164 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 165 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 166 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 167 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 168 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 169

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 170 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 171 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 172 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 173 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 175 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 176 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 177

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 178 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 179 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 180 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 181 New shipyard on schedule

  • 182 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 184 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 185 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 186 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 188 Revenge in style

  • 189 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 190 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 191 Bideford loses training ship

  • 192 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 193 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 194 Simple Item 138
  • 195 New Post Office

  • 196 End of the line

  • 197 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 198 Artisans' Club

  • 199 Twenty-one yachts

  • 200 North Devon Driving School

  • 201 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 202 Ships at Bideford

  • 203 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 204 113 years at Instow

  • 205 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 206 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 207 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 208 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 209 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 210 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 211 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 212 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 213 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 214 Puppet characters introduced

  • 215 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 216 All aboard the ark

  • 217 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 218 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 219 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 220 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 221 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 222 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 223

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 224 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 225 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 226 Some 240 exhibits

  • 227 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 228 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 229 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 230 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 231 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 232 Clovelly nightmare

  • 233 Life begins at 80

  • 234 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 235 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 236 Last train from Torrington

  • 237 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 239 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 240

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 241 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 242 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 243 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 244 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 246 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 247

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 248 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 249 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 250 What's the time?

  • 251 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 252 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 253 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 254 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 255

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 256 A roof-top view - where?

  • 257 A bird of their own!

  • 258

    Married in 1908
  • 259 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 260 Picking the pops

  • 261 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 262 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 263 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 264 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 265 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 266 Devil sent packing

  • 267

    Building works
  • 268 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 269

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 270 Ten year old scrambler

  • 271 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 272 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 273 Just over a year old

  • 274 All for the love of a lady!

  • 275 New civic medallions

  • 276 Riverside mystery

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

  • 278 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 279 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 280 Torrington's new amenity

  • 281 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 282 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 283 Sight of a lifetime

  • 284 Traditions and skills still there

  • 285 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 286 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 288 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 289 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 290 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 291 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 292 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 293 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 294 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 295 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 296 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 297

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 298 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 299 New art gallery opened

  • 300 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 301 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 302 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 303 When horses score over the tractor

  • 304 Bideford computer stars

  • 305 Police station view of Bideford

  • 306 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 307 They are parted pro-tem

  • 308 School's link with cargo ship

  • 309 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 310 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 311 Penny for the guy

  • 312 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 313 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 314

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 315 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 316 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 317 Can spring be far away?

  • 318 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 319

    Exhibition of school work
  • 320

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 321 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 322

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 323 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 325 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 326 Northam footballers of the future

  • 327 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 328 Capers on the cobbles

  • 329 Service with a smile

  • 330 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 331 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 332 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 333 Picking the pops

  • 334 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 335 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 336 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 337 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 338 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 339 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 340 Northam's almshouse

  • 341 A story to tell!

  • 342 Jumble sale fever

  • 343 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 344 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 345 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 346 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 347 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 348 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 349 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 350 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 351 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 352 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 353 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 354 Clovelly custom

  • 355 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 356 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 357 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 358 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 359

    New gateway
  • 360 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 361 Decontrol of meat

  • 362 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 363 New Lundy stamps

  • 364 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 365 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 366 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 367 The art of the thatcher

  • 368 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 369

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 370 Weare Giffard potato

  • 371 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 372 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 373 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 374 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 375 Modern living at Bideford

  • 376

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 377 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 378 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 379 Pannier Market's future?

  • 380 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 381 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 382 Littleham family's five generations

  • 383 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 384 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 385 So this is the mainland!

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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Torrington May Sell Market

Negotiations are to be opened by Torrington Town Council with a property development company who want to buy the pannier market.

6.4.1973 Torrington Pannier Market

But it was stressed at Monday’s meeting that at this stage there would be no commitment.
The council is asking for particulars soon about the company’s detailed proposals for dealing with existing tenants of the market, including relocation of Devon county library.
At the appropriate time the council should engage private valuers, recommended the Highways Committee.
Councillor Michael Street said that the council must get the maximum price for this property, which belonged to ratepayers. He was told by the Town Clerk, Mr Alan Fitt: “I am doubtful if you would find two firms prepared to do the same work”.

The full Gazette article is dated 6 April 1973

Over £10,000 For Double Building Site

A building plot with planning permission for the erection of a pair of semi-detached bungalows was sold for what is believed to be a local record figure of £10,150 at an auction conducted by Braddicks Estate Agency Ltd, at the New Inn Hotel, Bideford.

6.4.1973 Northam building plots

The plots, at Jackets Lane (Sandymere Road), Northam, were purchased by a local builder, Mr R M Quance, of Merley Road, Westward Ho!
Commenting after the sale the auctioneers said the auction indicated that the price of land is still rising in spite of present difficulties in financing building projects.
Gazette article dated 6 April 1973

Over £10,000 For Double Building Site

A building plot with planning permission for the erection of a pair of semi-detached bungalows was sold for what is believed to be a local record figure of £10,150 at an auction conducted by Braddicks Estate Agency Ltd, at the New Inn Hotel, Bideford.

6.4.1973 Northam building plots

The plots, at Jackets Lane (Sandymere Road), Northam, were purchased by a local builder, Mr R M Quance, of Merley Road, Westward Ho!
Commenting after the sale the auctioneers said the auction indicated that the price of land is still rising in spite of present difficulties in financing building projects.
Gazette article dated 6 April 1973

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