• 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 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 2 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 3 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 4 End of the line

  • 5 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 6 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 7 Weare Giffard potato

  • 8 The Geneva marionettes

  • 9

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 10 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 11 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 12 A bird of their own!

  • 13 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 14 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 15 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 16

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 17

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 18 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 19 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 20 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 21

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 22 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 23

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 24 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 25 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 26 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 27 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 28 Jumble sale fever

  • 29 Hartland postman retires

  • 30 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 31 Burnard family reunion

  • 32 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 33 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 34 Hartland's invitation

  • 35 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 36 Parkham plan realised

  • 37

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 38 Torrington in 1967

  • 39 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 40 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 41 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 42 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 43 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 44 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 45 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 46 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 47 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 48 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 49 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 50

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 51 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 52 Peter poses for TV film

  • 53 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 54 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 55 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 56 New life for Hartland organ

  • 57

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 58 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 59 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 60 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 61

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 62 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 63 Off on a great adventure

  • 64 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 65 Bridging the stream

  • 66

    Building works
  • 67 Picking the pops

  • 68 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 69 New look in the hayfields

  • 70 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 71 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 72 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 73 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 74 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 75 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 76 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 77

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 78 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 79 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 80 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 81 It really was the 'last time'

  • 82

    First prize
  • 83 Clovelly custom

  • 84 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 85 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 86 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 87 When horses score over the tractor

  • 88 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 90 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 91 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 92 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 93 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 94 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 95 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 96 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 97 New addition to Quay front

  • 98 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 99 No sale of Springfield House

  • 100 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 101 Riverside mystery

  • 102 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 103 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 104 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 105 Variety in summer weather

  • 106

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 107 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 108 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 109

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 110 Warmington's garage ad

  • 111 First ship in 8 years

  • 112

    Bidefordians
  • 113

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 114 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 115 Out of puff!

  • 116 Capers on the cobbles

  • 117 Some 240 exhibits

  • 118 In their new robes and hats

  • 119 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 120 Finished in 1876

  • 121 Decontrol of meat

  • 122 New civic medallions

  • 123 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 125 A story to tell!

  • 126 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 127 A roof-top view - where?

  • 128

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 129 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 130 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 131 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 132 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 133 Mobile missionary

  • 134 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 135 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 136 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 137 Clovelly nightmare

  • 138 Artisans' Club

  • 139 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 141 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 142 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 143 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 144 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 146

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 147 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 148 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 149 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 150 Littleham family's five generations

  • 151 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 152 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 153 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 154

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 155 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 156 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 157 Revenge in style

  • 158 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 159 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 160 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 161 Happy Days!

  • 162 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 163 Ten year old scrambler

  • 164 Hartland Dancers
  • 165 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

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

  • 167 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 168 Waldon Triplets
  • 169 New Lundy stamps

  • 170

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 171 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 173 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 174 Twenty-one yachts

  • 175 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 177 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 178 Emergency ferry services

  • 179 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 180 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 181 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 182 So this is the mainland!

  • 183 Just over a year old

  • 184 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 185 New shipyard on schedule

  • 186 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 187 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 188 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 189 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 190 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 191 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 192 Northam footballers of the future

  • 193 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 194 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 195 What's the time?

  • 196 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 197 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 198 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 199 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 200

    Exhibition of school work
  • 201 All for the love of a lady!

  • 202 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 203 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 204 Service with a smile

  • 205 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 206 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 207 They are parted pro-tem

  • 208 Puppet characters introduced

  • 209 113 years at Instow

  • 210

    Married in 1908
  • 211 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 212 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 213 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 214 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 215 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 216 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 217 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 218 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 219 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 220

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 221 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 222 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 223 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 224 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 225 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 226 Cruising down the river

  • 227 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 228

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 229 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 231 No laughing matter

  • 232 He beat the floods

  • 233 Police station view of Bideford

  • 234 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 235 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 236 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 237 Ships at Bideford

  • 238 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 239

    Relatives all over the world
  • 240 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 241 Penny for the guy

  • 242 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 243 Six footed lamb

  • 244

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 245 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 246 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 247 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 248 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 249

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 250 North Devon Driving School

  • 251 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 252 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 253 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 254 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 255 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 256 Devil sent packing

  • 257 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 258 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 259 Bideford computer stars

  • 260 The art of the thatcher

  • 261 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 262 Sight of a lifetime

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

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 265 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 266 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 267 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 268 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 270

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 271 School's link with cargo ship

  • 272 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 273 Bideford loses training ship

  • 274 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 275 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 276 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 277 New choral society's growing response

  • 278 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 279 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 280 Northam's almshouse

  • 281 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 282 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 283 Appledore's largest

  • 284 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 285 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 286 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 287 All aboard the ark

  • 288 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 289 Modern living at Bideford

  • 290 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 291 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 292 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 293 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 294 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 295 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 296 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 297 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 298 New art gallery opened

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

  • 300 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 301 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 302 Pannier Market's future?

  • 303 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 304 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 305 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 306 Can spring be far away?

  • 307 Private home for public pump

  • 308 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 309 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 310 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 311 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 312 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 313 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 314 Traditions and skills still there

  • 315 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 316 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 317 Torrington children build igloo
  • 318 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 319 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 320

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

  • 322 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 323 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 324 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 325 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 326 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 327 Life begins at 80

  • 328 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 329 Torrington's new amenity

  • 330 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 331 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 332 Recognise this resort?

  • 333 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 334 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 335 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 336 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 337 Loads of black and white

  • 338 By pony and trap to market

  • 339 A man and his wheel

  • 340 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 341 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 342 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 343 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 344 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 345 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 346 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 347 Some mushroom!

  • 348 For crying out loud!

  • 349

    New gateway
  • 350 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 351 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 352 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 353 New Post Office

  • 354 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 355 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 356 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 357 Simple Item 138
  • 358 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 359 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 360 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 361 Bideford regatta

  • 362 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 363 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 364 Centenary of Gazette

  • 365 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 366 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 367 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 368 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 369

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 370 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 371

    Was a missionary
  • 372 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 373 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 374 Last train from Torrington

  • 375 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 376 School crossing patrol begins

  • 377 Picking the pops

  • 378 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 379 Circus comes to town

  • 380 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 381 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 382 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 383 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 384 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 385 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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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  • 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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  • 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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Blending With The Countryside

Blending With The Countryside - 6th January 1948

6 January 1948 Airey type Council houses
 

These are the first 'Airy' type Council houses to be constructed in Bideford Rural District. They are also understood to be the first of their type in England to have colour-washed exteriors and tarred plinths to blend with the countryside.
These houses, which are at Monkleigh and have been named Lee Avenue as a tribute to Mr W G Lee (Monkleigh representative on the Rural District Council), have aroused the special interest of the Ministry of Health. Representatives of the Ministry are shortly to inspect them with a view to considering the adoption of the external finish technique elsewhere. It is expected the houses will be completed early in the New Year.

Mystery Fire Shuts Westward Ho! Cafe

Mystery Fire Shuts Westward Ho! Cafe - 4th June 1971

4.6.1971 Fire at WHo
 

The cause of a fire that did thousands of pounds of damage at the Malibu Restaurant in Westbourne Terrace, Westward Ho! at about 8am on Saturday remains a mystery. The alarm was given by staff members when the outbreak occurred in the kitchen and firemen from Appledore and Bideford (the latter with two appliances) had to wear breathing apparatus because of the smoke. It was thought that damage had largely been confined to that caused by smoke, but subsequent examination revealed that although this was so on the first floor, formica walls and ceilings downstairs were so badly affected that they have to be renewed. Mr and Mrs K C Tarrant, of Bognor Regis, took over the business from Mr J W Needs about a month ago. 'My wife and I had worked from early morning until late at night to set the place as we wanted it,' said Mr Tarrant. 'We had started trading, were doing well and everything was just right.' Even if things go well, it will be a month before the business reopens. The new centre of the cafe was a fish and chip range, which was destroyed, and the makers have given a delivery date in August. Mr and Mrs Tarrant, who do not live on the premises, have been overwhelmed by the kindness of fellow traders who had offered practical help, including equipment and stock. 'We are deeply grateful' said Mr Tarrant. 'Until this time we had felt outsiders. It has helped us to that extent.'

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