• 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 Sweets derationing

  • 2 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 3 Modern living at Bideford

  • 4 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 5 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 6 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 7 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

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

  • 10

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 11 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 12 Mobile missionary

  • 13 A man and his wheel

  • 14 Life begins at 80

  • 15 By pony and trap to market

  • 16 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 17 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 18 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 19 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 20 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 21

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 22 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 23 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 24

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 25 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 26 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 27 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 28 Traditions and skills still there

  • 29 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 30 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 31

    Building works
  • 32 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 33 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 34 New art gallery opened

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

  • 36 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 37 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 38 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 39 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 40 Peter poses for TV film

  • 41 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 42 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 43 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 44 He beat the floods

  • 45 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 46 All aboard the ark

  • 47 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 48 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 49 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 50 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 51 New choral society's growing response

  • 52 Off on a great adventure

  • 53 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 54

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 55 Torrington children build igloo
  • 56 A story to tell!

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

  • 58 From Bobby to Brian

  • 59 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 60 Hartland's invitation

  • 61 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 62 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 63 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 65 Northam's almshouse

  • 66 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 67 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 68 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 69 Northam footballers of the future

  • 70

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 71 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 72 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 73 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 74 Parkham plan realised

  • 75 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 76 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 77 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 78 Bideford loses training ship

  • 79 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 80 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 81 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 82

    Was a missionary
  • 83 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 84

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 85 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 86 Private home for public pump

  • 87 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 88 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 89 It really was the 'last time'

  • 90 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 91 Happy Days!

  • 92 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 93 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 94 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 95 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 96 Hartland Dancers
  • 97 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 98

    New gateway
  • 99 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 100 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 101 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 102 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 103 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 104 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 105 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 106 Pannier Market's future?

  • 107

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 108 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 109 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 110 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 111 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 112 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 113 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 114 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 115 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 116 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 117 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 118 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 119 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 120 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 121 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 122 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 123 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 124

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 125

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 126 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 127 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 128 Cruising down the river

  • 129 All for the love of a lady!

  • 130 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 132

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 133 In their new robes and hats

  • 134 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 135 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 136

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 137 Service with a smile

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

  • 139 Finished in 1876

  • 140 The art of the thatcher

  • 141

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 142 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 143 Bideford computer stars

  • 144 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 145 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 146 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 147 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 148 Six footed lamb

  • 149

    First prize
  • 150 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 151 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 152 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 153 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 154 Hartland postman retires

  • 155 113 years at Instow

  • 156 Littleham family's five generations

  • 157 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 158 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 159 Torrington in 1967

  • 160 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 161 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 162 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 163 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 164 Can spring be far away?

  • 165 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 166 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 167 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 168 Out of puff!

  • 169 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 170 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 171 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 172 Capers on the cobbles

  • 173 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 174 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 175 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 176 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 177 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 178 The Geneva marionettes

  • 179

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 180 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 181 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 182 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 183 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 184 They are parted pro-tem

  • 185 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 186 A bird of their own!

  • 187 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 188 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 189 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 190 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 191 Clovelly custom

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

  • 193 Variety in summer weather

  • 194 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 195 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 196 Jumble sale fever

  • 197

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 198 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 199 Bridging the stream

  • 200 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 201 Some 240 exhibits

  • 202 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 203 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 204 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 205 The cab at the corner>
  • 206 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 207 Sight of a lifetime

  • 208 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 210 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 211 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 212 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 213 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 214 No sale of Springfield House

  • 215 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 216 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 217

    Relatives all over the world
  • 218

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 219 New Post Office

  • 220 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 221 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 222 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 223 Revenge in style

  • 224 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 225 Torrington's new amenity

  • 226 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 227 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 228 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 229 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 230 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 231 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 232 Centenary of Gazette

  • 233 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 234 School's link with cargo ship

  • 235 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 236

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 237 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 238 Twenty-one yachts

  • 239 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 240 Ten year old scrambler

  • 241 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 242 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 243 Filming at Hartland

  • 244 Puppet characters introduced

  • 245 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 246 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 247 Clovelly nightmare

  • 248 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 249 New Lundy stamps

  • 250 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 251 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 252 New shipyard on schedule

  • 253 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 254 School crossing patrol begins

  • 255 Burnard family reunion

  • 256

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 257 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 258 First ship in 8 years

  • 259 Just over a year old

  • 260 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 261 Last train from Torrington

  • 262

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 263 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 264 Riverside mystery

  • 265 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 266 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 267

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 268 Recognise this resort?

  • 269 For crying out loud!

  • 270 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 271 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 272 What's the time?

  • 273 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 274 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 275 Ships at Bideford

  • 276 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 278 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 279 Decontrol of meat

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 281 New addition to Quay front

  • 282 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 283 A roof-top view - where?

  • 284 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 285 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 286 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 287 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 288 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 289

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 290 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 291 New look in the hayfields

  • 292 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 293 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 294 Picking the pops

  • 295

    Married in 1908
  • 296 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 297 Bideford regatta

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

  • 299 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 300 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 301 Waldon Triplets
  • 302 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 303 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 304 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 305 New civic medallions

  • 306 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 307 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 308 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 309 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 310 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 311 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 312 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 313 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 314 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 315 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 316 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 317 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 318 Circus comes to town

  • 319

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 320 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 321 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 322 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 323 New life for Hartland organ

  • 324 North Devon Driving School

  • 325 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 326

    Bidefordians
  • 327 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 328 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 329 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 330 Penny for the guy

  • 331 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 332 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 333 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 334 Picking the pops

  • 335 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 336 Emergency ferry services

  • 337 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 338 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 339 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 340 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 341 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 342 Artisans' Club

  • 343 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 344 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 345 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 346 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 347 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 348 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 349 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 350 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 351 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 352 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 353 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 354 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 355 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 356 Weare Giffard potato

  • 357 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 358 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 359 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 360 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 362 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 363 End of the line

  • 364 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 365 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 366 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 367 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 368 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 369 So this is the mainland!

  • 370 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 371 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 372 Warmington's garage ad

  • 373 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 374 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 375 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 376 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 377 Police station view of Bideford

  • 378 Simple Item 138
  • 379 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 380 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 381 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 382 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 383 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 384 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 385 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 386 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 387 When horses score over the tractor

  • 388 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 389 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 390 Appledore's largest

  • 391 Some mushroom!

  • 392

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 393 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 394 No laughing matter

  • 395

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 396 Loads of black and white

  • 397 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 398

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 399 Devil sent packing

  • 400 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 401 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 402 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 403 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 404 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 405 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 406

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 407 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 408 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 409 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 410 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 411 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 412 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 413 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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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Gortlage Farm, Langtree

For sale

February 1970 Gortlage Langtree

24.4.1970 Gortlage

A productive 49.5 acre Dairy or Stock Farm well situated NE of Langtree Village for sale, and known as Gortlage Farm.

To view by appointment with the Resident Owner, Mr P J Gordon, Tel Langtree 249

In the Gazette February and April 1970

Sunshine and Shade at Appledore

Tomouth

31.8.1951 Appledore Tomouth1

Not a picture of 'quaint' Appledore that the holidays visitors 'snap' by their hundreds but something quite as attractive in its own right and a heartening sight of post-war enterprise. It is part of Northam Urban District Council's housing estate at Tomouth. Trees on the estate were undisturbed and, as is seen, add a delightful framework to the picture.

Gazette article dated 31 August 1951

Church Lane

Langtree, North Devon

13.2.1970 Church Lane

Comfortable, freehold, 3-bedroomed cottage in centre of village and for sale with vacant possession on completion.

Kivell & Sons have received instructions from the Executors of the late Mrs L M Vanstone to offer For Sale by Public Auction on the premises on Wednesday February 25 1970 at 2.15pm all that Comfortable, End of Terrace Cottage known as

No. 5 Church Lane

Immediately following the above there will be a sale by Auction of the contents of the property, viz: Furnishings, China, Glass and Other Effects...

Gazette dated 13 February 1970

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