• 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 Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 2 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 3 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 4 Finished in 1876

  • 5 New civic medallions

  • 6 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 7 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 8 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 9 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 10 Recognise this resort?

  • 11

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 12 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 13

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 14 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 15 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 16 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 17 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 18 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 19 Six footed lamb

  • 20 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 21 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 22 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 24 Northam's almshouse

  • 25 Off on a great adventure

  • 26 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 27 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 28

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 29 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 30 Parkham plan realised

  • 31

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 32 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 33 Bideford loses training ship

  • 34 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 35 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 36 School crossing patrol begins

  • 37 Ships at Bideford

  • 38 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 39 What's the time?

  • 40 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 41 Picking the pops

  • 42 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 43

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 44 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 45 Traditions and skills still there

  • 46 Bideford regatta

  • 47 Police station view of Bideford

  • 48 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 49 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 50 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 51 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 52 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 54 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 55 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 56

    Exhibition of school work
  • 57 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 58 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 59 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 60 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 61 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 62 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 63

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 64 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 65 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 66 A man and his wheel

  • 67 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 68 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 69

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 70

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 71 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 72 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 73 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 74 Capers on the cobbles

  • 75 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 76 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 77 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 78 So this is the mainland!

  • 79 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 80 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 81 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 82 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 84 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 85 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 86 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 87 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 88 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 89 A roof-top view - where?

  • 90 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 91 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 92 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 93 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 94 Modern living at Bideford

  • 95 Penny for the guy

  • 96 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 97 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 98

    Was a missionary
  • 99 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 101 Peter poses for TV film

  • 102

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

  • 104 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 105 By pony and trap to market

  • 106

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 107 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 108 Jumble sale fever

  • 109 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 110 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 112 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 113

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 114 A bird of their own!

  • 115

    Married in 1908
  • 116 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 117 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 118 Northam footballers of the future

  • 119 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 120 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 121 Just over a year old

  • 122 New look in the hayfields

  • 123 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 124 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 125 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 126 New Post Office

  • 127 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 128 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 129 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 130 Burnard family reunion

  • 131

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 132

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 133 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 134 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 135 Decontrol of meat

  • 136 New choral society's growing response

  • 137

    Building works
  • 138

    Relatives all over the world
  • 139 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 140 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 141 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 142 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 143 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 144 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 145 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 146 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 147 Warmington's garage ad

  • 148 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 149 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 150 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 151 School's link with cargo ship

  • 152 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 153 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 154 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 155 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 156 Can spring be far away?

  • 157 They are parted pro-tem

  • 158 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 159 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 160 Devil sent packing

  • 161 New Lundy stamps

  • 162 Twenty-one yachts

  • 163 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 164 Variety in summer weather

  • 165 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 166 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 167 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 168 End of the line

  • 169 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 170

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 171 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 172

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 173 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 174 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 175 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 176 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 177 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 178 No laughing matter

  • 179 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 180 Hartland's invitation

  • 181 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 182 Riverside mystery

  • 183 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 184 North Devon Driving School

  • 185 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 186 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 187 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 188 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 189 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 190 All for the love of a lady!

  • 191 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 192 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 193 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 194 It really was the 'last time'

  • 195 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 196 All aboard the ark

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

  • 198

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 199 113 years at Instow

  • 200 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 202

    New gateway
  • 203 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 204 Mobile missionary

  • 205 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 206

    Bidefordians
  • 207 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 208 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 209 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 210 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 211 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 212 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 213 New art gallery opened

  • 214 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 215 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 216

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 217 He beat the floods

  • 218

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 219 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 221 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 222 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 223 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 224 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 225 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 226 Some 240 exhibits

  • 227 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 228 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 229 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 230 The Geneva marionettes

  • 231 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 232 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 233 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 234 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 235 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 236 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 237 Emergency ferry services

  • 238 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 239 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 240 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 241 Bideford computer stars

  • 242 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 243 When horses score over the tractor

  • 244 Weare Giffard potato

  • 245 Happy Days!

  • 246 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 247 No sale of Springfield House

  • 248 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 249 Circus comes to town

  • 250 Life begins at 80

  • 251 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 252 Out of puff!

  • 253 Cruising down the river

  • 254 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 255 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 256 New shipyard on schedule

  • 257 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 259 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 260 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 261

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 262 Picking the pops

  • 263 Appledore's largest

  • 264 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 265 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 266 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 267 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 268 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 269 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 270 Service with a smile

  • 271 Torrington in 1967

  • 272 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 273 For crying out loud!

  • 274 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 276 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 277 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 278 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 279 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 280 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 281 Torrington's new amenity

  • 282 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 284 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 285 Loads of black and white

  • 286 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 287 Revenge in style

  • 288 Simple Item 138
  • 289 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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    First prize
  • 291 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 292 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 293 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 294 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 295 Hartland Dancers
  • 296

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 297 Littleham family's five generations

  • 298 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 299 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 300 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 301 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 302 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 303 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 305 New addition to Quay front

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

  • 307 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 308 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 309 Centenary of Gazette

  • 310 Waldon Triplets
  • 311 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 312 Hartland postman retires

  • 313 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 314 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 315 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 316 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 317 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 318 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 319 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 320 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 321 Students help model St Sidwell

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 323 Private home for public pump

  • 324 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 325 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 326 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 327 Bridging the stream

  • 328 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 329 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 330 First ship in 8 years

  • 331 New life for Hartland organ

  • 332 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 333 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 334 Artisans' Club

  • 335 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 337 In their new robes and hats

  • 338 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 339 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 340 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 341 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 342 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 343 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 344 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 345 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 346 Last train from Torrington

  • 347 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 348 Clovelly nightmare

  • 349 Some mushroom!

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

  • 351 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 352 A story to tell!

  • 353 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 354 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 356 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 357 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 358 The art of the thatcher

  • 359 Torrington children build igloo
  • 360 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 361 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 363 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 364 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 365 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 366 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 367 Ten year old scrambler

  • 368 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 369 Puppet characters introduced

  • 370 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 371 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 372 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 373 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 374 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 375 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 376 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 377 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 378 Pannier Market's future?

  • 379 Sight of a lifetime

  • 380 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 381 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 382 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 383 Clovelly custom

  • 384 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 385 Bideford's new market opens next week

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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  • 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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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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