• 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 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 2 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 3 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 4 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 5 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 6 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 7 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 8 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 9 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 10

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 11 Burnard family reunion

  • 12 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 13 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 14 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 15 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 16 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 17 Cruising down the river

  • 18 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 19 Appledore's largest

  • 20 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 21 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 22 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 23 Police station view of Bideford

  • 24 Emergency ferry services

  • 25 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 26 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 27 New shipyard on schedule

  • 28 Devil sent packing

  • 29

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 30 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 31 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 32 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 33

    Building works
  • 34

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 35 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 36 Bideford loses training ship

  • 37 Clovelly custom

  • 38 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 39

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 40

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 41 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 42 Out of puff!

  • 43 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 44 Ships at Bideford

  • 45 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 46

    Exhibition of school work
  • 47 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 48 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 49 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 50 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 51 New art gallery opened

  • 52

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 53 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 54 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 55 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 56 Centenary of Gazette

  • 57 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 58 New Post Office

  • 59

    Bidefordians
  • 60 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 61 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 62 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 63 Circus comes to town

  • 64 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 65 Simple Item 138
  • 66 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 67 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 68 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 69 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 70 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 71 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 72 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 73 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 74 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 75 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 76 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 77 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 78 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 79

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 80 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 81 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 82 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 83 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 84 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 86 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 87 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 88 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 89 Traditions and skills still there

  • 90 They are parted pro-tem

  • 91 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 92 Northam's almshouse

  • 93 Artisans' Club

  • 94 All aboard the ark

  • 95 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 96 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 97 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 98 Six footed lamb

  • 99 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 100 Modern living at Bideford

  • 101 Puppet characters introduced

  • 102 Jumble sale fever

  • 103 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 104 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 105 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 106 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 107

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 108 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 109 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 110 Hartland's invitation

  • 111 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 112

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 113 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 114

    Was a missionary
  • 115 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 116 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 117 Torrington children build igloo
  • 118 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 119 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 120 Variety in summer weather

  • 121 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 122 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 123 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 124 Service with a smile

  • 125 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 126 End of the line

  • 127 Hartland Dancers
  • 128 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 129 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 130 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 131 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 132 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 133 Torrington in 1967

  • 134 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 135 Bridging the stream

  • 136 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 137 Private home for public pump

  • 138 Loads of black and white

  • 139 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 140 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 141 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 142 Just over a year old

  • 143

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 144 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 145 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 146 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 147 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 148 For crying out loud!

  • 149 Hartland postman retires

  • 150 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 151 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 153 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 154 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 155

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 156 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 157 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 158 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 159 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 160 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 161 New look in the hayfields

  • 162 Parkham plan realised

  • 163

    First prize
  • 164 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 166 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 167 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 168 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 169 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 170 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 171 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 172 First ship in 8 years

  • 173 113 years at Instow

  • 174 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 175 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 176 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 177 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 178 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 179 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 180 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 181 Sight of a lifetime

  • 182 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 183 By pony and trap to market

  • 184

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 185 Picking the pops

  • 186 Clovelly nightmare

  • 187 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 188 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 189 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 190 A roof-top view - where?

  • 191 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 192 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 193 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 194 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 195 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 196 Happy Days!

  • 197 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 198 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 199 New Lundy stamps

  • 200 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 201 New life for Hartland organ

  • 202 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 203 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 204 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 205 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 206 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 207 A story to tell!

  • 208 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 209 Recognise this resort?

  • 210 North Devon Driving School

  • 211 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 212 Can spring be far away?

  • 213 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 214 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 215 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 216 Finished in 1876

  • 217 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 218 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 219 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 220 Some mushroom!

  • 221 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 222 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 223 Ten year old scrambler

  • 224 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 226 Twenty-one yachts

  • 227 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 228 Waldon Triplets
  • 229 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 230

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 231 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 232 He beat the floods

  • 233 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 234 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 235 School crossing patrol begins

  • 236 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 237 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 238 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 239 Warmington's garage ad

  • 240 A man and his wheel

  • 241 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 242 New choral society's growing response

  • 243 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 244 So this is the mainland!

  • 245 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 246

    New gateway
  • 247 When horses score over the tractor

  • 248

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 249 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 250 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 251 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 252

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 253 It really was the 'last time'

  • 254 Littleham family's five generations

  • 255 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 256 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 257 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 258 Off on a great adventure

  • 259 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 260 No laughing matter

  • 261 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 262 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 263 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 264 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 265 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 266 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 267 What's the time?

  • 268 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 269 Torrington's new amenity

  • 270 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 271 In their new robes and hats

  • 272 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 273 Northam footballers of the future

  • 274 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 276 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 277

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 278 School's link with cargo ship

  • 279 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 280 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 281

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 282 All for the love of a lady!

  • 283 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 284 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 285 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 286 New civic medallions

  • 287 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 288 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 289 Some 240 exhibits

  • 290 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 291 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 292 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 293 Last train from Torrington

  • 294 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 295 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 296 The Geneva marionettes

  • 297 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 298 No sale of Springfield House

  • 299 Penny for the guy

  • 300 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 301 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 302 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 303 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 304 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 305 Life begins at 80

  • 306 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 307 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 308

    Relatives all over the world
  • 309 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 310 Revenge in style

  • 311 The art of the thatcher

  • 312 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 313

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

  • 315 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 316 A bird of their own!

  • 317 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 318 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 319 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 320 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 321 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 322 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 323 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 324 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 325 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 326 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 327 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 328 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 329

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 330 Bideford regatta

  • 331 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 332 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 333 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 334 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 335 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 336 Mobile missionary

  • 337 Peter poses for TV film

  • 338 Decontrol of meat

  • 339

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 340 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 341

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 342 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 343 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 344 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 345 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 346 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 347 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 348 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 349 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 350

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 351 Bideford computer stars

  • 352 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 353 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 354 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 355 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 356 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 357 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 358 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 359 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 360 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 361 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 362 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 364 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 365 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 366

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 367 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 368 Pannier Market's future?

  • 369 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 370 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 371 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 373 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 374

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 375

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 376 New addition to Quay front

  • 377 Riverside mystery

  • 378 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 379 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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    Married in 1908
  • 381 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 382 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 383 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 384 Capers on the cobbles

  • 385 Steep street of old 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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  • 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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Green fingers at Pynes School

The small girl and the large daffodils

6.3.1964 Y Olins Pynes Infant School

made a picture that the photographer could not resist when he visited Bideford Pynes County Infants' School.

The children are encouraged to grow bulbs and obviously someone has green fingers.

The girl is Yasmin Olins, aged five, and for the horticulturists among our readers, the daffodils are 'Golden Harvest'.

Gazette article dated 6 March 1964

The Undefeated Torritonians

Early 1900s

31.8.1951 Torrington Blue Coat Church School football

Reproduced is a photograph of the football team of the Torrington Blue Coat Church School (Barley Grove) which played in the seasons 1900-01 and 1901-02 without losing a single match.

Standing at the rear is Mr B Watkins, the others are: L Blatchford, P Piper, H Wightman, J Barrow (USA), K Atwell, G Hartnoll (USA), J Bowden, W Hartnoll, J Pinkham, J Watkins, H Bell, W J Blatchford, R Bray, D Watkins, and P Bennett.

Gazette article dated 31 August 1951

Cross Country Championship For Torrington SM School

Torrington Secondary Modern School’s winning team:

29.3.1956 Schools Torrington

N Poole, M Kelland, C Jenkins, R Ball, A Smale, P Baker, P Reed and B Broad.

With two of their team finishing in the first three, Torrington Secondary Modern School, hosts to the competition this year, won the North Devon Schools cross-country championship on Monday.

First home was Alan Smale, who lives at Little Orchard, Goose Green, Torrington. Smale was the winner of his school’s second year pupils cross-country and on that occasion he put up a faster time than the winner of the senior event, Charles Jenkins, of Sunnycroft, Horns Cross, who finished third in the inter-schools event.

Ten schools competed and the eighty competitors were mass started by Mr R Mayo, sports master of Torrington Secondary Modern School. As the runners jostled together over the first hundred yards, three runners fell and Tony Marsh, the Bideford Grammar School cross-country winner, lost a shoe but, although he sacrificed a great deal of ground when he stopped to replace it, he finished 15th.

Final team placings were: Torrington Secondary Modern; Braunton SM; Bideford Grammar School; Barnstaple SM; Bideford SM; North Devon Technical School; Chulmleigh SM; Ilfracombe SM; Combe Martin SM; South Molton SM.

Article dated 29 March 1956

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