• 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 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 2 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 3 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 4

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 5 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 6

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 7 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 8 Penny for the guy

  • 9 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 10 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 11 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 12 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 13 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 14 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 15 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 16 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 17 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 18

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 19 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 20 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 21

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 22 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 23 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 24 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 25 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 26 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 27 Burnard family reunion

  • 28 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 29 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 30 New art gallery opened

  • 31 Torrington children build igloo
  • 32

    Exhibition of school work
  • 33 School crossing patrol begins

  • 34 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 35 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 36 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 37 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 38 They are parted pro-tem

  • 39 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 40 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 41 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 42 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 44

    Building works
  • 45 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 46 When horses score over the tractor

  • 47 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 48

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 49 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 50 Just over a year old

  • 51 Happy Days!

  • 52 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 53 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 54 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 55

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 56 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 57 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 58 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 59 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 60

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 61 Peter poses for TV film

  • 62 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 63

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 64 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 65 Ships at Bideford

  • 66 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 67 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 68 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 69 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 71 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 72 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 73 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 74 Northam's almshouse

  • 75

    First prize
  • 76 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 77 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 78 Modern living at Bideford

  • 79 Picking the pops

  • 80 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 81 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 82 By pony and trap to market

  • 83 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 84 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 85 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 86 All aboard the ark

  • 87 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 88 Service with a smile

  • 89 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 90 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 91 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 92 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 93 Centenary of Gazette

  • 94 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 95 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 96 Ten year old scrambler

  • 97 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 98 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 99 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 100 Hartland postman retires

  • 101

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 102 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 103 Some mushroom!

  • 104 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 105 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 106 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 107 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 108 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 109 He beat the floods

  • 110 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 111 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 112 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 113 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 114 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 115 New addition to Quay front

  • 116

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 117 So this is the mainland!

  • 118 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 119 Torrington's new amenity

  • 120 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 121 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 122 Six footed lamb

  • 123 Variety in summer weather

  • 124 Weare Giffard potato

  • 125 Circus comes to town

  • 126

    Relatives all over the world
  • 127 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 128 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 129 The Geneva marionettes

  • 130 Bideford regatta

  • 131

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 132 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 133 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 134 Private home for public pump

  • 135 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 136 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 137 Bideford computer stars

  • 138 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 139 A roof-top view - where?

  • 140 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 142 Puppet characters introduced

  • 143 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 145 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 146 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 147 Picking the pops

  • 148 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 149 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 150 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 151 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 152 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 153 A man and his wheel

  • 154 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 155 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 156 Cruising down the river

  • 157 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 158 First ship in 8 years

  • 159 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 160 Devil sent packing

  • 161 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 162 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 163 No laughing matter

  • 164 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 165 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 166 Simple Item 138
  • 167 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 168 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 169

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 170 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 171 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 173 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 174 Off on a great adventure

  • 175 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 176 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 177

    Married in 1908
  • 178 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 179 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 180 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 181

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 182 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 183 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 184 School's link with cargo ship

  • 185 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 186 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 187 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 188 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 189 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 190 Can spring be far away?

  • 191 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 192 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 193 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 195

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 196 113 years at Instow

  • 197 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 198

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 199 New Post Office

  • 200 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 201 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 202 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 203 Littleham family's five generations

  • 204 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 205 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 206 Out of puff!

  • 207 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 208 Traditions and skills still there

  • 209 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 210 Appledore's largest

  • 211 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 212 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 213 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 214 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 215

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 216 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 217 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 218 All for the love of a lady!

  • 219 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 220 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 221 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 222 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 223 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 224 Clovelly custom

  • 225 Capers on the cobbles

  • 226 Artisans' Club

  • 227 Bideford loses training ship

  • 228 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 229 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 230 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 231

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 232 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 233 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 234 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 235 New civic medallions

  • 236 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 237 New life for Hartland organ

  • 238 Clovelly nightmare

  • 239 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 240 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 241 Sight of a lifetime

  • 242 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 243 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 244 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 245 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 246 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 247 Riverside mystery

  • 248 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 249 Pannier Market's future?

  • 250 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 251 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 252 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 253 What's the time?

  • 254 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 255 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 256 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 257 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 258 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 259 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 260 End of the line

  • 261 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 262 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 263 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 264 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 265

    Was a missionary
  • 266

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 267 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 268 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 269 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 271 New look in the hayfields

  • 272 Bridging the stream

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

  • 274 Police station view of Bideford

  • 275 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 276 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 277 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 278 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 279 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 280 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 281 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 282 Loads of black and white

  • 283 New choral society's growing response

  • 284 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 285 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 286 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 287 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 288 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 289 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 290 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 291 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 293 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 294 No sale of Springfield House

  • 295 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 296 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 297 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 298 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 299 The art of the thatcher

  • 300 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 301 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 302 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 304 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 305 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 306 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 307 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 308 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 309 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 310 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 311 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 312 Northam footballers of the future

  • 313

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 314 Life begins at 80

  • 315 Twenty-one yachts

  • 316 In their new robes and hats

  • 317 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 318 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 319

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 320 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 321

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 322 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 323 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 324

    Bidefordians
  • 325

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 326 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 327 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 328 Finished in 1876

  • 329 A story to tell!

  • 330 Revenge in style

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

  • 332

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 333 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 334 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 335 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 336 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 337 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 338 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 339 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 340 Torrington in 1967

  • 341 A bird of their own!

  • 342 Hartland Dancers
  • 343 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 344 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 345 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 346 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 347 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 348 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 349 Waldon Triplets
  • 350 For crying out loud!

  • 351 Warmington's garage ad

  • 352 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 353 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 354 Last train from Torrington

  • 355 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 356 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 357 Mobile missionary

  • 358 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 359 Some 240 exhibits

  • 360 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 361 It really was the 'last time'

  • 362 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 363 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 364 New Lundy stamps

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    New gateway
  • 366

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 367 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 368 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 369 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 370 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 371 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 372 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 373 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 374 Parkham plan realised

  • 375 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 376 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 377 North Devon Driving School

  • 378 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 379

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 380 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 381 Decontrol of meat

  • 382 Jumble sale fever

  • 383 Recognise this resort?

  • 384 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

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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  • 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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  • 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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Protest by children

Some of Appledore County Primary School children

who are campaigning against the practice of a chemical firm who use dogs in cigarette smoking experiments.

21.2.1975 Appledore children protest

Gazette article dated 21 February 1975

School’s Link With Cargo Ship

A cargo ship steaming across the Pacific Ocean is in contact with a Bideford School

The ship is the 10,000 ton Amalric which plies between New Zealand and the West Indies. Her master, Capt Richmond, keeps the children of Westcroft Primary School, who have ‘adopted’ the ship, well informed about her voyages.

Capt Richmond, the only Englishman on the Amalric – the other officers are New Zealanders and the crew Chinese – corresponds with the school, sending details of cargoes, routes, photographs, colour slides, and other items of interest, as well as answering written questions from the children.

June 1965 Bideford Amalric

The picture shows four children looking at some of the things sent by Capt Richmond

Before linking with the Amalric, about 12 months ago, Westcroft corresponded with two other ships, one of which sank in a typhoon.

June 1965

Westleigh School

Seven children of Westleigh School

17.2.1978 Westleigh School

display the cycling profiency certificates which, with badges, had just been presented to them by Mrs J King, chairman of the managers.

Also in the picture are road safety officer Mr S Bennett and the headmaster and cycling instructor, Mr A Skinner.

Gazette article dated 17 February 1978

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