• 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 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 2 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 3 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 4 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 5 What's the time?

  • 6 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 7 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 9 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 10 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 11 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 13 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 14 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 16 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 17 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 18 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 19 Centenary of Gazette

  • 20 North Devon Driving School

  • 21 Bideford regatta

  • 22 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 23 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 24 Some mushroom!

  • 25 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 26 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 27 Six footed lamb

  • 28

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 29 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 30 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 31 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 32 Hartland Dancers
  • 33 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 34 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 35

    New gateway
  • 36 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 37 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 38 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 39 Police station view of Bideford

  • 40

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 41 Bideford loses training ship

  • 42 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 43 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 44 All aboard the ark

  • 45 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 46 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 47 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 48 Decontrol of meat

  • 49 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 50 Just over a year old

  • 51 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 52 Cruising down the river

  • 53 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 54

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 55 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 56 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 57 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 58 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 59 Simple Item 138
  • 60 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 61 It really was the 'last time'

  • 62

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 63 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 64 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

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

  • 67 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 68 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 69 Some 240 exhibits

  • 70 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 71 Filming at Hartland

  • 72 The cab at the corner>
  • 73 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 74 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 75 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 76 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 77 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 78 New art gallery opened

  • 79 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 80 From Bobby to Brian

  • 81 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 82 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 83 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 84 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 85 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 86 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 87 Circus comes to town

  • 88 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 89 New shipyard on schedule

  • 90

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 91 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 92 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 93 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 94 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 95 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 96 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 97 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 98 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 99 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 100 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 101

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 102 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 103 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 104 No sale of Springfield House

  • 105 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 106 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 107 Northam's almshouse

  • 108 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 109 Sweets derationing

  • 110 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 111 Torrington's new amenity

  • 112 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 113 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 114 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 115 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 116 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 117 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 118 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 119 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 120 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 121 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 122 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 123 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 124 A story to tell!

  • 125 Torrington children build igloo
  • 126

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 127 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 128 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 129 Bridging the stream

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

  • 131 Modern living at Bideford

  • 132 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 133 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 134 Finished in 1876

  • 135 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 136 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 137 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 138 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 139 Appledore's largest

  • 140 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 141 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 142 Recognise this resort?

  • 143 Can spring be far away?

  • 144

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 145 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 146 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 147 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 148 Warmington's garage ad

  • 149 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 150 New addition to Quay front

  • 151 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 152 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 154 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 155 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 156 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 157 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 158

    Married in 1908
  • 159

    Was a missionary
  • 160

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 161 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 162 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 164 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 165 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 166 They are parted pro-tem

  • 167 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 168 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 169 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 170

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 171 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 172 All for the love of a lady!

  • 173 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 174 No laughing matter

  • 175 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 176 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 177 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 178 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 179

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 180 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 181 Clovelly custom

  • 182

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 183 Bideford computer stars

  • 184 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 185 Riverside mystery

  • 186 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 187

    Relatives all over the world
  • 188 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 189 A man and his wheel

  • 190 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 191

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 192 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 193 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 194

    Exhibition of school work
  • 195 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 196 New choral society's growing response

  • 197 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 198 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 199 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 200 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 201 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 202 Picking the pops

  • 203 Hartland's invitation

  • 204 Capers on the cobbles

  • 205 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 206 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 207

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 208

    First prize
  • 209 When horses score over the tractor

  • 210 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 211 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 212 By pony and trap to market

  • 213 Private home for public pump

  • 214 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 215 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 217 New look in the hayfields

  • 218 So this is the mainland!

  • 219 New Post Office

  • 220

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 221 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 222 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 223 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 224 School's link with cargo ship

  • 225

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 226 Peter poses for TV film

  • 227 Torrington in 1967

  • 228 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 229 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 230 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 232 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 233

    Bidefordians
  • 234 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 235 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 236 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 237 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 238 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 239 Last train from Torrington

  • 240 Penny for the guy

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

  • 242 Pannier Market's future?

  • 243 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 244 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 245 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 246 Devil sent packing

  • 247 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 248 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 249 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 250 First ship in 8 years

  • 251 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 252

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 253 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 254 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 255 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 256 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 257 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 258 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 259 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 260 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 261 Mobile missionary

  • 262 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 263 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 264 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 266 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 267

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 268 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 269 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 270 Loads of black and white

  • 271 A bird of their own!

  • 272 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 273 Puppet characters introduced

  • 274

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 275 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 276 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 277 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 278 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 279 Artisans' Club

  • 280 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 281 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 282 New life for Hartland organ

  • 283 Littleham family's five generations

  • 284 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 285 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 286 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 287 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 288 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 289

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 290 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 291 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 292 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 293 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 294 New civic medallions

  • 295 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 296 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 297 Hartland postman retires

  • 298 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 299 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 300 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 301 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 302 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 303 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 304 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 305 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 306

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 307 113 years at Instow

  • 308 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 309 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 310 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 311 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 312 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 314

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 315 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 316 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 317 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 318 Off on a great adventure

  • 319 Twenty-one yachts

  • 320 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 321 For crying out loud!

  • 322 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 323 Out of puff!

  • 324

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 325 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 326 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 327 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 328 Service with a smile

  • 329 Ten year old scrambler

  • 330 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 331 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 332 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 333 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 334 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 335 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 336 The Geneva marionettes

  • 337 He beat the floods

  • 338 Revenge in style

  • 339 End of the line

  • 340 Emergency ferry services

  • 341 The art of the thatcher

  • 342 Picking the pops

  • 343 Northam footballers of the future

  • 344 Clovelly nightmare

  • 345 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 346 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 347 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 348 New Lundy stamps

  • 349 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 350 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 351 Ships at Bideford

  • 352 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 353 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 354 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 355 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 356 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 357 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 358 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 359 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 360 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 361 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 362 Weare Giffard potato

  • 363 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 364 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 365 A roof-top view - where?

  • 366 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 367 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 368 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 369 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 370 Parkham plan realised

  • 371 Life begins at 80

  • 372

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 373 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 374 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 375 School crossing patrol begins

  • 376 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 377 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 378 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 379 Traditions and skills still there

  • 380 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 381 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 382 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 383 Happy Days!

  • 384 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 385 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 386 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 387 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 388 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 389 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 390 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 391 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 392 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 393

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 394 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 395 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 396 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 397 Burnard family reunion

  • 398 Sight of a lifetime

  • 399 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 400 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 401 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 402 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 403 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 404 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 405 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 406 Waldon Triplets
  • 407 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 408 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 409

    Building works
  • 410 Variety in summer weather

  • 411 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 412 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 413 Cavaliers join the Hunt
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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Edgehill College Junior Sports

Edgehill College Junior Sports - 19th June 1959

19.6.1959 Edgehill
 

Dr R A Cooper wins the sack race for fathers and Mrs Dorothy Cleaver won the obstacle race for mothers. The headmistress, Miss A M Shaw, distributed the prizes and was presented with a bouquet by Elizabeth Coham-Fleming.
Highest number of points: 11 years - Ann Vince, Penelope Mole. 10 years - Jane Bush, Margaret Heywood. 9 years - Celia Barfoot, Sally Doe. 8 years - Janine Trapnell, Elizabeth Cleaver. 7 years - Belinda Cross, Sarah Vincent. 6 years - Richard McKean, Elizabeth Spinks. 5 years - Robin Trapnell, Philip Cleaver.
Little visitors' race - Ann Stanbury.

Girls' College To Have Headmaster

Girls' College To Have Headmaster - 12th December 1975

12.12.1975 Edgehill
 

For the first time since it was founded at Bideford 91 years ago Edgehill College is to have a man in charge.
When the present headmistress, Miss A Mary Shaw, retires at the end of the summer term she will be suceeded by Mr Joseph Shepherd, 46, of Wolverhampton.

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