• 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 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 2 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 3 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 4 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 5 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 6

    Bidefordians
  • 7 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 8 Northam footballers of the future

  • 9 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 10 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 11 Last train from Torrington

  • 12 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 13 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 14 Twenty-one yachts

  • 15 Out of puff!

  • 16

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 17

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 18 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 19 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 20 113 years at Instow

  • 21 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 22 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 23 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 25 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 26 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 27 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 28 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 29 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 30 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 31 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 32 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 33 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 34

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 35 New art gallery opened

  • 36

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 37 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 38 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 39 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 40 Some 240 exhibits

  • 41 Ships at Bideford

  • 42 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 43 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 44 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 45 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 46 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 47 Hartland postman retires

  • 48 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 49 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 50 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 51

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 52 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 53 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 54 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 55 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 56 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 57 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 59 Off on a great adventure

  • 60 The Geneva marionettes

  • 61 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 62 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 63 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 64 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 65 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 66 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 67 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 68 Burnard family reunion

  • 69 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 70 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 71 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 72 Bideford computer stars

  • 73 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 74 Six footed lamb

  • 75

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 76 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 77 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 78

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 79

    Was a missionary
  • 80 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 81 Ten year old scrambler

  • 82 So this is the mainland!

  • 83

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 84 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 85 Artisans' Club

  • 86 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 87

    Married in 1908
  • 88 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 89 They are parted pro-tem

  • 90 The art of the thatcher

  • 91 Circus comes to town

  • 92 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 93

    New gateway
  • 94 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 95 Centenary of Gazette

  • 96 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 97 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 98 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 99 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 101 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 102 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 103 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 104 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 105 New Lundy stamps

  • 106 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 107

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 108

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 109

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 110 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 111 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 112 Weare Giffard potato

  • 113

    Building works
  • 114 New civic medallions

  • 115 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 116

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 117 Loads of black and white

  • 118 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 119 Jumble sale fever

  • 120 When horses score over the tractor

  • 121 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 122 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 123 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 124

    Relatives all over the world
  • 125 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 126 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 127 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 128 Clovelly nightmare

  • 129 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 130 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 131 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 132

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 133 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 134 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 135 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 136 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 137 Bideford regatta

  • 138 Clovelly custom

  • 139 Simple Item 138
  • 140 A roof-top view - where?

  • 141 For crying out loud!

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

  • 143 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 144 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 145 Service with a smile

  • 146 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 147 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 148 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 149 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 150 All for the love of a lady!

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

  • 152 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 153 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 155 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 156 New look in the hayfields

  • 157 North Devon Driving School

  • 158 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 159 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 160 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 161 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 162 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 163 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 164 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 165 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 166 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 167 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 168 Bideford loses training ship

  • 169 Pannier Market's future?

  • 170 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 171 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 172 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 173 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 174 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 175 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 176 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 177 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 178 Torrington in 1967

  • 179 Picking the pops

  • 180 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 181 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 182 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 183 Appledore's largest

  • 184 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 185 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 186 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 187 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 188 What's the time?

  • 189 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 190 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 191 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 192 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 193 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 194 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 196 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 197 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 198

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 199 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 200 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 201 Devil sent packing

  • 202 Emergency ferry services

  • 203 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 204 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 205 Just over a year old

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

  • 207 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 208 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 209 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 210 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 211 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 212 Decontrol of meat

  • 213 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 214 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 215 Finished in 1876

  • 216 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 217 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 218 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 219 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 220

    First prize
  • 221 New addition to Quay front

  • 222 It really was the 'last time'

  • 223 New life for Hartland organ

  • 224 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 225 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 226

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 227 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 228 Riverside mystery

  • 229 A bird of their own!

  • 230 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 231 End of the line

  • 232 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 233 Can spring be far away?

  • 234 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 235 Parkham plan realised

  • 236 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 238 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 239 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 240 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 241

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 242 Revenge in style

  • 243 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 244 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 245 Hartland Dancers
  • 246 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 247 Modern living at Bideford

  • 248 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 249 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 250 In their new robes and hats

  • 251 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 252 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 253 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 254 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 255 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 256 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 257 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 258 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 259 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 260 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 261 By pony and trap to market

  • 262 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 263 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 264 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 265 Cruising down the river

  • 266 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 267 Picking the pops

  • 268 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 269 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 270 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 271 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 272 Mobile missionary

  • 273 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 274 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 275 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 276 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 277 Waldon Triplets
  • 278 Torrington children build igloo
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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 280 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 281 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 282 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 283 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 284 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 285 A man and his wheel

  • 286 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 287 He beat the floods

  • 288 Police station view of Bideford

  • 289 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 290 Hartland's invitation

  • 291 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 292 Happy Days!

  • 293 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 294 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 295 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 296 No laughing matter

  • 297 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 298 School's link with cargo ship

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

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 301 Littleham family's five generations

  • 302 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 303 New Post Office

  • 304 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 306 Some mushroom!

  • 307 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 308 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 309 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 310 Penny for the guy

  • 311 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 312 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 313 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 314 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 315 Warmington's garage ad

  • 316 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 317 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 319 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 320 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 321 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 322 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 323 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 324 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 325 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 326 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 327 All aboard the ark

  • 328 Puppet characters introduced

  • 329 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 330 Capers on the cobbles

  • 331 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 332 New choral society's growing response

  • 333 Recognise this resort?

  • 334 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 335 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 336 Sight of a lifetime

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 338 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 339 Life begins at 80

  • 340 A story to tell!

  • 341 Peter poses for TV film

  • 342

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 343 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 344 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 345 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 346 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 347 Traditions and skills still there

  • 348 Torrington's new amenity

  • 349 Northam's almshouse

  • 350 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 351 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 352 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 353 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 354 Bridging the stream

  • 355 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 356 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 357 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 358 School crossing patrol begins

  • 359 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 360 Private home for public pump

  • 361 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 362

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 363

    Exhibition of school work
  • 364 No sale of Springfield House

  • 365 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 366 Variety in summer weather

  • 367 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 368 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 369 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 370 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 371 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 372 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 373 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 374 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 375 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 376

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 377 First ship in 8 years

  • 378 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 379 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 380 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 381 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 382 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 384 Wishing well is pixielated

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

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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Open-Air Market Banned

No Automatic Permission for Open-Air Markets

6.5.1977 Local Government WHo

To stop land in Nelson Road, Westward Ho! being used as a weekly open-air market this summer, Torridge District Council’s Development Committee have issued a direction that the usual automatic permission for events of this kind shall not apply.

The Order, which will be notified to the Secretary of State for the Environment, has immediate effect.

A letter read from the solicitors for the owners of the land contended that such a weekly market encouraged more people to visit Westward Ho! to shop and did not adversely effect local traders.

Cllr Keith Evers said there was some truth in this in that it brought some trade to certain shops with which the market was not in competition, but the market was thoroughly disliked by residents living nearby and by traders with which it competed and it had caused a lot of ill-feeling.

Gazette article dated 6 May 1977

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