• 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 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 2 No sale of Springfield House

  • 3 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 4 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 5 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 6 Loads of black and white

  • 7 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 8 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 9 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 10 For crying out loud!

  • 11 No laughing matter

  • 12 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 13 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 14 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 15 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 16 So this is the mainland!

  • 17 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 18 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 19 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 20 Devil sent packing

  • 21 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 22 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 23

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 24 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 25 North Devon Driving School

  • 26

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 27 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 28 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 29

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 30 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 31 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 32 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 33 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 34 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 35 The Geneva marionettes

  • 36 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 37 Recognise this resort?

  • 38 Appledore's largest

  • 39 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 40 Six footed lamb

  • 41 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 42 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 43 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 44 Northam's almshouse

  • 45 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 46 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 47 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 48 Emergency ferry services

  • 49 Service with a smile

  • 50 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 51 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 52 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 53 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 54 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 55

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 56 Bideford loses training ship

  • 57 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 58 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 59 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 60 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 61 The art of the thatcher

  • 62 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 63 Happy Days!

  • 64 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 65 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 66

    Exhibition of school work
  • 67

    Married in 1908
  • 68

    First prize
  • 69 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 70 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 71 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 72 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 73 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 74 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 75 A story to tell!

  • 76 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 77 Penny for the guy

  • 78 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 80 Cruising down the river

  • 81 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 82 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 83 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 84 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 85 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 86 Torrington in 1967

  • 87 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 88 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 89 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 90

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 91 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 92 When horses score over the tractor

  • 93 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 94

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 95 Traditions and skills still there

  • 96 Riverside mystery

  • 97 Torrington children build igloo
  • 98 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 99 School's link with cargo ship

  • 100 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 101 Can spring be far away?

  • 102 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 103 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 104 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 105 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 106 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 107

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 108 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 109 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 110 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 111 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 112 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 113 School crossing patrol begins

  • 114 New shipyard on schedule

  • 115 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 116 Modern living at Bideford

  • 117 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 118 Ships at Bideford

  • 119 Twenty-one yachts

  • 120 Some mushroom!

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

  • 122

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 123 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 124 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 125

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 126 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 127 Picking the pops

  • 128 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 129 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 130

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 131 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 132

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 133 Peter poses for TV film

  • 134 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 135 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 136 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 137 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 138 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 139 New life for Hartland organ

  • 140 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 141 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 142 Sweets derationing

  • 143 A bird of their own!

  • 144

    Was a missionary
  • 145 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 146 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 147 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 148 Variety in summer weather

  • 149 In their new robes and hats

  • 150

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 151 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 152 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 153 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 154 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 155 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

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

  • 158 Police station view of Bideford

  • 159 Bideford regatta

  • 160 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 161 New choral society's growing response

  • 162 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 163

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 164 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 165 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 166 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 167 Picking the pops

  • 168 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 169 Some 240 exhibits

  • 170 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 171 Artisans' Club

  • 172 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 173 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 174 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 175 Waldon Triplets
  • 176 First ship in 8 years

  • 177 Finished in 1876

  • 178 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 179 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 180 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 181 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 182 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 183 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 184 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 185 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 186 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 187 Decontrol of meat

  • 188 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 189 A man and his wheel

  • 190 Bideford computer stars

  • 191 Capers on the cobbles

  • 192

    Relatives all over the world
  • 193 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 194

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 195 New art gallery opened

  • 196

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 197 Hartland's invitation

  • 198 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 199 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 200 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 201 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 202 New look in the hayfields

  • 203 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 204 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 205 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 206 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 207 Mobile missionary

  • 208 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 209 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 210 Littleham family's five generations

  • 211 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 212 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 213 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 214 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 215 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 216 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 217 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 218 Parkham plan realised

  • 219

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 220 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 221 What's the time?

  • 222 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 223 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 224 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 225 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 226 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 227

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 228 Private home for public pump

  • 229 Revenge in style

  • 230 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 231 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 232 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 233 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 234 He beat the floods

  • 235 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 236 New civic medallions

  • 237 Clovelly nightmare

  • 238 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 239 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 240 Off on a great adventure

  • 241 113 years at Instow

  • 242 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 243 Weare Giffard potato

  • 244 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 245 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 246 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 247 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 248 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 249

    New gateway
  • 250 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 251 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 252 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 253

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 254 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 255 Pannier Market's future?

  • 256 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 258 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 259

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 260 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 261

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 262 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 263 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 264 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 265 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 266 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 267 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 268 The cab at the corner>
  • 269 Bridging the stream

  • 270 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 272 Clovelly custom

  • 273 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 275 It really was the 'last time'

  • 276 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 277

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 278 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 279 Hartland Dancers
  • 280 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 281 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 282 Just over a year old

  • 283 Ten year old scrambler

  • 284 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 285 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 286 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 287 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 288 Simple Item 138
  • 289 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 290 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 291 Out of puff!

  • 292 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 293 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 294 They are parted pro-tem

  • 295 Torrington's new amenity

  • 296 New Post Office

  • 297 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 298 Filming at Hartland

  • 299 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 300 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 301 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 302 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 303 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 304 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 305 By pony and trap to market

  • 306 New addition to Quay front

  • 307 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 308 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 309 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 310 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 311 End of the line

  • 312 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 313 From Bobby to Brian

  • 314 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 315 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 316 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 317 Hartland postman retires

  • 318 Centenary of Gazette

  • 319 All for the love of a lady!

  • 320 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 321 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 322 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 323 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 324 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 325 Sight of a lifetime

  • 326 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 327 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 328 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 329 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 330 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 331 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 332 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 333 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 334 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 335 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 336 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 337 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 338 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 339 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 340 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 341 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 342 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 343 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 344 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 345 Burnard family reunion

  • 346 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 347 A roof-top view - where?

  • 348

    Building works
  • 349 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 350 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 351 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 352

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 353

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 354 Northam footballers of the future

  • 355 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 356 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 357 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 358 Life begins at 80

  • 359 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 360 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 361 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 363 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 364 Last train from Torrington

  • 365 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 366 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 367 Jumble sale fever

  • 368 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 369 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 370 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 371 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 372 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 373 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 374 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 375 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 376 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 377 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 378 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 379 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 380 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 381 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 382 Circus comes to town

  • 383 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 384 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 385 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 386 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 387 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 388 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 389 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 390 All aboard the ark

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

  • 392

    Bidefordians
  • 393 Puppet characters introduced

  • 394 New Lundy stamps

  • 395 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 396 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 397 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 398 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 399

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 400 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 401 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 402 Warmington's garage ad

  • 403 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 404 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 405 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 406 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 407 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 408 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 409 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 410 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 411 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 412

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 413 Symbol of Lundy independence

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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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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