• 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 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 2 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 3 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 4 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 5 New choral society's growing response

  • 6 So this is the mainland!

  • 7 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 8 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 10 Appledore's largest

  • 11 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 13 For crying out loud!

  • 14 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 15 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 16 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 17 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 18

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 19 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 21 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 22 Jumble sale fever

  • 23 Finished in 1876

  • 24 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 25 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 26 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 27 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 28 Happy Days!

  • 29 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 30 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 31 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 32

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 33 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 34

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 35 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 36 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 37 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 38 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 39 Warmington's garage ad

  • 40 By pony and trap to market

  • 41 Modern living at Bideford

  • 42 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 43 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 44 Torrington's new amenity

  • 45 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 46 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 47 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 48 Northam's almshouse

  • 49 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 50 Burnard family reunion

  • 51 Puppet characters introduced

  • 52 End of the line

  • 53 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 54 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 55 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 57 A bird of their own!

  • 58 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 59 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 60

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 61 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 62 Parkham plan realised

  • 63 Simple Item 138
  • 64 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 65 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 66 Torrington in 1967

  • 67 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 68 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 69 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 70 It really was the 'last time'

  • 71 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 72 Last train from Torrington

  • 73 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 74 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 75

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 76 All for the love of a lady!

  • 77 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 78

    First prize
  • 79 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 80 New Lundy stamps

  • 81 All aboard the ark

  • 82 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 83 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 84 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 85 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 86

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 87 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 88 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 89 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 90

    Exhibition of school work
  • 91 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 92 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 93 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 94 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 95 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 96 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 97 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 98 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 99 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 100 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 101 Torrington children build igloo
  • 102 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 103 Revenge in style

  • 104 New Post Office

  • 105

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 106 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 107 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 108 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 109 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 110 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 111 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 112 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 113 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 114 113 years at Instow

  • 115 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 116 Bideford computer stars

  • 117 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 118

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 119 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 120

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 121 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 122 A story to tell!

  • 123 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 124 Pannier Market's future?

  • 125 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 126 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 127

    Relatives all over the world
  • 128 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 129 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 130 Police station view of Bideford

  • 131

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 132

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 133 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 134 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 135 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 136 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 137 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 138 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 139 Recognise this resort?

  • 140 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 141

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 142 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 143 Some 240 exhibits

  • 144 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 145 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 146 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 147 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 148 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 149 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 150 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 151 Hartland postman retires

  • 152 New life for Hartland organ

  • 153 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 156

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 157 New art gallery opened

  • 158 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 159 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 160 New shipyard on schedule

  • 161 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 162 Service with a smile

  • 163 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 164 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 165 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 166 Devil sent packing

  • 167

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 168 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 169 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 170

    Building works
  • 171 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 172 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 173 Artisans' Club

  • 174

    New gateway
  • 175 Bridging the stream

  • 176 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 177 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 178 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 179 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 180 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 181 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 182 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 183 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 184 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 185

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 186 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 187 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 188 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 189 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 190

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 191 Picking the pops

  • 192 Sight of a lifetime

  • 193 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 194 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 195 Bideford loses training ship

  • 196 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

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

  • 199 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 200

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 201 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 202 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 203 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 204 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 205 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 206 Riverside mystery

  • 207 Hartland's invitation

  • 208 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 209 Decontrol of meat

  • 210 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 211 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 212 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 213 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 214 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 215 Peter poses for TV film

  • 216 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 217 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 218 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 219 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 220 Capers on the cobbles

  • 221 Variety in summer weather

  • 222 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 223 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 224 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 225 Centenary of Gazette

  • 226 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 227 Clovelly nightmare

  • 228

    Married in 1908
  • 229 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 230 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 231 Bideford regatta

  • 232 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 233 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 234 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 235 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 236 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 237 A roof-top view - where?

  • 238

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 239 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 240 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 241 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 242 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 243 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 244 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 245 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 246 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 247 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 248 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 249 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 250 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 251

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 252 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 253 The art of the thatcher

  • 254 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 255 Traditions and skills still there

  • 256 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 257 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 258 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 259 Six footed lamb

  • 260 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 261 Picking the pops

  • 262 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 263 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 264 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 265 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 266

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 267 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 268 Some mushroom!

  • 269 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 270 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 271 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 272 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 273 Penny for the guy

  • 274 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 275 Cruising down the river

  • 276

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 277 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 278 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 279 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 280 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 281 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 282 Ten year old scrambler

  • 283 No sale of Springfield House

  • 284 When horses score over the tractor

  • 285 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 287 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 288 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 289 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 290 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 291 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 292 Weare Giffard potato

  • 293 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 295 The Geneva marionettes

  • 296 Just over a year old

  • 297 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 298 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 299 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 300 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 301 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 302 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 303 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 304 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 305 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 306 Loads of black and white

  • 307 Can spring be far away?

  • 308 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 309 New look in the hayfields

  • 310 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 312 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 313 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 315 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 316 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 317 Out of puff!

  • 318 A man and his wheel

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 320 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 321 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 322 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 323 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 324 North Devon Driving School

  • 325 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 326 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 327 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 328 Circus comes to town

  • 329 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 330 Northam footballers of the future

  • 331 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 332 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 333 School's link with cargo ship

  • 334 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 335 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 336 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 337 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 338 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 339 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 340 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 341 School crossing patrol begins

  • 342

    Was a missionary
  • 343 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 344 Waldon Triplets
  • 345

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 346 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 347 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 348 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 350 What's the time?

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

  • 352 Littleham family's five generations

  • 353 Ships at Bideford

  • 354 New addition to Quay front

  • 355 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 356 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 357 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 358 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 359 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 360 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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    Bidefordians
  • 362 First ship in 8 years

  • 363 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 364 They are parted pro-tem

  • 365 New civic medallions

  • 366 No laughing matter

  • 367 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 368 Twenty-one yachts

  • 369 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 370 Mobile missionary

  • 371 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 372 He beat the floods

  • 373 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 374 Private home for public pump

  • 375 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 376 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 377 Clovelly custom

  • 378 Life begins at 80

  • 379 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 380

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 381 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 382

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 383 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 384 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 385 Hartland Dancers
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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  • 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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  • 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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"What are they talking about?"

"What are they talking about?" 7th October 1955

What are they talking aboutPhotograph shows a representative of a well-known North Country firm (on the left) and the well-known Appledore ship-builder and repairer, Mr Percy Harris (Chairman of P K Harris Shipbuilders Ltd) on the right.

Torridge wins on time schedule! 30th September 1955

Torridge wins on time schedule! 30th September 1955

Torridge wins on time schedulePicture of Richmond Dock of Messrs P K Harris & Sons Ltd, the old established Appledore firm, shows three tugs in course of fitting out or construction.

In the background is the Alnwick, 4th of six vessels being delivered to Messrs France, Fenwick, Tyne & Wear Ltd, of Newcastle.  The smaller hull on the left is of a tug ordered by the Iraq Petroleum Company.

The Bamburgh is expected to be christened just before Christmas and the Mersden in the New Year.

From Torridge-side to the Pool of London 16th July 1954

From Torridge-side to the Pool of London 16th July 1954

From Torridge side to the Pool of London"Jaycee" is a striking tribute to the Torridge-side shipwrights who built her.

She was launched from Appledore yards of P K Harris & Sons Ltd where she had been built to the hydroconic design of Dr E C B Corlett, Director of the London shipbuilding consultants, Burness, Kendall and Partners Ltd.

"Jaycee" has a length of 62ft, a beam of 16ft, is diesel powered and carries a crew of four including the master.

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