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

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    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 4 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 5 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 6 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 7 Some mushroom!

  • 8 He beat the floods

  • 9 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 10 New art gallery opened

  • 11 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 12 Parkham plan realised

  • 13 Decontrol of meat

  • 14 New look in the hayfields

  • 15 All aboard the ark

  • 16 Appledore's largest

  • 17 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 18 Jumble sale fever

  • 19 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 20 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 21 A roof-top view - where?

  • 22 Life begins at 80

  • 23 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 24 New Lundy stamps

  • 25

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 26 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 27 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 28 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 29 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 30 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 31 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 32

    First prize
  • 33

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 34 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 35

    Was a missionary
  • 36 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 37 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 38 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 39 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 40 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 41 North Devon Driving School

  • 42 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 43 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 44 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 45 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 46 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 47 Some 240 exhibits

  • 48

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 49 Circus comes to town

  • 50

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 51 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 52

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 53 A story to tell!

  • 54 New life for Hartland organ

  • 55 School crossing patrol begins

  • 56 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 57 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 58 Weare Giffard potato

  • 59 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 60 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 61 Torrington's new amenity

  • 62 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 63 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 64 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 65 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 66 Picking the pops

  • 67 Cruising down the river

  • 68 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 69 Last train from Torrington

  • 70 Torrington children build igloo
  • 71 Hartland postman retires

  • 72 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 73

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 74 Emergency ferry services

  • 75 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 76 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 77 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 78 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 79 Northam's almshouse

  • 80 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 81 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 82 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 83 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 84 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 85 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 86 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 87 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 88 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 89 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 90 Happy Days!

  • 91 Torrington in 1967

  • 92 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 93 No laughing matter

  • 94 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 95 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 96 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 97 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 98 Bideford regatta

  • 99 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 100

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 101 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 102 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 103

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 104 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 105 New choral society's growing response

  • 106 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 107 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 108 Pannier Market's future?

  • 109 Out of puff!

  • 110 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 112

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 113

    Exhibition of school work
  • 114

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 115 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 116 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 117 The Geneva marionettes

  • 118 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 119 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 120 Finished in 1876

  • 121 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 122 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 123 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 124 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 125 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 126 Police station view of Bideford

  • 127 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 128 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 129 Variety in summer weather

  • 130 Puppet characters introduced

  • 131 All for the love of a lady!

  • 132 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 133 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 134 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 135 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 136

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 137 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 138 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 139 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 140 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 141

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 142 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 143 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 144

    Married in 1908
  • 145 Devil sent packing

  • 146 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 147 Clovelly nightmare

  • 148 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 149 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 150 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 151 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 152 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 153 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 154 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 156 113 years at Instow

  • 157 So this is the mainland!

  • 158

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 159 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 160 Hartland's invitation

  • 161 Traditions and skills still there

  • 162 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 163 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 165 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 166 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 167 Sight of a lifetime

  • 168 Recognise this resort?

  • 169 Hartland Dancers
  • 170 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 171 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 172 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 173 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 174 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 175 New shipyard on schedule

  • 176 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 177 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 178 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 179 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 180 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 181 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 182 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 183 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 184 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 185 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 186 New civic medallions

  • 187 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 188 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 189 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 190 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 191 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 192 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
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    Relatives all over the world
  • 194 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 196 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 197 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 198 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 199 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 200 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 201 What's the time?

  • 202 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 203 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 204 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 205 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 206 School's link with cargo ship

  • 207 Can spring be far away?

  • 208 Loads of black and white

  • 209 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 210 Penny for the guy

  • 211 Bideford loses training ship

  • 212 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 213 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 214 Bideford computer stars

  • 215

    New gateway
  • 216 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 217 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 218 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 219

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 220 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 221 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 222 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 223

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 224 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 225

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 226 Centenary of Gazette

  • 227 No sale of Springfield House

  • 228 End of the line

  • 229

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 230 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 231 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 232 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 233 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 234 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 235 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 236 Modern living at Bideford

  • 237 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 238 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 239 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 240 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 241 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 242 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 243 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 244 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 245 Private home for public pump

  • 246 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 247 Burnard family reunion

  • 248 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 249 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 250 Picking the pops

  • 251

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 252 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 253 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 255 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 256 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 257 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 258 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 259 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 260 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 261 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 262 Twenty-one yachts

  • 263 Simple Item 138
  • 264 It really was the 'last time'

  • 265 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 266 First ship in 8 years

  • 267 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 268 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 269 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 270 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 271 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 272 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 273

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 274 A man and his wheel

  • 275 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 276 For crying out loud!

  • 277 New Post Office

  • 278 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 280 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 281 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 282 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 283 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 284 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 285 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 287 A bird of their own!

  • 288 Service with a smile

  • 289 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 290 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 291

    Building works
  • 292 Six footed lamb

  • 293

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 294 When horses score over the tractor

  • 295 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 296 Northam footballers of the future

  • 297 They are parted pro-tem

  • 298 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 299 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 300 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 302 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 303 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 304 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 305 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 306 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 307 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 308 Peter poses for TV film

  • 309 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 311 In their new robes and hats

  • 312 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 313 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 314 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 315 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 316 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 317 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 318 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 319 Bridging the stream

  • 320 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 321 By pony and trap to market

  • 322 Riverside mystery

  • 323 Ships at Bideford

  • 324 Off on a great adventure

  • 325 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 326 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 327 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 328 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 329 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 330 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 331 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 332 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 333 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 334 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 335 Waldon Triplets
  • 336 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 337 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 338 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 339 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 340 Ten year old scrambler

  • 341 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 342 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 343 Just over a year old

  • 344 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 346 Mobile missionary

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

  • 348 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 349 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 350 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 351 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 352 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 353 New addition to Quay front

  • 354 Warmington's garage ad

  • 355 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 356

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 357 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 358 Artisans' Club

  • 359 Capers on the cobbles

  • 360 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 361

    Bidefordians
  • 362 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 363 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 364 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 365 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 366 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 367 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 368 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 369 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 370 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 371 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 372 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 373 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 374 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 375 Clovelly custom

  • 376 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 377 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 378 Revenge in style

  • 379 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 380 The art of the thatcher

  • 381 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 382 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 383 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 384 Littleham family's five generations

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

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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Farewell to the 'Hispaniola' 2nd June 1950

Farewell to the 'Hispaniola' 2nd June 1950

farewell to the HispaniolaJauntily flying the skull and cross-bones at her stern, the ship, Hispaniola, which last summer was used in making the film "Treasure Island," left Appledore in tow for Scarborough where she is to become part of that Corporation's maritime display.  Lieut-Com S Gorrell is in charge of the Hispaniola.  Volunteer extra hand, who travelled all Friday night to get to Appledore, was Wing-Commander Cyril Johnson, of Birmingham.

Landing craft becomes missions ship 5th April 1949

Landing craft becomes missions ship 5th April 1949

landing craft becomes missions shipConverted from a landing craft (guns) to a mission ship, the "Sir Edward P Willis II" lying at the yard of Messrs P K Harris and Sons, Appledore, will, it is expected, be ready for sea in the very near future.  Her reconstruction, which has been spread over two years, has been delayed by various shortages of materials, but this is now being overcome.

Picture shows Captain Lord Headley and Skipper H J Goldspink.  The late Mrs Manning wife of the former well-known Rector of Bideford (Preb. W N Manning) was a cousin of Lord Headley.

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