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

  • 2 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 3 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 4 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 5 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 6 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 7 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 8 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 9 Torrington's new amenity

  • 10 What's the time?

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 12 Can spring be far away?

  • 13 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 14 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 15 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 16 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 17 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 18 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 19 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 20 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 21 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 22 Off on a great adventure

  • 23 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 24 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 25 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 26 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 27 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 28 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 29 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 30 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 31 New shipyard on schedule

  • 32

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 33 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 34 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 35 Clovelly custom

  • 36 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 37 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 38 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 39 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 40 He beat the floods

  • 41 Artisans' Club

  • 42 Bideford loses training ship

  • 43 Six footed lamb

  • 44 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 45 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 46 Parkham plan realised

  • 47 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 48 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 49

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 50 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 51 A story to tell!

  • 52 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 53 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 55 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 56 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 57 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 58 Bideford regatta

  • 59 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 60 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 61 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 62 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 63 Simple Item 138
  • 64 Emergency ferry services

  • 65 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 66 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 67 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 68 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 69 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 70 A roof-top view - where?

  • 71

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 72 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 73

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 74 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 75 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 76

    Exhibition of school work
  • 77 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 78 Some mushroom!

  • 79 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 80 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 81 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 82 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 83 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 84 Northam footballers of the future

  • 85 Picking the pops

  • 86 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 88 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 89 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 90 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 91 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 92 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 93 The Geneva marionettes

  • 94 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 95 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 96 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 97 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 98 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 99 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 100 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 101 New life for Hartland organ

  • 102 Penny for the guy

  • 103 Devil sent packing

  • 104 It really was the 'last time'

  • 105 Police station view of Bideford

  • 106 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 107 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 108 Centenary of Gazette

  • 109 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 110 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 111 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 112 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 113 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 114 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 115 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 116 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 117 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 118

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 119 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 120 Littleham family's five generations

  • 121 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 122 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 123 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 124 In their new robes and hats

  • 125 Mobile missionary

  • 126 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 127 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 128 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 129 New addition to Quay front

  • 130

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 131 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 132

    First prize
  • 133 All for the love of a lady!

  • 134 When horses score over the tractor

  • 135 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 136 Loads of black and white

  • 137 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 138 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 139 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 141 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 142 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 143 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 144 No sale of Springfield House

  • 145

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 146 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 147 Finished in 1876

  • 148 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 149 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 150 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 151 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 152 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 153 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 154 School's link with cargo ship

  • 155 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 156 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 157 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 158 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 159 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 160 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 161 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 162 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 163 North Devon Driving School

  • 164 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 165 Life begins at 80

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

  • 167 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 168 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 169 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 170

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 171 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 172 Decontrol of meat

  • 173 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 174 First ship in 8 years

  • 175 Cruising down the river

  • 176 New civic medallions

  • 177 Torrington in 1967

  • 178 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 179 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 180 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 181 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 182 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 183 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 184 Recognise this resort?

  • 185 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 186 New look in the hayfields

  • 187

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 188

    Was a missionary
  • 189 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 190

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 191 Peter poses for TV film

  • 192

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 193

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 194 Bideford computer stars

  • 195 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 196 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 198 New art gallery opened

  • 199 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 200 Riverside mystery

  • 201

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 202

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 203 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 204

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 205 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 206 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 207 No laughing matter

  • 208 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 209 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 211

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 212 Happy Days!

  • 213 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 214

    New gateway
  • 215 Hartland Dancers
  • 216 Torrington children build igloo
  • 217 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 218 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 219 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 221 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 222 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 223 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 224 Sight of a lifetime

  • 225 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 226 Puppet characters introduced

  • 227 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 228 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 229 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 230 A man and his wheel

  • 231

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 232 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 233 Just over a year old

  • 234 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 235 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 236 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 237 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 238 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 239 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 240 Pannier Market's future?

  • 241 End of the line

  • 242 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 243 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 244 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 245 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 246 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 247 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 248 New Post Office

  • 249 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 250 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 251 Circus comes to town

  • 252 Ships at Bideford

  • 253 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 254 Out of puff!

  • 255 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 256 Northam's almshouse

  • 257 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 258 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 259 Warmington's garage ad

  • 260 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 261 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 262 For crying out loud!

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

  • 264 Landmark at Bradworthy

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    Building works
  • 266 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 267 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 268 Revenge in style

  • 269 Hartland's invitation

  • 270 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 271 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 272 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 273 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 274 A bird of their own!

  • 275 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 276 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 277 Television comes to Torridge District

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 279 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 280 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 281 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 282 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 283 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 285 New choral society's growing response

  • 286 Weare Giffard potato

  • 287 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 288 School crossing patrol begins

  • 289 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 290 Traditions and skills still there

  • 291 Ten year old scrambler

  • 292 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 293 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 294 Modern living at Bideford

  • 295 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 296 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 297 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 298 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 300 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 302 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 303 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 304 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 306 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 307 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 308 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 309

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 310

    Married in 1908
  • 311 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 312 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 313

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 314 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 315 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 316 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 317

    Relatives all over the world
  • 318 Capers on the cobbles

  • 319

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 320 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 321 All aboard the ark

  • 322 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 323 Twenty-one yachts

  • 324 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 325 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 326

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 327 Clovelly nightmare

  • 328 Bridging the stream

  • 329 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 330 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 331 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 332 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 333 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 334 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 335 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 336 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 337 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 338 Burnard family reunion

  • 339 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 340 Waldon Triplets
  • 341 Hartland postman retires

  • 342 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 343 So this is the mainland!

  • 344 113 years at Instow

  • 345 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 346 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 347 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 348 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 349 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 350 Some 240 exhibits

  • 351 Service with a smile

  • 352 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 353 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 354 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 355 Appledore's largest

  • 356 Variety in summer weather

  • 357 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 358 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

  • 360 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 361 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 362 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 363 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 364 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 365 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 366 New Lundy stamps

  • 367 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 368 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 369 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 370 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 371 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 373 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 374 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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    Bidefordians
  • 376 Picking the pops

  • 377 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 378 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 379 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 380 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 381 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 382 They are parted pro-tem

  • 383 Private home for public pump

  • 384 Jumble sale fever

  • 385 By pony and trap to market

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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Still looking for a win 30th October 1970

Still looking for a win 30th October 1970

still looking for a winlooking for a winSo far this has definitely not been Shebbear Reserves' season in the North Devon League division three, for they are bottom of the table, and did nothing to raise themselves on Saturday when they lost their 7th match out of 7, this time to Bideford Youth Club.

Shebbear Reserves' team; back row - Bill Lewis, John Kelly, Barry Whiting, Max Piper, John Heard, Roy Fursdon.  Front row - Brian Heddon, David Bailey, Ray Sluggett, Ian Harris, Bill Parish, Bill Lashbrook.

Memento Picture of Golf Championship at Westward Ho! 10.10.1952

Memento Picture of Golf Championship at Westward Ho! 10.10.1952

Memento Picture of Golf Championship at Westward Ho 10.10.1952

Sport. English Ladies' Singles Championship meeting at Westward Ho!.  Miss Greaves, Miss Ann Phillips, Miss Elizabeth Price, Miss Pamela Davies, Lady Katharine Cairns, Miss Holdsworth, Miss Jeanne Bisgood, Mrs Allen, Miss Rudgard, Mrs Bolton, Miss Gordon, Miss Halsted, Miss Howell, Mrs Dickenson, Miss Jane Redgate, Miss Jocelyn Davies, Miss Jean McIntyre, Miss Sheila Taylor, Miss Esme Taylor, Mrs DO Taylor, Mrs Lang, Mrs Richards, Miss Machin, Mrs Morland, Mrs Brooks, Mrs Armitage, Mrs Wright, Miss Anstey, Mrs Ferguson, Miss Nancy Jupp, Mrs FR Brown, Mrs Newton, Mrs Salmon, Mrs Shearman, Mrs Sumner, Miss Lloyd Williams, Mr JH Taylor

Northam Golf Jubilee 27.9.1938

Northam Golf Jubilee 27.9.1938

Northam Golf Jubilee 27.9.1938

Sport.  First of all Artizan Clubs, Northam Artizan Golf Club this year reached its golden jubilee. Special celebration programme. CH Gibson, Phillip Andrews, William Puncher, Tom Geen, Ernest Cawsey, Richard Burch, Charlie Cook, Jesse Braund, Louis Chapple, John Penhorwood, Alfred Stevens, Sidney Dymond, EJ Labbett, Jack Hutchings, Richard Davis, Charlie Cowler, William Worth, William Pursey, George Cann, JH Taylor, T Metherell, William Hutchings, Harry Williams, William Davis, Ernest Way, Jack Rowe, William Hearn, William Fulford, Samuel Fulford, T Glover, JW Fulford

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