• 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 Littleham family's five generations

  • 2 Jumble sale fever

  • 3 Torrington in 1967

  • 4 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 5

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 6 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 7 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 8 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 9 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 10 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 11 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 12 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 13

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 14 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 15

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 16 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 17 Parkham plan realised

  • 18 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 19 Bideford regatta

  • 20 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 21 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 22 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 23 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 24 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 25 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 26 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 27 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 29 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 30 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 31 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 32 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 33 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 34

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 35 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 36 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 37 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 38 North Devon Driving School

  • 39 New choral society's growing response

  • 40 Waldon Triplets
  • 41 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 42 Centenary of Gazette

  • 43

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 44 In their new robes and hats

  • 45

    Exhibition of school work
  • 46 Finished in 1876

  • 47

    Married in 1908
  • 48 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 49 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 50 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 51 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 52 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 53 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 54 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 55

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 56 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 57 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 58 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 59

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 60 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 61 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 62 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 63 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 64 End of the line

  • 65 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 66 Recognise this resort?

  • 67

    Building works
  • 68 What's the time?

  • 69 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 70 Variety in summer weather

  • 71 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 72

    Bidefordians
  • 73 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 74 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 75 Puppet characters introduced

  • 76 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 77 New shipyard on schedule

  • 78 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 79 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 80

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 81 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 82 No sale of Springfield House

  • 83 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 84 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 85 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 86 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 87 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 88 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 89 Appledore's largest

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

  • 91 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 92 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 93 Bideford computer stars

  • 94 Decontrol of meat

  • 95 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 96 Warmington's garage ad

  • 97 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 98 Six footed lamb

  • 99 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 100 Service with a smile

  • 101 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 102 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 103 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 104 Life begins at 80

  • 105 A roof-top view - where?

  • 106

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 107 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 108

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 109 New Post Office

  • 110 Ten year old scrambler

  • 111 First ship in 8 years

  • 112

    New gateway
  • 113 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 114 Modern living at Bideford

  • 115 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 116 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 117 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 118 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 119 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 120 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 121 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 122 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 123 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 124 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 125 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 126

    First prize
  • 127 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 128

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 129 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 130

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 131 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 132 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 133 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 134 A bird of their own!

  • 135 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 136 Bridging the stream

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

  • 138 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 139 Northam footballers of the future

  • 140 Artisans' Club

  • 141 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 142 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 143 Capers on the cobbles

  • 144 They are parted pro-tem

  • 145 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 146 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 147 Penny for the guy

  • 148 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 149 When horses score over the tractor

  • 150 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 151 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 152 Picking the pops

  • 153 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 154 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 155 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 156 Sight of a lifetime

  • 157 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 159 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 160 It really was the 'last time'

  • 161

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 162 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 163 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 164 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 165 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 166 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 167 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 168 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 169 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 170 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 171 Happy Days!

  • 172 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 173 Just over a year old

  • 174 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 175 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 176 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 177 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 178 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 179 Torrington's new amenity

  • 180 Emergency ferry services

  • 181 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 182 Hartland Dancers
  • 183 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 184 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 185 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 186

    Was a missionary
  • 187 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 188 By pony and trap to market

  • 189 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 190 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 191 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 192 Some mushroom!

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

  • 194 113 years at Instow

  • 195 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 196 New civic medallions

  • 197 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 198 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 199 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 200

    Relatives all over the world
  • 201 So this is the mainland!

  • 202 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 203 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 204 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 205

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 206 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 207 Clovelly custom

  • 208 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 209 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 210 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 211 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 212 The art of the thatcher

  • 213 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 214 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 215 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 217 Ships at Bideford

  • 218 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 219 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 220 New life for Hartland organ

  • 221

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 222 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 223

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 224 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 225 Simple Item 138
  • 226 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 227 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 228 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 229 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 230 Police station view of Bideford

  • 231 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 232 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 233 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 234 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 235 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 236 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 237 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 238 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 239 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 240 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 241 He beat the floods

  • 242 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 244 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 245 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 246 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 247 Northam's almshouse

  • 248 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 249 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 250 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 251 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 252 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 253 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 254 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 255 Clovelly nightmare

  • 256 Weare Giffard potato

  • 257 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 258 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 259 Peter poses for TV film

  • 260 Last train from Torrington

  • 261 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 262 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 263 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 264 Picking the pops

  • 265 Hartland's invitation

  • 266 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 267 Some 240 exhibits

  • 268 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 269 All for the love of a lady!

  • 270 Loads of black and white

  • 271 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 272 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 273 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 274 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 276 Mobile missionary

  • 277 School crossing patrol begins

  • 278 Bideford loses training ship

  • 279 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 280 A man and his wheel

  • 281 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 282 Pannier Market's future?

  • 283 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 284 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 285 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 286 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 287 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 288 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 289 Twenty-one yachts

  • 290 No laughing matter

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

  • 292 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 293 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 295

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 296 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 297

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 298 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 299 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 300 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 301 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 302 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 303 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 304 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 305 Traditions and skills still there

  • 306 For crying out loud!

  • 307 Out of puff!

  • 308 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 309 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 310 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 311 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 312 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 313 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 314

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 315 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 316 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 317 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 318 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 319 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 320 All aboard the ark

  • 321 Hartland postman retires

  • 322 Cruising down the river

  • 323 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 324 New Lundy stamps

  • 325 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 327 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 328 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 329 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 330

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 331 The Geneva marionettes

  • 332 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 333 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 334 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 335 A story to tell!

  • 336 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 337 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 338 Circus comes to town

  • 339 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 340 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 341 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 342 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 343 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 344 New look in the hayfields

  • 345 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 346 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 347 Revenge in style

  • 348 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 349 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 350 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 351 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 352 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 353 Private home for public pump

  • 354 New art gallery opened

  • 355 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 356 New addition to Quay front

  • 357 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 358 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 359

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 360 School's link with cargo ship

  • 361 Burnard family reunion

  • 362 Riverside mystery

  • 363 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 364 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 365 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 366

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 367 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 368 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 369 Torrington children build igloo
  • 370 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 371 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 372 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 373 Can spring be far away?

  • 374 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 375 Devil sent packing

  • 376 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 377 Off on a great adventure

  • 378 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 379 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 380

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 381

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 382 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 383 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 384 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 385

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
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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Northam Golfers at Jubilee Gathering 7.9.1938

Northam Golfers at Jubilee Gathering 7.9.1938

Northam Golfers at Jubilee Gathering 7.9.1938

Sport.  PH Andrews, CH Gibson, J Rowe, H Snell, E Slocombe, GH Cann, JH Taylor, N Sanders, H Heaman, T Shutt, FV Cole, JW Fulford, T Mounce, H Braund, RW Littlejohns, HJ Grantham, R Gale, T Jones, T Walters, G Harris, HC Squire, G Tuplin

County President Visits Bideford Lady Bowlers 4.9.1953

County President Visits Bideford Lady Bowlers 4.9.1953

County President Visits Bideford Lady Bowlers 4.9.1953

Sport. President of Devon County Ladies' Bowling Association Mrs Broughton was entertained at the Victoria Park. Mrs B Elliott, Mrs H Lethbridge, Miss M Meredith, Mrs G Blackmore

The 1951 Bowling Season commences 4.5.1951

The 1951 Bowling Season commences 4.5.1951

The 1951 Bowling Season commences 4.5.1951

Sport. Opening day on Wednesday 25th April. SF Marshall, Mrs Marshall, EC Parr, CP Ashton, H Guard, G Bluett, J Lang, C A'Court, J Heal, J Burrow, Charlie the groundsman, Jimmy Huxtable

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