• 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 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 2 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 4 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 5 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 6 He beat the floods

  • 7 They are parted pro-tem

  • 8 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 9

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

  • 11

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 12 What's the time?

  • 13 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 14 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 15 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 17 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 18 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 19 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 20 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 21 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 22 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 23 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 24

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 25 All aboard the ark

  • 26 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 27 A roof-top view - where?

  • 28 Circus comes to town

  • 29 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 30 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 31 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 32 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 33 Northam's almshouse

  • 34 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 35 New look in the hayfields

  • 36 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 37 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 38 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 39

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 40 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 41 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 42 Riverside mystery

  • 43 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 44 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 45

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 46 Ten year old scrambler

  • 47 Waldon Triplets
  • 48 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 49 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 50 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 51 Bideford computer stars

  • 52 A bird of their own!

  • 53 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 54 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 55 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 56 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 57 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 58 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 60 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 61 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 62 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 64 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 65 Loads of black and white

  • 66 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 67 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 68 Littleham family's five generations

  • 69 Cruising down the river

  • 70 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 71 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 72 By pony and trap to market

  • 73 New Lundy stamps

  • 74 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 75 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 76 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 77 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 78 Decontrol of meat

  • 79 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 80 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 81 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 82 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 83 Some 240 exhibits

  • 84 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 85 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 86 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 87 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 88 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 89

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 90 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 91 Life begins at 80

  • 92 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 93 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 94 Devil sent packing

  • 95 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 96 New civic medallions

  • 97 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 98 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 99 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 100 Finished in 1876

  • 101 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 102

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 103 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 104 Simple Item 138
  • 105 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 106 Puppet characters introduced

  • 107 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 108 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 109 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 110 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 111 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 112

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 113 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 114 No laughing matter

  • 115 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 116

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 117 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 118

    Bidefordians
  • 119 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 120 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 121 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 122 Traditions and skills still there

  • 123 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 124 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 125 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 126 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 127 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 128 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 129 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 131 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 132 Twenty-one yachts

  • 133 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 134 Out of puff!

  • 135 Clovelly custom

  • 136 Clovelly nightmare

  • 137 Private home for public pump

  • 138 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 139 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 140 When horses score over the tractor

  • 141 New Post Office

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

  • 143 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 144 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 145 Appledore's largest

  • 146 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 147 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 148 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 149 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 150 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 151 New life for Hartland organ

  • 152 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 153 New choral society's growing response

  • 154 Northam footballers of the future

  • 155 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 156 Pannier Market's future?

  • 157 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 158

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 159 Capers on the cobbles

  • 160 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 161

    Was a missionary
  • 162 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 163 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 164 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 165 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 166 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 167 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 168 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 169 Torrington in 1967

  • 170 A story to tell!

  • 171 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 172 Off on a great adventure

  • 173 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 174 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 175 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

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

  • 178 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 179 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 180 All for the love of a lady!

  • 181 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 183 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 184 New addition to Quay front

  • 185 Emergency ferry services

  • 186 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 187 Some mushroom!

  • 188 The Geneva marionettes

  • 189

    First prize
  • 190 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 191 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 192 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 193 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 194 New shipyard on schedule

  • 195 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 196 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 197 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 198

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 199 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 200 School's link with cargo ship

  • 201 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 202 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 203 Mobile missionary

  • 204 Recognise this resort?

  • 205 Can spring be far away?

  • 206 Just over a year old

  • 207 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 208 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 209 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 210 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 211 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 212 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 213 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 214 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 215 The art of the thatcher

  • 216 Ships at Bideford

  • 217 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 218 So this is the mainland!

  • 219 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 221 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 222 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 223 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 224 Torrington's new amenity

  • 225 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 226 Jumble sale fever

  • 227 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 228

    Exhibition of school work
  • 229 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 230

    Relatives all over the world
  • 231 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 232 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 233 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 234 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 235 113 years at Instow

  • 236 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 237 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 238 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 239 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 240 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 241 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 242 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 243 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 244 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 245 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 246

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 247 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 248 Police station view of Bideford

  • 249 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 250 Variety in summer weather

  • 251 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 252 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 253 Six footed lamb

  • 254 Sight of a lifetime

  • 255 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 256 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 257 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 258 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 259 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 260 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 261 It really was the 'last time'

  • 262 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 263 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 264 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 265 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 266 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 267 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 268 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 269 Picking the pops

  • 270 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 271 School crossing patrol begins

  • 272 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 273 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 274

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 275 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 276 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 277 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 278 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 279 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 280 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 281 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 282 Artisans' Club

  • 283 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 284 Penny for the guy

  • 285 Revenge in style

  • 286

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 287 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 288 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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    Building works
  • 290 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 291 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 292 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 293 Peter poses for TV film

  • 294 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 295 Bideford regatta

  • 296 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 297 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 298 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 299 Parkham plan realised

  • 300 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 301 Last train from Torrington

  • 302 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 303 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 306

    New gateway
  • 307

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 308 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 310 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 311 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 312 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 313 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 314 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 315 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 316 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 317 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 318 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 319 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 320 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 321 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 322 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 323 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 324 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 325 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 326 Bridging the stream

  • 327 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 328 No sale of Springfield House

  • 329 Modern living at Bideford

  • 330 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 331 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 332 North Devon Driving School

  • 333 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 334 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 335 Service with a smile

  • 336 Picking the pops

  • 337 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 338 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 339 Weare Giffard potato

  • 340 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 341 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 342

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 343 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 344 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 345 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 346 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 348 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 349

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 350

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 351 New art gallery opened

  • 352 For crying out loud!

  • 353 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 354 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 355 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 356 Happy Days!

  • 357

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 358 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 359 A man and his wheel

  • 360 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 361

    Married in 1908
  • 362 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 363 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 364 Hartland Dancers
  • 365 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 366 Warmington's garage ad

  • 367 Hartland's invitation

  • 368 Bideford loses training ship

  • 369 Hartland postman retires

  • 370 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 371 Torrington children build igloo
  • 372 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 373 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 374

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 375 First ship in 8 years

  • 376 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 377

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 378 End of the line

  • 379 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 380 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 381 Burnard family reunion

  • 382 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 383 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 384 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
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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Bideford's New Bowling Green 9.12.1947

Bideford's New Bowling Green 9.12.1947

Bidefords New Bowling Green 9.12.1947

Sport. The Mayor of Bideford laid the first sod of Cumberland turf on the new bowling green being constructed in the Victoria Park and it was hoped the green would be completed in March 1948 at a cost of £1,831. Cllrs FT Upton, WH Chubb, JH Sharley, JH Bright, Mr FC Backway, Ald FE Whiting, Messrs Maxwell Hart, Mr Dunlop

Presentation at Bideford Ladies' Bowling Club Dinner 30.3.1951

Presentation at Bideford Ladies' Bowling Club Dinner 30.3.1951 

Presentation at Bideford Ladies Bowling Club Dinner 30.3.1951

Sport. A shield was presented to Bideford Ladies' Bowling Club at a dinner held at the Rose of Torridge Cafe, on Wednesday March 21st. Arthur McTaggart Short, Edwin Short, Mrs AC Fulford, Mrs SF Jameson, Mrs SA Luxton

Work Begins on New H.Q. for Bideford R.F.C. 6.12.1968

Work Begins on New H.Q. for Bideford R.F.C. 6.12.1968

Work Begins on new H.Q. for Bideford R.F.C. 6.12.1968

Sport. Before the end of the present season Bideford Rugby Club will be enjoying the amenities of one of the finest rugby headquarters in the Westcountry. Work on their new £10,000 clubhouse began on Monday. Completion date is scheduled for March 14th.  Peter Adams, Messrs Reginald Gale and Jaquiss, R.Harris and Son Ltd

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