• 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 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 2 Northam footballers of the future

  • 3 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 4 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 5 Warmington's garage ad

  • 6 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 7 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 8 New look in the hayfields

  • 9 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 10 A roof-top view - where?

  • 11 The Geneva marionettes

  • 12 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 13 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 14 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 16 Circus comes to town

  • 17 Can spring be far away?

  • 18 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 19

    Relatives all over the world
  • 20 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 21 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 22 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 24 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 25 What's the time?

  • 26 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 27 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 28 Revenge in style

  • 29 Bideford regatta

  • 30 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 31 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 32 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 33 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 34 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 35

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 36 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 37 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 38 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 39 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 40 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 41 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 42 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 43 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 44 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 45 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 46 A man and his wheel

  • 47 By pony and trap to market

  • 48 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 49 Finished in 1876

  • 50 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 51 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 52 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 53 Clovelly custom

  • 54 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 55 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 57 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 58 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 59 Pannier Market's future?

  • 60 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 61 New art gallery opened

  • 62 School crossing patrol begins

  • 63 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 64 A story to tell!

  • 65 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 66

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 67 Traditions and skills still there

  • 68 Centenary of Gazette

  • 69 He beat the floods

  • 70 Puppet characters introduced

  • 71 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 72 Picking the pops

  • 73 Weare Giffard potato

  • 74 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 75 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 76 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 77 They are parted pro-tem

  • 78 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 79 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 80 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 81 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 82 Mobile missionary

  • 83 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 84 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 85 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 86 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 87 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 88 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 89 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 90 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 91 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 92 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 93 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 94 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 95 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 96

    Building works
  • 97 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 98 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 99 Riverside mystery

  • 100 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 101 Northam's almshouse

  • 102 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 103 The art of the thatcher

  • 104 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 105 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 106

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 107 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 108 Ten year old scrambler

  • 109 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 110 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 111 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 112

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 113 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 114 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 115 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 116 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 117 All aboard the ark

  • 118 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 119

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 120 Hartland Dancers
  • 121 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 122 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 123 Some mushroom!

  • 124 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 125

    Was a missionary
  • 126 Loads of black and white

  • 127 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 128 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 129 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 130 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 131 Devil sent packing

  • 132 Waldon Triplets
  • 133 Clovelly nightmare

  • 134 It really was the 'last time'

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    Married in 1908
  • 136 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 137 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 138 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 139 Off on a great adventure

  • 140 Twenty-one yachts

  • 141 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 142

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 143 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 144 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 145

    Exhibition of school work
  • 146

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 147 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 148 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 149 Jumble sale fever

  • 150 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 151 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 152

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 153 New choral society's growing response

  • 154 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 155 Private home for public pump

  • 156 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 157

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 158 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 159 Burnard family reunion

  • 160

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 161 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 163

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 164 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 165 Some 240 exhibits

  • 166 Peter poses for TV film

  • 167 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 168 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 169 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 170 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 171 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 172 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 173 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 174 Parkham plan realised

  • 175 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 176 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 177 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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    First prize
  • 179 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 180 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 181 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 182 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 183 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 184 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 185 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 186 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 187 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 188 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 189 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 190 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 191

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 192 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 193 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 194 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 195 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 196 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 197 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 198 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 200 Artisans' Club

  • 201 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 202 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 203

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 204

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 205 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 206 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 207 Cruising down the river

  • 208 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 209 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 210 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 211 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 213 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 214 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 215 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 216 Emergency ferry services

  • 217 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 218 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 219 Torrington's new amenity

  • 220 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 222 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 223 Torrington in 1967

  • 224 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 225

    New gateway
  • 226 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 227 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 228 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 229 Life begins at 80

  • 230 Bridging the stream

  • 231 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 233 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 234 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 235 Recognise this resort?

  • 236 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 237 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 238 No sale of Springfield House

  • 239 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 240

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 241 For crying out loud!

  • 242 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 243

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 244

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 245 When horses score over the tractor

  • 246 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 247 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 248 Sight of a lifetime

  • 249 Modern living at Bideford

  • 250 Police station view of Bideford

  • 251 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 252 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 253 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 254 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 255 Picking the pops

  • 256 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 257 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 258 All for the love of a lady!

  • 259 First ship in 8 years

  • 260 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 261 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 263 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 264 Littleham family's five generations

  • 265 Torrington children build igloo
  • 266 Bideford computer stars

  • 267 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 268 Service with a smile

  • 269 School's link with cargo ship

  • 270 Out of puff!

  • 271 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 272 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 273 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 274 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 275 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 277

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 278 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 279 Hartland postman retires

  • 280 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 281 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 282 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 283 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 284 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 285 Variety in summer weather

  • 286 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 288 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 289 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 290 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 291 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 292 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 293 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 294 Capers on the cobbles

  • 295 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 296 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 297 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 298 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 299 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 300 No laughing matter

  • 301 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 302 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 303 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 304 In their new robes and hats

  • 305 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 306 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 307 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 308 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 309 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 310 New Post Office

  • 311 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 312 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 313 End of the line

  • 314 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 316 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 317 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 318 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 319 Hartland's invitation

  • 320 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 321 Just over a year old

  • 322 113 years at Instow

  • 323 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 324 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 325 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 326 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 327 So this is the mainland!

  • 328

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 329 New Lundy stamps

  • 330 New life for Hartland organ

  • 331 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 332 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 333 Penny for the guy

  • 334 Appledore's largest

  • 335 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 336 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 337 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 338 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 339 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 340 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 341 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 342 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 343 A bird of their own!

  • 344 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 345 New civic medallions

  • 346 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 347 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 348 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 349 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 350 Light reading for the lighthouse

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 352 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 353 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 354 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 356 Decontrol of meat

  • 357 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 358 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 359 New addition to Quay front

  • 360 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 361 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 362

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 363 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 364 Six footed lamb

  • 365 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 366 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 367 Simple Item 138
  • 368 Happy Days!

  • 369 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 370 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 371 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 372 Bideford loses training ship

  • 373 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 374 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 375 Last train from Torrington

  • 376 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 377 North Devon Driving School

  • 378

    Bidefordians
  • 379 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 380 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 381 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 382 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 383 New shipyard on schedule

  • 384

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 385 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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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War-Time Souvenir of a Most Successful Season

War-Time Souvenir of a Most Successful Season War Time Souvenir of a Most Successful Season 26.9.1939

Sport. Group photograph of the Bideford Amateur Rowing Club to wind up a great season. G.Staddon; W.P.Cox; F.Stevens; J.Poole; R.Galsworthy; C.G.Metherell; J.T.Mitchell; H.W.Fulford; C.Morris; E.F.Day; F.W.Beer; E.J.Day; T.Lock; F.Johns; C.Dicker; J.Seldon; R.Walters; R.Lake; L.F.Ross; R.Day; J.Way; R.P.Blackmore; A.Day; R.H.Moore; J.James; S.A.Moore; E.G.Cawsey; J.W.Taylor; W.H.Taylor; K.J.Braunton; J.Fisher; R.Williams; T.Bird; G.Williams; R.Taylor; W.Chubb; D.Colwill; W.Headon; P.Bushen; R.Hancock; L.Colwill; K.Welch; D.Scott; K.J.Brend; W.Hocking; A.S.Cawsey; O.Reveley; K.Lesslie; T.Emberry; A.S.Moore; F.Short; M.Burnett; L.Rendell; R.Keates; J.R.Lake; A.Brend; J.Rees; E.Newcombe; E.B.Lemon; L.Daniell; D.Mills; B.Shute; R.Babb; H.Galliford; E.W.Budd; F.R.Lane; C.A.Metherell; W.Parsley; C.Littlejohns; C.Galsworthy; G.Dymond; W.Thisby; J.Day; R.Palmer; R.Day

 

B.A.R.C. Proudly Displays Season's Trophies 29.10.1954

B.A.R.C. Proudly Displays Season's Trophies 29.10.1954

 

B.A.R.C. Proudly Displays Seasons Trophies 29.10.1954

Sports. A representative gathering of members of Bideford Amateur Rowing Club photographed with some thirty cups and shields won during the past rowing season. Messrs A.Taylor; E.Down; G.Moore; J.Evans; R.Galsworthy; J.Day; J.Mitchell; C.Morris; J.Roy Ellis; H.W.Fulford; R.Hancock; E.F.Day; R.Lake; K.Day; N.Wiltshire; H.Shute; K.Hearn; J.Eastmond; G.Cox; F.R.Way; L.Bright; W.Lee; J.Edwards; N.Drew; R.Scoynes; A.Elliott; C.Fishleigh; C.Mitchell; M.Moore; C.Ashton; K.Mitchell; H.Shute; B.Shute; J.Conibeare; M.Scoynes; B.Tilke; T.Johns; B.Taylor; R.Longstone; C.Lamey; D.Rice; L.Lamey; C.Williams; B.Cole; R.Branch; P.Lee; A.Patt; T.Johns (junr); R.Day; E.Brown; F.Stevens; N.Beer

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