• 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 Allhalland Street - then and now

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    Was a missionary
  • 3 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 4 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 5 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 6 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 7 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 8

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 9 For crying out loud!

  • 10 Filming at Hartland

  • 11

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 12 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 13 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 14 By pony and trap to market

  • 15 Jumble sale fever

  • 16 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 17 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 18 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 19 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 20 Traditions and skills still there

  • 21 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 23 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 24 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 25 Northam footballers of the future

  • 26 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 27 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 28 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 29 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 30 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 31 Penny for the guy

  • 32 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 33

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 34 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 35 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 36 Littleham family's five generations

  • 37 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 38 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 39 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 40 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 41 Off on a great adventure

  • 42 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 43 From Bobby to Brian

  • 44 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 45 Bideford regatta

  • 46 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 47 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 48 Circus comes to town

  • 49 New addition to Quay front

  • 50 Variety in summer weather

  • 51 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 52 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 53 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 54 He beat the floods

  • 55 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 57 A man and his wheel

  • 58 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 59 Hartland Dancers
  • 60 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 61 Capers on the cobbles

  • 62 In their new robes and hats

  • 63 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 64 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 65 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 66 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 67 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 68

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 69 Cruising down the river

  • 70 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 71 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 72 Pannier Market's future?

  • 73 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 74 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 75 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 76 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 77 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 78 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 79 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 80 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 81 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 82

    Building works
  • 83 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 84 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 85 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 86 So this is the mainland!

  • 87 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 88 New civic medallions

  • 89 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 90 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 91 Last train from Torrington

  • 92

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 93 Sweets derationing

  • 94 New Lundy stamps

  • 95 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 96 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 97 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 98 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 99 Picking the pops

  • 100 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 101 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 102

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 103 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 104 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 106 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 107 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 108 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 109 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 110 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 111 Mobile missionary

  • 112 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 113 Some 240 exhibits

  • 114 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 115 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 116 Picking the pops

  • 117 Finished in 1876

  • 118 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 119 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 120 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 121 Sight of a lifetime

  • 122 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 123 Devil sent packing

  • 124 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 125 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 126 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 127

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 128 Light reading for the lighthouse

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

  • 130 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 131 A roof-top view - where?

  • 132 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 133 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 134 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 136 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 137 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 138 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 139 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 140 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 141 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 142 A bird of their own!

  • 143

    Relatives all over the world
  • 144 No sale of Springfield House

  • 145 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 147 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 148 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 149 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 150 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 151 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 152 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 153 Private home for public pump

  • 154

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 155 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 156 Bideford computer stars

  • 157 New shipyard on schedule

  • 158 Simple Item 138
  • 159 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 160 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 161 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 162 When horses score over the tractor

  • 163

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 164 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 165 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 166 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 167 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 168 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 169 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 170 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 171 North Devon Driving School

  • 172 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 173 All aboard the ark

  • 174 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 175 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 176 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 177 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 178 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 179 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 180 School's link with cargo ship

  • 181 Service with a smile

  • 182 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 183 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 184

    Married in 1908
  • 185 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 186 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 187

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 188 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 189 Burnard family reunion

  • 190 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 191 End of the line

  • 192 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 193

    First prize
  • 194 Can spring be far away?

  • 195 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 196 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 197 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 198 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 199 New choral society's growing response

  • 200 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 201 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 202 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 203 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 204 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 205

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 206 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 207 A story to tell!

  • 208 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 209 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 210 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 211 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 212 113 years at Instow

  • 213 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 214 Hartland postman retires

  • 215 Happy Days!

  • 216 Torrington children build igloo
  • 217 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 218 The art of the thatcher

  • 219 Clovelly custom

  • 220 Parkham plan realised

  • 221 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 222

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 223

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 224 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 225 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 226 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 227 Centenary of Gazette

  • 228 School crossing patrol begins

  • 229

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 230 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 231 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 232 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 233 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 234 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 235 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 236 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 237 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 238 Peter poses for TV film

  • 239 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 240 Life begins at 80

  • 241 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 242 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

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

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 246 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 247 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 248 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 249 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 250 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 251 Warmington's garage ad

  • 252 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 253 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 254 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 256 Just over a year old

  • 257 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 258 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 259 Riverside mystery

  • 260

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 261 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 262 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 263 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 264 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 265

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 266 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 267 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 268 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 269 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 270 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 271

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 272 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 273 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 274 Hartland's invitation

  • 275 Torrington in 1967

  • 276 Emergency ferry services

  • 277 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 278 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 279 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 280 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 281 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 282 Decontrol of meat

  • 283 Puppet characters introduced

  • 284 Loads of black and white

  • 285 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 286 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 287 What's the time?

  • 288 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 289 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 290 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 291 Appledore's largest

  • 292

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 293 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 294 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 295 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 296 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 297 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 298 New art gallery opened

  • 299 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 300 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 301 No laughing matter

  • 302 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 303

    Exhibition of school work
  • 304 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 305 New life for Hartland organ

  • 306 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 307 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 308 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 309 Northam's almshouse

  • 310 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 312 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 313 Police station view of Bideford

  • 314 Out of puff!

  • 315 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 316 The cab at the corner>
  • 317 New look in the hayfields

  • 318 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 319 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 320

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 321 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 322 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 323 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 324 They are parted pro-tem

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 326 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 327 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 329 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 330 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 331

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 332 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 333 It really was the 'last time'

  • 334 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 335 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 336 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 337 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 338 Ten year old scrambler

  • 339 Clovelly nightmare

  • 340 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 341 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 342 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 343 Bridging the stream

  • 344 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 346

    Bidefordians
  • 347 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 348 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 349 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 350 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 351 Some mushroom!

  • 352 Twenty-one yachts

  • 353 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 354 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 355 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 356 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 357 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 358 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 359 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 360 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 361 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 362 Artisans' Club

  • 363 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 364 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 365 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 366 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 367 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 368 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 369 Torrington's new amenity

  • 370 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 372 All for the love of a lady!

  • 373 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 374 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 375 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 376

    New gateway
  • 377 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 378 Revenge in style

  • 379 The Geneva marionettes

  • 380 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 381 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 382 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 383 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 384 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 385 New Post Office

  • 386 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 387 Six footed lamb

  • 388 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 389 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 390 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 391 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 392 Ships at Bideford

  • 393 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 394 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 395 Bideford loses training ship

  • 396 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 397 Modern living at Bideford

  • 398 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 399 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 400

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 401 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 402 Waldon Triplets
  • 403 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 404 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 405 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 406 Recognise this resort?

  • 407 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 408 Weare Giffard potato

  • 409

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 410 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 411 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 412 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 413 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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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  • 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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  • 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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Hartland Win Local Cup ‘Derby’

A Confident Look

19.11.1954 Hartland football

There’s a ‘quietly confident’ look about Hartland AFC as they face the photographer before they start their Devon Junior Cup, third round replay with Clovelly at Deer Park, Hartland. Their confidence was not misplaced either, for the Reds won 4-0.

From left to right the players are: Braund, Adams, Cole, McElwee, Beer, Scoynes, Walter, Joy, B Heard, Folland, Gray.

Gazette article dated 19 November 1954

Royal North Devon Golf Club Ladies

Golf Celebrations

14.6.1968 Ladies Golf

Cutting the cake on Friday evening as part of the celebrations by members of the Royal North Devon Golf Club ladies’ section and their guests of the 100th anniversary of the founding at Westward Ho! of a golf club for women.

14.6.1968 Ladies Golf1

Seen in the photograph are: Miss W M Fulford. Mrs H N Fulford, Miss B S Martin, Miss J Bruce, Mrs R Yewdall, Mrs S Creasy, Miss O Williams, Mrs J Mason, Mrs A A Smalley, Mrs M Sillem, Mrs P S Sparling, Miss J Taylor. 

On Saturday prizes were presented by Miss Olwyn Williams, former president of the Ladies’ Golf Association, and on Sunday, by Mrs A A Smalley, president of the Royal North Devon ladies’ section.

Owing to illness Mrs D McBeth (former England international) was unable to attend and present prizes which she had been invited to do.

Gazette article dated 14 June 1968

School Football

Introducing Torrington County Secondary School's soccer first XI:

12.2.1965 Torrington School football

R Blight, M Tucker, J Waldron, J Tucker, S Copp, B Dennis, G Madge, G Gerry, M Bower, P Singh, M Kelly, S Broer, S Minhinnett, C Woolacott.

12 February 1965 Torrington School Football

Gazette article dated 12 February 1965

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