• 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 New art gallery opened

  • 2 Riverside mystery

  • 3 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 4 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 5 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 6

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 7 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 8 New choral society's growing response

  • 9

    Was a missionary
  • 10 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 11 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 12 Parkham plan realised

  • 13 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 14 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 15 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 16 New Post Office

  • 17 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 18 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 19

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 20 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 21 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 22 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 23 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 24 New civic medallions

  • 25 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 26 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 27 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 28 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 29

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 30 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 31 Finished in 1876

  • 32 Twenty-one yachts

  • 33 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 34 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 35 Life begins at 80

  • 36

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 37 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 38 Just over a year old

  • 39

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 40 Revenge in style

  • 41 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 42 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 43 No laughing matter

  • 44 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 45 Last train from Torrington

  • 46 New shipyard on schedule

  • 47 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 48 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 49 Hartland's invitation

  • 50 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 51 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 53 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 54 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 55 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 56

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 57 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 58 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 59 Loads of black and white

  • 60 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 61 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 62 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 63 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 64 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 65 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 66 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 67 Some mushroom!

  • 68 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 70 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 71

    Bidefordians
  • 72

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 73 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 74 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 75 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 76 Peter poses for TV film

  • 77 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 78 Traditions and skills still there

  • 79 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 80 Variety in summer weather

  • 81 Service with a smile

  • 82 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 83 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 84 113 years at Instow

  • 85 Centenary of Gazette

  • 86 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 87 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 88

    Exhibition of school work
  • 89 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 90 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 91 Bridging the stream

  • 92 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 93 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 94 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 95 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 96 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 97 Torrington children build igloo
  • 98 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 99 The art of the thatcher

  • 100 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 101 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 102 He beat the floods

  • 103 Hartland Dancers
  • 104 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 105 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 106 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 107 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 108 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 109 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 110 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 111 Ships at Bideford

  • 112 The Geneva marionettes

  • 113 Some 240 exhibits

  • 114 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 115 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 116 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 117 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 118 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 119 All aboard the ark

  • 120 Picking the pops

  • 121 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 122 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 123 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 125 Littleham family's five generations

  • 126 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 127 A man and his wheel

  • 128 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 129

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 130 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 132 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 133 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 134 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 135 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 136 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 137 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 138 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 139 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 140 Hartland postman retires

  • 141 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 142 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 143 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 144 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 145 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 146 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 147 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 148

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 149

    Married in 1908
  • 150

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 151 Puppet characters introduced

  • 152 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 153 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 155 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 156 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 157 Penny for the guy

  • 158 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 159 Simple Item 138
  • 160 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 161 Devil sent packing

  • 162 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 163 They are parted pro-tem

  • 164

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 165 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 166 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 167 Torrington in 1967

  • 168 Picking the pops

  • 169 School's link with cargo ship

  • 170 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 171 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 172 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 173 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 175 Can spring be far away?

  • 176 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 177 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 178 Northam footballers of the future

  • 179 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 180 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 181 Six footed lamb

  • 182

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 183 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 184 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 185

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 186

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 187 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 188 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 189 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 190 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 191 A roof-top view - where?

  • 192 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 193 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 194 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 195 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 196 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 197

    Relatives all over the world
  • 198 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 199 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 200 Bideford computer stars

  • 201 Capers on the cobbles

  • 202 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 203 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 204 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 205 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 206 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 207 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 208 Warmington's garage ad

  • 209 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 210 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 211 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 212 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 213 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 214 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 215 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 216 Modern living at Bideford

  • 217 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 218 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 219 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 220 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 221 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 222 New Lundy stamps

  • 223 First ship in 8 years

  • 224 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 225 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 226 Emergency ferry services

  • 227 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 228 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 229 When horses score over the tractor

  • 230 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 231 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 232 So this is the mainland!

  • 233 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 234 Happy Days!

  • 235

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 236 A bird of their own!

  • 237 School crossing patrol begins

  • 238 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 239 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 240 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 241 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 242 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 243 Decontrol of meat

  • 244 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 245 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 246 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 247

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 248 End of the line

  • 249 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 250 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 251 Clovelly nightmare

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 253 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 255 New addition to Quay front

  • 256

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 257 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 258 For crying out loud!

  • 259 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 260 Burnard family reunion

  • 261 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 262 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 263 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 264 Weare Giffard potato

  • 265 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 266 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 267 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 268 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 269 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 270 Bideford loses training ship

  • 271 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 272 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 273 Bideford regatta

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    First prize
  • 275 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 276 New look in the hayfields

  • 277 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 278 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 279 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 280 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 281 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 282 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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    Building works
  • 284 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 285 Mobile missionary

  • 286

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 287 Circus comes to town

  • 288 Northam's almshouse

  • 289 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 290 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 291

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 292 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 294 Out of puff!

  • 295 A sense of humour in advertising

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    New gateway
  • 297 New life for Hartland organ

  • 298 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 299 Recognise this resort?

  • 300 Off on a great adventure

  • 301 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 302 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 303 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 304 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 305 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 306 By pony and trap to market

  • 307 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 308 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 309 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 310 Waldon Triplets
  • 311 In their new robes and hats

  • 312 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 313 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 314 What's the time?

  • 315 A story to tell!

  • 316 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 317 All for the love of a lady!

  • 318 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 319 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 320 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 321 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 322 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 323 Clovelly custom

  • 324 North Devon Driving School

  • 325 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 326

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 327 Cruising down the river

  • 328 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 329 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 330 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 331

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 332 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 333 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 334 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 335 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 336

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

  • 338 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 339 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 340 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 341 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 342 No sale of Springfield House

  • 343 Jumble sale fever

  • 344 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 345 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 346 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 347 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 348 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 349 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 350 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 351

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 352 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 353 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 354 Private home for public pump

  • 355 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 356 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 357 Sight of a lifetime

  • 358 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 360 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 361 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 362 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 363 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 364 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 365 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 366 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 367

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 368 Pannier Market's future?

  • 369 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 370 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 371 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 372 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 373 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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

  • 375 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 376 Police station view of Bideford

  • 377 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 378 Artisans' Club

  • 379 Appledore's largest

  • 380 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 381 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 382 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 383 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 384 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 385 Repair work on Long Bridge
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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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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