• 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 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 2 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 3 Waldon Triplets
  • 4 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 5 Mobile missionary

  • 6

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 7 What's the time?

  • 8 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 10 Happy Days!

  • 11 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 12 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 13 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 14

    Building works
  • 15 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 16 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 17 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 18 Burnard family reunion

  • 19 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 20 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 21 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 22 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 23 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 24 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 25 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 26 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 27 Weare Giffard potato

  • 28 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 29 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 30 Bideford loses training ship

  • 31 Revenge in style

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

  • 33 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 34 Hartland's invitation

  • 35 It really was the 'last time'

  • 36 Ten year old scrambler

  • 37 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 38 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 39 Circus comes to town

  • 40

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 41 Simple Item 138
  • 42 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 43 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 44 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 45 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 46 Bridging the stream

  • 47 Cruising down the river

  • 48 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 49 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 51 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 52 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 53 Recognise this resort?

  • 54 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 55 End of the line

  • 56 They are parted pro-tem

  • 57

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 58 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 59

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 60 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 61 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 62 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 63 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 64 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 65 Hartland Dancers
  • 66 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 67 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 68 Artisans' Club

  • 69

    Married in 1908
  • 70 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 71 Bideford computer stars

  • 72 Picking the pops

  • 73 North Devon Driving School

  • 74 New choral society's growing response

  • 75 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 76 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 77 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 78 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 79 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 80 New art gallery opened

  • 81 A bird of their own!

  • 82 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 83 Service with a smile

  • 84 Life begins at 80

  • 85 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 86 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 87 Can spring be far away?

  • 88 New Post Office

  • 89 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 90 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 91 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 92 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 93 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 94 Appledore's largest

  • 95 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 96 New civic medallions

  • 97 New life for Hartland organ

  • 98 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 99 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 100 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 101 Hartland postman retires

  • 102 All for the love of a lady!

  • 103 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 104 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 105 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 106 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 107 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 108

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 109 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 110 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 111 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 112 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 113 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 114 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 115

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 116 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 117 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 118 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 119 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 120 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 121 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 122 Picking the pops

  • 123 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 124 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 125 Clovelly custom

  • 126 A story to tell!

  • 127 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 128 Torrington in 1967

  • 129 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 130 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 131 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 132 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 133 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 134 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 135 New look in the hayfields

  • 136 Northam's almshouse

  • 137 Sight of a lifetime

  • 138 Torrington's new amenity

  • 139

    New gateway
  • 140 A roof-top view - where?

  • 141 Private home for public pump

  • 142 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 143 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 144 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 145 Finished in 1876

  • 146 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 148

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 149 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 150 Littleham family's five generations

  • 151 He beat the floods

  • 152 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 153 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 154 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 155 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 156 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 157 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 158 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 159 Jumble sale fever

  • 160 The Geneva marionettes

  • 161 Just over a year old

  • 162

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 163 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 164

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 165 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 166 Capers on the cobbles

  • 167 Clovelly nightmare

  • 168 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 169 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 170 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 171 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 172 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 173 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 174 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 175 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 176 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 177 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 178 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 179 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 180 Ships at Bideford

  • 181

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 182 Emergency ferry services

  • 183 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 184 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 185

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 186 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 187 Penny for the guy

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

  • 189 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 190 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 191 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 192 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 193 Riverside mystery

  • 194 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 195

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 196 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 197 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 198 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 199 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 200 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 201 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 203 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 204 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 206 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 207 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 208

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 209 A man and his wheel

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

  • 211

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 212 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 214 113 years at Instow

  • 215 The art of the thatcher

  • 216 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 217 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 218

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 219 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 220 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 221 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 222 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 223 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 224

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 225 Puppet characters introduced

  • 226 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 227 School crossing patrol begins

  • 228 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 229 By pony and trap to market

  • 230 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 231 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 232 Bideford regatta

  • 233

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 234

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 235 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 236 New addition to Quay front

  • 237

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 238 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 239 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 240 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 241 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 242 Twenty-one yachts

  • 243 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 244

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 245 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 246 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 247

    Exhibition of school work
  • 248 Police station view of Bideford

  • 249 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 250 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 251 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 252 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 253 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 254 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 255 Pannier Market's future?

  • 256 New shipyard on schedule

  • 257 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 258 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 259

    First prize
  • 260 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 261 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 262 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 263 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 264 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 265 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 266 Devil sent packing

  • 267 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 268 Northam footballers of the future

  • 269 Parkham plan realised

  • 270 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 271 Peter poses for TV film

  • 272 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 273 Centenary of Gazette

  • 274 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 275

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 276 Out of puff!

  • 277 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 278 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 279 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 280 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 281 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 282

    Was a missionary
  • 283

    Bidefordians
  • 284 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 285 First ship in 8 years

  • 286 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 287 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 288 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 289 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 290 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 291 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 292 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 293 For crying out loud!

  • 294 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 295 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 296 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 297 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 298 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 299 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 300 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 301 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 302 Modern living at Bideford

  • 303 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 304 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 305 In their new robes and hats

  • 306 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 307 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 308 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 309 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 310

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 311 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 312 So this is the mainland!

  • 313 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 314 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 316 Some mushroom!

  • 317 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 318 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 319 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 320 New Lundy stamps

  • 321 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 322 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 323 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 324 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 325

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 326 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 327 Off on a great adventure

  • 328 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 329 Torrington children build igloo
  • 330 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 331 Six footed lamb

  • 332 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 333 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 334 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 335

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 336 Some 240 exhibits

  • 337 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 338 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 339 All aboard the ark

  • 340 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 341

    Relatives all over the world
  • 342 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 343 Loads of black and white

  • 344 Last train from Torrington

  • 345 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 346 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 347 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 348 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 349 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 350 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 351 No laughing matter

  • 352 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 353 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 354 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 355 When horses score over the tractor

  • 356 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 357 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 359 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 360 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 361 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 362 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 363 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 364 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 365 Variety in summer weather

  • 366 School's link with cargo ship

  • 367 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 368 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 369 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 370 Decontrol of meat

  • 371 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 372 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 373 No sale of Springfield House

  • 374 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 375 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 376 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 377 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 378

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 379 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 380 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 381 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 382 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 383 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 384 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 385 Ship-in-bottle world record

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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Bandits Scatter The Pins

The sharp shooting Bandits of Lenwood Country Club in action in Bideford Ladies' Skittles League

19.1.1973 Bandits skittles1

The Bandits recently set up a new league record by scoring 389 and winning by 111 pins.

Maureen Palmer prepares for action watched by Joan Sharp, Maureen Hollow, Rose Peacham, Diane Sharp and Pat Sherborne.

Gazette article 19 January 1973

Devon Senior Cup

The good wishes of North Devon soccer fans go with Appledore tomorrow

when they travel to Holsworthy for the third round of the Devon Senior Cup.

13.1.1956 Sport football Appledore

Pictured in our photograph taken before the Fishermen defeated Fremington in the Torridge Cup last weekend are: L Lamey, S Cox, W Ross, J Bale, D Martin, W Barber, D Bennett, J Curtis, C Daniel, D Jones, M Lawrie, E Clegg, D Bale, H Bale.

Gazette article dated 13 January 1956

Introducing the Skittlers

Bideford CLB who, at home last Monday, beat Frithelstock B in a Division IV match by seven pins, 258-251.

13.1.1956 Sport skittles

Left to right: C Copp, P Bowden, P Oke, E Crump, A Carpenter, D Vickers.

Frithelstock B are in friendly rivalry with their A team near the head of their division.

Back row: M Dymond, W Daw, E Lawrence, P Lock, K Gerry, J Lock

Gazette article dated 13 January 1956

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