• 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 to have first woman mayor

  • 2 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 3 Recognise this resort?

  • 4 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 5 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 6 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 7 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 8 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 9 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 10 Revived market off to splendid start

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

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 13 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 14 Circus comes to town

  • 15 Decontrol of meat

  • 16 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 17 Clovelly custom

  • 18 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 19 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 20 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 21 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 22 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 23 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 24 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 25 Six footed lamb

  • 26 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 27 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 28 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 29 Ships at Bideford

  • 30

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 31 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 32

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 33 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 34 A story to tell!

  • 35 Variety in summer weather

  • 36 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 37 Sweets derationing

  • 38 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 39

    Building works
  • 40 Clovelly nightmare

  • 41 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 42 Warmington's garage ad

  • 43 Modern living at Bideford

  • 44 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 45 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 46

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 47 Sight of a lifetime

  • 48 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 49 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 50 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 51 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 52 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 53

    Married in 1908
  • 54 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 55 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 56 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 57 Centenary of Gazette

  • 58 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 59 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 60 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 61 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 62 Picking the pops

  • 63 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 64 Police station view of Bideford

  • 65 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 66 Hartland Dancers
  • 67 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 68 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 69 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 70 Service with a smile

  • 71 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 72 New Post Office

  • 73 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 74

    Relatives all over the world
  • 75 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 76 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 77

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 78 New Lundy stamps

  • 79 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 80 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 81 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 82 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 83 Artisans' Club

  • 84 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 85

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 86 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 87 New addition to Quay front

  • 88 New life for Hartland organ

  • 89 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 90 New look in the hayfields

  • 91 All for the love of a lady!

  • 92 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 93 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 94 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 95 Puppet characters introduced

  • 96

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 97 When horses score over the tractor

  • 98 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 99 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 100 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 101 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 102 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 103 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 104 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 105 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 106 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 107 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 108 School's link with cargo ship

  • 109 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 110 School crossing patrol begins

  • 111 Just over a year old

  • 112 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 113 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 115 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 116 No sale of Springfield House

  • 117 Twenty-one yachts

  • 118

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 119 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 120 Some mushroom!

  • 121 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 122 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 123 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 124 Mobile missionary

  • 125 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 126 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 127 Picking the pops

  • 128

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 129 North Devon Driving School

  • 130 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 131 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 132 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 133 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 134 New choral society's growing response

  • 135 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 136 Life begins at 80

  • 137 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 138 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 139 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 140 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 141 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 142 The cab at the corner>
  • 143 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 144 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 145 In their new robes and hats

  • 146 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 147 Private home for public pump

  • 148 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 149 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 150 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 151 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 152

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 153 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 154 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 155 Littleham family's five generations

  • 156 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 157 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 158 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 159 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 160 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 161 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 162

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 163 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 164 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 165 Parkham plan realised

  • 166 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 167 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 168

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 169 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 170 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 171

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 172 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 173

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 174

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 175 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 176 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 177 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 178 Ten year old scrambler

  • 179 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 180 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 181 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 182 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 183 Bideford's first woman councillor

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

  • 185 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 186

    Was a missionary
  • 187 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 188 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 189 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 190 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 191 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 192 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 193 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 194 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 195 What's the time?

  • 196 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 197 Some 240 exhibits

  • 198 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 199 Appledore's largest

  • 200 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 201 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 202

    First prize
  • 203 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 204 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 205 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 207 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 208 Waldon Triplets
  • 209 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 210 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 211 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 212

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 213 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 214 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 215 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 216 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 217 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 218 Bridging the stream

  • 219 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 220

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 221

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 222 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 223 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 224 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 225 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 226 First ship in 8 years

  • 227 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 229 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 230 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 231 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 232 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 233 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 234 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 235 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 236 The Geneva marionettes

  • 237 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 238 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 239 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 240 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 241 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 242 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 243 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 244 Hartland's invitation

  • 245 Last train from Torrington

  • 246 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 247 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 248 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 249 Cruising down the river

  • 250 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 251 Filming at Hartland

  • 252 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 253 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 254 For crying out loud!

  • 255 Out of puff!

  • 256 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 257 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 258 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 259 From Bobby to Brian

  • 260 A roof-top view - where?

  • 261 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 262 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 263 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 264 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 265 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 266 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 267 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 269 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 271 Can spring be far away?

  • 272 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 273 Pannier Market's future?

  • 274 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 275 Torrington children build igloo
  • 276 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 277 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 278 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 279 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 280 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 281 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 282 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 284 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 285 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 286 Finished in 1876

  • 287 Traditions and skills still there

  • 288 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 289 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 290 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 291 113 years at Instow

  • 292 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 293 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 294 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 295 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 296 Emergency ferry services

  • 297 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 298 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 299 Northam's almshouse

  • 300 Capers on the cobbles

  • 301 Loads of black and white

  • 302

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 303 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 304 Bideford loses training ship

  • 305 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 306 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 307 Happy Days!

  • 308 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 309 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 310 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 311 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 312 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 313 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 314

    New gateway
  • 315 So this is the mainland!

  • 316 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 317 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 318

    Bidefordians
  • 319 They are parted pro-tem

  • 320

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 321 He beat the floods

  • 322 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 323 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 324 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 325 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 326 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 327 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 328

    Exhibition of school work
  • 329 Off on a great adventure

  • 330 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 331 Hartland postman retires

  • 332 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 333 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 334 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 335 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 336 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 337 A bird of their own!

  • 338 New art gallery opened

  • 339 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 340 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 342 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 343 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 344 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 345 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 346 The art of the thatcher

  • 347 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 348

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 349 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 350 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 351 Bideford computer stars

  • 352 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 353 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 354 A man and his wheel

  • 355

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 356 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 357 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 358 Simple Item 138
  • 359

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 360 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 361 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 362 By pony and trap to market

  • 363

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 364 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 365 Torrington's new amenity

  • 366 Revenge in style

  • 367 Torrington in 1967

  • 368 New shipyard on schedule

  • 369 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 370 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 371 Penny for the guy

  • 372 Weare Giffard potato

  • 373 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 374 Jumble sale fever

  • 375 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 376 Peter poses for TV film

  • 377 All aboard the ark

  • 378 Burnard family reunion

  • 379 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 380 New civic medallions

  • 381 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 382 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 383 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 384 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 385

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 386 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 387 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 388 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 389 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 390 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 391 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 392 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 394 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 395 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 396 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 397 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 398 It really was the 'last time'

  • 399 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 400 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 401 End of the line

  • 402 Riverside mystery

  • 403 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 404 Devil sent packing

  • 405 Bideford regatta

  • 406 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 407 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 408 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 409 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 410 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 411 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 412 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 413 No laughing matter

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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Dressmaking - Bideford Community College

Dressmaking, Bideford Community College - March 1968

Dressmaking Bideford Community College
 

Members of dressmaking classes at Bideford Community College display outfits they have designed and made at a mannequin parade. This was in the Gazette 29 March 1968.

 

'Mothercraft', Bideford County Secondary School

'Mothercraft', Bideford County Secondary School - March 1968

'Mothercraft', Bideford County Secondary School
 

As a pupil at Bideford County Secondary School, did you take part in ‘mothercraft’ courses? This picture was published in the Gazette on 22 March 1968 and shows fourth year girls learning to bathe a baby with help from Mrs J Davies and Mrs A Godfrey. The girls were also taught to make toys and clothes. Other practical sessions included transforming a classroom into a nursery with up to 20 young children attending.

 

Oak Beam - Bideford Bridge

Oak Beam, Bideford Bridge - March 1968

Oak Beam - Bideford Bridge
 

An eight foot oak beam found in 1968 within a demolished part of Bideford Bridge is thought to have been a bridge support in the original 700 year old structure. In the picture, Mr R Finlayson, Mr Alf Walker and Mr Jim Wickham look on.

 
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