• 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 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 2 Parkham plan realised

  • 3 So this is the mainland!

  • 4 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 5 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 6 Centenary of Gazette

  • 7 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 8 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 9 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 10 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 11 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 12

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 13 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 14 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 15 Waldon Triplets
  • 16 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 17

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 18 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 19

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 20 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 21 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 22 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 23 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 24 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 25 No sale of Springfield House

  • 26 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 27 Can spring be far away?

  • 28 The art of the thatcher

  • 29 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 30 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 31 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 32 A man and his wheel

  • 33

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 34 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 35 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 36 Pannier Market's future?

  • 37 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 38 When horses score over the tractor

  • 39 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 40 Torrington's new amenity

  • 41 School crossing patrol begins

  • 42 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 43 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 44 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 45 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 46 Hartland postman retires

  • 47 Bideford loses training ship

  • 48 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 49 Picking the pops

  • 50 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 51

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 52 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 53 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 55 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 56 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 57 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 58 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 59 Six footed lamb

  • 60 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 61 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 62 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 63 Warmington's garage ad

  • 64 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 65 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 66 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 67 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 68 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 69 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 70

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 71 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 72 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 73 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 74 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 75 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 76 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 77 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 78

    New gateway
  • 79 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 80 All for the love of a lady!

  • 81 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 82 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 83 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 84 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 85 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 86 Circus comes to town

  • 87

    First prize
  • 88 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 89 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 90 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 91 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 92 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 93 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 94 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 95 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 96 A bird of their own!

  • 97 Twenty-one yachts

  • 98 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 99 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 100 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 101 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 102 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 103 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 104 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 105 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 107

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 108 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 109 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 110 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 111

    Building works
  • 112 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 113 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 114 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 115 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 116 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 117 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 118 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 119 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 120 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 121 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 122 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 123 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 124 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 125 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 126 Some mushroom!

  • 127 Sight of a lifetime

  • 128 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 130 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 131 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 132 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 133 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 134 Peter poses for TV film

  • 135 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 136 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 137 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 138 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 139 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 140 By pony and trap to market

  • 141 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 142 Decontrol of meat

  • 143 End of the line

  • 144 Mobile missionary

  • 145 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 147 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 148 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 149

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 150 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 151 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 152 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 153 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 154 Happy Days!

  • 155 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 156

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 157 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 158 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 159 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 160 Revenge in style

  • 161 Just over a year old

  • 162 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 163 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 164 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 165 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 166 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 167 Artisans' Club

  • 168 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 169 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 170 Emergency ferry services

  • 171 Hartland Dancers
  • 172 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 173 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 174 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 175 Torrington children build igloo
  • 176 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 177 New addition to Quay front

  • 178 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 179 It really was the 'last time'

  • 180 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 181 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 182

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 183 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 184 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 185 What's the time?

  • 186 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 187 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 188 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 189 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 190 New Post Office

  • 191 The cab at the corner>
  • 192 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 193

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 194 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 195 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 196 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 197 New choral society's growing response

  • 198 Recognise this resort?

  • 199 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 200 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 201 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 202 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 203 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 204 Private home for public pump

  • 205 From Bobby to Brian

  • 206 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 207 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 208 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 209 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 210 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 211 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 212 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 213 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 214 Clovelly custom

  • 215 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 216 Northam footballers of the future

  • 217 Northam's almshouse

  • 218 North Devon Driving School

  • 219 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 220 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 222 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 223 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 224 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 225

    Was a missionary
  • 226

    Married in 1908
  • 227 Devil sent packing

  • 228 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 229 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 230 Last train from Torrington

  • 231 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 232 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 233 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 234 Out of puff!

  • 235 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 236 Picking the pops

  • 237 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 238 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 239 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 240 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 241 New art gallery opened

  • 242 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 243 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 244 A roof-top view - where?

  • 245 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 246 Cruising down the river

  • 247 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 248 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 249 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 250 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 251 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 252 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 253 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 254 Bideford computer stars

  • 255 Capers on the cobbles

  • 256 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 257 School's link with cargo ship

  • 258 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 259 Hartland's invitation

  • 260 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 261 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 262

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 263 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 264 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 265 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 266 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 267 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 268 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 269 New civic medallions

  • 270 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 271 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 272 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 273 New shipyard on schedule

  • 274 113 years at Instow

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

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 277 Bideford regatta

  • 278 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 279 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 280 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 281 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 282 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 283 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 284 Ships at Bideford

  • 285 Some 240 exhibits

  • 286 Variety in summer weather

  • 287

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 288 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 289 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 290 Traditions and skills still there

  • 291 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 292 Police station view of Bideford

  • 293 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 294 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 295 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 296 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 297

    Bidefordians
  • 298 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 301 Appledore's largest

  • 302 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 303 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 304 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 305 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 306 Puppet characters introduced

  • 307 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 308 Clovelly nightmare

  • 309 In their new robes and hats

  • 310 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 311

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 312 New life for Hartland organ

  • 313 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 314 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 315

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 316 Littleham family's five generations

  • 317 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 318 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 319 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 320

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 321 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 322 Riverside mystery

  • 323 New Lundy stamps

  • 324 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 326 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 327 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 328

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 329 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 330 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 331 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 332 Loads of black and white

  • 333 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 334 Service with a smile

  • 335 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 336 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 337 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 338 They are parted pro-tem

  • 339 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 340 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 342 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 343

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 344 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 345 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 346 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 347 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 348 He beat the floods

  • 349 Burnard family reunion

  • 350 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 351 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 352 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 353 Filming at Hartland

  • 354 Modern living at Bideford

  • 355 Life begins at 80

  • 356 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 357

    Exhibition of school work
  • 358

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 359 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 360 For crying out loud!

  • 361 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 362 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 363 Penny for the guy

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

  • 365 The Geneva marionettes

  • 366

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 367 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 368 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 369 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 370 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 371 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 372 Bridging the stream

  • 373 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 374 Jumble sale fever

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

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

  • 377 Sweets derationing

  • 378 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 379

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 380 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 381 No laughing matter

  • 382 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 383 A story to tell!

  • 384 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 385 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 386 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 387 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 388

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 389 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 390 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 391 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 392 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 393 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 394 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 395 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 396 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 397 Simple Item 138
  • 398 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 399

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 400 All aboard the ark

  • 401 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 402

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 403 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 404 Ten year old scrambler

  • 405 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 406 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 407 Finished in 1876

  • 408 Off on a great adventure

  • 409 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 410 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 411 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 412 Torrington in 1967

  • 413 Weare Giffard potato

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Books for Lighthouse Staff at Hartland

Postal Service Available

14.5.1954 Hartland Lighthouse library

Hartland Lighthouse, shown above, is one of the forty-five centres in the north-west part of Devon which is supplied with collections of books from the Torridge Regional Branch of the Devon County Library at Torrington. The Regional Librarian (Mr. P.A. Drake) is seen at the lighthouse as the fresh collection of books is delivered for the use of the lighthouse staff and their wives, who read more than 400 books during the past year.

Altogether people in the Torridge Regional area (including the town of Torrington) read about 101,000 books during the year just ended, and a greater percentage of non-fiction is included in this total than ever before.

Books are delivered to the library centres three times a year, where they are distributed by voluntary librarians to whom thanks are due for making the scheme possible in so scattered an area. More than 23,000 books are exchanged during the year with the village libraries, and 2,700 are exchanged with headquarters library at Exeter.

Much more use is being made of the postal service both at Torrington and in the villages and more than 200 requests for books through this service were made for readers and 42 were sent from the Torrington Library to other parts of the country. Some 930 people belong to the Torrington Town branch, and 2,360 to the village and school libraries in the regional area.

Gazette article dated 14 May 1954

Almost 200 Guests

Braving the winter chill

members of the Hartland Tennis Club wore their tennis outfits when they acted as waitresses at a supper that preceded a ball in the Parish Hall.

There were 190 guests and the fund for new tennis courts benefited considerably.

Draw winners were: A Vanstone, Hardisworthy, £10,; C Littlejohns, Torrington, £5; A Capper, Hartland Cross, £2.50

23.2.1973 Hartland Tennis1

Article dated 23 February 1973

Re-Named Inn

Winner of the competition to re-name Hartland 'New Inn'

was Dr Rachel McKenzie, who is seen unveiling the new sign to reveal her winning name 'The Hart Inn'.

11.5.1973 Hart Inn Hartland1

Gazette article dated 11 May 1973

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