• 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 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 2 Ships at Bideford

  • 3 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 4 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 5 When horses score over the tractor

  • 6 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 7 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 8 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 9

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 10 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 11 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 12 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 13 Service with a smile

  • 14 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 15 Torrington's new amenity

  • 16 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 17 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 18 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 19 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 20 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 21 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 22 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 23 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 24 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 25 Police station view of Bideford

  • 26 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 27 Bideford regatta

  • 28 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 29 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 30 Mobile missionary

  • 31 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 32 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 34 New Post Office

  • 35 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 36 Devil sent packing

  • 37 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 38

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 39 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 40 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 41 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 42 113 years at Instow

  • 43

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 44 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 45 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 46 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 47 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 48

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 49 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 50 A bird of their own!

  • 51

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 52 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 53

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 54 The cab at the corner>
  • 55 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 56 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 57 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 58 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 59 Clovelly custom

  • 60 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 62 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 63 Loads of black and white

  • 64 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 65 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 66 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 67 Just over a year old

  • 68 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 69 Private home for public pump

  • 70

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 71 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 72 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 73 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 75 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 76 Happy Days!

  • 77 New Lundy stamps

  • 78 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 79 It really was the 'last time'

  • 80 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 81 Northam's almshouse

  • 82 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 83 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 84 From Bobby to Brian

  • 85 Hartland's invitation

  • 86 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 87 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 88 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 89 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 90 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 91

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 92 Emergency ferry services

  • 93 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 94 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 95

    Was a missionary
  • 96 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 97 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 98 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 99 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 100 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 101 End of the line

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

  • 103 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 104

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 105 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 106

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 107 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 108 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 109 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 110 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 111 Picking the pops

  • 112 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 113 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 114 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 115 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 116 Cruising down the river

  • 117 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 118

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 119 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 120 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 121 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 122 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 123 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 124 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 125 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 126 Hartland postman retires

  • 127 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 128 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 129 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

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

  • 131 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 132 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 133 New life for Hartland organ

  • 134 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 135 Appledore's largest

  • 136 No laughing matter

  • 137 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 138 Sweets derationing

  • 139 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 140 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 141 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 142 Six footed lamb

  • 143 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 144 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 145 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 146 Some mushroom!

  • 147

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 148 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 149 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 150 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 151 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 152 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 153 North Devon Driving School

  • 154 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 155 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 156 Pannier Market's future?

  • 157 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 158 New art gallery opened

  • 159 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 160 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 162

    Married in 1908
  • 163 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 164 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 165 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 166 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 167 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 168 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 169 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 170 Circus comes to town

  • 171 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 172 Finished in 1876

  • 173 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 174 Parkham plan realised

  • 175 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 176 Jumble sale fever

  • 177

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 178 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 179 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 180 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 181

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 182

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 183 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 184 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 185

    New gateway
  • 186 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 187 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 188 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 189 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 190 Bridging the stream

  • 191 Riverside mystery

  • 192 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 193 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 194 New addition to Quay front

  • 195 Some 240 exhibits

  • 196 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 197 Variety in summer weather

  • 198 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 199 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
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    Bidefordians
  • 201 Torrington children build igloo
  • 202 Modern living at Bideford

  • 203 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 204

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 205 He beat the floods

  • 206

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 207

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 208 Capers on the cobbles

  • 209 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 210 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

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

  • 212 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 213 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 214

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 215

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 216 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 217 Sight of a lifetime

  • 218 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 219 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 220 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 221 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 222 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 223 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 224 Centenary of Gazette

  • 225 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 226 For crying out loud!

  • 227 The Geneva marionettes

  • 228 A man and his wheel

  • 229 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 230 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 231 Last train from Torrington

  • 232 So this is the mainland!

  • 233 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 234 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 235 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 236 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 237 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 238 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 239 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 240 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 241 Northam footballers of the future

  • 242 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 243 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 244 Traditions and skills still there

  • 245 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 246 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 247 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 248 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 249 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 250 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 251 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 252 Hartland Dancers
  • 253 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 254 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 255 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 256 Burnard family reunion

  • 257 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 258 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 259 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 260 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 261 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 262 Clovelly nightmare

  • 263 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 264 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 265 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 266 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 267 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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

  • 269 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 270 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 271 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 272 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 274 School crossing patrol begins

  • 275 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 277 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 278

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 279 They are parted pro-tem

  • 280 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 281 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 282 Bideford computer stars

  • 283

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 284 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 285 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 286 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 287 New civic medallions

  • 288 New choral society's growing response

  • 289 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 290 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 291 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 292 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 293 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 295 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 296 No sale of Springfield House

  • 297 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 298 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 299 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 300 All aboard the ark

  • 301 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 302

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 303 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 304 Weare Giffard potato

  • 305 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 306 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 307 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 308 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 309 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 310 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 311 What's the time?

  • 312 Simple Item 138
  • 313 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 314 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 315 Artisans' Club

  • 316 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 317 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 318 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 319 Twenty-one yachts

  • 320 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 321 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 322 Bideford loses training ship

  • 323 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 324 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 326 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 327 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 328 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 329 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 330 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 331 Decontrol of meat

  • 332 Littleham family's five generations

  • 333 Waldon Triplets
  • 334 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 335 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 336 Picking the pops

  • 337 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 338 Revenge in style

  • 339 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 340 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 341 All for the love of a lady!

  • 342 By pony and trap to market

  • 343 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 344 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 345 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 346 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 347 New look in the hayfields

  • 348 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 349 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 350 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 351 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 352 Filming at Hartland

  • 353 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 354 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 355 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 356 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 357 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 358 Puppet characters introduced

  • 359 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 360 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 361 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 362 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 363 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 365 New shipyard on schedule

  • 366 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 367 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 368 Penny for the guy

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 370 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 371 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 372 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 373 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 374 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 375 Warmington's garage ad

  • 376 Off on a great adventure

  • 377 In their new robes and hats

  • 378 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 379 Life begins at 80

  • 380 Recognise this resort?

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 382 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 383 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 384 Ten year old scrambler

  • 385 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 386 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 387 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 388 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 389 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 390 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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    First prize
  • 392 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 393 A story to tell!

  • 394 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 395 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 396 First ship in 8 years

  • 397 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 398 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 399 School's link with cargo ship

  • 400 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 401 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 402 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 403

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 404

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 405 Torrington in 1967

  • 406 Out of puff!

  • 407 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 408 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 409 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 410 Sweet success at Langtree School

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    Building works
  • 412 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 413 Peter poses for TV film

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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  • 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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  • 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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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 YFC Win County Junior Quiz

Hartland YFC team, representing the Torridge district, won the final of the junior (under 21) quiz of Devon Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs held at Exeter.

7.2.1958 Hartland YFC

They scored 81½ points and the runners-up, Bow, had 79 points.
Thus Hartland become the first holders of the newly presented J Wesley Wilton Challenge Cup.
By coincidence, Hartland and Bow were winners and runners-up at the northern area final held at Alwington last week. This was the second year of this competition.
The Hartland team, photographed at Alwington above, consisted of Ann Goaman, Ann Major, David Walter, Gerald Williams and John Cottle.
Gazette article published 7 February 1958

Smiling Welcome To Festival Visitors

Here, in the smiling greeting of Hartland's Grand Old Man, 91 years old Mr Daniel Headon, better known to many as 'Uncle Dan' is the spirit of the British countryside exemplified. 

26.1.1951 Hartland Daniel Headon

Hardly a day passes, wet or dry, but Uncle Dan can be seen out on the main Bideford-Bude road for this three or four mile walk often carrying a large bundle of firewood as he makes his way home to ‘Highlea’, Baxworthy Corner, Hartland, where he lives with his son and daughter-in-law.
Mr Headon, who enjoys good health and still reads and writes without the aid of glasses, attends the little Church of St Martins-by-Bursdon Moor regularly every Sunday.
January 12th is Mr Headon’s great day; not only is it his own birthday but also that of his small great-grandson, Vernon Henry Keen, so granddaughter Ida, who lives next door, has a small family party for them both.
Gazette article dated 26 January 1951

News By Sledge at Hartland

On Saturday morning Hartland had its daily papers brought in by improvised sledge.

1963 Hartland snow

Early buses from Bideford were unable to reach Hartland owing to icy conditions on steep hills on the last stretch of the journey.
On being informed of this, local newsagent Mr Henry Mitchell went out to bring in the papers. Using a tea chest as a sledge he dragged them the 1 1/2 miles to his shop. It took just over an hour.
Gazette article dated 4 January 1963

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