• 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 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 2 Ships at Bideford

  • 3 Out of puff!

  • 4 Bideford computer stars

  • 5 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 6 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 7 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 8 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 9

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 10

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 11 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 12 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 13 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 14 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 15 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 16 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 17 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 18

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 19 He beat the floods

  • 20 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 21 Some mushroom!

  • 22

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 23 New addition to Quay front

  • 24 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 25 Happy Days!

  • 26 Centenary of Gazette

  • 27 Picking the pops

  • 28 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 29 New Lundy stamps

  • 30 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 31

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 32 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 33 Bideford loses training ship

  • 34 They are parted pro-tem

  • 35 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 36 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 37 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 38 New civic medallions

  • 39 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 40 Devil sent packing

  • 41 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 42 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 43 Pannier Market's future?

  • 44 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 45 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 46 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 47 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 48 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 49 Some 240 exhibits

  • 50 Finished in 1876

  • 51 Can spring be far away?

  • 52 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 53 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 55 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 56 Cruising down the river

  • 57 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 58 School crossing patrol begins

  • 59

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 60 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 61 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 62 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 63 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 64 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 65 First ship in 8 years

  • 66 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 68 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 70 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 71 By pony and trap to market

  • 72 New shipyard on schedule

  • 73 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 74 Decontrol of meat

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

  • 76 Circus comes to town

  • 77 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 78 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 79 When horses score over the tractor

  • 80 Bridging the stream

  • 81 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 82 Waldon Triplets
  • 83 All aboard the ark

  • 84 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 85 New life for Hartland organ

  • 86 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 87 Life begins at 80

  • 88 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 89 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 91 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 92 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 93 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 95 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 96 Traditions and skills still there

  • 97 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 98 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 99 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 100 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 101 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 102 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 103 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 104 Torrington in 1967

  • 105 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 106 Bideford regatta

  • 107 Modern living at Bideford

  • 108 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 109 Peter poses for TV film

  • 110 Jumble sale fever

  • 111 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 112 Torrington children build igloo
  • 113 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 114 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 115 Artisans' Club

  • 116 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 117 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 118 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 119

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 120 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 121 Private home for public pump

  • 122 The art of the thatcher

  • 123 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 124 Revenge in style

  • 125 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 126 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 128 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 129 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 130 A man and his wheel

  • 131 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 132 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 133 Hartland Dancers
  • 134 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 135 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 136 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 137

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 138

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 139 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 140 Sight of a lifetime

  • 141 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 142 No sale of Springfield House

  • 143 Emergency ferry services

  • 144 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 145 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 146 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 147 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 148 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 149 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 150 Picking the pops

  • 151 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 152 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 153 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 155 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 156 Penny for the guy

  • 157 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 158 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 159 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 160 Appledore's largest

  • 161 Revived market off to splendid start

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 163 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 164 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 165 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 166 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 167 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 168 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 169 Simple Item 138
  • 170 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 171 For crying out loud!

  • 172 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 173

    Building works
  • 174 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 175 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 176 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 177

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 178 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 179 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 180 Clovelly nightmare

  • 181 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 182 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 183 School's link with cargo ship

  • 184 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 185 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 186 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 188 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 189 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 190 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 191 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 192 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 193 Capers on the cobbles

  • 194 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 195 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 196 Mobile missionary

  • 197 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 198 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 199 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 200 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 201 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 202 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 203 113 years at Instow

  • 204 New Post Office

  • 205 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 206 Six footed lamb

  • 207

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 208 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 209 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 210 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 211 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 212 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 213 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 214 Riverside mystery

  • 215 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 216 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 217 Northam's almshouse

  • 218 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 219

    Was a missionary
  • 220 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 221 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 222 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 223 Hartland's invitation

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 225 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 226 End of the line

  • 227 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 228 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 229 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 230 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 231 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 232 New art gallery opened

  • 233 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 234 Puppet characters introduced

  • 235 Service with a smile

  • 236

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 237 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 238 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 239 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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    New gateway
  • 241 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 242 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 243 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 244 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 245 In their new robes and hats

  • 246 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 247 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 248 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 249 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 250 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 251 Born 1883 - still going strong

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    Married in 1908
  • 253 Variety in summer weather

  • 254 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 256 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 257 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 258 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
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    First prize
  • 260 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 261 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 262 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 264 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 265 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 266 A story to tell!

  • 267 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 269 No laughing matter

  • 270 Weare Giffard potato

  • 271 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 273 It really was the 'last time'

  • 274 What's the time?

  • 275 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 276 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 277 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 278 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 279 All for the love of a lady!

  • 280 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 281 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 282 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 283 New look in the hayfields

  • 284 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 286 Police station view of Bideford

  • 287 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 288 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 289 Clovelly custom

  • 290 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 291 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 292 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 293 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 294 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 295 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 296 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 297 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 298

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 299 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 301 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 303 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 304 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 306 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 307 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 308 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 309 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 310 Loads of black and white

  • 311 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 312 Torrington's new amenity

  • 313 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 314 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 315 Just over a year old

  • 316 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 317 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 318 Fishermen of Greencliff

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 320 Ten year old scrambler

  • 321 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 322 Parkham plan realised

  • 323 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 324 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 325 Recognise this resort?

  • 326 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 327 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 328 A roof-top view - where?

  • 329 Hartland postman retires

  • 330

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 331 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 332 Littleham family's five generations

  • 333 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 334 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 335 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 336 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 337 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 339 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 340 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 341 Northam footballers of the future

  • 342 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 343 Designed and made in Bideford

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    Bidefordians
  • 345 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 346 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 347 Warmington's garage ad

  • 348 A bird of their own!

  • 349

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 350 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 351 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 352

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 353 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 354

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 355 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 356 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 357 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 358 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 359 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 360 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 361 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 362 Bicycle now does donkey work

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 364 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 365 New choral society's growing response

  • 366 Last train from Torrington

  • 367 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 368 North Devon Driving School

  • 369 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 370 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 371 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 372 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 373 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 374 Off on a great adventure

  • 375 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 376 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 377 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 378 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 379 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 380 Twenty-one yachts

  • 381 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 383 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 384 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 385 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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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Sudbury's Glove Factory

A topical note

in more ways than one was sounded by this tableau at Torrington Carnival. Entered by the girls of Sudbury's Torrington factory, with uniforms lent by the local Voluntary Silver Band, its humorous touch was perhaps a sign that the recent misunderstanding involving the band and May Fair was on the way to being resolved. Martial music was supplied by radiogram.

May 1966 Sudbury Glover Torrington Band

Gazette article dated May 1966

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