• 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 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 2 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 3 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 4 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 5 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 6 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 7 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 8 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 9 Picking the pops

  • 10 New Post Office

  • 11 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 12 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 13 Emergency ferry services

  • 14 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 15 The art of the thatcher

  • 16 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 17 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 18 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 19 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 20 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 21 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 22 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 23 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 25 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 26 Littleham family's five generations

  • 27 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 28 Pannier Market's future?

  • 29 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 30 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 31 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 32 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 33 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 34 Clovelly nightmare

  • 35 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 36 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 37 Northam's almshouse

  • 38 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 39 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 40 Revenge in style

  • 41 Hartland Dancers
  • 42 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 43 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 44 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 45 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 46 Northam footballers of the future

  • 47 New look in the hayfields

  • 48 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 49 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 50 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 51 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 52 Hartland postman retires

  • 53 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 54 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 55 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 56

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 57 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 58 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 59 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 60 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 61 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 62 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 63 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 64 Finished in 1876

  • 65

    Building works
  • 66 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 67

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 68 New shipyard on schedule

  • 69 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 70 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 71 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 72 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 73 Some 240 exhibits

  • 74 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 75 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 76 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 77 No sale of Springfield House

  • 78 Down at the dump something stirs

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

  • 80 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 81 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 82 A bird of their own!

  • 83 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 84 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 85 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 86 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 87 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 88

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 89 Filming at Hartland

  • 90 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 91 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 92 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 93 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 94 When horses score over the tractor

  • 95 He beat the floods

  • 96 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 97 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 98 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 99 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 100 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 102 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 103 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 104 Twenty-one yachts

  • 105 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 106 Some mushroom!

  • 107

    Was a missionary
  • 108 Waldon Triplets
  • 109 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 110 What's the time?

  • 111 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 112 Out of puff!

  • 113 Decontrol of meat

  • 114 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 116 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 117

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 118 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 119 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 120 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 121 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 122 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 123 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 124 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 125 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 126 Ships at Bideford

  • 127 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 128 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 129

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 130 Variety in summer weather

  • 131 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 132 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 133 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 134 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 136

    Married in 1908
  • 137 New addition to Quay front

  • 138 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 139 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 140 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 141

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 142 Recognise this resort?

  • 143 It really was the 'last time'

  • 144 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 145 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 146 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 147 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 148 New civic medallions

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

  • 150 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 151 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 152 Just over a year old

  • 153 Jumble sale fever

  • 154 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 155 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 156 In their new robes and hats

  • 157 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 158 Traditions and skills still there

  • 159 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 160 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 161 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 162 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 163 New choral society's growing response

  • 164 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 165 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 166

    Relatives all over the world
  • 167 Simple Item 138
  • 168 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 169 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 170 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 171 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 172 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 173 Happy Days!

  • 174 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 175 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 176 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 177 Sight of a lifetime

  • 178 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 179 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 180 All for the love of a lady!

  • 181 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 182 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 183 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 184 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 185 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 186 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 187 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 188 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 189

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 190 Life begins at 80

  • 191 Penny for the guy

  • 192 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 193 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 194 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 195 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 196 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 197 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 198 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 199 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 200 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 201 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 202 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 203 Appledore's largest

  • 204 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 205 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 206 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 207 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 208 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 209 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 210 School's link with cargo ship

  • 211

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 212 Picking the pops

  • 213 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 214 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 215 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 216 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 217 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 218 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 219 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 220 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 221

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 222 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 223 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 224 Devil sent packing

  • 225

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 226 Hartland's invitation

  • 227 Off on a great adventure

  • 228 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 229 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 230 End of the line

  • 231 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 232 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 233 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 234 Artisans' Club

  • 235

    Exhibition of school work
  • 236 New art gallery opened

  • 237

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 238

    First prize
  • 239 So this is the mainland!

  • 240 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 241 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 242 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 243 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 244 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 246 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 247 All aboard the ark

  • 248 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 249 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 250 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 251 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 252

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 253 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 255 Modern living at Bideford

  • 256

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 257 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 258 A story to tell!

  • 259 North Devon Driving School

  • 260 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 262 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 263 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 264 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 265 The cab at the corner>
  • 266 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 267 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 268 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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    Bidefordians
  • 270 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 271 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 272 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 273 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 274 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 275 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 276 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 277 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 278 Six footed lamb

  • 279 No laughing matter

  • 280 Private home for public pump

  • 281 Loads of black and white

  • 282 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 283 For crying out loud!

  • 284

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 285 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 286 Last train from Torrington

  • 287 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 288 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 289 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 292 Torrington in 1967

  • 293 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 294 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 296 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 297 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 298 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 299 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 301 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 302 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 303 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 304

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 305 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 306

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 307

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 308 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 309 New Lundy stamps

  • 310 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 311 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 312 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 313 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 314 Ten year old scrambler

  • 315 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 316

    New gateway
  • 317 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 318 Torrington children build igloo
  • 319 Cruising down the river

  • 320 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 321 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 322 Warmington's garage ad

  • 323 Clovelly custom

  • 324 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 325 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 326 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 327 Circus comes to town

  • 328 Burnard family reunion

  • 329 Bideford regatta

  • 330 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 331 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 332 113 years at Instow

  • 333 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 334 Bridging the stream

  • 335 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 336 Bideford loses training ship

  • 337 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 338 Bideford computer stars

  • 339 The Geneva marionettes

  • 340 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 342 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 343 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 344 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 345 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 346 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 347 A man and his wheel

  • 348 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 349 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 350 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 351 A roof-top view - where?

  • 352 Peter poses for TV film

  • 353 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 354 They are parted pro-tem

  • 355

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 356

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 357 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 358 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 359 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 360

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 361 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 362 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 363 Centenary of Gazette

  • 364 Parkham plan realised

  • 365

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 366 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 367 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 368 Capers on the cobbles

  • 369 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 370 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 371 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 372 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 373 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 374 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 375 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 376 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 377 Torrington's new amenity

  • 378 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 379

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 380 Can spring be far away?

  • 381 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 382 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 383 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 384 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 385 Service with a smile

  • 386 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 387 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 388 Mobile missionary

  • 389 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 390 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 391 Police station view of Bideford

  • 392 From Bobby to Brian

  • 393 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 394 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 395

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 396 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 397 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 398 By pony and trap to market

  • 399 Riverside mystery

  • 400 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 401 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 402 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 403 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 404 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 406 First ship in 8 years

  • 407 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 408 New life for Hartland organ

  • 409 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 410 Sweets derationing

  • 411 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 412 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 413 Puppet characters introduced

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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Teachers wed: to make their home in Australia

Teachers wed: to make their home in AustraliaTorrington teacher and new husband emigrate to Sydney to start new jobs 1972

Teachers, Miss Heather Buscombe, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Buscombe of Torrington, and Mr Robin Blackadder, son of Mr and Mrs Eric Blackadder of Loughborough, were married at St. Michael's Church, Torrington. In January, 1973, they will be emigrating to Sydney, Australia, to take up teaching posts.

Robin Tyler, naval apprentice wins first prize 1959

Robin Tyler, naval apprentice wins first prize 1959

Robin Tyler Torrington naval apprentice wins first prize

Robin Tyler son of Mrs E Edworthy of Beam Lodge Torrington received first prize in the radio section at the passing out parade. The parade at the Royal Naval Electrical School marched past to music played by the Apprentices Volunteer Band.

Torrington Babies 1949

Torrington Babies 1949

Torrington babies 1949

Prizewinning babies at the Baby Show at Torrington Church Fete

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