• 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 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 2 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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    Married in 1908
  • 4 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 5 New civic medallions

  • 6 He beat the floods

  • 7 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 8 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 9 School's link with cargo ship

  • 10 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 11

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 12 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 13 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 14 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 15

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 16 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 17 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 18 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 20 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 21 Can spring be far away?

  • 22 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 23 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 24 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 25 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 26

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 27 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 28 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 29 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 30 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 31 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 32 Jumble sale fever

  • 33 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 34 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 35 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 36 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 37 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 38

    First prize
  • 39 Last train from Torrington

  • 40 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 41 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 42 When horses score over the tractor

  • 43

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 44 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 45 Littleham family's five generations

  • 46 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 47

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 48 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 49 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 50 Burnard family reunion

  • 51 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 52 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 53 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 55 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 56 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 57 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 58 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 59 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 60

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 61 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 62 A roof-top view - where?

  • 63 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 64 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 65 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 66

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 67 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 68

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 69

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 70 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 71 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 72

    Building works
  • 73 Some mushroom!

  • 74 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 75 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 76 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 77

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 78 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 79 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 80 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 81 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 82 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 83 Circus comes to town

  • 84 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 85 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 86 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 87 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 88 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 89 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 90 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 91 A man and his wheel

  • 92

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 93 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 94 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 96 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 97 Mobile missionary

  • 98 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 99 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 100 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 101 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 102 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 103 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 104 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 105 End of the line

  • 106 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 108 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 109 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 110 North Devon Driving School

  • 111

    Relatives all over the world
  • 112 Out of puff!

  • 113 Waldon Triplets
  • 114 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 115 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 116 Centenary of Gazette

  • 117

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 118 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 119 Clovelly nightmare

  • 120 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 121

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 122 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 123 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 124 New Lundy stamps

  • 125 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 126 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 127 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 128 Bridging the stream

  • 129 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 130 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 131 By pony and trap to market

  • 132 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 133 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 134 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 135 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 136 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 137 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 138 Traditions and skills still there

  • 139

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 140 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 141 Parkham plan realised

  • 142 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 143 All aboard the ark

  • 144 No laughing matter

  • 145 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 146 They are parted pro-tem

  • 147 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 148 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 149 New shipyard on schedule

  • 150 Police station view of Bideford

  • 151 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 152 New look in the hayfields

  • 153 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 154 Private home for public pump

  • 155 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 156 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 157 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 158 A story to tell!

  • 159

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 160 Clovelly custom

  • 161 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 162 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 163 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 164 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 166 Happy Days!

  • 167

    Was a missionary
  • 168 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 169 All for the love of a lady!

  • 170 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 171 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 172 Pannier Market's future?

  • 173 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 174 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 175 Sight of a lifetime

  • 176 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 177 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 178 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 179 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 180 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 181 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 182 First ship in 8 years

  • 183 A bird of their own!

  • 184 Ten year old scrambler

  • 185 It really was the 'last time'

  • 186 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 187

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 188 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 189 Capers on the cobbles

  • 190 New choral society's growing response

  • 191 Ships at Bideford

  • 192 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 193 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 194 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 195 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 196 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 197 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 198 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 199 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 200 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 201 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 202 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 203 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 204 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 205 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 206 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 207 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 208 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 209

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 210 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 211

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 212 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 213 Hartland's invitation

  • 214 Bideford loses training ship

  • 215 Variety in summer weather

  • 216 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 217 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 218 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 219 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 220 Torrington in 1967

  • 221 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 222 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 223 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 224 New addition to Quay front

  • 225 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 226 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 227 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 228 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 229 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 230 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 231 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 232 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 233 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 234 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 235 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 236 Northam footballers of the future

  • 237 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 238 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 239 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 240 Modern living at Bideford

  • 241 Simple Item 138
  • 242 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 243 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 244 So this is the mainland!

  • 245

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 246 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 247 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 248 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 249 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 250 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 251 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 252 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 253 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 254 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 255 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 256 Appledore's largest

  • 257 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 258 Peter poses for TV film

  • 259 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 260 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 261

    Exhibition of school work
  • 262 Warmington's garage ad

  • 263 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 264 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 265 Emergency ferry services

  • 266 The Geneva marionettes

  • 267 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 268 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 269 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 270 Weare Giffard potato

  • 271 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 272 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 273 Northam's almshouse

  • 274 School crossing patrol begins

  • 275 What's the time?

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    Bidefordians
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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 278 Decontrol of meat

  • 279 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 280 Some 240 exhibits

  • 281 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 282 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 283 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 284 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 285 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 286 Devil sent packing

  • 287 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 288 Twenty-one yachts

  • 289 New art gallery opened

  • 290 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 291 Cruising down the river

  • 292 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 294 The art of the thatcher

  • 295 Picking the pops

  • 296 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 298 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 299 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 300 Penny for the guy

  • 301 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 302 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 303 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 304 Life begins at 80

  • 305 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 306 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 307 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 308 Recognise this resort?

  • 309 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 310 113 years at Instow

  • 311 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 312 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 313 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 314 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 315 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 316 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 317 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 318 Hartland Dancers
  • 319 Bideford computer stars

  • 320 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 321 Artisans' Club

  • 322 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 323

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

  • 325 New Post Office

  • 326 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 327 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 328 Revenge in style

  • 329 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 330 For crying out loud!

  • 331 Loads of black and white

  • 332 Just over a year old

  • 333 No sale of Springfield House

  • 334 Six footed lamb

  • 335 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 337 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 338 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 339 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 340 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 341 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 342 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 343 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 344 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 345 Bideford regatta

  • 346 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 347 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 348

    New gateway
  • 349 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 350 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 351 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 352 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 353 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 354 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 355 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 356 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 357 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 358 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 359 In their new robes and hats

  • 360 Finished in 1876

  • 361

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 362 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 363 Service with a smile

  • 364 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 365 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 366 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 367 Riverside mystery

  • 368

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 369 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 370 Torrington's new amenity

  • 371 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 372 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 374 Torrington children build igloo
  • 375

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 376 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 377 Off on a great adventure

  • 378 Puppet characters introduced

  • 379 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 380 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 381

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 382 Hartland postman retires

  • 383 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 384 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 385 Picking the pops

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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Soccer Star on Holiday

The day they played soccer with Nat Lofthouse at Westward Ho!

Bolton Wanderers' manager Nat Lofthouse is on holiday at Westward Ho! this week.

20.6.1969 Westward Ho Nat Lofthouse football

Nat joined Bolton as a 15 year old the day after the outbreak of World War II. Twelve months later he made his first appearance with Bolton's first team. Since then he has played over 700 league games. In 1961 he became assistant trainer and was later appointed chief coach. Last August he took over as manager.

Nat is staying at the Atlanta Hotel, with his wife Alma and daughter Vivien.

In the photograph he enjoys a kick around with some young holidaymakers in the hotel grounds.

Gazette dated 20 June 1969

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