• 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 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 2 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 3 Recognise this resort?

  • 4 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 5 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 6 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 7 What's the time?

  • 8 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 9 Some mushroom!

  • 10 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 11 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 12 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 13 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 14 Service with a smile

  • 15 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 16 Loads of black and white

  • 17 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 18 New Post Office

  • 19 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 20 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 21 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 22 Finished in 1876

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

  • 24 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 25 Modern living at Bideford

  • 26 All aboard the ark

  • 27 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 28 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 29 Hartland's invitation

  • 30

    Relatives all over the world
  • 31 Just over a year old

  • 32

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 33 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 34 Variety in summer weather

  • 35

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 36 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 37 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 38 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 39 He beat the floods

  • 40 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 41 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 42 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 43 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 44

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 45 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 46 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 47 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 48 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 49 Penny for the guy

  • 50 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 51 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 53 Warmington's garage ad

  • 54 Bridging the stream

  • 55 Jumble sale fever

  • 56 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 57 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 58 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 59 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 60 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 61 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 62 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 63 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 64 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 65 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 66 Centenary of Gazette

  • 67 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 68 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 69 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 70

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 71 When horses score over the tractor

  • 72 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 73

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 74 In their new robes and hats

  • 75

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 76

    Exhibition of school work
  • 77 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 78 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 79 Puppet characters introduced

  • 80 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 81 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 82 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 83 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 85 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 86 New Lundy stamps

  • 87 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 88 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 89 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 91 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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

  • 93 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 94

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 95 Bideford computer stars

  • 96

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 97 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 99

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 100 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 101 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 102 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 103 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 104 Picking the pops

  • 105 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 106 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 107

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 108 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 109 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 110 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 111 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 112 Life begins at 80

  • 113 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 114 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 115 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 116 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 117 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 118 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 119 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 120 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 121 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 122 Picking the pops

  • 123 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 124 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 126

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 127 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 128 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 129 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 130 Torrington children build igloo
  • 131 A bird of their own!

  • 132 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 133 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 134 Decontrol of meat

  • 135 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 136 Simple Item 138
  • 137 They are parted pro-tem

  • 138 A man and his wheel

  • 139 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 140 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 141 Off on a great adventure

  • 142 New look in the hayfields

  • 143 By pony and trap to market

  • 144

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 145 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 146 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 147 Twenty-one yachts

  • 148

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 149 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 150 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 152 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 153 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 154 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 155 No laughing matter

  • 156 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 157 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 158 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 159 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 160

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 161 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 162 New shipyard on schedule

  • 163 Cruising down the river

  • 164 New civic medallions

  • 165 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 166 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 167 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 168 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 169 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 170 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 171 Riverside mystery

  • 172 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 173 A roof-top view - where?

  • 174 Hartland postman retires

  • 175 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 176 Devil sent packing

  • 177 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 178 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 179 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 180 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 181 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 182 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 183 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 184 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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    Building works
  • 186 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 187 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 188 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 189 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 190 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 191 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 192 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 193 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 194 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 195 Torrington in 1967

  • 196 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 197 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 198 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 199 The art of the thatcher

  • 200 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 201 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 202 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 203 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 204 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 205 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 206 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 207 Revenge in style

  • 208 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 209 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 210 Northam footballers of the future

  • 211 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 212 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 213 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 214 Circus comes to town

  • 215 Mobile missionary

  • 216 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 217 Police station view of Bideford

  • 218 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 219 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 220 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 221 Sight of a lifetime

  • 222 Some 240 exhibits

  • 223 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 224 Northam's almshouse

  • 225 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 226 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 227 So this is the mainland!

  • 228 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 229 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 230 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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    New gateway
  • 232 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 233 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 234 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 235 New art gallery opened

  • 236 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 237 It really was the 'last time'

  • 238 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 241 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 242 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 243 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 244

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 245 Torrington's new amenity

  • 246 Parkham plan realised

  • 247 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 248 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 249 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 250 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 251

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 252

    Was a missionary
  • 253 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 254 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 255 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 256 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 257 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 258 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 259 Private home for public pump

  • 260 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 261 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 262 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 263 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 264 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 265 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 266 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 267 School crossing patrol begins

  • 268 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 269 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 270 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 271 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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    Bidefordians
  • 273 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 274 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 275 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 276

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 277 Last train from Torrington

  • 278 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 279 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 280 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 281 Emergency ferry services

  • 282 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 283 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 284

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 285

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 286 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 287 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 288 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 289 Traditions and skills still there

  • 290 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 291 For crying out loud!

  • 292 North Devon Driving School

  • 293 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 294 Happy Days!

  • 295 Littleham family's five generations

  • 296 Bideford regatta

  • 297 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 298 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 299 Ten year old scrambler

  • 300 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 301 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 302 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 303 Ships at Bideford

  • 304

    Married in 1908
  • 305 Clovelly nightmare

  • 306 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 307 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 308

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 309 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 310 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 312 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 313 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 314 Bideford loses training ship

  • 315 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 316 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 317 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 318 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 319

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 320 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 321 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 322 113 years at Instow

  • 323 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 324 A story to tell!

  • 325 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 326 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 327 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 328 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 329 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 330 Hartland Dancers
  • 331 No sale of Springfield House

  • 332 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 333 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 334 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 335 Can spring be far away?

  • 336 Steep street of old Bideford

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 338 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 339 New life for Hartland organ

  • 340 Waldon Triplets
  • 341 Clovelly custom

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    First prize
  • 343 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 344 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 346 Capers on the cobbles

  • 347 The Geneva marionettes

  • 348 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 349 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 350 Six footed lamb

  • 351 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 352 Weare Giffard potato

  • 353 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 354 End of the line

  • 355 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 356

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 357 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 358 All for the love of a lady!

  • 359 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 360 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 361 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 362 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 363 Pannier Market's future?

  • 364 New choral society's growing response

  • 365 New addition to Quay front

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 367 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 368 Out of puff!

  • 369 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 370 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 371 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 372 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 373 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 374 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 375 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 376 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 377 Appledore's largest

  • 378 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 379 Peter poses for TV film

  • 380 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 381 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 382 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 383 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 384 Artisans' Club

  • 385 Burnard family reunion

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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World War 1

Bradworthy

14.5.1918 Bradworthy World War 1

There has been a splendid response in this parish in reference to the increased acreage of potatoes.

A good many more acres of oats than of barley have been sown in this parish, and the work is still going on. Bradworthy has long been noted for its good samples of oats. 

Gazette article dated 14 May 1918

World War 1

Bradworthy

11.5.1918 Bradworthy World War 1

Mr John Bromwell's son, Samuel, Mr L Trewin's son, Stephen, and Pte S Chidley are prisoners of war. They have all written home saying that they are all right. Mr W Bromwell's son, William, has had a bullet wound in the shoulder, in France, and is back for the time in England. 

Gazette article dated 11 May 1918

Hartland Bridegroom At Bradworthy

The wedding has taken place at Bradworthy Methodist Church of Miss Doreen Joyce Redwood, oldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Leslie John Redwood of Forda, Bradworthy, and Mr David Gordon Heard, second son of Mr and Mrs William Lewis Heard, of The Garage, Hartland. 

11.3.1955 Redwood Heard wedding

The Rev Herbert G White officiated and Mrs H J Wickett was the organist. The best man was Mr Peter Heard, brother of the bridegroom. Mr Horace Redwood, brother of the bride, was the usher. As the bride left the Church she was presented with silver horseshoes by her two-year-old sister, Margaret, and Gerald, youngest brother of the bridegroom.

A reception was held at Wade’s Hotel.  Their future home will be at Becklands, Hartland. 

The full Gazette article is dated 11 March 1955.

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