• 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 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 2 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 3 Jumble sale fever

  • 4 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 5 North Devon Driving School

  • 6

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 7 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 8 Clovelly custom

  • 9 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 10 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 11 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 12 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 13 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 14 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 15 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 16

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 17 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 18 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 19 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 20 A man and his wheel

  • 21 Loads of black and white

  • 22 Just over a year old

  • 23 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 24 Capers on the cobbles

  • 25 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 26 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 27 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 28 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 29 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 30 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 31 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 32 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 33 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 34 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 35 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 36 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 37 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 38 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 39 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 40 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 41 Torrington children build igloo
  • 42 In their new robes and hats

  • 43 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 44 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 45 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 46 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 47 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 48 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 49 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 50

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 51 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 52 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 53 New life for Hartland organ

  • 54 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 55 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 56 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 57 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 58 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 59 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 60 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 61 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 62 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 63 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 64 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 65

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 66 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 67 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 68 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 69 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 70 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 71 Service with a smile

  • 72 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 73 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 74 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 75 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 76 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 78 113 years at Instow

  • 79 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 80

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 81 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 82 Finished in 1876

  • 83 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 84 Picking the pops

  • 85 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 86 Parkham plan realised

  • 87 Twenty-one yachts

  • 88 Hartland Dancers
  • 89 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 90 Off on a great adventure

  • 91 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 92

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 93 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 94 Emergency ferry services

  • 95 Filming at Hartland

  • 96 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 97 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 98 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 99 Revenge in style

  • 100 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 101 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 102 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 103 New choral society's growing response

  • 104 Warmington's garage ad

  • 105 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 106 Torrington's new amenity

  • 107 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 108 New Lundy stamps

  • 109 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 110

    New gateway
  • 111 End of the line

  • 112 Some 240 exhibits

  • 113 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

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

  • 115 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 116 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 117 Bideford loses training ship

  • 118 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 119 Torrington in 1967

  • 120 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 121 New civic medallions

  • 122 Last train from Torrington

  • 123 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 124 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 125 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 126

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 127 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 128

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 129 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 130 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 131 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 132 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 133 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 134

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 135 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 136 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 137 Sight of a lifetime

  • 138 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 139 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 140 For crying out loud!

  • 141 So this is the mainland!

  • 142 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 143 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 144 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 145 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 146 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 147 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 148 Hartland's invitation

  • 149 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 150 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 151 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 152 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 153 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 154 Circus comes to town

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

  • 156 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 157 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 158 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 159 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 160 Penny for the guy

  • 161 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 162 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 163 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 164

    Married in 1908
  • 165 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 166 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 167 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 168 No sale of Springfield House

  • 169 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 170 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 171 New addition to Quay front

  • 172 School crossing patrol begins

  • 173 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 174 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 175

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 176 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 177 School's link with cargo ship

  • 178 Life begins at 80

  • 179 Out of puff!

  • 180 Pannier Market's future?

  • 181 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 182 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 183 A roof-top view - where?

  • 184 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 185 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 186 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 187 New art gallery opened

  • 188 They are parted pro-tem

  • 189 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 190 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 191 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 192 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 193

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 194 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 195 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 196 The art of the thatcher

  • 197 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 198 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 199 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 200 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 201 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 202 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 203 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 204 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 205 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 206 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 207 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 208 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 209 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 210

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 211 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 213 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 214 All aboard the ark

  • 215 Hartland postman retires

  • 216 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 217 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 218 He beat the floods

  • 219 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 220 Ships at Bideford

  • 221 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 222

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 223 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 224 A story to tell!

  • 225 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 226 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 227

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 228 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 229 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 230

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 231 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 233 Littleham family's five generations

  • 234 New look in the hayfields

  • 235 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 236 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 238 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 239 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 240 Picking the pops

  • 241 Peter poses for TV film

  • 242 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 243 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 244 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 245 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 246 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 247

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 248 Northam's almshouse

  • 249 Devil sent packing

  • 250 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 251 Ten year old scrambler

  • 252 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 253 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 254 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 255 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 256 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 257 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 259 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 260 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 261 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 262 Decontrol of meat

  • 263 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 264 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 265 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 266

    Exhibition of school work
  • 267 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 268 The cab at the corner>
  • 269 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 270 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 271 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 272 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 274 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 275 Waldon Triplets
  • 276 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 277 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 278 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 279

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 280

    First prize
  • 281 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 282 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 283 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 284 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 285 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 286 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 287 Happy Days!

  • 288 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 289 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 290 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 291 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 292 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 293 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 294 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 295 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 296 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 297 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 298 Modern living at Bideford

  • 299 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 300 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 301 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 302 Appledore's largest

  • 303 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 304 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 305 Watch the dicky bird!

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

  • 307 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 308 First ship in 8 years

  • 309 Some mushroom!

  • 310 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 311 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 312 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 313 From Bobby to Brian

  • 314 A bird of their own!

  • 315 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 316 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 317 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 318 Can spring be far away?

  • 319 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 320 What's the time?

  • 321

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 322 Riverside mystery

  • 323 By pony and trap to market

  • 324 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 326

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 327 Recognise this resort?

  • 328 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 329 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 330 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 331

    Building works
  • 332 Northam footballers of the future

  • 333 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 334 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 335 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 337

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 338 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 339 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 340 Clovelly nightmare

  • 341 Six footed lamb

  • 342 Simple Item 138
  • 343 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 344 Puppet characters introduced

  • 345 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 346 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 347 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 348 New Post Office

  • 349 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 350 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 351 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 352 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 353 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 354 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 355 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 356 Bridging the stream

  • 357 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 358 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 359 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 360

    Bidefordians
  • 361

    Relatives all over the world
  • 362 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 363 The Geneva marionettes

  • 364 Burnard family reunion

  • 365 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 366 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 367 No laughing matter

  • 368

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 369 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 370 Private home for public pump

  • 371 Police station view of Bideford

  • 372 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 373 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 374 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 375 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 376 Variety in summer weather

  • 377 It really was the 'last time'

  • 378 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 379 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 380 Weare Giffard potato

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 382 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 383 All for the love of a lady!

  • 384 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 385 Artisans' Club

  • 386 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 387 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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

  • 389 Traditions and skills still there

  • 390 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 391 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 392 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 393 Bideford regatta

  • 394 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 395 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 396

    Was a missionary
  • 397 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 398 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 399

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 400

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 401 Sweets derationing

  • 402 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 403 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 404 Mobile missionary

  • 405 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 407

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 408 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 409 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 410 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 411 Cruising down the river

  • 412 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 413 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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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  • 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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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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Eighty Eight Years

Eighty Eight Years - 6th May 1977

6.5.1977 Buckland Brewer Blight
 

Two Buckland Brewer brothers, Messrs Roy and Leonard Blight, are to receive long service agricultural certificates and tankards at Devon County Show.
Both are ringers at Buckland Parish Church, Roy being the Captain, and both play skittles. Roy, who is 60, lives at 1 Rolles Terrace, employed by Messrs F J Babb and Son, he has worked at Batsons for 47 years. Brother Leonard, two years's older, lives at Tower Hill and has worked for 41 years at Barton Farm where he is employed by Messrs G Heywood and Sons.
A certificate and tankard will also go to Mr Louis Oke of Worden Farm, Milton Damerel, employed by Mr W B Harris he has worked at Bountisthorne, East Putford, for 40 years. Another recipient is forestry worker Mr Terence Knight of 11 Forestry Houses, Holsworthy.

Celebrating A Teaching Centenary

Celebrating A Teaching Centenary - 7th April 1977

7.4.1977 Buckland Brewer School
 

Pupils of Buckland Brewer School turned back the clock by wearing Victorian style clothes to mark the day, exactly 100 years ago, when their school opened. Helen and Alison Wood were among the children who dressed up.
A centenary exhibition was opened by Mr Michael Tunnicliffe and Mr Tom Cock presented the school with a special silver cup. In the evening the children entertained parents and other friends. Speakers were the Vicar, Rev Raymond Lucas, and the Methodist Minister, Rev P J Collingwood. Mrs E M Simpson has written an interesting booklet detailing records and personal memories, the history of the school, and an ex pupil, Mr Lloyd Prance, has written a centenary song set to music by Mrs Withecombe.

Rings The Bells That His Great Grandfather Cast

Rings The Bells That His Great Grandfather Re-Cast - 15th July 1977

15.7.1977 Buckland Brewer bells
 

Mr Paul Taylor of the famous firm of Loughborough bellfounders joined the ringers in the tower to ring the bells that were re-cast in the village foundry in 1825 by John Taylor, his great-grandfather. During the eight years he lived in Buckland, John Taylor cast over 100 bells at the Southwood Farm foundry.

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