• 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 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 2 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 3 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 4 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 5 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 6 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 7 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 8 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 9 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 10 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 11 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 12 Last train from Torrington

  • 13 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 14 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 15 Warmington's garage ad

  • 16 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 17 Ships at Bideford

  • 18 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 19 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 20 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 21 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 22 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 23 Picking the pops

  • 24 Clovelly custom

  • 25 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 26 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 27 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 28 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 29 When horses score over the tractor

  • 30 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 31 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 32 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 33 Penny for the guy

  • 34 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 35 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 36 Cruising down the river

  • 37 Picking the pops

  • 38

    Bidefordians
  • 39 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 40 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 41 New Lundy stamps

  • 42 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 43 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 44 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 45 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 46

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 47

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 48 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 49 Devil sent packing

  • 50 Capers on the cobbles

  • 51 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 52 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 54 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 56 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 57

    Married in 1908
  • 58 Six footed lamb

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

  • 60 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 61 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 62 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 63 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 64 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 65 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 66 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 67 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 68 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 69 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 70 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 71 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 72 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 73 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 74 It really was the 'last time'

  • 75 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 76 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 77 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 78 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 79 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 80

    Relatives all over the world
  • 81 Artisans' Club

  • 82 The Geneva marionettes

  • 83 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 84 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 85 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 86 No sale of Springfield House

  • 87 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 89 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 90 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 91 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 92

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 93 What's the time?

  • 94 New shipyard on schedule

  • 95 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 96 New addition to Quay front

  • 97 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 98 Traditions and skills still there

  • 99 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 100 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 101 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 102 North Devon Driving School

  • 103 Out of puff!

  • 104 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 105 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 106 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 107 All for the love of a lady!

  • 108 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 109 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 110 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 111

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 112 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 113 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 114 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 115 For crying out loud!

  • 116

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 117

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 118

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 119 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 120 Twenty-one yachts

  • 121 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 122 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 123 A roof-top view - where?

  • 124 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 125 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 126 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 127 A bird of their own!

  • 128 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 129

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 130 Just over a year old

  • 131

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 132 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 133 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 134 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 135 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 136 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 137 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 138 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 139 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 140

    Exhibition of school work
  • 141 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 142 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 143 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 144 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 145 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 146 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 147

    First prize
  • 148 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 150

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 151 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 152 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 153 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 154 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 155 Loads of black and white

  • 156

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 157 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 158 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 159 Northam's almshouse

  • 160 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 161 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 162 Hartland Dancers
  • 163 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 164 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 165 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 166 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 167 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 168 First ship in 8 years

  • 169 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 170 Pannier Market's future?

  • 171 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 172 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 173

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 174 Simple Item 138
  • 175

    Building works
  • 176 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 177 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 178

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 179 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 180 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 182 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 183 New choral society's growing response

  • 184 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 185 Can spring be far away?

  • 186 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 187 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 188 Police station view of Bideford

  • 189 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 190 Sight of a lifetime

  • 191 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 192 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 193 Peter poses for TV film

  • 194 Hartland postman retires

  • 195 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 196 Jumble sale fever

  • 197 Bideford computer stars

  • 198 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 199 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 200 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 201 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 202 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 203 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 204 Mobile missionary

  • 205 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 206 All aboard the ark

  • 207 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 208 113 years at Instow

  • 209 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 210 In their new robes and hats

  • 211 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 212 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 213 Some 240 exhibits

  • 214 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 215 A story to tell!

  • 216 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 217 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 218 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 219 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 220 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 221 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 222 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 223

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 224 Revenge in style

  • 225

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 226 Puppet characters introduced

  • 227 New art gallery opened

  • 228 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 229 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 230 Centenary of Gazette

  • 231 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 232 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 233 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 234 Bridging the stream

  • 235 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 236 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 237 Burnard family reunion

  • 238 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 239 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 240

    Was a missionary
  • 241 Recognise this resort?

  • 242 Northam footballers of the future

  • 243 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 244 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 245 Waldon Triplets
  • 246 No laughing matter

  • 247 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 248 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 249 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 250 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 251 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 252 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 253 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 254 Bideford loses training ship

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 256 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 257 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 258 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 259 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 260 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 261 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 262 Private home for public pump

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

  • 264 Ten year old scrambler

  • 265 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 266 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 267

    New gateway
  • 268 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 269 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 270 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 272 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 273 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 274 Off on a great adventure

  • 275 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 277 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 278 A man and his wheel

  • 279 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 280 Decontrol of meat

  • 281 They are parted pro-tem

  • 282 Torrington in 1967

  • 283 New look in the hayfields

  • 284 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 285 Appledore's largest

  • 286 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 287 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 288 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 289 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 290

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 291 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 292 So this is the mainland!

  • 293 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 294 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 295

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 296 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 297 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 298 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 299 Life begins at 80

  • 300 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 301 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 302 Service with a smile

  • 303 Bideford regatta

  • 304 Weare Giffard potato

  • 305 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 306 Happy Days!

  • 307 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 308 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 309 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 310

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 311 Some mushroom!

  • 312

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 313 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 314 Torrington's new amenity

  • 315 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 316 School's link with cargo ship

  • 317 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 318 Riverside mystery

  • 319 Littleham family's five generations

  • 320

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 321 End of the line

  • 322 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 323 Circus comes to town

  • 324

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 325 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 326 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 327 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 328

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 329 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 330 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 331 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 332 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 333 New civic medallions

  • 334 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 335 Modern living at Bideford

  • 336 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 337 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 338 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 339 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 340 Hartland's invitation

  • 341 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 342 The art of the thatcher

  • 343 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 344 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 345 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 346 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 347 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 348 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 349 Torrington children build igloo
  • 350 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 351 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 353 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 354 New life for Hartland organ

  • 355 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 356 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 357 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 358 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 359

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 360 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 361 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 362 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 363 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 364 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 366 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 367 New Post Office

  • 368 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 369 School crossing patrol begins

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 371 Finished in 1876

  • 372 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 373 Variety in summer weather

  • 374 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 375 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 376 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 377 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 378 Emergency ferry services

  • 379 By pony and trap to market

  • 380 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 381 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 382 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 383 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 384 Clovelly nightmare

  • 385 He beat the floods

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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Opening of new Churchroom

Buckland Brewer

The date for the opening of the new Churchroom has been fixed for Wednesday, September 13th, when the harvest thanksgiving service will also be held at the Parish Church.

There is to be a public luncheon tea and sports.

The Lord Bishop of Crediton is announced as the preacher at the afternoon service.

Gazette article dated 1 August 1911

Buckland Brewer

Parish Church Room

To Builders & Contractors

Tenders are invited for BUILDING at Buckland Brewer a PARISH CHURCH ROOM, RIFLE RANGE, CLOAK ROOM, BOUNDARY WALLS, &c, as per Plans and Specifications, to be seen at Mr Hookways’ the Village, Buckland Brewer, or at the offices of the undersigned.

Tenders to be sent to the Hon Secretary, the Reverend E S de Courcy Ireland, the Vicarage, Buckland Brewer, on or before March 31st next.

The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Groves-Cooper, Stapledon & Powell, Land Agents and Surveyors, Bridge Chambers Bideford

March 17th 1911

21.3.1911 tenders

Last Night’s Presentation at Buckland

The story of the Nativity was reverently told by children of Buckland Brewer last (Thursday) night, when in the Parish Church, they presented a play written and produced by Mrs David Compton, of Tythecott Mill.

1961 Buckland Brewer nativity

It consisted of short scenes linked by well loved carols, which described and commented upon the action.
Leading roles were taken by Jennifer Barker, Bruce Brown, Margaret Compton and Grenville Brimacombe.
The ready cooperation of women helpers in the village and of the Vicar, Rev H Allmark, is acknowledged by Mrs Compton.
Gazette article dated 29 December 1961

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