• 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 Torrington in 1967

  • 2 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 3

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 4 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 5 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 6 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 7 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 8 Bideford loses training ship

  • 9 Hartland's invitation

  • 10 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 11 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 12 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 13 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 14 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 15 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 16

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 17 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 18

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 19 Jumble sale fever

  • 20 Parkham plan realised

  • 21 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 22 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 23 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 24 Centenary of Gazette

  • 25 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 26 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 27 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 28 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 29 New choral society's growing response

  • 30 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 31 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 32 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 34

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 35 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 36 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 37 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 38

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 39 New addition to Quay front

  • 40 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 41 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 42 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 43 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 44 A story to tell!

  • 45 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 46 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 47 Littleham family's five generations

  • 48 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 49

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 50 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 51 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 52 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 53 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 54 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 55

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 56 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 57 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 58 Devil sent packing

  • 59 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 60 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 61 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 62 In their new robes and hats

  • 63 Variety in summer weather

  • 64 New look in the hayfields

  • 65 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 66 Ten year old scrambler

  • 67 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 69 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 70 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 71 What's the time?

  • 72 Just over a year old

  • 73

    Married in 1908
  • 74 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 75 Twenty-one yachts

  • 76 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 77 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 78 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 80 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 81 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 83

    Bidefordians
  • 84 Bridging the stream

  • 85 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 86

    Exhibition of school work
  • 87 Capers on the cobbles

  • 88

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 89 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 90 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 91 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 92 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 93 First ship in 8 years

  • 94

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 95 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 96 Northam's almshouse

  • 97 Simple Item 138
  • 98 Revenge in style

  • 99 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 100

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 101 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 102 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 103 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 104 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 105 No laughing matter

  • 106 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 107 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 108 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 109 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 110 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 111 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 112 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 113 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 114 All aboard the ark

  • 115 Bideford regatta

  • 116 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 117 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 118 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 119 Modern living at Bideford

  • 120 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 122 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 123 Riverside mystery

  • 124 Traditions and skills still there

  • 125 End of the line

  • 126 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 127 New shipyard on schedule

  • 128 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 129 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 130 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 131

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 132 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 133 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 134 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 135 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 136 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 137

    Relatives all over the world
  • 138

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 139 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 140 Sight of a lifetime

  • 141 Can spring be far away?

  • 142 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 143 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 144 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 145 Warmington's garage ad

  • 146 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 147 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 148 Some mushroom!

  • 149 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 150 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 151 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 152 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 153 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 155 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 156 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 157 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 158 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 159 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 160 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 161 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 162 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 163 North Devon Driving School

  • 164 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 165 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 166 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 167 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 168 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 169 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 170 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 171 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 172 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 173 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 174 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 175 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 176 Mobile missionary

  • 177 Northam footballers of the future

  • 178 A bird of their own!

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

  • 180 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 181 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 182 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 183 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 184 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 185 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 186 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 187 Emergency ferry services

  • 188

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 189 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 190 A man and his wheel

  • 191 Clovelly custom

  • 192

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 193 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 194 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 195 Circus comes to town

  • 196 Cruising down the river

  • 197 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 198 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 199

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 200 New art gallery opened

  • 201

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 202 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 203 Recognise this resort?

  • 204 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 205 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 206 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 207 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 208 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 209 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 210 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 211 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 212 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 213 Life begins at 80

  • 214 Private home for public pump

  • 215 School's link with cargo ship

  • 216 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 217 Waldon Triplets
  • 218 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 219 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 220 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 221 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 222

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 223 New civic medallions

  • 224 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 225 The art of the thatcher

  • 226 Appledore's largest

  • 227 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 228 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 229 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 230 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 231 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 232 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 233 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 234 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 235 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 236 Torrington's new amenity

  • 237 Decontrol of meat

  • 238 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 239

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 240 Some 240 exhibits

  • 241 Torrington children build igloo
  • 242 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 243 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 244

    First prize
  • 245 Puppet characters introduced

  • 246 Police station view of Bideford

  • 247 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 248 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 249 Hartland postman retires

  • 250 Clovelly nightmare

  • 251 Weare Giffard potato

  • 252 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 253 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 254 Pannier Market's future?

  • 255 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 256 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 257 New Post Office

  • 258 The Geneva marionettes

  • 259 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 260

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 261 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 262 Burnard family reunion

  • 263 All for the love of a lady!

  • 264 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 265 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 266 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 267 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 268 Off on a great adventure

  • 269 School crossing patrol begins

  • 270 Artisans' Club

  • 271 Six footed lamb

  • 272 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 273 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 274 A roof-top view - where?

  • 275 Out of puff!

  • 276 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 277 Ships at Bideford

  • 278 Happy Days!

  • 279 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 280 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 281 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 282 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 283 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 284 Picking the pops

  • 285 He beat the floods

  • 286 113 years at Instow

  • 287

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 288 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 289

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 290 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 291 So this is the mainland!

  • 292 Hartland Dancers
  • 293 New Lundy stamps

  • 294 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 295 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 296 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 297 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 298

    Was a missionary
  • 299 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 300 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 301 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 302 By pony and trap to market

  • 303 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 304 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 305 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 306 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 307 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 308 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 309 Loads of black and white

  • 310 Penny for the guy

  • 311 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 312 When horses score over the tractor

  • 313 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 315 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 316 Last train from Torrington

  • 317 Peter poses for TV film

  • 318 Service with a smile

  • 319 Bideford computer stars

  • 320 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 321 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 322 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 323 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 324 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 325 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 326 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 327 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 328 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 329

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 330 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 331 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 332 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 334 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 335 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 336 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 337 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 338 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 339 It really was the 'last time'

  • 340 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 341 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 342 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 343 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 344 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 345 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 346

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 347 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 348 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 349 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 350 They are parted pro-tem

  • 351 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 352 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 353 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 354 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 355 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 356 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 357 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 358 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 359 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 360 Finished in 1876

  • 361

    Building works
  • 362 Picking the pops

  • 363 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 365 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 366 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 367 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 368 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 369 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 370 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 371 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 372

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 373 For crying out loud!

  • 374 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 375 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 376 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 377 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 378 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 379 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 380 New life for Hartland organ

  • 381 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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    New gateway
  • 383

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 384 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 385 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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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  • 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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  • 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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2p A Pint Extra Bid By New Member

2p A Pint Extra Bid By New Member - 11th July 1975

11.7.1975 Mr Day milk
 

If Mr Wallace Day, of Lower Yelland Farm, Fremington, who scored a sensational victory in the the nationwide election for a special seat on the Milk Marketing Board, achieves another ambition housewives will be paying an extra 2p for a pint.

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