• 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 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 3 The Geneva marionettes

  • 4 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 5 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 6 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 7 A bird of their own!

  • 8 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 9 Clovelly nightmare

  • 10 New life for Hartland organ

  • 11 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 12 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 13 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 14 Devil sent packing

  • 15 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 16 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 17 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 18 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 19 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 20 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 21

    Relatives all over the world
  • 22

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 23

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 24

    Was a missionary
  • 25 He beat the floods

  • 26

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 27 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 28 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 29 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 30 They are parted pro-tem

  • 31 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 32 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 33 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 34 New look in the hayfields

  • 35 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 36 Last train from Torrington

  • 37 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 38 Twenty-one yachts

  • 39 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 40 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 41 New art gallery opened

  • 42 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 43 Northam's almshouse

  • 44 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 45 All for the love of a lady!

  • 46 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 47 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 48 Traditions and skills still there

  • 49 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 50 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 51 Life begins at 80

  • 52 No laughing matter

  • 53 Revenge in style

  • 54 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 55

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 56 Penny for the guy

  • 57 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 58 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 59 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 60 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 61 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 62 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 63 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 64 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 65 Warmington's garage ad

  • 66 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 67 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 68 Picking the pops

  • 69 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 70 When horses score over the tractor

  • 71 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 72 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 73 In their new robes and hats

  • 74 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 75

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 76 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 77 Service with a smile

  • 78 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 79

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 80 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 81 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 82 Modern living at Bideford

  • 83 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 84

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 85 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 86 Happy Days!

  • 87 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 88 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 89 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 90 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 91 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 92 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 93 Torrington in 1967

  • 94 For crying out loud!

  • 95 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 96 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 97 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 98 Bideford regatta

  • 99 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 100 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 101 No sale of Springfield House

  • 102 Some 240 exhibits

  • 103 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 104 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 105 Emergency ferry services

  • 106 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 107 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 108 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 109 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 110

    New gateway
  • 111 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 113 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 114 Hartland's invitation

  • 115 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 116 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 117

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 118 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 119

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 120 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 121 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 122 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 123

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 124

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 125 All aboard the ark

  • 126 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 127 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 128 Parkham plan realised

  • 129 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 130 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 131 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 132 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 133 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 134

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 135 Police station view of Bideford

  • 136 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 137 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 138 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 139 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 140 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 141 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 142 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 143 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 144 Recognise this resort?

  • 145

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 146 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 147

    First prize
  • 148 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 149 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 150 End of the line

  • 151 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 152 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 153 Weare Giffard potato

  • 154 School crossing patrol begins

  • 155 Capers on the cobbles

  • 156 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 157 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 158 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 159 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 160 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 161 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 162 Cruising down the river

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

  • 164 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 165 Centenary of Gazette

  • 166 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 167 Jumble sale fever

  • 168

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 169 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 170 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 171 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 172 Ten year old scrambler

  • 173 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 174 Waldon Triplets
  • 175 New civic medallions

  • 176 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 178 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 179 Mobile missionary

  • 180 By pony and trap to market

  • 181 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 182 Riverside mystery

  • 183 Loads of black and white

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

  • 185 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 186 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 187 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 188 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 189 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 190 Appledore's largest

  • 191 School's link with cargo ship

  • 192 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 193 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 194 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 195 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 196 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 198 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 199 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 200 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 201 It really was the 'last time'

  • 202 Private home for public pump

  • 203 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 204

    Bidefordians
  • 205 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 206 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 207 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 209 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 210 Out of puff!

  • 211

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 212

    Exhibition of school work
  • 213 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 214 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 215 Simple Item 138
  • 216 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 217

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 218 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 219 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 220 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 221 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 222 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 223 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 224 Ships at Bideford

  • 225 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 226 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 227 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 228 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 229 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 230 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 231 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 232 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 233 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 234 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 235 Hartland postman retires

  • 236 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 237 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 238 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 239 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 240

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 241 Sight of a lifetime

  • 242 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 243 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 244 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 245 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 246 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 247 Circus comes to town

  • 248 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 249 Variety in summer weather

  • 250 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 251 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 252 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 253 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 254 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 255 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 256 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 257 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 258 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 259

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 260 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 261 First ship in 8 years

  • 262 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 263 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 264 New Lundy stamps

  • 265 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 266 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 267 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 269 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 270 So this is the mainland!

  • 271 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 272 A roof-top view - where?

  • 273 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 274 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 275 Burnard family reunion

  • 276 New choral society's growing response

  • 277 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 278 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 279 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 280 Artisans' Club

  • 281 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 282 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 283 Decontrol of meat

  • 284 Bridging the stream

  • 285 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 286 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 287 Torrington children build igloo
  • 288 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 289 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 290 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 291 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 292 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 293 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 294 A story to tell!

  • 295 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 296 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 297 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 298 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 299 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 300 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 301 New addition to Quay front

  • 302 Puppet characters introduced

  • 303 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 304 Picking the pops

  • 305 Torrington's new amenity

  • 306

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 307 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 308 Clovelly custom

  • 309 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 310 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 311 113 years at Instow

  • 312 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 313 What's the time?

  • 314 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 315 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 317 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 318 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 319 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 320 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 322 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 323 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 324 Just over a year old

  • 325 Some mushroom!

  • 326 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 327 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 328

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 329 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 330 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 331 Peter poses for TV film

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

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    Building works
  • 334 Littleham family's five generations

  • 335 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 337 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 338 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 339 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 340 Hartland Dancers
  • 341 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 342 Can spring be far away?

  • 343 Bideford loses training ship

  • 344 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 345 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 346 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 348 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 349 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 350 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 351 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 352 New Post Office

  • 353 Pannier Market's future?

  • 354 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 355 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 356 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 357 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 358 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 359 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 360 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 362 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 363 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 365 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 366

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 367

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 368 New shipyard on schedule

  • 369 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 370 A man and his wheel

  • 371 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 372 Finished in 1876

  • 373 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 374 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 375

    Married in 1908
  • 376 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 377 Six footed lamb

  • 378 Bideford computer stars

  • 379

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 380 Northam footballers of the future

  • 381 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 382 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 383 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 384 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 385 Off on a great adventure

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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World War 1

Horwood and Newton Tracey

18.5.1918 Horwood World War 1

Miss Pennell examined the scholars of the Council School in religious knowledge on Wednesday morning. 

Special intercession services for the war were held at St Michael’s Church, Horwood, and also at St Thomas a Becket’s Church, Newton Tracey, on Sunday last. 

Gunner G Gill (RFA), only son of Mr Gill, Hunters’ Inn, Newton Tracey, had been sent to a Bournemouth hospital, suffering from a severe wound in his left foot. Gunner Gill had been in France about six months. 

A successful whist drive and dance, organised by Mrs E Cawsey, ‘Prospect’, in aid of the British Red Cross, took place at Newton Cross House, by kind permission of Mr J Paton. There was a large attendance, and a goodly sum was raised. Mr James Oatway, Lovacott, was an efficient MC. The prizes for the whist drive were given by Mesdames Dene and Balman, and Mr H Symons. The winners were: Miss Daisy Youatt, Mr E Cawsey (playing as a lady); Miss W Brace; J Andrew; Coates; W Hooper. Miss Rocky (Huntshaw) presided at the piano during the dance. 

Gazette article dated 18 May 1918

National award goes to locally-trained horse 11th June 1971

National award goes to locally-trained horse 11th June 1971

National award goes to locally trained horseGolden Batman, the pride and joy of the point-to-point stables run by Mr & Mrs Anthony Hartnoll at East Barton, Horwood, has capped a great season by winning a national award.

Golden Batman who was sired by Golden Surprise and bred by Mr Leonard Bond, of Bradworthy, was spotted in a field in Cornwall by Mr Hartnoll.  Mr C M C Hancock, a Truro solicitor and point-to-point enthusiast purchased him.

national award

Rosemary Shute Ration Book

Rosemary Shute Ration Book - 1953 - 1954

Rosemary Shute ration book
 

Ministry of Food 1953-1954 (child's) ration book - Rosemary Shute, Park, Horwood, Barnstaple

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