• 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 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 2 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 3 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 4 Bideford regatta

  • 5 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 6 New life for Hartland organ

  • 7 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 8 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 9 Capers on the cobbles

  • 10 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 11 New Lundy stamps

  • 12 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 13 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 14 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 15 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 16 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 17 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 18 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 19 Hartland Dancers
  • 20 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 21 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 22 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 23 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 24 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 25 Picking the pops

  • 26 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 27 In their new robes and hats

  • 28 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 29 All aboard the ark

  • 30

    Building works
  • 31 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 32 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 33 Northam's almshouse

  • 34 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 35

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 36 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 37 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 38 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 39 Riverside mystery

  • 40 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 41 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 42

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 43 End of the line

  • 44 Clovelly nightmare

  • 45 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 46 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 47 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 48 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 49 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 50 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 51 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 52 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 53 When horses score over the tractor

  • 54 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 55 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 56

    New gateway
  • 57 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 58 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 59 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 60 Littleham family's five generations

  • 61 Devil sent packing

  • 62

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 63 It really was the 'last time'

  • 64 A roof-top view - where?

  • 65 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 66

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 67 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 68 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 69 Service with a smile

  • 70 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 71 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 72 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 73 Modern living at Bideford

  • 74 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 75

    Exhibition of school work
  • 76 Variety in summer weather

  • 77 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 78 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 79 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 80 Torrington in 1967

  • 81 Weare Giffard potato

  • 82 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 83 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 85

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 86 New civic medallions

  • 87 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 88 Just over a year old

  • 89 Mobile missionary

  • 90 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 91 Happy Days!

  • 92 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 93 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 94 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 95 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 96 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 97 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 98 Last train from Torrington

  • 99 What's the time?

  • 100 Jumble sale fever

  • 101 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 102 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 103 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 104

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 105 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 106 Can spring be far away?

  • 107 The art of the thatcher

  • 108 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 109 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 110 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 111 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 112

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 113 For crying out loud!

  • 114 Ships at Bideford

  • 115 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 116

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

  • 118 Finished in 1876

  • 119 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 120 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 121 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 122 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 123 Circus comes to town

  • 124 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 125 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 126 Artisans' Club

  • 127 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 128

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 129 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 130 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 131 Emergency ferry services

  • 132 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 133 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 134 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 135 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 136 Penny for the guy

  • 137 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 138 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 139 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 140 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 141 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 142 Loads of black and white

  • 143 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 144 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 145 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 146 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 147 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 148 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 149 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 150 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 151 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 152 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 153 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 154 New Post Office

  • 155 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 156

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 157 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 158 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 159 Pannier Market's future?

  • 160 Some mushroom!

  • 161 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 163 Off on a great adventure

  • 164

    Relatives all over the world
  • 165 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 166 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 167 113 years at Instow

  • 168 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 169 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 170 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 171 Torrington children build igloo
  • 172 Bideford loses training ship

  • 173 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 174 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 175 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 176 Out of puff!

  • 177 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 178 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 179 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 180 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 181 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 182 By pony and trap to market

  • 183 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 184 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 185 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 186 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 187

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 188 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 189

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 190 Bridging the stream

  • 191 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 192 Simple Item 138
  • 193

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 194

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 195 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 196

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 197 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 198 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 199 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 200 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 201 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 203 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 204 So this is the mainland!

  • 205 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

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

  • 208 New choral society's growing response

  • 209 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 210 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 211 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 212 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 213 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 214 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 215 Peter poses for TV film

  • 216 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 217 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 218

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 219 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 220 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 221 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 222 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 223 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 224 Appledore's largest

  • 225 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 226 Life begins at 80

  • 227 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 228 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 229 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 230 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 231 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 232 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 233 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 234 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 235 North Devon Driving School

  • 236 Parkham plan realised

  • 237 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 238 School's link with cargo ship

  • 239 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 240 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 241 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 242 No sale of Springfield House

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 244 A man and his wheel

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

  • 246 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 247 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 248 A story to tell!

  • 249 Private home for public pump

  • 250 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 251 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 252 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 253 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 254 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 256 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 257 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 258 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 259 New addition to Quay front

  • 260 He beat the floods

  • 261 Revenge in style

  • 262 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 263 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 264 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 265 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 267 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 268 New art gallery opened

  • 269 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 270 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 271 Unique holiday adventure!

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 273 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 274 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 275 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 276 New shipyard on schedule

  • 277 Bideford computer stars

  • 278 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 279 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 280 Waldon Triplets
  • 281 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 282 All for the love of a lady!

  • 283 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 284 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 285 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 286 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 287 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 288 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 289

    Bidefordians
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 291 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 292 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 294 The Geneva marionettes

  • 295 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 296 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 297 Centenary of Gazette

  • 298

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 299 Torrington's new amenity

  • 300 Clovelly custom

  • 301 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 303 Cruising down the river

  • 304 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 306 First ship in 8 years

  • 307 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 308

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 309 Traditions and skills still there

  • 310 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 311 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 312 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 313

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 314 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 315 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 316 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 317 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 318

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 319 Ten year old scrambler

  • 320 Twenty-one yachts

  • 321 Puppet characters introduced

  • 322 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 323 Recognise this resort?

  • 324 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 326 A bird of their own!

  • 327 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 328 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 329 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 330 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 331 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 332

    Was a missionary
  • 333 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 334 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 335 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 336 Warmington's garage ad

  • 337 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 338 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 339 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 340

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 341

    First prize
  • 342 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 343 Decontrol of meat

  • 344 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 345 Six footed lamb

  • 346 Police station view of Bideford

  • 347 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 348 Some 240 exhibits

  • 349 No laughing matter

  • 350 Picking the pops

  • 351 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 352 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 353 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 354 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 355 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 356 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 357 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 358 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 359 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 360 Burnard family reunion

  • 361

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 362 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 363 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 364 They are parted pro-tem

  • 365 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 366 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 367 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 368 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 369 Northam footballers of the future

  • 370 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 371 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 372 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 373 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 374 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 375

    Married in 1908
  • 376 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 377 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 378 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 379 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 380 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 381 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 382 Hartland's invitation

  • 383 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 384 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 385 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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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Instow W.I.'s gift of seat 2nd July 1954

Instow W.I.'s gift of seat 2nd July 1954

Instow W Is gift of seat

Seat made of teak presented by Instow Women's Institute to commemorate the Coronation was handed over to the parish by the W.I. President, Miss E F Berry-Torr.

Mr Anstey, chairman of the Parish Council, who received the gift on the Council's behalf, hoped the seat would be treated with respect by residents and visitors alike.

Sitting on the seat in the photograph are Miss F E Coster (Secretary of the W.I.) Mr T Anstey (Chairman of the Parish Council) Bishop S A Bill (Rector of Instow) and Miss E F Berry-Torr (President of the W.I.).

Keeping Fit Raised £100

Keeping Fit Raised £100 - 4th March 1977

4.3.1977 Instow keep fit
 

When members of Instow and Greenpark FC wanted to renew their football kit, they decided on a joint money-raising and keep-fit exercised.
Organissed by club trainer, Tim Cotter, they took part in a sponsored relay around their pitch. Between them they covered 500 laps - nearly 97 miles - and raised over £100.
One runner alone completed 61 laps or nearly 12 miles.

Instow Post Office Raid

Instow Post Office Raid: Three Accused - 5th May 1967

5.5.1967 Instow Post Office raid
 

Three young men accused of robbing Instow Post Office on Wednesday were yesterday afternoon remanded in custody at a special court at Bideford. They were charged that on May 10th at Instow they robbed Doris Sarah Shepherd and stole from her £361-9-3 and 64 National Insurance stamps. On the application of Police Inspector D T P Cowling the men were remanded. Bail was refused.
The Inspector told the magistrate (Mr G Heywood) that the three men entered Instow Post Office and one of them lured the son of the postmistress, Mr William Shepherd, from behind the counter.
At about 4.10pm, the same day, Motor Patrol Constables Joyner and Randall were near the river bridge at Umberleigh when the accused men broke through the road block. They were arrested after a struggle. Throughout the hearing each of the accused was handcuffed to a policeman.

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