• 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 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 2 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 3 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 4 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 5 It really was the 'last time'

  • 6 New look in the hayfields

  • 7 Picking the pops

  • 8 Can spring be far away?

  • 9 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 10 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 11 New Lundy stamps

  • 12 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 13 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 14 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 15 Waldon Triplets
  • 16 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 17 Traditions and skills still there

  • 18

    New gateway
  • 19 He beat the floods

  • 20 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 21 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 22 First ship in 8 years

  • 23 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 24 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 25 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 26

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 27 Torrington children build igloo
  • 28 Ten year old scrambler

  • 29 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 30 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 31 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 32 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 33

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 34 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 35 Warmington's garage ad

  • 36 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 37 In their new robes and hats

  • 38 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 39 New Post Office

  • 40 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 41 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 42

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 43 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 44 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 45 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 46 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 47 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 49 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 50 A roof-top view - where?

  • 51 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 52 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 53 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 54 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 55 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 56 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 57 Hartland postman retires

  • 58

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 59 All for the love of a lady!

  • 60 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 61 So this is the mainland!

  • 62 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 63 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 64 The art of the thatcher

  • 65 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 66 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 67 Hartland Dancers
  • 68 Six footed lamb

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

  • 70

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 71 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 72 Bridging the stream

  • 73 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 74 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 75 By pony and trap to market

  • 76 Simple Item 138
  • 77 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 78

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 79 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 80 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 82 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 83 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 84 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 85 New shipyard on schedule

  • 86 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 87 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 88 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 89 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 90 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 92 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 93 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 94

    Building works
  • 95 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 96 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 97 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 98 New art gallery opened

  • 99 Jumble sale fever

  • 100 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 101 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 102 Off on a great adventure

  • 103 A bird of their own!

  • 104 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 105 Decontrol of meat

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

  • 107 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 109 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 110 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 111 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 112 Weare Giffard potato

  • 113 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 114 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 115 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 116 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 117 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 118 Bideford regatta

  • 119 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 120 Torrington's new amenity

  • 121 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 122

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 123 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 124 New addition to Quay front

  • 125 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 126 Service with a smile

  • 127 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 128 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 129 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 130 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 131 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 132 Clovelly custom

  • 133 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 134 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 135 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 136 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 137 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 138 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 139 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 140 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 141 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 142 Puppet characters introduced

  • 143

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 144

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 145 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 146 When horses score over the tractor

  • 147 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 148 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 149 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 150 Happy Days!

  • 151

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 152 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 154 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 155

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 156 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 157 What's the time?

  • 158 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 159 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 160 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 161 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 162 Bideford computer stars

  • 163 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 164 Ships at Bideford

  • 165

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 166 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 167 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 168 Penny for the guy

  • 169 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 170 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 171 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 172 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 173 Just over a year old

  • 174 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 175 Appledore's largest

  • 176 For crying out loud!

  • 177 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 178 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 179

    Was a missionary
  • 180 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 181 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 182 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 183 Loads of black and white

  • 184 Modern living at Bideford

  • 185 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 186 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 187 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 188 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 189 Recognise this resort?

  • 190 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 191 Private home for public pump

  • 192 Picking the pops

  • 193 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 194 Police station view of Bideford

  • 195 No sale of Springfield House

  • 196 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 197 Emergency ferry services

  • 198 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 199 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 200 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 201 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 202 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 203 Mobile missionary

  • 204 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 205 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 206 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 207 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 208 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 209 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 210

    First prize
  • 211 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 212 Peter poses for TV film

  • 213 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 214 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 215 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 216 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 217 Devil sent packing

  • 218 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 219 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 220 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 221 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 222 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 223 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 224 The Geneva marionettes

  • 225 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 226 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 227

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 228 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 229 New life for Hartland organ

  • 230 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 231 No laughing matter

  • 232 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 233 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 234 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 235 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 237 Twenty-one yachts

  • 238

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 239 Hartland's invitation

  • 240 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 241 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 242 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 243 School's link with cargo ship

  • 244 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 245 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 246

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 247 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 248 Life begins at 80

  • 249 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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    Bidefordians
  • 251 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 252 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 253 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 254 New choral society's growing response

  • 255 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 256 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 257 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 258 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 259 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 260 Northam footballers of the future

  • 261 School crossing patrol begins

  • 262 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 263 Some mushroom!

  • 264 North Devon Driving School

  • 265 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 266 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 267 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 268 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 269 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 270 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 271 Artisans' Club

  • 272

    Married in 1908
  • 273 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 274 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 275

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 276 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 277 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 278 Last train from Torrington

  • 279 End of the line

  • 280 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 281 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 282 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 283 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 284 Revenge in style

  • 285 Northam's almshouse

  • 286 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 287

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 288 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 289 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 290 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 291 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 292 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 293 Variety in summer weather

  • 294 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 295 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 296 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 297 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 298 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 299 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 300 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 301 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 302 Bideford loses training ship

  • 303 Centenary of Gazette

  • 304 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 305 A man and his wheel

  • 306 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 307 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 308 Parkham plan realised

  • 309 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 311 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 312 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 313 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 314 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 315

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 316 A story to tell!

  • 317 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 318 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 319 New civic medallions

  • 320 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 321 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 322 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 323 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 324

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 325 Cruising down the river

  • 326 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 327

    Relatives all over the world
  • 328 Pannier Market's future?

  • 329 Littleham family's five generations

  • 330 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 331 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 332 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 333 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 334 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 336 Out of puff!

  • 337 Circus comes to town

  • 338 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 339 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 340 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 341 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 342 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 343 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 344 All aboard the ark

  • 345 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 346 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 347

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 348 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 349 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 351 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 352 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 353 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 354 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 355

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 356 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 357 Burnard family reunion

  • 358 113 years at Instow

  • 359 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 360 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 361 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 362 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 363 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 364 Salmon netting at Bideford

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 366 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 367 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 368

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 369 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 370 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 371 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 372 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 373 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 374 Torrington in 1967

  • 375 Finished in 1876

  • 376 Some 240 exhibits

  • 377 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 378 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 379 Riverside mystery

  • 380 Capers on the cobbles

  • 381 They are parted pro-tem

  • 382 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 383 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 384

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 385 Clovelly nightmare

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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  • 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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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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Lloyds Scholarship For Instow Man

Lloyds Scholarship For Instow Man - 14th April 1967

14.4.1967 Instow Molland
 

One of this year's three Lloyd's Register of Shipping scholarships has been awarded to a 26-year-old Instow man, Mr Tony Molland, for naval architecture. Now living in Middlesex, he works for P&O Lines as an assistant navel architect. He went to Barnstaple Grammar School and won a place at Durham University.
He is the youngest son of Mr and Mrs M T Molland of Instow.

Nativity Tableaux At Instow

Nativity Tableaux At Instow - 21st December 1948

21 December 1948 Instow nativity
 

Instow Women's Institute combined with Church members and children to produce Nativity Tableaux, presented in Instow Parish Church.
The producer was Miss Arnold. As each tableaux was presented the Rector Bishop S A Bill read passeges from the Bible to illustrate them. The Women's Institute, conducted by Miss Seyfert, sang carols accompanied by Mrs Atwood at the organ. Those taking part in the tableaux were Miss M Yeo; Miss J Anstey; Mrs Barnes; Miss Berry Torr; Mrs West, Mrs Balman and Mrs Braunton; Mrs Jennings, Miss Cater and Miss Cann; Misses N Stevens, D Tucker, C Lamey, W Lamey and Cole, Tony Molland, John Braunton; Jacqueline Morris, Jane Smallridge; Jacqueline Seymour, Miriam Garde, Janet Garde and Jennifer Cooper.

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