• 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 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 2 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 3 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 4 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 5 Riverside mystery

  • 6 Northam footballers of the future

  • 7 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 8 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 9 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 10 Capers on the cobbles

  • 11 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 12 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 13

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 14 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 15 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 16 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 17 When horses score over the tractor

  • 18 First ship in 8 years

  • 19 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 20 Circus comes to town

  • 21 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 22 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 23 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 25 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 26 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 27

    New gateway
  • 28 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 29 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 30 Bideford loses training ship

  • 31 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 32 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 33 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 34 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 35 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 36 School's link with cargo ship

  • 37 New life for Hartland organ

  • 38

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 39 Bridging the stream

  • 40 Torrington in 1967

  • 41 New choral society's growing response

  • 42 Parkham plan realised

  • 43 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 44 In their new robes and hats

  • 45 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 46 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 48 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 50 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 51

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 52 A man and his wheel

  • 53 Modern living at Bideford

  • 54 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 55 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 56 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 57

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 58 School crossing patrol begins

  • 59 Waldon Triplets
  • 60 Hartland postman retires

  • 61

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 62 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 63 New look in the hayfields

  • 64 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 65 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 66 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 67 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 68 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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

  • 70 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 72 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 73 Service with a smile

  • 74 They are parted pro-tem

  • 75 End of the line

  • 76

    Relatives all over the world
  • 77 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 78 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 79 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 80 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 81

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 82 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 83 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 84 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 85 Hartland Dancers
  • 86 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 87 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 88 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 89 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 90 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 91 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 92 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 93 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 94 Clovelly custom

  • 95 Picking the pops

  • 96 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 97 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 98 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 99 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 100

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 101 New civic medallions

  • 102 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 103 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 104 Ships at Bideford

  • 105 Life begins at 80

  • 106 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 107 Can spring be far away?

  • 108 Private home for public pump

  • 109 Revenge in style

  • 110 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 111 Last train from Torrington

  • 112 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 113 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 114 Recognise this resort?

  • 115 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 116 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 117 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 118 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 119

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 120 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 121 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 122 Warmington's garage ad

  • 123 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 124 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 125 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 126 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 127 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 128 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 129 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 130 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 131 Loads of black and white

  • 132 Littleham family's five generations

  • 133 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 134 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 135 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 136 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 137

    Bidefordians
  • 138

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 139 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 140 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 141 For crying out loud!

  • 142 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 143 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 144 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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

  • 146 Artisans' Club

  • 147 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 148 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 149 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 150 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 151 The Geneva marionettes

  • 152 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 153 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 154 New addition to Quay front

  • 155 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 156 Burnard family reunion

  • 157 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 158 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 159 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 160 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 161

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 162 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 163 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 164 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 165 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 166 Peter poses for TV film

  • 167 North Devon Driving School

  • 168 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 169 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 170 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 171 Clovelly nightmare

  • 172 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 173 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 174 Just over a year old

  • 175 Emergency ferry services

  • 176 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 177 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 178

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 179 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 180 Police station view of Bideford

  • 181 All aboard the ark

  • 182 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 183 113 years at Instow

  • 184 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 185 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 186 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 187 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 188 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 189 Hartland's invitation

  • 190 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 191

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 192 Twenty-one yachts

  • 193 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 194 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 195 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 196

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 197 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 198 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 200 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 201 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 202 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 203 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 204 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 205 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 206 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 207 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 208 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 209 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 210

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 211 Centenary of Gazette

  • 212 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 214

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 215 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 216 Torrington's new amenity

  • 217

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 218 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 219 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 220 So this is the mainland!

  • 221 Six footed lamb

  • 222 They never miss a game at Torrington

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    First prize
  • 224 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 226 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 227 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 228 Bideford computer stars

  • 229 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 230 Picking the pops

  • 231 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 232 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 233 Finished in 1876

  • 234 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 235 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 237 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 238 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 239 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 241 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 242 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 243 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 245 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 246 Ten year old scrambler

  • 247 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 248 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 249 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 250 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 251 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 252 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 253 Pannier Market's future?

  • 254 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 256 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 257 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 258 Appledore's largest

  • 259 Northam's almshouse

  • 260 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 261 Decontrol of meat

  • 262 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 263 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 264 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 265 Traditions and skills still there

  • 266 Puppet characters introduced

  • 267 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 268 A bird of their own!

  • 269 Bideford regatta

  • 270 New shipyard on schedule

  • 271 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 272 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 273 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 274 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 275 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 276 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 277 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 278 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 279 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 280 No laughing matter

  • 281 New Post Office

  • 282 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 283 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 284 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 285 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 286 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 288 Some 240 exhibits

  • 289 Sight of a lifetime

  • 290 Jumble sale fever

  • 291 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 292 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 293

    Was a missionary
  • 294 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 295 Some mushroom!

  • 296 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 297

    Exhibition of school work
  • 298 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 299 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 300 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 301 What's the time?

  • 302 All for the love of a lady!

  • 303 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 304 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 305 Devil sent packing

  • 306 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 307 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 308 A lost Bideford 'island'

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 310 Mobile missionary

  • 311 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
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    Building works
  • 313 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 314 New Lundy stamps

  • 315 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 316 Variety in summer weather

  • 317 Torrington children build igloo
  • 318 He beat the floods

  • 319 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 320 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 321 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 322 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 323 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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    Married in 1908
  • 325 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 326 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 327

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 328 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 329

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 330 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 331 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 332 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 333 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 334 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 335 By pony and trap to market

  • 336 The art of the thatcher

  • 337 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 338 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 339 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 340 Bideford's new market opens next week

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 342 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 343 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 344 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 345 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 346 Out of puff!

  • 347 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 348 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 349 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 350 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 351 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 352 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 353 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 354 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 356 Weare Giffard potato

  • 357 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 358 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 359 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 360 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 361 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 362 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 363 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 364 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 365 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 366 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 367 Happy Days!

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 369 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 370 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 371 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 372 Cruising down the river

  • 373 New art gallery opened

  • 374 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 375 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 376

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 377 A story to tell!

  • 378 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 379 Penny for the guy

  • 380 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 381 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 382 Simple Item 138
  • 383 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 384 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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's Beekeeping Rector

Widely recognised as one of the experts of the beekeeping world, the 68 year old Rector of Instow, the Rev Herbert Leonard Hustwayte, who keeps 20 hives, has retired after 15 years at hon. secretary of the Devon Beekeepers' Association.

7.4.1961 Instow bee keeper

His successor is Mr L Thoday, of Croyde. Mr Hustwayte is to continue as editor of Beekeeping, the Devon Association's journal. In September he is attending the 18th International Beekeepers' Congress at Madrid.

The full Gazette article is dated 7 April 1961

Christmas entertainment

COMMODORE HOTEL DINING AND DANCING

19.12.1975 Christmas

For that special night out for your party - large or small - the following bands will be playing (we are fully booked this Saturday)
Friday December 19 - Johnny Andrews
Tuesday December 23 - Ray and his Blue Stars
Christmas Eve - Music and Imagination
Boxing Night - Green Velvet
Choose your date, make a booking and enjoy a good night out
Telephone Instow 347

Gazette article dated 19 December 1975

Conifers are planted at Instow

These children of Instow County Primary School watching the planting of some of the 150 trees given by one of the school managers, Mr W R Yeo, will have put their schooldays behind them by the time the conifers have grown to any appreciable size.

Instow School and trees November 1973

The trees will not only enhance the appearance of the school playing field, but act as a welcome windbreak from the Atlantic storms.

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