• 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 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 2 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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

  • 4 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 5 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 6 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 7 Appledore's largest

  • 8 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 9

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 10 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 11

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 12 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 13 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 14 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 15 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 16 By pony and trap to market

  • 17 New Post Office

  • 18 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 19

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 20 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 21 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 22 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 23 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 24 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 25 Twenty-one yachts

  • 26 Circus comes to town

  • 27 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 28 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 29 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 30 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 32 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 33 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 34 He beat the floods

  • 35 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 36 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 37 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 39 Peter poses for TV film

  • 40 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 41 No laughing matter

  • 42 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 43 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 44 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 45 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 46 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 47

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 48 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 49 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 50 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 51 Hartland Dancers
  • 52 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 53 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 54 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 55 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 56

    Was a missionary
  • 57 Finished in 1876

  • 58

    Relatives all over the world
  • 59

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 60 New look in the hayfields

  • 61 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 63 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 64

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 65 First ship in 8 years

  • 66 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 67 Clovelly nightmare

  • 68 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 69

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 70 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 71 Decontrol of meat

  • 72 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 73 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 76 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 77 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 78 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 79 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 80

    First prize
  • 81 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 82 Variety in summer weather

  • 83 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 84

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 85 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 86 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 87 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 88 Police station view of Bideford

  • 89 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 90 End of the line

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

  • 92

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 93

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 94 When horses score over the tractor

  • 95 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 96 New shipyard on schedule

  • 97 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 98

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 99 Some mushroom!

  • 100 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 101 Out of puff!

  • 102 Six footed lamb

  • 103 What's the time?

  • 104

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 105 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 106 Bideford loses training ship

  • 107 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 108 Devil sent packing

  • 109 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 110 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 111 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 112 New art gallery opened

  • 113 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 114

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 115

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 116 Ten year old scrambler

  • 117 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 118 Sight of a lifetime

  • 119 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 120 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 121 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 122 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 123 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 124 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 125 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 126 Warmington's garage ad

  • 127 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 128 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 129 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 130 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 131 Hartland postman retires

  • 132 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 133 Artisans' Club

  • 134 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 135 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 136 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 137 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 138 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 139 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 140 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 141 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 142 Jumble sale fever

  • 143 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 144 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 145 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 146 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 147 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 148 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 149 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 150 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 151 Capers on the cobbles

  • 152 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 153 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 154 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 155 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 156 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 157 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 158

    Building works
  • 159 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 160 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 161 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 162 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 163 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 164 It really was the 'last time'

  • 165

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 166 Pannier Market's future?

  • 167 New choral society's growing response

  • 168

    Married in 1908
  • 169 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 170 For crying out loud!

  • 171 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 172 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 173 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 174 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 175 Riverside mystery

  • 176 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 177 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 178 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 179 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 180 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 181 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 182 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 183 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 184 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 185 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 186 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 187 Waldon Triplets
  • 188 A bird of their own!

  • 189 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 190 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 191

    Exhibition of school work
  • 192 New life for Hartland organ

  • 193 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 194 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 195 Parkham plan realised

  • 196 Happy Days!

  • 197 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 198 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 199 Service with a smile

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

  • 201 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 202 The art of the thatcher

  • 203 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 204 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 205 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 206 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 207 A man and his wheel

  • 208 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 209 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 210 Students help model St Sidwell

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    New gateway
  • 212 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 214 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 215 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 216 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 217 Last train from Torrington

  • 218 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 219 Cruising down the river

  • 220 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 221 All for the love of a lady!

  • 222 Littleham family's five generations

  • 223 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 225 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 226 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 227 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 228 A story to tell!

  • 229 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 230 Puppet characters introduced

  • 231 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 232 Just over a year old

  • 233 The Geneva marionettes

  • 234 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 235 Emergency ferry services

  • 236 Torrington's new amenity

  • 237 Modern living at Bideford

  • 238 Private home for public pump

  • 239 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 241 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 242 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 243 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 244 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 245 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 246 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 247 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 248 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 249 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 250 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 251 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 252 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 253 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 254 In their new robes and hats

  • 255 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 256 A roof-top view - where?

  • 257 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 258

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 259 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 260 Mobile missionary

  • 261 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 262 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 263 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 264 No sale of Springfield House

  • 265 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 266 Penny for the guy

  • 267 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 269 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 270 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 271 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 272 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 273 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 274 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 275 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 276 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 277 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 278 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 279 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 280 Burnard family reunion

  • 281 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 282 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 283 New civic medallions

  • 284 Ships at Bideford

  • 285 Weare Giffard potato

  • 286 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 287 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 288 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 289 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 290 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 291 Clovelly custom

  • 292 Hartland's invitation

  • 293 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 294 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 295

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 296 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 297 School's link with cargo ship

  • 298 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 299 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 300 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 301 Life begins at 80

  • 302 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 303 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 304 Can spring be far away?

  • 305

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 306 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 307 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 308 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 309 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 310 Loads of black and white

  • 311 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 312 New addition to Quay front

  • 313 113 years at Instow

  • 314 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 315 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 316 Picking the pops

  • 317 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 318 Torrington children build igloo
  • 319 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 320 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 321 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 322 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 323 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 324 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 325 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 326 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 327 Bridging the stream

  • 328

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 329 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 331 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 332 Torrington in 1967

  • 333 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 334

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 335 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 336 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 338 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 339 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 340 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 341 Revenge in style

  • 342 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 343 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 344 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 345 Some 240 exhibits

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 347 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 348 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 349 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 350 Bideford computer stars

  • 351 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 352

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 353 Bideford regatta

  • 354 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 355 Simple Item 138
  • 356 All aboard the ark

  • 357 New Lundy stamps

  • 358 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 359 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 360 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 361 Off on a great adventure

  • 362 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 363 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 364 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 365 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 366 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 367 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 368 Picking the pops

  • 369 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 370 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 371

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 372

    Bidefordians
  • 373 North Devon Driving School

  • 374 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 375 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 376 Recognise this resort?

  • 377 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 378 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 379 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 380 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 381 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 382 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 383 School crossing patrol begins

  • 384 Northam footballers of the future

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

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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  • 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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  • 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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Instow cricket club winds up 3rd February 1956

Instow cricket club winds up 3rd February 1956

Instow Cricket club winds upInstow Cricket Club has been wound up after 65 years of existence, but Mr T Anstey, its last President, expressed the hope that efforts would be made in the near future to revive it.

 

The Military and the sand-dunes 28th October 1947

The Military and the sand-dunes 28th October 1947

The Military and the sand dunes

Animated discussion took place at Instow Parish Council meeting when the question of the acquisition of the sandhills by the military authorities was raised.

Threat to Instow sand dunes 5th August 1947

Threat to Instow sand dunes 5th August 1947

THREAT TO INSTOW SAND DUNES

 

Instow Parish Council, expressed the gravest concern and indignation on hearing that it is the intention of the Military Authorities to purchase the sand hills, erect permanent workshops thereon and extend their operations over the whole of the foreshore.

 

 

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