• 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 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 2 Can spring be far away?

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 4 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 5 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 6 Ten year old scrambler

  • 7 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 8 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 9 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 10 Picking the pops

  • 11 Private home for public pump

  • 12 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 13 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 14 Modern living at Bideford

  • 15 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 16 Circus comes to town

  • 17 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 18 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 19 New addition to Quay front

  • 20 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 21 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 22 Revenge in style

  • 23

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 24 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 25 Northam footballers of the future

  • 26 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 27 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 28 In their new robes and hats

  • 29 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 30 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 31 The cab at the corner>
  • 32 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 33 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 34 New Lundy stamps

  • 35 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 36 Sweets derationing

  • 37 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 38 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 39 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 40 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 41 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 42 Hartland's invitation

  • 43 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 44 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 45 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 46 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 47 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 49

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 50

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 51 He beat the floods

  • 52

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 53 Torrington children build igloo
  • 54 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 55 Variety in summer weather

  • 56 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 57 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 58 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 59 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 60 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 61 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 62 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 63 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 64 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 65 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 66 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 67 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 68 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 69 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 70 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 71 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 72 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 73 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 74 Clovelly nightmare

  • 75 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 76 Appledore's largest

  • 77 New civic medallions

  • 78 New life for Hartland organ

  • 79 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 80 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 82 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 83 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 84

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 85 Some mushroom!

  • 86

    Relatives all over the world
  • 87 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 88 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 89 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 90 Penny for the guy

  • 91 Bideford regatta

  • 92 Hartland Dancers
  • 93 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 94 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 95 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 96 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 97 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 98 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 99 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 101 First ship in 8 years

  • 102 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 103 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 104 What's the time?

  • 105 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 106 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 107 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 108 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 109 Last train from Torrington

  • 110 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 111 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 112 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 113 Decontrol of meat

  • 114 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 115 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 116 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 117 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 118 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 119 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 120 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 121 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 122

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 123 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 124 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 125 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 126 Some 240 exhibits

  • 127 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 128 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 129

    Was a missionary
  • 130

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 131 School crossing patrol begins

  • 132 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 133 113 years at Instow

  • 134 Parkham plan realised

  • 135 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 136 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 137 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 138

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 139 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 140 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 141 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 142

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 143

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 144

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 145 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 146 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 147 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 148 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 149 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 150 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 151 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 152 Twenty-one yachts

  • 153 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 154 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 155 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 156 All aboard the ark

  • 157 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 158 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 159 Riverside mystery

  • 160 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 161 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 162 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 163 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 164 Capers on the cobbles

  • 165 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 166 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 167

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 168 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 169 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 170 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 171 Police station view of Bideford

  • 172 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 173 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 174 When horses score over the tractor

  • 175 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 176 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 177 Six footed lamb

  • 178 Simple Item 138
  • 179 Recognise this resort?

  • 180 School's link with cargo ship

  • 181 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 182 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 183 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 184 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 185 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 186 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 187 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 188 Traditions and skills still there

  • 189 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 190 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 191

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 192 The Geneva marionettes

  • 193 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 194 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 195 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 196 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 197 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 198

    First prize
  • 199 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 200 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 201 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 202 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 203 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 204 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 205 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 206 Peter poses for TV film

  • 207 They are parted pro-tem

  • 208 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 209

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 210 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 211 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 212 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 213 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 214 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 215

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 216 A bird of their own!

  • 217 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 218 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 219 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 220 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 221 Burnard family reunion

  • 222 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 223 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 224 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 225 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 227 A roof-top view - where?

  • 228 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 229

    Exhibition of school work
  • 230 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 231 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 233 Ships at Bideford

  • 234 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 235 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 236 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 237 From Bobby to Brian

  • 238 New Post Office

  • 239 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 240 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 241 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 242 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 243 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 244 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 245 A man and his wheel

  • 246 Warmington's garage ad

  • 247 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 249 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 250 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 251 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 252 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 253 Hartland postman retires

  • 254 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 255 All for the love of a lady!

  • 256 Service with a smile

  • 257 Torrington in 1967

  • 258 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 259 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 260 Jumble sale fever

  • 261 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 262 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 263 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 264 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 265 No sale of Springfield House

  • 266 Artisans' Club

  • 267 No laughing matter

  • 268 Filming at Hartland

  • 269 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 270 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 272 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 273 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 274 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

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

  • 277 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 278 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 279 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 280 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 281 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 282 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 283 Puppet characters introduced

  • 284 Finished in 1876

  • 285 Bridging the stream

  • 286 Devil sent packing

  • 287 Life begins at 80

  • 288 It really was the 'last time'

  • 289

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 290 For crying out loud!

  • 291

    New gateway
  • 292 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 293 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 294

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 295 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 296 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 297 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 299

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 300 Emergency ferry services

  • 301

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 302 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 303 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 304 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 305 Torrington's new amenity

  • 306 Off on a great adventure

  • 307 Littleham family's five generations

  • 308 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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    Building works
  • 310 New choral society's growing response

  • 311 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 312 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 313 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 314

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 315 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 316 Loads of black and white

  • 317 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 318 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 319 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 320 Just over a year old

  • 321 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 322 Happy Days!

  • 323 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 324 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 325 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 326 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 327 Centenary of Gazette

  • 328 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 329 North Devon Driving School

  • 330 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 331 The art of the thatcher

  • 332 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 334 By pony and trap to market

  • 335

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 336 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 337 Pannier Market's future?

  • 338 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 339 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 340 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 341 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 342 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 343 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 344

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 345 Cruising down the river

  • 346 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 347 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 348 Out of puff!

  • 349 Sight of a lifetime

  • 350 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 351 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 352 Bideford loses training ship

  • 353 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 354 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 355 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 356 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 357 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 358

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 359 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 360 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 361 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 362 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 363 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 364 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 365 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 366 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 368 A story to tell!

  • 369 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 370 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 371 Waldon Triplets
  • 372 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 373 End of the line

  • 374 Clovelly custom

  • 375 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 376 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 377 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 378 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 379

    Bidefordians
  • 380 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 381 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 382 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 383 New shipyard on schedule

  • 384 Weare Giffard potato

  • 385 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 387 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 388 So this is the mainland!

  • 389 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 390 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 391 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 392 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 393 Mobile missionary

  • 394 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 395

    Married in 1908
  • 396 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 397 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 398 Water Board mains spread through villages

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 400 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 401 New look in the hayfields

  • 402 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 403 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 404 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 405 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 406 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 407 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 408 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 409 Picking the pops

  • 410 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 411 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 412 Bideford computer stars

  • 413 New art gallery opened

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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  • 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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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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Junior Section's Enterprise at Instow 16th August 1957

Junior Section's Enterprise at Instow 16th August 1957

Junior sections enterprise at InstowWhen a junior section of the Instow Men's Club was formed earlier this year it was first of its kind to be formed in North Devon.

Leader 17 yr old Tony Molland decided to form a skiffle group.  Boys in the picture are Paul Butcher, Peter Fieldhouse, Michael Datson, Bunny Shepherd, Keith Joy, Tony Molland (sitting).  Standing are Christopher Curd, Bryan Richards, Nicholas Rowed, Louis Hubbard, Malcolm Joy, Ronald Brend, and vocalists Peter Datson, Michael Chandler and Christopher Burgess.

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.

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