• 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 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 2 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 3 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 4 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 5 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 7 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 8 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 9 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 10 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 11 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 13 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 14 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 15 No sale of Springfield House

  • 16 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 17 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 18 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 19 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 20 Riverside mystery

  • 21 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 22 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 23 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 24 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 25 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 26 Service with a smile

  • 27 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 28 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 29 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 30 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 31 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 32 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 33 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 34 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 35 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 36 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 37

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 38 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 39 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 40 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 41 New life for Hartland organ

  • 42 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 43 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 44 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 46 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 47 Warmington's garage ad

  • 48 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 49

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 50 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 52 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 53 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 54 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 55 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 56 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 57 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 58 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 59 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 60 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 61 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 62 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 63 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 64 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 65 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 66 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 67 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 68 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 69 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 70 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 71 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 72 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 73 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 74 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 75 Clovelly custom

  • 76

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 77 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 78 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 79 New choral society's growing response

  • 80 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 81 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 82 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 83 New Post Office

  • 84 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 85 Recognise this resort?

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

  • 87 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 88 Sight of a lifetime

  • 89 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 90 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 91 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 92 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 93

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 94 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 95 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 96 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 97

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 98 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 99 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 100 For crying out loud!

  • 101 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 102

    Exhibition of school work
  • 103 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 104

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 105 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 106 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 107 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 108 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 109 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 110 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 111 A roof-top view - where?

  • 112 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 113 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 114 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 115 Last train from Torrington

  • 116 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 117 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 118 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 119 Centenary of Gazette

  • 120 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 121

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 122 What's the time?

  • 123 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 124 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 125 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 126 Emergency ferry services

  • 127 Jumble sale fever

  • 128 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 129 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 130 New shipyard on schedule

  • 131 Artisans' Club

  • 132 Can spring be far away?

  • 133

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 134 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 135 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 136 Waldon Triplets
  • 137 Life begins at 80

  • 138 Northam's almshouse

  • 139

    New gateway
  • 140 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 141

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 142 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 143 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 145

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 146 He beat the floods

  • 147 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 148 Ships at Bideford

  • 149 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 150 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 151 Loads of black and white

  • 152 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 153 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 154 In their new robes and hats

  • 155 New look in the hayfields

  • 156 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 157 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 158 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 159 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 160 Penny for the guy

  • 161 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 162 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 163

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 164 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 165 Police station view of Bideford

  • 166 Bideford loses training ship

  • 167 Circus comes to town

  • 168 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 169 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 170 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 171 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 172 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 173 Simple Item 138
  • 174 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 176 Pannier Market's future?

  • 177 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 178 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 179 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 180 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 181

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 182 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 183 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 184 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 185 Out of puff!

  • 186 All for the love of a lady!

  • 187 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 188

    Building works
  • 189 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 190 Littleham family's five generations

  • 191 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 192 Private home for public pump

  • 193 Puppet characters introduced

  • 194

    Married in 1908
  • 195 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 196 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 197 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 199 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 200 Bideford regatta

  • 201 Just over a year old

  • 202 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 203 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 204 New addition to Quay front

  • 205

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 206 Torrington in 1967

  • 207 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 208 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 209 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 210 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 211 Traditions and skills still there

  • 212 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 213 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 214 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 215 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 216 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 217 End of the line

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 219 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 220 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 221 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 222 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 223 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 224 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 225 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 226 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 227 No laughing matter

  • 228 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 229 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 230 Twenty-one yachts

  • 231 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 232

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 233

    First prize
  • 234 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 235 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 236 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 237 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 238 Clovelly nightmare

  • 239 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 240 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 241 First ship in 8 years

  • 242 Burnard family reunion

  • 243 Picking the pops

  • 244 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 245 Variety in summer weather

  • 246 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 247 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 248 Decontrol of meat

  • 249 Hartland postman retires

  • 250 Devil sent packing

  • 251 Modern living at Bideford

  • 252 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 253 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 254 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 255 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 256 Picking the pops

  • 257

    Relatives all over the world
  • 258 By pony and trap to market

  • 259 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 260 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 261 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 262 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 263 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 264 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 265 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 266 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 267 School crossing patrol begins

  • 268 Happy Days!

  • 269 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 270 The Geneva marionettes

  • 271 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 272 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 273 Bridging the stream

  • 274 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 275 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 276 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 277 Bideford computer stars

  • 278 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 279 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 280 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 281 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 283 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 284 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 285 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 286 New civic medallions

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

  • 288 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 289 Appledore's largest

  • 290

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 291

    Bidefordians
  • 292 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 293 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 294 A story to tell!

  • 295 Parkham plan realised

  • 296 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 297 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 298 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 299 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 301 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 302 A man and his wheel

  • 303 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 304

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 305 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 306 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 307 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 308 Torrington children build igloo
  • 309 Some mushroom!

  • 310 So this is the mainland!

  • 311 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 312

    Was a missionary
  • 313 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 314 Cruising down the river

  • 315 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 316

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 317 Revenge in style

  • 318 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 319 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 320 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 321 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 322 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 323 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 324 New Lundy stamps

  • 325 It really was the 'last time'

  • 326 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 327 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 328 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 329 Some 240 exhibits

  • 330 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 331 New art gallery opened

  • 332

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 333 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 334 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 335

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 336 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 337

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 338 The art of the thatcher

  • 339 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 340 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 341 Ten year old scrambler

  • 342 When horses score over the tractor

  • 343 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 344 All aboard the ark

  • 345 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 346 Off on a great adventure

  • 347

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 348 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 349 North Devon Driving School

  • 350 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 351 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 352 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 353 Peter poses for TV film

  • 354

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 355 Hartland Dancers
  • 356 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 357 Weare Giffard potato

  • 358 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 359

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 360 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 361 Finished in 1876

  • 362 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 363 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 364 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 365 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 366 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 367 Six footed lamb

  • 368 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 369 Torrington's new amenity

  • 370 A bird of their own!

  • 371 Mobile missionary

  • 372 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 373 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 374 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 375 Hartland's invitation

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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A Cheery Centenarian

Formerly of Landcross

12.3.1965 Landcross Taylor-Shepherd

Many friends will remember the kindly, cheery Mrs Edith B. Taylor-Shepherd, who for well over 30 years lived in Lime Kiln Cottage, Landcross, and who has celebrated her 100th birthday.

In 1952, she left Bideford district to stay with her nephew and niece, Mr and Mrs Frank C. Maeve, who run The Buck Hotel, Bangor-on-Dee. A native of Kent, Mrs Taylor-Shepherd has been confined to bed for the past 18 months, but was in fine form to receive her birthday presents and a host of friends and relatives who called on her.

One of the gifts that touched her most was a simple bunch of mixed flowers from local schoolchildren; and among many greetings received was a message from The Queen. “I feel so thrilled, everyone has been so generous,” said Mrs Taylor-Shepherd.

Gazette article dated 12 March 1965

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