• 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 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 2 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 3 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 4 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 5 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 6 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 7 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 8 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 9 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 10 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 11 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 12 New addition to Quay front

  • 13 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 14 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 15 Pannier Market's future?

  • 16 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 17 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 18 Puppet characters introduced

  • 19 Centenary of Gazette

  • 20 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 21 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 22 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 23 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 24 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 25 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 26 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 27

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 28 New Post Office

  • 29 Mobile missionary

  • 30 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 31 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 32 New choral society's growing response

  • 33

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 34 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 35 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 36 Last train from Torrington

  • 37 Light reading for the lighthouse

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

  • 39 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 40 Littleham family's five generations

  • 41 Life begins at 80

  • 42 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 43 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 45 Northam's almshouse

  • 46 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 47

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 48 Devil sent packing

  • 49 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 50 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 51 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 52 Picking the pops

  • 53 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 54 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 55 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 56 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 57

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 58 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 59 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 60 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 61 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 62 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 63

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 64 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 65 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 66 Decontrol of meat

  • 67 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 68 All for the love of a lady!

  • 69 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 70 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 71

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 72

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 73 Service with a smile

  • 74 Police station view of Bideford

  • 75 Hartland postman retires

  • 76 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 77

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 78 Bridging the stream

  • 79 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 80 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 81 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 82 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 83

    New gateway
  • 84 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 85 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 86 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 87 Hartland Dancers
  • 88 What's the time?

  • 89 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 90 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 91 New life for Hartland organ

  • 92 So this is the mainland!

  • 93 Clovelly nightmare

  • 94 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 95 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 96 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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

  • 98 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 99 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 100 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 101 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 102 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 103 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 104 Recognise this resort?

  • 105 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 106 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 107 Burnard family reunion

  • 108 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 109 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 110 No laughing matter

  • 111 Can spring be far away?

  • 112

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 113 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 114 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 115 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 116 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 117 Riverside mystery

  • 118 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 119 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 120 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 121 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 122 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 123 Just over a year old

  • 124 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 125 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 126 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 127 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 128

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 129 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 130 Cruising down the river

  • 131 Appledore's largest

  • 132 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 133 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 134 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 135

    First prize
  • 136 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 137

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 138 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 139 New shipyard on schedule

  • 140 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 142 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 143 Off on a great adventure

  • 144 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 145 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 146

    Relatives all over the world
  • 147

    Bidefordians
  • 148 Six footed lamb

  • 149 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 150 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 151 School's link with cargo ship

  • 152 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 153 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 154 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 155

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 156 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 157 It really was the 'last time'

  • 158 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 159 Waldon Triplets
  • 160 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 161 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 162 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 163 Finished in 1876

  • 164 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 165 Traditions and skills still there

  • 166

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 167 Emergency ferry services

  • 168 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 169 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 170 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 171 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 172 A man and his wheel

  • 173 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

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

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 177 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 178 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 179

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 180 Revenge in style

  • 181 The art of the thatcher

  • 182 Bideford regatta

  • 183 No sale of Springfield House

  • 184 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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

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

  • 187 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 188 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 189 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 190 Weare Giffard potato

  • 191 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 192 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 193 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 194 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 195 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 196 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 197 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 198 Circus comes to town

  • 199 Torrington children build igloo
  • 200 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 201 In their new robes and hats

  • 202 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 203

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 204 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 205 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 206

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 207 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 208 Loads of black and white

  • 209 By pony and trap to market

  • 210 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 211 New civic medallions

  • 212 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 213 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 214 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 215

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 216 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 217

    Building works
  • 218 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 219 Torrington in 1967

  • 220 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 221 Some mushroom!

  • 222 For crying out loud!

  • 223 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 224 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 225 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 226 Penny for the guy

  • 227 Variety in summer weather

  • 228 Happy Days!

  • 229 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 230 Torrington's new amenity

  • 231 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 232 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 233 A bird of their own!

  • 234 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 235 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 236

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 237 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 238 When horses score over the tractor

  • 239 Private home for public pump

  • 240 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 241 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 242 School crossing patrol begins

  • 243 Some 240 exhibits

  • 244 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 245 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 246 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 247 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 248 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 250 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 251 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 252 He beat the floods

  • 253 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 254 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 255 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 256 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 257 Bideford loses training ship

  • 258 First ship in 8 years

  • 259 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 260

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 261 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 262

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 263 North Devon Driving School

  • 264

    Was a missionary
  • 265 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 266 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 267 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 268 A roof-top view - where?

  • 269 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 270 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 271 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 272 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 273 New Lundy stamps

  • 274 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 275 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 276 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 277 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 278 Out of puff!

  • 279 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 280 New look in the hayfields

  • 281 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 282 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 283 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 284 Picking the pops

  • 285 A story to tell!

  • 286 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 287 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 288 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 289 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 290 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 291 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 292 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 293 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 294

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 295 End of the line

  • 296

    Exhibition of school work
  • 297 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 298 Artisans' Club

  • 299 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 300 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 301 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 302 All aboard the ark

  • 303 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 304 Warmington's garage ad

  • 305 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 306 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 307 Clovelly custom

  • 308 Simple Item 138
  • 309 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 310 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 311 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 312 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 313 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 314 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 315 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 316 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 317 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 318 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 319 Modern living at Bideford

  • 320 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 321 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 322 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 324 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 325 Ten year old scrambler

  • 326 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 327 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 328 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 329 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 331 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 332 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 333 Peter poses for TV film

  • 334 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 335 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 336 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 337 New art gallery opened

  • 338 Jumble sale fever

  • 339 Parkham plan realised

  • 340 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 341 Sweet success at Langtree School

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 343 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 344 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 345 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 346 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 347

    Married in 1908
  • 348 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 349 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 350 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 351 Twenty-one yachts

  • 352 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 353 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 354 Ships at Bideford

  • 355 Bringing shopping home by goat

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 357 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 358 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 359 Bideford computer stars

  • 360 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 361 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 362 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 363 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 364 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 365 Hartland's invitation

  • 366 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 367 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 369 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 370 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 371 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 372 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 373 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 374 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 375 The Geneva marionettes

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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First election for Landcross 22nd June 1979

First election for Landcross 22nd June 1979

first election for LandcrossThe tiny parish of Landcross goes to the polls for the first time ever on July 5th to elect just one parish councillor.  Mr Sherborne, who is 76, is well known to the Bideford electorate where he has made at least 15 attempts, only one successful, to get on both borough and district councils.

There are three candidats for one vacancy.  Standing against Mr S Turner of Spinney Cottage, and Mr J W Stevens, a newcomer to Landcross.

Landcross Appeals Won and Lost

Landcross Appeals Won and Lost

Landcross appealTurner
 

Mr W J P Turner has lost an appeal against the refusal of the local planning authority to allow him to convert a barn near Landcross to a farmhouse but has won another appeal against refusal to allow him to erect a dwelling adjoining 'Hillsborough', Landcross.

Landcross

Landcross

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Landcross, or Lancras, in the hundred of Shebbear and in the deanery of Hertland, lies about two miles and a half from Bideford. The manor belonged, anciently, tot he family of Beaumont, from whom it passed to Basset, and from Basset, by marriage, to Pomeroy. It was afterwards in Giffard; Sir John Rolle died seised of it in 1706; it is now the property of Lord Rolle, who is the patron of the rectory. In the parish-church is the monument of Anthony Giffard, lord of the manor, who died in 1649. General Monnk appears to have been a native of this village; he was baptized at Lancras, December 11, 1608.

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