• 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 Life begins at 80

  • 2 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 3 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 4 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 5 Circus comes to town

  • 6 Traditions and skills still there

  • 7 North Devon Driving School

  • 8 Waldon Triplets
  • 9 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 10 So this is the mainland!

  • 11

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 12 No sale of Springfield House

  • 13 Picking the pops

  • 14

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 15 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 16 Devil sent packing

  • 17 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 18 Centenary of Gazette

  • 19 Filming at Hartland

  • 20 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 21 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 22 New look in the hayfields

  • 23 End of the line

  • 24 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 25

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 26 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 27 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 28 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 29 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 30

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 31 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 32 Parkham plan realised

  • 33 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 34 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 35 Hartland postman retires

  • 36 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 37 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 38

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 39 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 40 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 41 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 42 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 43 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 44

    Exhibition of school work
  • 45 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 46 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 47 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 48 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 49 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 50 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 51

    New gateway
  • 52 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 53 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 54 Picking the pops

  • 55 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 56 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 57 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 58 Bideford regatta

  • 59 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 60 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 61 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 62 Jumble sale fever

  • 63

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 64

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 65 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 66 Sight of a lifetime

  • 67 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 68 Some 240 exhibits

  • 69 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 70 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 71 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 72 Recognise this resort?

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

  • 74

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 75 Police station view of Bideford

  • 76 All for the love of a lady!

  • 77 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 78 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 79 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 80 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 81 Ships at Bideford

  • 82

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 83 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 84 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 85 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 86 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 87 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 88 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 89 Twenty-one yachts

  • 90 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 91 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 92 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 93 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 94 They are parted pro-tem

  • 95 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 96 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 97 Hartland Dancers
  • 98

    First prize
  • 99 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 100 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 101 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 102 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 103 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 104 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 105 Service with a smile

  • 106 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 107 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 108 When horses score over the tractor

  • 109 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 110 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 111 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 112 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 113 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 114 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 115 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 116 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

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

  • 118 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 119 New Post Office

  • 120 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 121 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 122 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 123 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 124 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 125 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 126 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 127 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 128 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 129 Torrington children build igloo
  • 130 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 131 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 132 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 133 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 134

    Building works
  • 135 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 136 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 137 Torrington in 1967

  • 138 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 139 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 140 No laughing matter

  • 141 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 142 Loads of black and white

  • 143 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 145 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 146 Off on a great adventure

  • 147 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 148 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 149

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 150 Six footed lamb

  • 151 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 152 The cab at the corner>
  • 153 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 155 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 156 Capers on the cobbles

  • 157 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 158 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 159 In their new robes and hats

  • 160 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 161 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 162 Light reading for the lighthouse

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

  • 164

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 165 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 166 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 167 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 168 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 169 Cruising down the river

  • 170 Bridging the stream

  • 171 New art gallery opened

  • 172

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 173 Finished in 1876

  • 174 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 175 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 176 New civic medallions

  • 177 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 178 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 179 New life for Hartland organ

  • 180

    Was a missionary
  • 181 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 182 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 183 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 184 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 185 All aboard the ark

  • 186 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 187 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 188 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 189

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 190 Artisans' Club

  • 191 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 192 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 193 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 194 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 195 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 196 113 years at Instow

  • 197 Puppet characters introduced

  • 198 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 199 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 200 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 201 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 202 Happy Days!

  • 203 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 204 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 205 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 207 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 208 Northam's almshouse

  • 209 Penny for the guy

  • 210 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 211

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 212 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 213 New Lundy stamps

  • 214 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 215 Simple Item 138
  • 216 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 217

    Relatives all over the world
  • 218 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 219 A story to tell!

  • 220

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 221 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 222 Ten year old scrambler

  • 223 Private home for public pump

  • 224 Revenge in style

  • 225 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 226 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 227 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 228 Bideford computer stars

  • 229 Appledore's largest

  • 230 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 231 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 232 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 233 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 234 First ship in 8 years

  • 235 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 236 Last train from Torrington

  • 237 New shipyard on schedule

  • 238 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 239 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 240 Sweets derationing

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

  • 242 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 243 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 244

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 245 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 246 Pannier Market's future?

  • 247 A bird of their own!

  • 248 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 249 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 250 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 251 The Geneva marionettes

  • 252

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 253 It really was the 'last time'

  • 254 From Bobby to Brian

  • 255 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 256 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 257 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 258 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 259 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 260 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 262 A man and his wheel

  • 263

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 264 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 265 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 266 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 267 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 268 Riverside mystery

  • 269 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 270 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 271 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 272 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 274 A roof-top view - where?

  • 275 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 276 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 277 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 278 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 279 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 280

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 281 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 282 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 283 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 284 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 285 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 286 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 287 Northam footballers of the future

  • 288 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 289 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 290 By pony and trap to market

  • 291 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 292 Just over a year old

  • 293 He beat the floods

  • 294 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 295 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 296 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 297 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 298 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 299 Can spring be far away?

  • 300 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 301 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 302 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 303 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 304 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 305 For crying out loud!

  • 306 Some mushroom!

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

  • 308 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 309 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 311 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 312 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 313 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 314 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 315 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 316 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 317 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 318 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 319 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 320 Mobile missionary

  • 321 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 322 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 323 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 325 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 326 Peter poses for TV film

  • 327 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 328 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 329 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 330 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 331 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 332 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 333 School crossing patrol begins

  • 334 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 335 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 336 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 337 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 338 The art of the thatcher

  • 339 Burnard family reunion

  • 340 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 341

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 342 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 343 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 344 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 345 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 346 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 347 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 348

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 349 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 350 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 351 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 352 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 353 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 354 Warmington's garage ad

  • 355 Torrington's new amenity

  • 356 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 357 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 358 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 359 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 360 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 361 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 362 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 363 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 364 Modern living at Bideford

  • 365 New choral society's growing response

  • 366 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 367 School's link with cargo ship

  • 368 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 369 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 370 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 371 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 372 Variety in summer weather

  • 373 New addition to Quay front

  • 374 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 375 Clovelly nightmare

  • 376 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 377 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 378

    Married in 1908
  • 379 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 380 Decontrol of meat

  • 381 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 382 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 383 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 384 Hartland's invitation

  • 385 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 386 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 387 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 388

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 389 Bideford loses training ship

  • 390 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 391 Out of puff!

  • 392 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 393 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 394 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 395

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 396 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 397 Littleham family's five generations

  • 398 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 399 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 400 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 401 Clovelly custom

  • 402 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 403 What's the time?

  • 404

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 405 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 406 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 407 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 408

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 409 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 410

    Bidefordians
  • 411 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 412 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 413 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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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  • 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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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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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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