• 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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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 2 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 3 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 4 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 5 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 6 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 7 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 8 School crossing patrol begins

  • 9 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 10 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 11 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 13 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 14 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 15

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 16 Traditions and skills still there

  • 17 Jumble sale fever

  • 18 Mobile missionary

  • 19 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 20 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 21 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 22 Penny for the guy

  • 23 A roof-top view - where?

  • 24 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 25 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 26 Hartland postman retires

  • 27 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 28 Torrington in 1967

  • 29 Simple Item 138
  • 30 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 31 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 32 Clovelly nightmare

  • 33

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 34 Off on a great adventure

  • 35 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 36 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 37 Emergency ferry services

  • 38 Some mushroom!

  • 39 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 40 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 41 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 42 North Devon Driving School

  • 43 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 44 Northam's almshouse

  • 45 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 46 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 47 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 48 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 49 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 50 All for the love of a lady!

  • 51 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 52 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 53 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 54 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 55 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 56 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 57 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 58 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 59

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

  • 61 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 63 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 64

    Relatives all over the world
  • 65 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 66 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 67 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 68 Appledore's largest

  • 69 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 70 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 72 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 73 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 74 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 75 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 76 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 77 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 78 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 79 New life for Hartland organ

  • 80 Peter poses for TV film

  • 81 From Bobby to Brian

  • 82 New Lundy stamps

  • 83 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 84 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 85 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 86 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 87 In their new robes and hats

  • 88 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 89 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 90 First ship in 8 years

  • 91 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 92 Life begins at 80

  • 93 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 94 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 95 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 96 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 97 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 98 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 99 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 101 Recognise this resort?

  • 102 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 103 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 104 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 105 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 106 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 107 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 108 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 109 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 110 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 111 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 112 Out of puff!

  • 113 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 114 A man and his wheel

  • 115 Picking the pops

  • 116 Loads of black and white

  • 117 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 118 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 119 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 120 Just over a year old

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

  • 122 New choral society's growing response

  • 123 Some 240 exhibits

  • 124 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 125 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 126 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 127

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 128 Waldon Triplets
  • 129 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 130 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 131

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 132

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 133 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 134 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 135 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 136 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 137 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 138 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 139

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 140 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 141 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 142 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 143 Burnard family reunion

  • 144 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 145

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 146 So this is the mainland!

  • 147 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 148 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 149 Torrington children build igloo
  • 150 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 151 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 152 Capers on the cobbles

  • 153 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 154 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 155 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 156 New Post Office

  • 157 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 158 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 159 Variety in summer weather

  • 160 No laughing matter

  • 161 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 162 All aboard the ark

  • 163 Cruising down the river

  • 164 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 165 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 166 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 167 Littleham family's five generations

  • 168 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 169 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 170 New addition to Quay front

  • 171 For crying out loud!

  • 172 By pony and trap to market

  • 173

    New gateway
  • 174 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 175 Finished in 1876

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

  • 177 The art of the thatcher

  • 178 New look in the hayfields

  • 179 Twenty-one yachts

  • 180 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 181 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 182 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 183 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 184 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 185 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 186 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 187 New art gallery opened

  • 188 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 189

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 190 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 191 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 192 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 193 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 195 Circus comes to town

  • 196 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 197 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 198 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 199 Picking the pops

  • 200

    Was a missionary
  • 201 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 202 Filming at Hartland

  • 203 A story to tell!

  • 204

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 205 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 206 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 207 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 208 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 209 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 210 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 211 Hartland's invitation

  • 212 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 213 Bideford regatta

  • 214 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 215 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 216 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 217 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 218 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 219 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 220 Weare Giffard potato

  • 221 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 222 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 223 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 224 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 225 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 226 When horses score over the tractor

  • 227 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 228

    First prize
  • 229 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 230 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 231 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 232 Ships at Bideford

  • 233 Revenge in style

  • 234 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 235 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 236 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 237

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 238 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 239 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 240 Service with a smile

  • 241 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 242

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

  • 244 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 245 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 246 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 247 Modern living at Bideford

  • 248 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 250 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 251

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 252

    Married in 1908
  • 253 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 254

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 255 Happy Days!

  • 256 No sale of Springfield House

  • 257

    Bidefordians
  • 258 Bridging the stream

  • 259 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 260 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 261 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 262 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 263 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 264 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 265 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 266 113 years at Instow

  • 267 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 268 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 269 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 270 Puppet characters introduced

  • 271 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 272 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 273 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 274 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 275 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 276 Last train from Torrington

  • 277 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 278 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 279 Northam footballers of the future

  • 280 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 281 New civic medallions

  • 282 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 284 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 285 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 286 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 287 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 288 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 290 What's the time?

  • 291 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 292 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 293 They are parted pro-tem

  • 294 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 296 Artisans' Club

  • 297 Sweets derationing

  • 298 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 299 The cab at the corner>
  • 300 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 301 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 302 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 303 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 304 Parkham plan realised

  • 305 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 306 School's link with cargo ship

  • 307 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 308 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 309 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 310 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 311 New shipyard on schedule

  • 312 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 313 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 314 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 315 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 316 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 317 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 318

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 319 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 320 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 321 A bird of their own!

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 323 Private home for public pump

  • 324 Six footed lamb

  • 325 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 326 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 327 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 328 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 329 Police station view of Bideford

  • 330 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 331 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 332 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 333 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 334 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 335 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 336 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 337 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 338 Torrington's new amenity

  • 339 Pannier Market's future?

  • 340 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 341 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 342 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 343 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 344

    Exhibition of school work
  • 345 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 346 Decontrol of meat

  • 347 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 348 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 349 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 350 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 351 Sight of a lifetime

  • 352

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 353 Hartland Dancers
  • 354 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 355 He beat the floods

  • 356 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 357 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 358 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 359

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 360 End of the line

  • 361

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 362 The Geneva marionettes

  • 363 Riverside mystery

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

  • 365 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 366 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 367 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 368 Warmington's garage ad

  • 369 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 370 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 372 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 373 It really was the 'last time'

  • 374 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 375 Ten year old scrambler

  • 376 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 377 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 378 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 379 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 380 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 381 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 382 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 383 Can spring be far away?

  • 384 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 385 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 386 Devil sent packing

  • 387 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 388 Clovelly custom

  • 389 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 390 Bideford computer stars

  • 391

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 392 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 393 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 394 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 395 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 396

    Building works
  • 397 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 398

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 399 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 400 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 401 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 402 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 403 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 404

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 405 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 406 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 407 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 408 Centenary of Gazette

  • 409 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 410 Fish nearly pulled him in

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 412 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 413 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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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TV Film Ignored Local Efforts

TV Film Ignored Local Efforts - 18th December 1970

18.12.1970 Burrows BBC1
 

It was regrettable that the BBC had contacted neither Northam Urban Council nor the Burrows Committee before featuring the Burrows in a programme on BBC2 that gave a poor impression, Mr John Smith (chairman of the Highways and Amenities Committee) told the Council.

Northam Burrows News

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