• 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 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 3 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 4 He beat the floods

  • 5 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 6 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 7 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 9 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 10 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 11 Simple Item 138
  • 12 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 13 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 14

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 15 Can spring be far away?

  • 16 New Post Office

  • 17 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 18 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 19 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 20 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 21

    Exhibition of school work
  • 22 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 23

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 24

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 25 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 26 Torrington's new amenity

  • 27 School's link with cargo ship

  • 28 North Devon Driving School

  • 29 A story to tell!

  • 30 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 31

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 32 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 33 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 34 First ship in 8 years

  • 35 No sale of Springfield House

  • 36 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

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

  • 39 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 40 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 41 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 42 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 43 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 44 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 45 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 46 No laughing matter

  • 47 Ships at Bideford

  • 48

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 49 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 50 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 51 Finished in 1876

  • 52 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 53 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 54 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 55 Peter poses for TV film

  • 56 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 57 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 58 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 59 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 60 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 61 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 62 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 63 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 64 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 65 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 66 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 67 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 68 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 69 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 70

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 71 Off on a great adventure

  • 72 Bideford loses training ship

  • 73 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 75 Filming at Hartland

  • 76 End of the line

  • 77

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 78 When horses score over the tractor

  • 79 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 80 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 81 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 82 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 83 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 84 Pannier Market's future?

  • 85 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 86 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 87 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 88 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 89 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 90 Sight of a lifetime

  • 91 Just over a year old

  • 92 Devil sent packing

  • 93 Life begins at 80

  • 94 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 95 All for the love of a lady!

  • 96 From Bobby to Brian

  • 97 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 98 New life for Hartland organ

  • 99 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 100 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 101 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 102 Emergency ferry services

  • 103 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 104 School crossing patrol begins

  • 105 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 106

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 107 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 108 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 109 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 110 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 111 Mobile missionary

  • 112 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 113 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 114 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 115 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 116 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 117

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 118 New addition to Quay front

  • 119 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 120 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 121 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 122 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 123 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 124 Torrington children build igloo
  • 125 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 126 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 127 Appledore's largest

  • 128 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 130 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 131 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 132 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 133 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 134 Happy Days!

  • 135 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 136

    Bidefordians
  • 137

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 138 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 139 Modern living at Bideford

  • 140

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 141 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 142 Waldon Triplets
  • 143 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 144 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 145 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 146 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 147 New choral society's growing response

  • 148 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 149 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 150 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 151 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 152 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 153 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 154 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 155 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 156 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 157 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 158 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 159 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 160 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 161 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 162 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 163

    Building works
  • 164 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 165 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 166 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 167 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 168 Parkham plan realised

  • 169 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 170 It really was the 'last time'

  • 171 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 172 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 173 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 174 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 175 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 176 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 177 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 178 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 179 Penny for the guy

  • 180 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 181 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 182 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 183 Torrington in 1967

  • 184 113 years at Instow

  • 185 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 186 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 187 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 188

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 189 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 190 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 191 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 192 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 193 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 194 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 195 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 196 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 197 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 198

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 199 Hartland's invitation

  • 200 Littleham family's five generations

  • 201 Weare Giffard potato

  • 202 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 203 Picking the pops

  • 204 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 205 All aboard the ark

  • 206 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 207 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 209 What's the time?

  • 210 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 212 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 213 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 214 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 216 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 217 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 218 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 219

    Was a missionary
  • 220 Some 240 exhibits

  • 221 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 222 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 223

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 224 Northam's almshouse

  • 225 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 226 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 227 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 228 A man and his wheel

  • 229 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 230 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 231 Traditions and skills still there

  • 232 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 233 Riverside mystery

  • 234 Revenge in style

  • 235 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 236 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 237 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 238 New Lundy stamps

  • 239 Clovelly nightmare

  • 240 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 241 A bird of their own!

  • 242 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 243 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 244 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 245 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 246 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 247

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 248

    New gateway
  • 249 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 250 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

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

  • 252 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 253 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 254 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 255 The art of the thatcher

  • 256 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 257 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 258 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 259 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 260 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 261 The Geneva marionettes

  • 262 Out of puff!

  • 263 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 264 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 265 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 266

    Married in 1908
  • 267 Variety in summer weather

  • 268 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 269 Sweets derationing

  • 270 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 271 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 272 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 273 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 274 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 275 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 276 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 277 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 278 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 279 Bideford computer stars

  • 280 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 281 The cab at the corner>
  • 282 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 283 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 284 Hartland postman retires

  • 285 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 286 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 287 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 288 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 289 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 290 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 291 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 292 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 293 Hartland Dancers
  • 294 Some mushroom!

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

  • 296 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 297 Picking the pops

  • 298

    First prize
  • 299

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

  • 301 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 302 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 303 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 304 Cruising down the river

  • 305 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 306 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 307 Recognise this resort?

  • 308 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 309 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 311 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 312 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 313 Last train from Torrington

  • 314 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 315 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 316 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 317 New look in the hayfields

  • 318 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 319 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 320 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 321 Warmington's garage ad

  • 322 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 323

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 324 Private home for public pump

  • 325 Loads of black and white

  • 326 Centenary of Gazette

  • 327 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 329 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 330 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 332 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 333 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 334 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 335 New shipyard on schedule

  • 336 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 337 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 338 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 339 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 340 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 341 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 342 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 343 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 344 Artisans' Club

  • 345 Decontrol of meat

  • 346 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 347 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 348 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 349 Capers on the cobbles

  • 350 For crying out loud!

  • 351 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 352 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 353 Clovelly custom

  • 354 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 355 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 356 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 357 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 358 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 359 Burnard family reunion

  • 360 Police station view of Bideford

  • 361 New civic medallions

  • 362 Bideford regatta

  • 363

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 364 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 365 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 366 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 367 Twenty-one yachts

  • 368 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 369 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 370 Service with a smile

  • 371 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 372 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 373 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 374 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 375 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 376 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 377 Six footed lamb

  • 378 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 379 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 380 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 381 A roof-top view - where?

  • 382 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 383 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 384 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 386 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 387 Jumble sale fever

  • 388 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 389

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 390

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 391 New art gallery opened

  • 392

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 393 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 394 Bridging the stream

  • 395 In their new robes and hats

  • 396

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 397 Circus comes to town

  • 398 Ten year old scrambler

  • 399 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 401 They are parted pro-tem

  • 402 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 403 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 404 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 405 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 406 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 407 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 408

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 409 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 410 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 411 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 412

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 413 Puppet characters introduced

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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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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