• 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 In their new robes and hats

  • 2 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 3 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 4 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 6 Out of puff!

  • 7 Parkham plan realised

  • 8 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 9 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 10 Cruising down the river

  • 11 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 12 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 13 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 14 Sweets derationing

  • 15 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 16 Hartland's invitation

  • 17 Bideford loses training ship

  • 18 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 19 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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

  • 21 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 22 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 23 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 24 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 26 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 27 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 28 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 29

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 30 When horses score over the tractor

  • 31 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 32 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 33 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 34 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 35 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 36 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 37 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 38 Some mushroom!

  • 39 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 40

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 41 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 42 Filming at Hartland

  • 43 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 44 Variety in summer weather

  • 45 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 46 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 47 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 48 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 49 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 50 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 51

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 52 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 53 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 54 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 55 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 56 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 57 New life for Hartland organ

  • 58 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 59 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 60 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 61 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 62 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 63 North Devon Driving School

  • 64 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 65 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 66 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 68 New Post Office

  • 69 Traditions and skills still there

  • 70 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 71 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 72

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 73 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 74 Northam's almshouse

  • 75 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 76 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 77 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 78 A roof-top view - where?

  • 79 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 80 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 81 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 82 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 83

    Bidefordians
  • 84 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 85 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 86 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 87 New art gallery opened

  • 88 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 89 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 90 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 91 A story to tell!

  • 92 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 93

    First prize
  • 94

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 95 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 96 Bideford computer stars

  • 97 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 98 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 99 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 100 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 101 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 102 Riverside mystery

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

  • 104 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 105 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 106 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 108 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 109 Clovelly nightmare

  • 110 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 111 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 112 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 113 It really was the 'last time'

  • 114 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 115 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 116

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 117 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 118 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 119 For crying out loud!

  • 120 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 121 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 122 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 123 Capers on the cobbles

  • 124 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 125 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 127

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 128 Littleham family's five generations

  • 129 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 130 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 131 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 132 Finished in 1876

  • 133 Police station view of Bideford

  • 134 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 135 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 136 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 137 The Geneva marionettes

  • 138 Torrington children build igloo
  • 139 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 140 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 141 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 142 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 143 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 144

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 145 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 146 Waldon Triplets
  • 147 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 148 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 149 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 150 Six footed lamb

  • 151 Simple Item 138
  • 152 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 153 Artisans' Club

  • 154 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 155 A man and his wheel

  • 156 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 157 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 158 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 159 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 160 He beat the floods

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

  • 162 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 163 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 164

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 165 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 166

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 167 Appledore's largest

  • 168 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 169

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 170 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 171 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 172 New civic medallions

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

  • 174 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 175 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 176 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 177

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 178 Loads of black and white

  • 179 Twenty-one yachts

  • 180 Private home for public pump

  • 181 New choral society's growing response

  • 182 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 183 So this is the mainland!

  • 184 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 185

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 186 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 187 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 188 Bideford regatta

  • 189 School's link with cargo ship

  • 190 New Lundy stamps

  • 191 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 192 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 193 Happy Days!

  • 194 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 195 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 196 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 197 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 198 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 199 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 200 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 201 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 202 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 203 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 204 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 205 From Bobby to Brian

  • 206 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 207 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 208 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 209 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 210 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 211 Picking the pops

  • 212 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 213 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 214 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 215 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 216 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 217 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 218

    Building works
  • 219 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 220 Weare Giffard potato

  • 221 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 222 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 223 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 224 Off on a great adventure

  • 225

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 226 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 227 Torrington's new amenity

  • 228

    Relatives all over the world
  • 229 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 230 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 231 Hartland postman retires

  • 232 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 233 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 234 Pannier Market's future?

  • 235 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 236 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 237

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 238 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 239 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 240

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 241 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 242 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 243 Warmington's garage ad

  • 244 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 245 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 246 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 247

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 248 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 249 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 250

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 251 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 252 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 253 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 254 No laughing matter

  • 255 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 256 Picking the pops

  • 257 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 258 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 259 New addition to Quay front

  • 260 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 261 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 262 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 263 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 264 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 265 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 266 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 267 Devil sent packing

  • 268 Ships at Bideford

  • 269 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 270 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 271 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 272 Decontrol of meat

  • 273 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 274 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 275 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 276 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 277 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 278 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 279 Recognise this resort?

  • 280 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    New gateway
  • 282 A bird of their own!

  • 283 Centenary of Gazette

  • 284 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 285 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 286 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 287 All aboard the ark

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

  • 289 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 290

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 291 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 292 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 293 Just over a year old

  • 294 Emergency ferry services

  • 295 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 296 Modern living at Bideford

  • 297 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 298 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 299 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 300 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 301 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 302 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 303 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 304 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 305 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 306 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 307 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 308 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 309 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 310 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 311 Torrington in 1967

  • 312 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 313 Revenge in style

  • 314 Puppet characters introduced

  • 315 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 316 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 317 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 318 Mobile missionary

  • 319 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 320 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 321 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 322 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 323 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 324 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 325

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 326 Northam footballers of the future

  • 327 No sale of Springfield House

  • 328 Penny for the guy

  • 329 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 330 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 331 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 332 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 333 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 334 Peter poses for TV film

  • 335 Bridging the stream

  • 336 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 337 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 338 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 339 Clovelly custom

  • 340 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 341 End of the line

  • 342 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 343 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 344 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 345 Circus comes to town

  • 346 Sight of a lifetime

  • 347 Ten year old scrambler

  • 348 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 349 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 350 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 351 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 352 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 353 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 354 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 355 All for the love of a lady!

  • 356 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 357 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 358 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 359 Last train from Torrington

  • 360 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 361 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 362

    Was a missionary
  • 363 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 364 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 365 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 366 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 367 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 368 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 369 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 370 Can spring be far away?

  • 371 By pony and trap to market

  • 372

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 373 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 374

    Married in 1908
  • 375 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 376 Hartland Dancers
  • 377 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 378

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 379 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 380 New shipyard on schedule

  • 381 New look in the hayfields

  • 382 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 383 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 384 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 385

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 386

    Exhibition of school work
  • 387 113 years at Instow

  • 388 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 389 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 390 Life begins at 80

  • 391 First ship in 8 years

  • 392 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 393 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 394

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 395 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 396 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 397 What's the time?

  • 398 Burnard family reunion

  • 399 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

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

  • 402 They are parted pro-tem

  • 403 Jumble sale fever

  • 404 Service with a smile

  • 405 School crossing patrol begins

  • 406 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 407 Some 240 exhibits

  • 408 The cab at the corner>
  • 409 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 410 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 411 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 412 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
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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  • 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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  • 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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Special day at Dolton 29th June 1979

Special day at Dolton 29th June 1979

Special day at DoltonTuesday was a special day in the long history of Dolton village school and particularly so for the 40 children who attend it.  They dressed up in clothes of the 1850 period as part of the celebrations at the school which this year is 125 years old.

Dolton mansion for Rolling Stones drummer 10th December 1982

Dolton mansion for Rolling Stones drummer 10th December 1982

dolton mansion for Rolling Stones drummer 10.12.1982

Mr Charles Watts, I hear, has bought Halsdon House at Dolton.  The six bed room property is a Grade 2 listed building standing in a lovely park and woodland of 14 acres.  Estate agents, Michelmore Hughes stated no official announcement regarding the buyer has been made.

Dolton project 26.05.1978

Dolton project 26.05.1978

Dolton project 26.05.1978

Official opening of £1/2 million factory development by specialist engineering group Boughton and Sons Ltd. already at Dartmouth and Winkleigh.  Boughtons started in 1897, Mr Stephen Boughton grandson of the founder is managing this Dolton based gear division of the group.

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