• 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 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 2 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 3 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 4 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 5 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 6 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 7 Out of puff!

  • 8 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 9 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 10 Picking the pops

  • 11 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 12 Traditions and skills still there

  • 13 Decontrol of meat

  • 14 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 15 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 16 When horses score over the tractor

  • 17 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 18 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 19 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 20 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 21 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 23 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 24 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 25 New Lundy stamps

  • 26 New choral society's growing response

  • 27 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 28 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 29 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 30 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 31 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 32 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 33 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 34 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 36 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 37 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 38 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 39 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 40 Parkham plan realised

  • 41 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 42 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 43 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 44 Ships at Bideford

  • 45 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 46 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 47 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 48 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 49 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 51 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 52 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 53 New civic medallions

  • 54

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 55 Bideford computer stars

  • 56 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 57 Simple Item 138
  • 58

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 59 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 60 A man and his wheel

  • 61 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 62 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 63 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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

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

  • 66 They are parted pro-tem

  • 67 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 68 Bideford regatta

  • 69 All for the love of a lady!

  • 70 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 71 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 72 Pannier Market's future?

  • 73 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 74 Just over a year old

  • 75 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 76 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 77 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 78 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 79 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 80 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 81 Northam footballers of the future

  • 82 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 83

    Bidefordians
  • 84 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 85 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 86 School's link with cargo ship

  • 87 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 88 Some 240 exhibits

  • 89 Variety in summer weather

  • 90 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 91 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 92 Hartland postman retires

  • 93 Ten year old scrambler

  • 94 Last train from Torrington

  • 95

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 96 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 97 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 98 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 99 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 100 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 101 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 102

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 103 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 104

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 105 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 106 Some mushroom!

  • 107 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 108 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 109 The art of the thatcher

  • 110 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 111 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 112 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 113 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 115 Waldon Triplets
  • 116 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 117 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 118 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 119 Torrington in 1967

  • 120 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 121 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 122 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 123

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 124 All aboard the ark

  • 125 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 126 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 127 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 128 New addition to Quay front

  • 129

    Married in 1908
  • 130 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 131 Police station view of Bideford

  • 132 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 133 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 134

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 135 Life begins at 80

  • 136 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 137 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 138 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 139 A story to tell!

  • 140 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 141 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 142 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 143 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 144 Riverside mystery

  • 145 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 147

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 148

    Relatives all over the world
  • 149 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 150 School crossing patrol begins

  • 151 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 152 Peter poses for TV film

  • 153 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 154 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 155 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 156 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 157 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 158 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 159 A roof-top view - where?

  • 160 Service with a smile

  • 161 New art gallery opened

  • 162 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 163 Weare Giffard potato

  • 164 A bird of their own!

  • 165 He beat the floods

  • 166 Capers on the cobbles

  • 167 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 168 Centenary of Gazette

  • 169 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 170 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 171 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 172 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 174 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 175 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 176 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 177 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 178 Torrington children build igloo
  • 179

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 180 No sale of Springfield House

  • 181

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 182 Warmington's garage ad

  • 183 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 184 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 185 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 186 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 187 New look for Torrington Lane

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 189 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 190 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 191 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 192 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 193 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 194 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 195 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 196 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 197 Picking the pops

  • 198 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 199 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 200 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 201 New life for Hartland organ

  • 202 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 203 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 204 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 205 Loads of black and white

  • 206

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 207 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 208 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 209 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 210 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 211 Recognise this resort?

  • 212 113 years at Instow

  • 213 Finished in 1876

  • 214 End of the line

  • 215 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 216 By pony and trap to market

  • 217 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 218 No laughing matter

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

  • 220 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 221 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 222

    Exhibition of school work
  • 223 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 224 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 225 Puppet characters introduced

  • 226 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 227 Devil sent packing

  • 228 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 229 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 230 New look in the hayfields

  • 231 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 232 In their new robes and hats

  • 233 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 234

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 235 Clovelly custom

  • 236 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 237 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 238 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 239 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 240 Circus comes to town

  • 241 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 242 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 243 It really was the 'last time'

  • 244 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 245 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 246 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 247

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 248 Emergency ferry services

  • 249 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 250 Off on a great adventure

  • 251 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 252 Sight of a lifetime

  • 253 Hartland Dancers
  • 254 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 255 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 257 Revenge in style

  • 258 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 259 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 261 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 262 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 263 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 264 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 265 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 266 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 267 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 268 New shipyard on schedule

  • 269 Bridging the stream

  • 270 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 271 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 273 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 274 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 275 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 276 What's the time?

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    First prize
  • 278 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 279 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 280 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 281 Cruising down the river

  • 282 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 283 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 284 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 285 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 286 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 287 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 288 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 289 First ship in 8 years

  • 290

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 291 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 292

    Building works
  • 293 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 294 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 295 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 296 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 297 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 298 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 299 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 300 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 301 Artisans' Club

  • 302 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 303 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 304 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 305 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 306

    New gateway
  • 307 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 308 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 309 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 310 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 311 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 312 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 313

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 314 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 315 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 316

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 317

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 318 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 319 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 320 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 321 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 322 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 323 Happy Days!

  • 324 Mobile missionary

  • 325 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 326

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 327 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 328 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 329 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 330 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 331 Northam's almshouse

  • 332 Six footed lamb

  • 333

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 334 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 335 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 336

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 337 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 338 New Post Office

  • 339 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 340 Bideford loses training ship

  • 341 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 342 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 343 Jumble sale fever

  • 344 The Geneva marionettes

  • 345 North Devon Driving School

  • 346 Littleham family's five generations

  • 347 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 348 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 349 Modern living at Bideford

  • 350 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 351 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 352 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 353

    Was a missionary
  • 354

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 355 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 356 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 357 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 358 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 360 Torrington's new amenity

  • 361 Appledore's largest

  • 362 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 363 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 364 Private home for public pump

  • 365 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 366 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 367 So this is the mainland!

  • 368 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 370 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 371 Hartland's invitation

  • 372 For crying out loud!

  • 373 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 374 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 375 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 376 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 377 Penny for the guy

  • 378 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 379 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 380 Twenty-one yachts

  • 381 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 382 Can spring be far away?

  • 383 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 384 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 385 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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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Hatherleigh Coat of Arms inquiry

Welcome To Hatherleigh

January 1972 Hatherleigh Coat of Arms

During a discussion at Hatherleigh Parish Council on a proposal to have 'Welcome to Hatherleigh' signs erected at the entrances to the town, the question of whether Hatherleigh possessed a Coat of Arms was raised. Members felt that the town's Arms - if it has them - could be incorporated in the signs.

It was agreed to obtain designs and prices of signs and to ascertain the procedure for getting a Coat of Arms if the town is not already entitled to one.

Gazette article dated January 1972

Dream becomes reality 6th October 1967

Dream becomes reality 6th October 1967

dream becomes realityNothing had given him greater pleasure or pride than this latest addition to the market, said Mr J Gordon Vick at the opening of Hatherleigh's £175,000 abattoir by Mr Ivor Martin, principal scientific officer of the Meat Research Institute, Langport.

The latest project, he said had been thought about for a good many years, and he was grateful to all those who had supported him.

Praising Mr Vick and his associates, Mr Peter Mills, MP for the Torrington division, said the Mr Vick had been right before; he believed he would be proved right again and the project would be another success.

Mr Douglas Wilkins, the manager and director emphasised that it was a service abattoir, open to all who wanted their stock slaughtered.  They were not out to compete with the meat trade.

Mr D C Philip, chairman of Okehampton Rural Council, welcomed the enterprise.

 

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