• 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 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 2 School crossing patrol begins

  • 3 In their new robes and hats

  • 4 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 5 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 6 First ship in 8 years

  • 7 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 8 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 9 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 10

    New gateway
  • 11 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 12 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 13 Sweets derationing

  • 14 Off on a great adventure

  • 15 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 16 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 17 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 18 Twenty-one yachts

  • 19 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 20 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 21

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 22 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 23 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 24 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 25 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 26 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 27 Just over a year old

  • 28 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 29 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 30 A man and his wheel

  • 31

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

  • 33 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 34 End of the line

  • 35 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 36 Finished in 1876

  • 37 Centenary of Gazette

  • 38 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 39 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 40 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 41 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 43 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 44 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 45 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 46 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 47 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 48 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 49 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 50 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 51 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 52 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 53 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 54 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 55 All for the love of a lady!

  • 56 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 57

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 58 It really was the 'last time'

  • 59 Appledore's largest

  • 60 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 61 Emergency ferry services

  • 62 Northam's almshouse

  • 63 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 64 Warmington's garage ad

  • 65 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 66 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 67 Weare Giffard potato

  • 68 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 69 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 70 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 71 Police station view of Bideford

  • 72 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 73 The cab at the corner>
  • 74 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 75 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 76 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 77 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 78 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 79 Out of puff!

  • 80 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 81 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 82 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 83 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 84 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 85 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 86 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 87

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 88 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 89 What's the time?

  • 90 Can spring be far away?

  • 91 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 92 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 93 Ten year old scrambler

  • 94 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 95 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 96 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 97 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 98 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 99 Loads of black and white

  • 100 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 101 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 102 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 103 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 104

    Bidefordians
  • 105

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 106

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 107 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 108 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 109 Burnard family reunion

  • 110 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 111 New life for Hartland organ

  • 112 From Bobby to Brian

  • 113 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 114 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 115 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 116 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 117 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 118 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 119

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 120 Capers on the cobbles

  • 121 Variety in summer weather

  • 122 Bideford computer stars

  • 123 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 124 All aboard the ark

  • 125 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 126 A roof-top view - where?

  • 127 Devil sent packing

  • 128 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 129 Traditions and skills still there

  • 130 When horses score over the tractor

  • 131 A bird of their own!

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

  • 133 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 134 Riverside mystery

  • 135

    Was a missionary
  • 136 Waldon Triplets
  • 137 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 138 Ships at Bideford

  • 139 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 140 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 141 By pony and trap to market

  • 142 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 143 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 144 Parkham plan realised

  • 145 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 146 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 147 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 148 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 149 The Geneva marionettes

  • 150 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 151 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 152 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 153 Modern living at Bideford

  • 154 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 155 New art gallery opened

  • 156 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 157 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 158 For crying out loud!

  • 159 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 160 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 161 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 162 Littleham family's five generations

  • 163 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 164 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 165 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 166 Circus comes to town

  • 167

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 168 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 169

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 170

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 171

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 172 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 173 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 174 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 175 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 176 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 177 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 178 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 179

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 180 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 181 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 182 New choral society's growing response

  • 183 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 184 Simple Item 138
  • 185 Clovelly custom

  • 186 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 188 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 189 New look in the hayfields

  • 190 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 191 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 192 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 193 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 194

    First prize
  • 195 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 196 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 197 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 198 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 199 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 200 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 201 New Lundy stamps

  • 202

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 203

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 204 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 205 Recognise this resort?

  • 206 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 207 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 208 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 209 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 210 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 211 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 212 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 213 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 214 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 215 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 216 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 217 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 218

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 219 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 220

    Exhibition of school work
  • 221 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 222 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 223 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 224 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 225 113 years at Instow

  • 226 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 227 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 228 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 229 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 230 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 231 Some 240 exhibits

  • 232 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 233 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 234 Filming at Hartland

  • 235 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 236 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 237 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 238 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 239 New civic medallions

  • 240 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 241 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 242 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 243 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 244 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 245 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 246 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 247 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 248 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 249 Clovelly nightmare

  • 250 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 251 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 252 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 253 Life begins at 80

  • 254 New addition to Quay front

  • 255 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 256 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 257 They are parted pro-tem

  • 258 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 259 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 260 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 261 Six footed lamb

  • 262 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 265 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 266 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 268 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 269 Private home for public pump

  • 270 Hartland postman retires

  • 271 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 272 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 273 Bideford loses training ship

  • 274 Penny for the guy

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

  • 276 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 277 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 278 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 279 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 280 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 281 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 282 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 283 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 284 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 285 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 286 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 287 Torrington children build igloo
  • 288 Mobile missionary

  • 289 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 290 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 291 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 292 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 293 Service with a smile

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

  • 295 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 296 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 297 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 298 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 299 A story to tell!

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

  • 301 Some mushroom!

  • 302 Happy Days!

  • 303 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 305 Pannier Market's future?

  • 306

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 307 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 308 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 309 Decontrol of meat

  • 310

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 311 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 312 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 314 North Devon Driving School

  • 315 Bridging the stream

  • 316 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 317 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 318 Northam footballers of the future

  • 319 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 320 No laughing matter

  • 321 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 322 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 323 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 324 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 325 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 326 New Post Office

  • 327 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 328 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 329 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 330 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 331 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 332 Torrington's new amenity

  • 333 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Married in 1908
  • 335 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 336 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 337 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 338 Peter poses for TV film

  • 339 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 340 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 341 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 342 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 343 Cruising down the river

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 345 Torrington in 1967

  • 346 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 347 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 348 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 349 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 350 Jumble sale fever

  • 351 Artisans' Club

  • 352 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 353 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 354 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 355 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 356

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 357

    Relatives all over the world
  • 358 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 359 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 360 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 361 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 362 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 363 The art of the thatcher

  • 364 New shipyard on schedule

  • 365 Puppet characters introduced

  • 366 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 367 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 368 Hartland Dancers
  • 369 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 370 Revenge in style

  • 371 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 373 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 374 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 375 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 376 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 377 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 378 School's link with cargo ship

  • 379 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 380 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 381 Picking the pops

  • 382 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 383 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 385 Picking the pops

  • 386 Sight of a lifetime

  • 387 He beat the floods

  • 388 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 389 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 390

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 391 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 392 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 393 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 394 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 395

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 396 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 397 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 398 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 399

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 400 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 401 Bideford regatta

  • 402 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 403 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 404 Hartland's invitation

  • 405 Last train from Torrington

  • 406 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 407

    Building works
  • 408 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 409 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 410

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 411 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 412 No sale of Springfield House

  • 413 Bideford's private wharves busier

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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