• 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 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 2 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 4 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 5 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 6 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 7 Private home for public pump

  • 8 Just over a year old

  • 9 Clovelly nightmare

  • 10

    Building works
  • 11 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 12 113 years at Instow

  • 13 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 14 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 15 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 16 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 17 Picking the pops

  • 18 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 19 New civic medallions

  • 20 Hartland postman retires

  • 21 Filming at Hartland

  • 22 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 23 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 24 Ten year old scrambler

  • 25 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 26 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 28 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 29 New look in the hayfields

  • 30 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 31 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 32 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 33 Happy Days!

  • 34 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 35 Out of puff!

  • 36 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 37 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 38 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 39 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 40 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 41 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 42 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 43 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 44 Puppet characters introduced

  • 45 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 46 Artisans' Club

  • 47 Six footed lamb

  • 48 Decontrol of meat

  • 49 Ships at Bideford

  • 50 Clovelly custom

  • 51 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 52 The cab at the corner>
  • 53 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 54 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 55 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 56 Police station view of Bideford

  • 57 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 58 Weare Giffard potato

  • 59 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 60 Parkham plan realised

  • 61 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 62 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 63 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 64

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 65 New art gallery opened

  • 66 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 67 Some 240 exhibits

  • 68

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 69 First ship in 8 years

  • 70 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 71 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 72 Warmington's garage ad

  • 73 Torrington's new amenity

  • 74 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 75 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 76 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 77

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 78 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 79 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 80 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 81 Capers on the cobbles

  • 82 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 83 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 84 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 85 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 86 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 87 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 88 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 89 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 90 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 91

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 92 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 93 Burnard family reunion

  • 94 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 95 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 96 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 97 School crossing patrol begins

  • 98 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 99 No laughing matter

  • 100 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 101 Bideford computer stars

  • 102 A story to tell!

  • 103 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 104 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 105 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 106 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 107 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 108 From Bobby to Brian

  • 109 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 110 Peter poses for TV film

  • 111 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 112 Centenary of Gazette

  • 113 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 114 Traditions and skills still there

  • 115 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 116 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 117 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 118 End of the line

  • 119 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 120 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 121

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 122 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 123 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 124 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 125

    New gateway
  • 126 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 127 Riverside mystery

  • 128 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 129 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 130 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 131 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 132 Life begins at 80

  • 133 Last train from Torrington

  • 134 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 135 New shipyard on schedule

  • 136 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 137 Torrington children build igloo
  • 138 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 139 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 141 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 142 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 143 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 144 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 145 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 146 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 147 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 148 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 150 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 151 Bridging the stream

  • 152 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 153 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 154 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 155 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 156 Torrington in 1967

  • 157 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 158 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 159 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 160 Northam footballers of the future

  • 161 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 162 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 163 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 164 When horses score over the tractor

  • 165 Finished in 1876

  • 166 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

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

  • 168 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 169 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 171 Service with a smile

  • 172 Revenge in style

  • 173 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 174 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 175 Making way for the double-deckers

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

    First prize
  • 178 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 179

    Relatives all over the world
  • 180 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 181 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 182 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 183 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 184 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 185 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 186 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 187 Penny for the guy

  • 188 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 189 It really was the 'last time'

  • 190 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 191 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 193 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 194 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 195

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 196 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 197 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 198 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 199 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 200 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 201 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 202 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 203 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 204 In their new robes and hats

  • 205 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 206

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 207 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 208 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 209 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 210 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 211 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 212 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 213 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 214 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 215 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 216 North Devon Driving School

  • 217

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 218 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 219 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 220 A man and his wheel

  • 221 A roof-top view - where?

  • 222 Modern living at Bideford

  • 223 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 224 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 225

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 226 Appledore's largest

  • 227 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 228 School's link with cargo ship

  • 229 Cruising down the river

  • 230 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 231 New Post Office

  • 232 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 233 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 235 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 236 By pony and trap to market

  • 237 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 238 Variety in summer weather

  • 239 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 240

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 241 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 242

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 243 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 244 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 245 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 246 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 247 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 248 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 249 Picking the pops

  • 250 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 251 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 252 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 254 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 255 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 256 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 257 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 258 Devil sent packing

  • 259 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 260 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 261 Bideford loses training ship

  • 262 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 264 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 265 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 266 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 267

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 268 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 269

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 270 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 271 Bideford regatta

  • 272 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 273 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 274 Hartland Dancers
  • 275 A bird of their own!

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    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 277 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 278 He beat the floods

  • 279 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 280 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 281 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 282 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 283 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 284 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 285 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 286

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 287 Loads of black and white

  • 288

    Exhibition of school work
  • 289 No sale of Springfield House

  • 290 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 291 Sight of a lifetime

  • 292 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 293 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 294 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 295 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 296 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 297 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 298 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 299 The art of the thatcher

  • 300 Circus comes to town

  • 301 Simple Item 138
  • 302 Waldon Triplets
  • 303 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 304 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 305 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 306 New addition to Quay front

  • 307 All aboard the ark

  • 308 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 310 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 311 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 312 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 313 Twenty-one yachts

  • 314 Some mushroom!

  • 315 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 316 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 317 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 318 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 319 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 320

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 321

    Married in 1908
  • 322 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 323 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 324 Recognise this resort?

  • 325

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 326 Pannier Market's future?

  • 327 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 328 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 329 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 330 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 331 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 332 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 333 Northam's almshouse

  • 334 Emergency ferry services

  • 335 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 336 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 337 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 338 New choral society's growing response

  • 339

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 340

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 341 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 342

    Was a missionary
  • 343 So this is the mainland!

  • 344 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 345 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 346 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 347 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 348 All for the love of a lady!

  • 349 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 350 Can spring be far away?

  • 351 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 352 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 353 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 354 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 355 Jumble sale fever

  • 356 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 357 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 358 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 359 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 361 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 363 What's the time?

  • 364 New life for Hartland organ

  • 365

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 366 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 367 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 368

    Bidefordians
  • 369 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 370 For crying out loud!

  • 371 New Lundy stamps

  • 372 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 373 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 374 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 375 They are parted pro-tem

  • 376 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 377 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 378 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 380 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 381 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 382 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 383 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 384 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 385 Sweets derationing

  • 386 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 387 Hartland's invitation

  • 388 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 389 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 390 Littleham family's five generations

  • 391 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 392 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 393 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 394 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 395 The Geneva marionettes

  • 396 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 397

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 398 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 399 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 400 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 401 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 402

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 403 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 404 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 405 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 406 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 407 Mobile missionary

  • 408 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 409 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 410 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 411 Off on a great adventure

  • 412 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 413 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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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Satellite Communications Centre in Remote North Cornwall Keeps Its Secrets 20.3.1981

Satellite Communications Centre in Remote North Cornwall Keeps Its Secrets 20.3.1981

Satellite Communications Centre in Remote North Cornwall Keeps Its Secret

The signpost on the busy A39 trunk road on the way to Bude simply says "CSOS Morwenstowe." Holidaymakers travelling fast in their cars hardly have time to give it a second look.

Dish aerials for Cleave Camp 15.3.1968

Dish aerials for Cleave Camp 15.3.1968

Dish aerials for Cleave Camp

A start is likely to be made this year on the erection of a new satellite communications centre at Cleave Camp, Morwenstow.

Where £500,000 'dish' will be planted 10.2.1967

Where £500,000 'dish' will be planted 10.2.1967

Where 500000 dish will be planted 1967

It was confirmed that the Ministry of Defence are to construct a £500,000 dish aerial to handle messages transmitted by way of satellite. Cleave Camp, Morwenstow, standing in open country close to the site of what was the home of the renowned Sir Richard Grenville, was finally closed in 1961.

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