• 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 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 2 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 3 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 4 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 5 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 6 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 7 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 8 Modern living at Bideford

  • 9 Northam's almshouse

  • 10 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 11 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 12 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 13 113 years at Instow

  • 14 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 15

    Exhibition of school work
  • 16

    Bidefordians
  • 17 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 18 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 19

    Building works
  • 20 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 21 Mobile missionary

  • 22 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 23 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 24 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 25 No laughing matter

  • 26 Bideford loses training ship

  • 27 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 28 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 29 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 30 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 31 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 33 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 34 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 35 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 36 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 37 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 38 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 40 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 41 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 42 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 43 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 44 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 45

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 46 New Post Office

  • 47 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 48 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 49 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 50 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 51 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 52 New art gallery opened

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

  • 54 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 55 Six footed lamb

  • 56 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 57 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 58 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 59 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 60 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 61 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 62 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 63 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 64 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 65 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 66 Clovelly custom

  • 67 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 68 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 69

    Relatives all over the world
  • 70 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 71 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 72

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 73 Weare Giffard potato

  • 74

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 75 First ship in 8 years

  • 76 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 77 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 78 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 79

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 80 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 81 A bird of their own!

  • 82 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 83 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 84 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 85 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 86 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 87 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 88

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 89 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 90

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 91 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 92 Decontrol of meat

  • 93 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 94

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 95 They are parted pro-tem

  • 96 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 97 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 98 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 99 In their new robes and hats

  • 100 Police station view of Bideford

  • 101 Pannier Market's future?

  • 102 New choral society's growing response

  • 103 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 104 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 105 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 106 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 107 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 108

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 109 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 110

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 111 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 112 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 113 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 114 All aboard the ark

  • 115 Hartland postman retires

  • 116 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 117 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 118 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 119 By pony and trap to market

  • 120 Emergency ferry services

  • 121 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 122 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 123 Riverside mystery

  • 124 New Lundy stamps

  • 125 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 126 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 127 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 128 Puppet characters introduced

  • 129 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 130 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 131 Jumble sale fever

  • 132 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 133 Littleham family's five generations

  • 134 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 135 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 136 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 137 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 138 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 139

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 140 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 141 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 142 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 143 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 144 Artisans' Club

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

  • 146 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 147 Bideford regatta

  • 148 New civic medallions

  • 149 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 150 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 151 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 153 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 154 Torrington children build igloo
  • 155 Off on a great adventure

  • 156 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 157 He beat the floods

  • 158 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 159 Some 240 exhibits

  • 160 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 161 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 162 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 163 Some mushroom!

  • 164 Can spring be far away?

  • 165 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 166 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 167 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 168

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 169 All for the love of a lady!

  • 170 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 171 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 172 Traditions and skills still there

  • 173 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 174 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 175 Out of puff!

  • 176 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 177 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 178 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 179 School crossing patrol begins

  • 180 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 181 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 182 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 183 Private home for public pump

  • 184 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 185 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 186 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 187 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 188

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 189

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 190 Revenge in style

  • 191 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 192 Last train from Torrington

  • 193 Bideford computer stars

  • 194 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 195 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 196 Recognise this resort?

  • 197 Warmington's garage ad

  • 198 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 199 Students help model St Sidwell

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 201 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 202 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 203 Happy Days!

  • 204 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 205 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 206 Variety in summer weather

  • 207 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 208 Hartland Dancers
  • 209 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 210 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 211 Clovelly nightmare

  • 212 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 213 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 214 It really was the 'last time'

  • 215

    Married in 1908
  • 216 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 217 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 218 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 219

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 220

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 221 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 222 School's link with cargo ship

  • 223 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 224 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 225 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 226 So this is the mainland!

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 228 Penny for the guy

  • 229 New look in the hayfields

  • 230 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 231 What's the time?

  • 232 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 233 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 234 New shipyard on schedule

  • 235 The art of the thatcher

  • 236 Peter poses for TV film

  • 237

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 238 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 239 Finished in 1876

  • 240 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 242 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 243 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 244 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 245 The Geneva marionettes

  • 246 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 247 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 248

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 249 Ships at Bideford

  • 250 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 251 Centenary of Gazette

  • 252 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 253 Waldon Triplets
  • 254 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 255 End of the line

  • 256 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 257 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 258 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 259 Bridging the stream

  • 260 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 261 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 262 Twenty-one yachts

  • 263 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 264 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 265 A story to tell!

  • 266 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    New gateway
  • 268 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 269 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 270 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 271 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 272 No sale of Springfield House

  • 273 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 274 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 275 North Devon Driving School

  • 276 Parkham plan realised

  • 277 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 278 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 279 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 280 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 281 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 282 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 283 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 284 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 285 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 287 Picking the pops

  • 288 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 289 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 290 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 291 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 292 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 293 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 294 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 295 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 296 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 298 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 299 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 300

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 301 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 302 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 305 Sight of a lifetime

  • 306

    Was a missionary
  • 307 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 308 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 309 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 310 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 311 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 312 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 313 A roof-top view - where?

  • 314 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 315 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 316 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 317 Simple Item 138
  • 318 Service with a smile

  • 319 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 320 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 321 When horses score over the tractor

  • 322 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 323 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 324 New addition to Quay front

  • 325 Just over a year old

  • 326 Picking the pops

  • 327 For crying out loud!

  • 328 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 329 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 330 Life begins at 80

  • 331 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 332 Circus comes to town

  • 333 Capers on the cobbles

  • 334 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 335 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 336

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 337 Torrington in 1967

  • 338 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 339 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 340 Torrington's new amenity

  • 341 Burnard family reunion

  • 342 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 343 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 344 A man and his wheel

  • 345

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 346 Northam footballers of the future

  • 347 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 348 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 349 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 350 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 351 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 352 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 353 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 355 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 356 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 357 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 358 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 359 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 360 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 361 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 362 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 363 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 365 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 366

    First prize
  • 367 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 368 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 369 Cruising down the river

  • 370 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 371 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 372

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 373 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 374 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 375 Loads of black and white

  • 376

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 377 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 378 Appledore's largest

  • 379 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 380 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 381 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 382 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 383 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 384 New life for Hartland organ

  • 385 Devil sent packing

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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Local Factory to Close Down 11 December 1981

Local Factory to Close Down 11 December 1981

Local Factory to Close Down 11 December 1981

Industry.  Sudbury's Gloves Ltd to close their Bideford factory and develop their Appledore branch as their main production centre. Their Torrington factory, which was closed two years ago is to be re-opened. Roger Day

Gloves Fit For a King! 3 January 1974

Gloves Fit For a King! 3 January 1974

Gloves Fit For a King 3 January 1974

Industry.  What is believed to be the largest pair of gloves ever made by a local firm has been supplied by Sudbury's Gloves Ltd to the King of Tonga, in the South Pacific. HM KIng Taufa, Queen Salote, Mrs Sylvia Gilbert, Ray Sawtell, Mrs Cynthia Dymond

Young Wives Help in Gloving Production 24 January 1969

Young Wives Help in Gloving Production 24 January 1969

Young Wives Help in Gloving Production 24 January 1969

Industry.  Working in their homes, young married women, often with small children, are playing an increasingly important part in providing labour for the gloving industry in this area. Ray Sawtell, Sudbury's Gloves Ltd, Michael Vincent, W Vaughan and Son Ltd

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