• 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 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 2 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 3 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 4 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 5 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 6 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 7

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 8 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 9

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 10 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 12 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 13 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 14 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 15 New shipyard on schedule

  • 16 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 17 Service with a smile

  • 18 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 19 Weare Giffard potato

  • 20 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 21 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 22 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 23 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 24 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 25 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 26 Out of puff!

  • 27 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 28 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 29 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 30

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 31

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 32 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 33 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 34 A man and his wheel

  • 35 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 36 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 37 By pony and trap to market

  • 38

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 39 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 40 Torrington children build igloo
  • 41 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 42 Bideford loses training ship

  • 43 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 44 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 45 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 46 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 47 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 48 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 49

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 50 The Geneva marionettes

  • 51 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 52 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 53 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 54 The art of the thatcher

  • 55 Bridging the stream

  • 56 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 57 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 58 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 59 Hartland's invitation

  • 60 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 61 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 62 North Devon Driving School

  • 63 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 64 Littleham family's five generations

  • 65 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 66 Artisans' Club

  • 67 Puppet characters introduced

  • 68 Finished in 1876

  • 69 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 70 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 71

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 72 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 73 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 74

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 75 New look in the hayfields

  • 76

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 77 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 78 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 79 Simple Item 138
  • 80 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 81 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 82 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 83 Waldon Triplets
  • 84 Some mushroom!

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

  • 86 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 87 All aboard the ark

  • 88 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 89 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 90 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 91 What's the time?

  • 92

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 93 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 94 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 95 Penny for the guy

  • 96 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 97 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 98 Last train from Torrington

  • 99 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 101 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 102 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 103 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 104 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 105 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 106 Recognise this resort?

  • 107 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 108 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 109 Hartland Dancers
  • 110 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 111 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 113 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 114 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 115 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 116 Riverside mystery

  • 117 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 118 No sale of Springfield House

  • 119 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 120 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 121 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 122 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 123 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 124 Centenary of Gazette

  • 125 School's link with cargo ship

  • 126 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 127 Warmington's garage ad

  • 128 First ship in 8 years

  • 129 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 130 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 131 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 132 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 133 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 134

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 135 113 years at Instow

  • 136 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 137 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 138 Clovelly nightmare

  • 139

    First prize
  • 140 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 141 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 142 Picking the pops

  • 143 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 144 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 145 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 146 New choral society's growing response

  • 147 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 148 Pannier Market's future?

  • 149 Loads of black and white

  • 150 Appledore's largest

  • 151 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 152 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 153 They are parted pro-tem

  • 154 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 155 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 156 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 157 No laughing matter

  • 158 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 159 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 160 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 161 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 162

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 163 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 164 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 165 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 166 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 167 For crying out loud!

  • 168 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 169 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 170 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 171 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 172 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 173 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 174 Variety in summer weather

  • 175 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 176 New art gallery opened

  • 177 Ships at Bideford

  • 178 All for the love of a lady!

  • 179 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 180 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 181 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 182 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 183 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 184 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 185 Devil sent packing

  • 186 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 187

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 188 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 189 Some 240 exhibits

  • 190 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 191 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 192 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 193 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 195 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 196

    New gateway
  • 197 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 198

    Was a missionary
  • 199 Circus comes to town

  • 200 Torrington in 1967

  • 201 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 202 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 203 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 204 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 205 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 206 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 207 Peter poses for TV film

  • 208 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 209 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 210 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 211 Clovelly custom

  • 212 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 213 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 214 A bird of their own!

  • 215 New addition to Quay front

  • 216 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 217 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 218 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 219 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 220 A roof-top view - where?

  • 221 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 222 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 223 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 224 Northam's almshouse

  • 225 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 226 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 227 Happy Days!

  • 228 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 229 When horses score over the tractor

  • 230 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 231 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 232 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 233 Capers on the cobbles

  • 234 Torrington's new amenity

  • 235 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 237 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 238 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 239 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 240

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 241 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 242 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 243 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 244 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 245 School crossing patrol begins

  • 246 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 247 New life for Hartland organ

  • 248 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 249 Sight of a lifetime

  • 250 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 251 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 252

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 253 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 254 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 255 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 256 Jumble sale fever

  • 257 Parkham plan realised

  • 258 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 259 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 260 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 261 New Lundy stamps

  • 262 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 263 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 264 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 265

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 266 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 267 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 268 Police station view of Bideford

  • 269 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 270 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 271 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 272 Burnard family reunion

  • 273 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 274

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 275 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 276 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 277 Ten year old scrambler

  • 278 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 280 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 281 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 283 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 284 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 285 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 286 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 288 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 289 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 290 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 291 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 292 Northam footballers of the future

  • 293 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 294 Off on a great adventure

  • 295 New Post Office

  • 296 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 297 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 298 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 299 Bideford regatta

  • 300 Mobile missionary

  • 301 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 302 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 303 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 305 So this is the mainland!

  • 306 Picking the pops

  • 307 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 308 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 309 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 310 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 311 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 312 An early 'special' to Bideford

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    Building works
  • 314 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 315 Private home for public pump

  • 316 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 317 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 318 Bideford computer stars

  • 319 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 320

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 321 A story to tell!

  • 322 New civic medallions

  • 323 Cruising down the river

  • 324 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 325 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 326 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 327 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 328 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 329 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 330 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 331 End of the line

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    Married in 1908
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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 334 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 335 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 336 Can spring be far away?

  • 337 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 338 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 339 Modern living at Bideford

  • 340 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 341 Traditions and skills still there

  • 342 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 343 Hartland postman retires

  • 344 Life begins at 80

  • 345

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 346 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 347 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 348 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 349 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 350 Twenty-one yachts

  • 351 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 352 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 354 Six footed lamb

  • 355 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 357 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 358

    Relatives all over the world
  • 359 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 360 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 361 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 362 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 363 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 364 In their new robes and hats

  • 365 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 366 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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

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    Bidefordians
  • 369

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 370 Just over a year old

  • 371 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 373

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 374

    Exhibition of school work
  • 375 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 376 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 377 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 378 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 379 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 380 He beat the floods

  • 381 Revenge in style

  • 382 Decontrol of meat

  • 383 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 384 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 385 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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  • 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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Another New Factory for Torrington 08.11.1968

Another New Factory for Torrington 08.11.1968

Manufacture of Motor Caravans to start 1968

Industry.  Plan for a new factory at Torrington to manufacture motor caravans is well advanced. Alan Hutchinson, Ron Webster, Dr Margaret Hutchinson, Co-operative Society former bakery, International Computers Ltd

Appledore Tile Factory to Close 12.01.1968

Appledore Tile Factory to Close 12.01.1968 

Appledore Tile Factory to Close 12.01.1968

Industry.  More than 30 people are likely to be out of work by the closing down in a month's time of the Appledore factory of the Barnstaple Brick and Tile Company which is a subsidiary of the Marley Tile Co. William Neve

New Engineering Firm Comes to Bideford 20.04.1956

New Engineering Firm Comes to Bideford 20.04.1956 

New Engineering Firm Comes to Bideford 20.4.1956

Industry.  Four weeks from now the former Rolamatic factory premises in Torrington Lane, Bideford East, will hum again to the sound of engineering machinery going into production. Interview with Director Mr WH Whiteland. Whiteland Engineering Ltd, Mr RJ Board, Tecalemit Ltd

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