• 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 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 2 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 3 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 4 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 5 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 6 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 7 Torrington in 1967

  • 8 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 9 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 10 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 11

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 12 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 13 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 14 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 15 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 17 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 18 New Post Office

  • 19 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 20 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 21 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 23 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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

  • 25

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 26 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 27 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 28 The cab at the corner>
  • 29

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 30 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 31 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 32 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 33 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 34 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 35 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 36 For crying out loud!

  • 37 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 38 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 39 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 40 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 41 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 42 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 43 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 44 Littleham family's five generations

  • 45 Northam footballers of the future

  • 46 Circus comes to town

  • 47 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 49 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 50 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 51 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 52 Modern living at Bideford

  • 53 Service with a smile

  • 54 Mobile missionary

  • 55 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 56 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 57 Bideford loses training ship

  • 58 New look in the hayfields

  • 59

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 60 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 61 New Lundy stamps

  • 62 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 63 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 64 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 66 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 67 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 68

    First prize
  • 69 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 70

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 71 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 72 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 73 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 74 New art gallery opened

  • 75 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 76 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 78 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 79 Recognise this resort?

  • 80 Decontrol of meat

  • 81

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 82

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 83 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 84 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 85 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 86 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 87 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 88 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 89

    Exhibition of school work
  • 90 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 91 Northam's almshouse

  • 92 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 93 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 94 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 95 When horses score over the tractor

  • 96 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 97 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 98 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 99 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 100 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 101 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 102 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 103 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 104 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 105 Artisans' Club

  • 106 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 107 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 108 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 109 He beat the floods

  • 110 Revenge in style

  • 111 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 112 New civic medallions

  • 113 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 114

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 115 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 116 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 117 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 118 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 119 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 120 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 121 By pony and trap to market

  • 122 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 123 Ships at Bideford

  • 124 Private home for public pump

  • 125 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 126 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 127 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 128 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 129 Traditions and skills still there

  • 130 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 131 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 132 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 133 School's link with cargo ship

  • 134 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 135 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 136 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 137

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 138 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 139 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 140 Waldon Triplets
  • 141 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 142 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 143 Last train from Torrington

  • 144 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 145 New choral society's growing response

  • 146 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 147 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 148 New addition to Quay front

  • 149 Torrington children build igloo
  • 150 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 151 School crossing patrol begins

  • 152 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 153 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 154 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 155 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 156 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 157 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 158 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 159 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 160 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 161

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 162 Picking the pops

  • 163 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 164 Clovelly custom

  • 165 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 166 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 167 Bridging the stream

  • 168 Filming at Hartland

  • 169 A man and his wheel

  • 170 All for the love of a lady!

  • 171 Sweets derationing

  • 172

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 173 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 174 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 175 Out of puff!

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

  • 177 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 178 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 179 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 180 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 181 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 182 They are parted pro-tem

  • 183 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 184 From Bobby to Brian

  • 185 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 186 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 188 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 189 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 190 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 191

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 192 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 193 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 194 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 195 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 196 Sight of a lifetime

  • 197 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 198

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 199 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 200 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 201 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 202 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 203

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 204 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 205 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 206 Some mushroom!

  • 207 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 208 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 209 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 210 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 211 A story to tell!

  • 212 Appledore's largest

  • 213 New life for Hartland organ

  • 214 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 216 Cruising down the river

  • 217 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 218 Torrington's new amenity

  • 219 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 220 First ship in 8 years

  • 221 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 222 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 223 Parkham plan realised

  • 224 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 225 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 226 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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

  • 228 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 229 What's the time?

  • 230 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 231 Life begins at 80

  • 232 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 233 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 234 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 235 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 236 Hartland postman retires

  • 237 Twenty-one yachts

  • 238 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 239 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 240 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 241 Centenary of Gazette

  • 242 It really was the 'last time'

  • 243 Six footed lamb

  • 244 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 245 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 246 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 247 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 249 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 250 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 251 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 252 Burnard family reunion

  • 253 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 254

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 255 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 256 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 257 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 258 Devil sent packing

  • 259 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 260 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 262 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 263 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 264 In their new robes and hats

  • 265 Warmington's garage ad

  • 266 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 267 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 268 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 269 Peter poses for TV film

  • 270 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 271 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 273 Can spring be far away?

  • 274 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 275 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 276 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 278

    Married in 1908
  • 279 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 280 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 281 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 282 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 283 Happy Days!

  • 284 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 285 End of the line

  • 286 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 287 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 288 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 289 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 290 Riverside mystery

  • 291 North Devon Driving School

  • 292 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 293 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 294 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 295 Hartland Dancers
  • 296 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 297 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 298 Police station view of Bideford

  • 299

    Building works
  • 300 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 301 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 302 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 303 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 304 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 305 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 306 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 307 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 308 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 309 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 310 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 311 So this is the mainland!

  • 312 A roof-top view - where?

  • 313 New shipyard on schedule

  • 314 No sale of Springfield House

  • 315 Capers on the cobbles

  • 316 All aboard the ark

  • 317 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 318 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 319 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 320 Bideford regatta

  • 321 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 322 Simple Item 138
  • 323 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 324 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 325 Loads of black and white

  • 326 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 327

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 328 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 329

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 330

    Bidefordians
  • 331 Emergency ferry services

  • 332 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 333 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 334 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 335 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 336 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 337 No laughing matter

  • 338 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 339 Penny for the guy

  • 340

    New gateway
  • 341 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 342 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 343 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 344 Just over a year old

  • 345 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 346 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 347 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 348 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 349 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 350 Picking the pops

  • 351 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 352

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 353 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 354

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 355 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 356 Jumble sale fever

  • 357

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 358

    Was a missionary
  • 359 Puppet characters introduced

  • 360 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 361 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 362 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 363 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 364 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 365 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 366 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 367 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 368

    Relatives all over the world
  • 369 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 370 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 371 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 372 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 373 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 374

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 375 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 376 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 377 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 378 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 379 A bird of their own!

  • 380 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 381 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 382 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 383 Clovelly nightmare

  • 384 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 385 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 386 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 388 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 389 Bideford computer stars

  • 390 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 391 Pannier Market's future?

  • 392 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 393 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 394 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 395

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 396 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 397 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 398

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 399 Finished in 1876

  • 400 Weare Giffard potato

  • 401 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 402 113 years at Instow

  • 403 Hartland's invitation

  • 404 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 405 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 406

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 407 Ten year old scrambler

  • 408 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 409 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 410 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 411 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 412 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 413 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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No Breakwater for West Appledore 27.06.1975

No Breakwater for West Appledore 27.06.1975

No Breakwater for West Appledore 27.06.1975

Coastal Defence. The suggestion that a breakwater should be built from the lifeboat slip to Big Rock opposite the Royal George. Cllr Joe Need, Mr Clive Barber

The Battle of the Gap 19.01.1962

The Battle of the Gap 19.01.1962

The Battle of the Gap 19.01.1962

Coastal Defence. The breach in the Pebble Ridge near Sandymere. Damage at Westward Ho!. Gusts of over 100 mph.

Pebble Ridge Pushed Back Five Feet In a Year 19.02.1960

Pebble Ridge Pushed Back Five Feet In a Year 19.02.1960

Pebble Ridge Pushed Back Five Feet In a Year 19.02.1960

Coastal Defence. Ministry expert Col Gilbert visiting shortly. Part of the Pebble Ridge at Westward Ho! has moved back five feet in the past twelve months. Mr JC Dobbs, Mr A Gardner, Mr Percy Browne M.P. for Torrington

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