• 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 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 2 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 3 In their new robes and hats

  • 4 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 5 For crying out loud!

  • 6 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 7 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 8 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 9 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 10 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 11 Just over a year old

  • 12 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 13 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 14 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 15 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 16

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 17 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 18 Waldon Triplets
  • 19

    Building works
  • 20 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 21 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 22 Torrington children build igloo
  • 23 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 24 Some mushroom!

  • 25 Private home for public pump

  • 26 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 27 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 28 Police station view of Bideford

  • 29 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 30 Picking the pops

  • 31 When horses score over the tractor

  • 32 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 33 Bideford computer stars

  • 34 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 35 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 36 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 37 Peter poses for TV film

  • 38 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 40 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 41 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 42 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 43 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 44 New shipyard on schedule

  • 45 What's the time?

  • 46 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 47 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 48 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 49 Out of puff!

  • 50 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 51 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 52 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 53 Six footed lamb

  • 54 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 55 113 years at Instow

  • 56 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 57 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 58 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 59 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 60 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 61 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 62 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 63 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 64 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 65 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 66

    Exhibition of school work
  • 67 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 68

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 69 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 70 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 71 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 72 Ten year old scrambler

  • 73 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 74 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 75 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 76 Penny for the guy

  • 77 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 78 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 79 Devil sent packing

  • 80 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 81 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 82 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 83 School's link with cargo ship

  • 84 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 85 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 86 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 88 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 89 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 90 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 91

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 92 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 93 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 94 Torrington in 1967

  • 95 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 96 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 97 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 98 Cruising down the river

  • 99 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 100 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 101 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 102 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 103 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 104 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 105 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 106 The Geneva marionettes

  • 107 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 108 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 109 Simple Item 138
  • 110 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

  • 112 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 113 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 114 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 115 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 116 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 117 Off on a great adventure

  • 118 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 119 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 120 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 121 Can spring be far away?

  • 122 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 123 Hartland's invitation

  • 124 They are parted pro-tem

  • 125

    First prize
  • 126 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 127 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 128 Appledore's largest

  • 129 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 130 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 131 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 132 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 133 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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

  • 135 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 136

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 137 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 138 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 139 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 141 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 142 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 143 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 144 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 145 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 146 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 147 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 148 New Lundy stamps

  • 149 From Bobby to Brian

  • 150 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 151 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 152 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 153 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 154 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 155

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 156

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 157 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 158 Life begins at 80

  • 159 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 160 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 161 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 162 Warmington's garage ad

  • 163 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 164 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 165 Torrington's new amenity

  • 166

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 167 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 168 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 169 He beat the floods

  • 170 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 171 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 172

    Was a missionary
  • 173 Artisans' Club

  • 174 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 175 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 176 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 177 So this is the mainland!

  • 178 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 179 End of the line

  • 180

    Married in 1908
  • 181 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 182

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 183 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 184 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 185

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 186 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 187 Decontrol of meat

  • 188 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 189 New life for Hartland organ

  • 190 Finished in 1876

  • 191 Littleham family's five generations

  • 192 Northam's almshouse

  • 193

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 194 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 195 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 196 New addition to Quay front

  • 197 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 198 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 199 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 200 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 201 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 203 No sale of Springfield House

  • 204 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 205 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 206 First ship in 8 years

  • 207 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 208 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 209 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 210 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 211 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 212 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 213 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 214 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 215 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 216

    New gateway
  • 217 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 218 All aboard the ark

  • 219 Pannier Market's future?

  • 220 By pony and trap to market

  • 221 Bideford loses training ship

  • 222 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 223 Recognise this resort?

  • 224 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 225 Modern living at Bideford

  • 226 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 227 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 228 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 229 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 230 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 231 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 232 New choral society's growing response

  • 233 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 234

    Relatives all over the world
  • 235 Last train from Torrington

  • 236 The cab at the corner>
  • 237 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 238 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 239 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 240

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 241 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 242 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 243 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 244 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 245 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 246 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 247 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 248 North Devon Driving School

  • 249

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 250 Happy Days!

  • 251 Traditions and skills still there

  • 252 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 253 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 254 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 255 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 256 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 257 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 258 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 259

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 260 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 261 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 262

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 263 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 264 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 265 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 266 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 267 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 268 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 269 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 270 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 271 Clovelly nightmare

  • 272 Hartland Dancers
  • 273 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 274 Ships at Bideford

  • 275 New Post Office

  • 276

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 277 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 278 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 279 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 280 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 281 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 282 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 283 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 284

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 285 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 286 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 287 Weare Giffard potato

  • 288 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 289 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 290 Bridging the stream

  • 291 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 292 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 293 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 294 Parkham plan realised

  • 295 Circus comes to town

  • 296 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 297 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 298 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 299 Emergency ferry services

  • 300 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 302 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 303 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 304 Picking the pops

  • 305 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 307 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 308 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 309 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 310 Puppet characters introduced

  • 311 The art of the thatcher

  • 312 A roof-top view - where?

  • 313 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 314 All for the love of a lady!

  • 315 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 316 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 317 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 318 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 319 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 320 Loads of black and white

  • 321 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 323 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 324

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 325

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 326 Service with a smile

  • 327 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 328 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 329 Burnard family reunion

  • 330 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 331 Variety in summer weather

  • 332 Sight of a lifetime

  • 333 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 334 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 335 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 336 Filming at Hartland

  • 337 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 338 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 339 Riverside mystery

  • 340 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 341

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 342 Some 240 exhibits

  • 343 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 344 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 345

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 346 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 347 Twenty-one yachts

  • 348 Watch the dicky bird!

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

  • 350 School crossing patrol begins

  • 351

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 352 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 353 No laughing matter

  • 354 A story to tell!

  • 355 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 356 A bird of their own!

  • 357 New civic medallions

  • 358 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 359 Northam footballers of the future

  • 360 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 361 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 362 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 363 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 364 Jumble sale fever

  • 365 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 366 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 367 Capers on the cobbles

  • 368 Hartland postman retires

  • 369 New art gallery opened

  • 370 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 372 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 373 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 374

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 375 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 376 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 377

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 378 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 379 Mobile missionary

  • 380 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 381 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 382 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 383 Sweets derationing

  • 384 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 385 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 386 A man and his wheel

  • 387 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 388 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 389 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 390 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 391 Bideford regatta

  • 392 Centenary of Gazette

  • 393 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 394 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 395 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 396 Revenge in style

  • 397

    Bidefordians
  • 398 New look in the hayfields

  • 399 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 400 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 401 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 402 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 403 Clovelly custom

  • 404 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 405 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 406 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 407

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 408

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

  • 410 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 411 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 412 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 413 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Coast Defence: Three Local Interests Confer 10.10.1958

Coast Defence: Three Local Interests Confer 10.10.1958

Coast Defence Three Local Interests Confer 10.10.1958

Coastal Defence. £11,000 plan for groynes. Northam Urban Council, Northam Burrows Committee, the Lords of the Manor. Mr JE Boyles, met to discuss coast protection at Westward Ho! and Appledore as far as it affects the Burrows. Mr LB Galliford, Mr W Gale, Mr HJ Bishop, Mr C Clarke, Mr MWV Richards

Anxiety Over Weakness in Pebble Ridge 22.10.1954

Anxiety Over Weakness in Pebble Ridge 22.10.1954

Anxiety Over Weakness in Pebble Ridge 22.10.1954

Coastal Defence. Appledore and Barnstaple would be the places threatened if the sea broke through Westward Ho! pebbleridge at the point where erosion was taking place between the fifth groyne and the Bailey Bridge. Mr GWG Hutchings, Mr A Brewer, Mr S Guard, Mr FW Hockaday, Mr TG Parsons, Rev AE Green, Mr J Heywood, Mr HV Cope, Mr CR Mill

Westward Ho! Coast Erosion 11.05.1948

Westward Ho! Coast Erosion 11.05.1948

Westward Ho Coast Erosion 11.05.1948

Coastal Defence. M.P.'s questions to Minister of Health Mr Aneurin Bevan, Delay in starting the work, estimated cost of £95,000, Brig. CHM Peto, M.P. for North-West Devon, Mr FW Hockaday

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