• 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 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 2 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 3 New look for Torrington Lane

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    New gateway
  • 5 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 6 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 7 Twenty-one yachts

  • 8 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 9 New choral society's growing response

  • 10

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 11 Bridging the stream

  • 12 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 13 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 14

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 15 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 16 Simple Item 138
  • 17 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 18 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 19 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 20 Happy Days!

  • 21 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 22 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 23

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 24 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 25

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 26 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 27 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 28 Picking the pops

  • 29 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 30 Northam footballers of the future

  • 31 Waldon Triplets
  • 32 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 33 New art gallery opened

  • 34 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 35 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 36

    Relatives all over the world
  • 37

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 38 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 39 Police station view of Bideford

  • 40 A bird of their own!

  • 41 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 42 Bideford regatta

  • 43 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 44 Picking the pops

  • 45 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 46 Puppet characters introduced

  • 47 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 48

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 49 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 50 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 51 Last train from Torrington

  • 52

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 53 Loads of black and white

  • 54 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 55 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 56 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 57 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 58 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 59

    First prize
  • 60 Clovelly custom

  • 61 113 years at Instow

  • 62 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 63

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 64 New civic medallions

  • 65 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 66 New life for Hartland organ

  • 67 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 68 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 69 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 70 When horses score over the tractor

  • 71 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 72 Warmington's garage ad

  • 73 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 74

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 75 No laughing matter

  • 76 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 77 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 78

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 79 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 80 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 81 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 82 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 83 What's the time?

  • 84 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 85 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 86 Jumble sale fever

  • 87 All for the love of a lady!

  • 88 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 89 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 90 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 91 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 92 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 93 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 94 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 95

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 96 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 97 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 98

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 99 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 100 Some 240 exhibits

  • 101 Private home for public pump

  • 102 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 103 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 104 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 105 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 106 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 108 Cruising down the river

  • 109 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 110 New shipyard on schedule

  • 111 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 112 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 113 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 114 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 115 Pannier Market's future?

  • 116 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 117 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 118 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 119 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 120 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 121 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 122 Ten year old scrambler

  • 123 School's link with cargo ship

  • 124 Modern living at Bideford

  • 125 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 126

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 127

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 128 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 129

    Building works
  • 130 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 131 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 132 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 133 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 134 Circus comes to town

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

  • 136 Torrington in 1967

  • 137 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 138 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 140 School crossing patrol begins

  • 141 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 142 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 143 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 144 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 145 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 146 Life begins at 80

  • 147 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 148 North Devon Driving School

  • 149 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 150 Artisans' Club

  • 151 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 152 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 153

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 154 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 155 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 156 Off on a great adventure

  • 157 New look in the hayfields

  • 158 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 159

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 160 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 161 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 162 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 163 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 164 Torrington's new amenity

  • 165 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 166 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 167 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 168 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 169 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 170 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 171 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 172 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 173 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 174 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 175 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 176 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 177 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 178 Decontrol of meat

  • 179 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 180 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 181 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 182 Bideford loses training ship

  • 183

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 184 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 185 Hartland Dancers
  • 186 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 187 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 188 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 189 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 190 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 191 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 192 Recognise this resort?

  • 193 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 194 Hartland's invitation

  • 195 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 196 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 197

    Was a missionary
  • 198 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 199 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 200 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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

  • 202 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 203 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 204 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 205 Hartland postman retires

  • 206 First ship in 8 years

  • 207 Some mushroom!

  • 208 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 209 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 210 Sight of a lifetime

  • 211 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 212 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 213 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 214

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 215 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 216 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 217 Can spring be far away?

  • 218 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 219 All aboard the ark

  • 220 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 222 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 223 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 224 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 225 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 226 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 227 So this is the mainland!

  • 228 Penny for the guy

  • 229 Variety in summer weather

  • 230 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 231 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 232 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 233 Capers on the cobbles

  • 234 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 235 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 236 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 238 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 239 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 240 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 241 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 242 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 243 Just over a year old

  • 244 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 245

    Married in 1908
  • 246 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 248 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 249

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 250 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 251 Weare Giffard potato

  • 252 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 253 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 255 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 256 It really was the 'last time'

  • 257 In their new robes and hats

  • 258 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 259 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 260 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 261 He beat the floods

  • 262 Ships at Bideford

  • 263 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 264 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 265 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 266 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 267 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 268 New Lundy stamps

  • 269 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 270 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 271 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 272 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 273 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 274 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 275 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 276 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 277 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 278 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 279 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 280 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 281 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 282 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 283 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 284 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 285 The art of the thatcher

  • 286 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 287 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 288

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 289 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 290

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 291 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 292 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 293

    Bidefordians
  • 294 Riverside mystery

  • 295 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 296 New addition to Quay front

  • 297 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 298 Littleham family's five generations

  • 299 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 300 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 301 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 302 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 304 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 305 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 306 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 307 Burnard family reunion

  • 308 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 309 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 310 For crying out loud!

  • 311 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 312 By pony and trap to market

  • 313 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 314 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 315 The Geneva marionettes

  • 316 End of the line

  • 317 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 318 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 319 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 320

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 321 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 322 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 323 Clovelly nightmare

  • 324 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 325 A man and his wheel

  • 326

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 327 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 328 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 329 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 330 Northam's almshouse

  • 331 Peter poses for TV film

  • 332 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 333 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 334 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 335

    Exhibition of school work
  • 336

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 337 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 338 Traditions and skills still there

  • 339 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 340 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 341 Centenary of Gazette

  • 342 Mobile missionary

  • 343 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 344 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 345 Service with a smile

  • 346 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 347 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 348 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 349 They are parted pro-tem

  • 350 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 351 Finished in 1876

  • 352 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 353 No sale of Springfield House

  • 354 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 355 Appledore's largest

  • 356 Out of puff!

  • 357 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 358 Torrington children build igloo
  • 359 Devil sent packing

  • 360 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 361 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 362 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 363

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 364 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 365 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 366 Emergency ferry services

  • 367 New Post Office

  • 368 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 369 A story to tell!

  • 370 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 371 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 372 Bideford computer stars

  • 373 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 374 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 375 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 376 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 377 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 378 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 379 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 380 A roof-top view - where?

  • 381 Revenge in style

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

  • 383 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 384 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 385 Six footed lamb

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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  • 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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  • 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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Limited edition for tankard

A commemorative glass tankard of distinction

and in a limited edition has been produced by Dartington Glass, of Torrington, to mark the investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle.

27.6.1965 Torrington Dartington Investiture Prince of Wales

The basic shape of the tankard designed by Frank Thrower, shows strength and simplicity while expressing contemporary feeling. The bold seal of a primitive impression of the Prince of Wales Feathers, also made by Frank Thrower, adds distinction to the overall design.

The edition is limited to 5,000 pieces, all numbered and initialled.

Gazette edition dated 27 June 1969

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