• 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 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 2 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 3 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 4 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 5 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 7 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 8 Torrington's new amenity

  • 9 Hartland's invitation

  • 10 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 11 Service with a smile

  • 12 Police station view of Bideford

  • 13

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 14

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 15

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 16

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 17 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 18 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 20 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 21 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 22 So this is the mainland!

  • 23 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 24 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 25 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 26 Just over a year old

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

  • 28 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 29 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 30 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 31 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 32 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 33 In their new robes and hats

  • 34 A roof-top view - where?

  • 35

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 36 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 37 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 38 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 39 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 40 New choral society's growing response

  • 41 A story to tell!

  • 42 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 43 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 44 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 45 Happy Days!

  • 46 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 47

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 48 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 49 Picking the pops

  • 50 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 51 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 52

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 53

    Building works
  • 54 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 55 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 56 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 57 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 58 New addition to Quay front

  • 59 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 60 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 61 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 62 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 63 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 64 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 65 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 66 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 67 School crossing patrol begins

  • 68 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 69 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 70 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 71 Bideford loses training ship

  • 72 All aboard the ark

  • 73 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 74 Loads of black and white

  • 75 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 76 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 77 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 78 Picking the pops

  • 79 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 80

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 81 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 82 Jumble sale fever

  • 83 Centenary of Gazette

  • 84

    Relatives all over the world
  • 85 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 86 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 87 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 88 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 89 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 91 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 92 North Devon Driving School

  • 93 Puppet characters introduced

  • 94 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 95 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 96 Torrington in 1967

  • 97 When horses score over the tractor

  • 98 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 99 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 100 They are parted pro-tem

  • 101 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 102 Capers on the cobbles

  • 103 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 104 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 105 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 106 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 107

    First prize
  • 108 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 109 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 110 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 111 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 112 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 113 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 114 End of the line

  • 115 Some 240 exhibits

  • 116 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 117 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 118

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 119 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 120 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 121 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 122 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 123 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 124 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 125 He beat the floods

  • 126 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 127 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 128 Ten year old scrambler

  • 129 Appledore's largest

  • 130 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 131 Waldon Triplets
  • 132 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 133 Bideford computer stars

  • 134 Littleham family's five generations

  • 135 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 136 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 137 By pony and trap to market

  • 138 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 139

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 140 New look in the hayfields

  • 141

    Was a missionary
  • 142 What's the time?

  • 143 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 144 Sight of a lifetime

  • 145

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 146 New art gallery opened

  • 147 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 148 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 149 Twenty-one yachts

  • 150 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 151 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 152 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 153 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 154 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 155 First ship in 8 years

  • 156 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 157 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 158 A man and his wheel

  • 159 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 160 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 161 No laughing matter

  • 162 Hartland postman retires

  • 163 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 164 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 165 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 166 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 167 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 168

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 169 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 170 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 171

    Married in 1908
  • 172 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 173 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 174 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 175 Warmington's garage ad

  • 176

    Bidefordians
  • 177 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 178 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 179

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 180 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 181 Pannier Market's future?

  • 182 Last train from Torrington

  • 183 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 184

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 185 School's link with cargo ship

  • 186 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 187 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 188 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 189

    New gateway
  • 190

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 191 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 192 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 193 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 194 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 195 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 196 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 197 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

  • 199 Life begins at 80

  • 200 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 201 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 202 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 203 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 204 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 205 Devil sent packing

  • 206 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 207 Artisans' Club

  • 208 New civic medallions

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

  • 210 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 211 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 212 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 213 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 214 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 215 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 216 Bridging the stream

  • 217 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 218 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 219 The art of the thatcher

  • 220 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 221 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 222 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 223 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 224 Can spring be far away?

  • 225 All for the love of a lady!

  • 226 Circus comes to town

  • 227 Buckland goes to County Show

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

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

  • 230 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 231 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 232 Bideford regatta

  • 233 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 234 Mobile missionary

  • 235 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 236 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 237 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 238 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 240 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 241 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 242

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 243 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 244 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 245 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 246 New Post Office

  • 247 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 248 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 249 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 250 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 251 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 252 Private home for public pump

  • 253 Off on a great adventure

  • 254 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 255 Clovelly custom

  • 256 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 257 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 258 Torrington children build igloo
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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 260 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 261 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 262 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 263 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 265 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 266 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 267 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 268 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 269 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 270 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 271 Simple Item 138
  • 272 Parkham plan realised

  • 273 Hartland Dancers
  • 274

    Exhibition of school work
  • 275 Weare Giffard potato

  • 276 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 277

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 278 Six footed lamb

  • 279 Peter poses for TV film

  • 280 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 281 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 282 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 283 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 284 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 285 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 286 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 288 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 289 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 290 No sale of Springfield House

  • 291 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 293 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 294 Emergency ferry services

  • 295 Out of puff!

  • 296 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 297 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 298 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 299 The Geneva marionettes

  • 300 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 301 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 302 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 303 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 304 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 305 Clovelly nightmare

  • 306 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 307 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 308

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 309 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 310 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 311 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 312 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 313 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 314 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 315 Decontrol of meat

  • 316 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 317 New Lundy stamps

  • 318 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 319 Ships at Bideford

  • 320

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 321 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 322 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 323 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 324 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 325 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 326 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 327

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 328 Northam's almshouse

  • 329 For crying out loud!

  • 330 Revenge in style

  • 331 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 332 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 334 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 335 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 336 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 337 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 338 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 339 It really was the 'last time'

  • 340 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 341 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 342 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 343 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 344 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 345 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 347 Cruising down the river

  • 348 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 349 New shipyard on schedule

  • 350 Traditions and skills still there

  • 351 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 352 Recognise this resort?

  • 353 Riverside mystery

  • 354 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 355 Finished in 1876

  • 356 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 358 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 359 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 360 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 361 New life for Hartland organ

  • 362 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 363 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 365 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 366 Modern living at Bideford

  • 367 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 368 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 369 113 years at Instow

  • 370 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 371 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 372 Penny for the guy

  • 373 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 374 Burnard family reunion

  • 375 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 376 Some mushroom!

  • 377 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 378 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 379 Northam footballers of the future

  • 380 A bird of their own!

  • 381 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 382 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 383 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 384 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 385 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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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Son born to Princess Elizabeth 16th November 1948

Son born to Princess Elizabeth 16th November 1948 Royalty

son born to princess elizabethRoyalty.  Bells in many North Devon churches pealed out and flags were flown yesterday to mark the birth of a son to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, which was announced at 10.10 p.m. on Sunday.

At Bideford Borough magistrates' court, the Chairman of the magistrates, Ald H A W Huxham, said they were very happy to know of the birth of a son to Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth.

Arrangements were in hand at Torrington for a bonfire to be lit in the evening.  To the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the following telegram signed by the Town Clerk, Mr S J Parkes, was sent:  "The Mayor, Alderman and Burgesses of the Borough of Great Torrington, Devon, send loyal greetings and offer their sincere congratulations on the birth of the Royal Prince.

On receipt of the happy news at Appledore, the Vicar, Rev H C A S Muller, arranged for peals to be rung on the church bells.

H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh to Visit Bideford in October 1952

H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh to Visit Bideford in October 1952

H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh to Visit Bideford in October 1952

Royalty. King George's Playing Field Opening Ceremony. The first time for 24 years that Bideford has had a Royal visit. The Duke of Edinburgh is President of the National Playing Fields Association. Lord Fortescue, Mr BG Lampard-Vachell, Col GA Wadham, Ald WH Chubb

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