• 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 Torrington's new amenity

  • 2 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 3 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 4 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 5

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 6 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 7 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 8 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 9 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 10 Decontrol of meat

  • 11 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 12 Warmington's garage ad

  • 13 When horses score over the tractor

  • 14 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 15 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 16 Peter poses for TV film

  • 17 Devil sent packing

  • 18 Northam's almshouse

  • 19

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 20 Out of puff!

  • 21 Police station view of Bideford

  • 22 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 23 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 24 Simple Item 138
  • 25 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 26 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 27 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 28 Some mushroom!

  • 29 Pannier Market's future?

  • 30 Traditions and skills still there

  • 31 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 32 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 33 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 34

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 35 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 36 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 37 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 38 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 39 Finished in 1876

  • 40 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 41 Loads of black and white

  • 42 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 43 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 44 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 45 Appledore's largest

  • 46 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 47 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 48 Mobile missionary

  • 49 New Lundy stamps

  • 50 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 51 New look in the hayfields

  • 52 Off on a great adventure

  • 53 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 54 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 55 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 56 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 57 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 58 Jumble sale fever

  • 59 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 60 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 61 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 62 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 63 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 64 New civic medallions

  • 65 113 years at Instow

  • 66 Torrington children build igloo
  • 67 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 68 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 69 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 71 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 72 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 73 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 74 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 75 School crossing patrol begins

  • 76 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 77 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 78 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 79 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 80

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 81 New addition to Quay front

  • 82 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 83 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 84 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 85 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 86 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 87

    New gateway
  • 88 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 89 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 90 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 91 All aboard the ark

  • 92 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 93 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 94 Bridging the stream

  • 95

    Married in 1908
  • 96 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 97 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 98 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 99 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 100 It really was the 'last time'

  • 101 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 102 Riverside mystery

  • 103 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 104 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 105 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 106 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 107 Some 240 exhibits

  • 108 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 109 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 111 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 112 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 113 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 114 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 115 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 116 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 117 Last train from Torrington

  • 118 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 119 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 120 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 121

    Building works
  • 122 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 123 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 124 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 125 Ships at Bideford

  • 126 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 127 New art gallery opened

  • 128 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 129 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 130 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 131 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 132 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 133 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 134 They are parted pro-tem

  • 135 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 136 He beat the floods

  • 137 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 138 In their new robes and hats

  • 139 Puppet characters introduced

  • 140 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 141 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 142 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 143

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 144 Modern living at Bideford

  • 145 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 146 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 147 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 148 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 149 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 150 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 151 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 152 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 153 Waldon Triplets
  • 154 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 155 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 156 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 157 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 158

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 159 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 160 Bideford regatta

  • 161 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 162

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 163 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 164 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 165 Hartland postman retires

  • 166 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 167 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 168 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 169 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 170 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 171 Happy Days!

  • 172 Centenary of Gazette

  • 173 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 174 Weare Giffard potato

  • 175 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 176 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 177 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 178 By pony and trap to market

  • 179 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 180 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 181

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 182 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 183 First ship in 8 years

  • 184 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 185 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 186 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 187 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 188 New Post Office

  • 189 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 190 Clovelly nightmare

  • 191 Picking the pops

  • 192 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 193 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 194 No laughing matter

  • 195

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 196 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 197 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 198 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 199 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 200 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 201 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 202 Life begins at 80

  • 203 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 204 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 205 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 206 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 207 Sight of a lifetime

  • 208 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 209

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 210 Ten year old scrambler

  • 211

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 212

    First prize
  • 213 Six footed lamb

  • 214 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 215 Service with a smile

  • 216 Can spring be far away?

  • 217 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 218 New life for Hartland organ

  • 219 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 220 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 221 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 222 Emergency ferry services

  • 223 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 224 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 225 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 226 Picking the pops

  • 227 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 228 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 229

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 230 New shipyard on schedule

  • 231 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 232 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 233 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 234 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 235 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 236 Twenty-one yachts

  • 237 Clovelly custom

  • 238 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 239 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 240 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 241 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 242 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 243 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 244

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 245 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 246 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 247 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 248 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 249 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 250 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 251 Bideford computer stars

  • 252 All for the love of a lady!

  • 253 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 254 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 255 Capers on the cobbles

  • 256

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 257 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 258 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 259

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 260 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 261 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 262 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 263

    Relatives all over the world
  • 264 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 265 Circus comes to town

  • 266 A roof-top view - where?

  • 267 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 268 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 269 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 270 Penny for the guy

  • 271 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 272 A bird of their own!

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

  • 274 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 275 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 277 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 278 The Geneva marionettes

  • 279 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 280 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 281 Littleham family's five generations

  • 282 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 283 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 284 Bideford loses training ship

  • 285 A man and his wheel

  • 286 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 288 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 289 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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    Bidefordians
  • 291 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 292 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 293 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 294 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 295 Artisans' Club

  • 296

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 297 Northam footballers of the future

  • 298 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 299 Torrington in 1967

  • 300 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 301 Variety in summer weather

  • 302 Recognise this resort?

  • 303 New choral society's growing response

  • 304 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 305 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 307 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 308 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 310 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 311 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 312 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 313 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 314

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 315 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 316 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 317 A story to tell!

  • 318 Hartland's invitation

  • 319 For crying out loud!

  • 320 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 321 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 322 Hartland Dancers
  • 323

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 324 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 325 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 326 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 327 School's link with cargo ship

  • 328 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 329 Cruising down the river

  • 330 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 331 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 332 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 333 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 334 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 335 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 336 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 337 Private home for public pump

  • 338 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 339 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 340 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 341 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 342 The art of the thatcher

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    Was a missionary
  • 344 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 345 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 346 North Devon Driving School

  • 347 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 348 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 349 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 350 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 352 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 353 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 354 Revenge in style

  • 355 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 358 Burnard family reunion

  • 359 What's the time?

  • 360 An early 'special' to Bideford

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 362 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 363 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 364 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 365 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 366 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 367 Just over a year old

  • 368 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 369 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 370

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 371 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 373 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 374 End of the line

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

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 377 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 378 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 379 Parkham plan realised

  • 380 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 381 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 382 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 383 So this is the mainland!

  • 384 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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    Successful motor cycling team
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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Sewage into sea may mean trouble with fishermen 24.11.1967

Sewage into sea may mean trouble with fishermen 24.11.1967

sewage into sea may mean trouble with fishermenDischarge of crude sewage into the sea, as is envisaged for the joint scheme of Bideford Town and Northam Urban Councils, may contravene the legally enforceable by-laws of the Devon Sea Fisheries Committee.

Letter sent by Mr W Badcock, chairman of Devon Sea Fisheries Committee, and others signed by various members of Bideford and Northam Councils who feel that insufficient consideration has been given to schemes other than that for sea disposal.

The accounts presented at the meeting showed that £5 had been contributed towards the fee of an independent consultant engaged after Major C N G Wilde had prepared a study on land-based plant.

Mr M Arnold Kershaw, says that if Major Wilde's study is to be presented as a firm alternative to the sea outfall scheme a number of statements made must be proved or amended.

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