• 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 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 2 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 3 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 4 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 5 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 6

    Was a missionary
  • 7 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 8 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 9 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 10 Puppet characters introduced

  • 11 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 12 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 13 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 14 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 15 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 16 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 17 Mobile missionary

  • 18 For crying out loud!

  • 19 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 20 Littleham family's five generations

  • 21 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 22 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 23 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 25 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 26 Waldon Triplets
  • 27 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 28 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

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

  • 30 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 31 North Devon Driving School

  • 32 Revenge in style

  • 33 Loads of black and white

  • 34 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 35 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 36 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 37 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 38 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 39 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 40 Pannier Market's future?

  • 41 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 42 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 43 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 44

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 45 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 46 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 47

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 48 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 49 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 50 Warmington's garage ad

  • 51 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 52

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 53 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 54 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 55 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 56 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 57

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 58

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 59 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 60 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 61 New civic medallions

  • 62 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 63 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 64 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 65 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 66

    Bidefordians
  • 67 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 68 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 69 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 70 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 71 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 72 Northam's almshouse

  • 73 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 74 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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

  • 76 113 years at Instow

  • 77 Ships at Bideford

  • 78 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 79 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 80 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 81

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 82 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 83 Modern living at Bideford

  • 84 Simple Item 138
  • 85 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 86 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 87 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 88

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 89 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 90 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 91 Bideford computer stars

  • 92 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 93 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 94 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 95 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 96 New look in the hayfields

  • 97

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 98 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 99

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 100 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 101 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 102

    Exhibition of school work
  • 103 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 104 Appledore's largest

  • 105 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 106 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 107 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 108

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 109

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 110 Filming at Hartland

  • 111 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 112 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 113 From Bobby to Brian

  • 114 Torrington in 1967

  • 115 Traditions and skills still there

  • 116 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 118 A bird of their own!

  • 119 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 120 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 121 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 122 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 123 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 124 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 125 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 126

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 127 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 128 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 130 Hartland's invitation

  • 131 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 132 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 133 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 134 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 135 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 136 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 137 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 138 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 139 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 140 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 141 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 142 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 143 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 144 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 145 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 146 Bideford regatta

  • 147 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 148 Happy Days!

  • 149 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 150 Bridging the stream

  • 151 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 152 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 153 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 154 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 155 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 156 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 157 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 158 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 159 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 160 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 161 Torrington's new amenity

  • 162 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 163 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 164 New shipyard on schedule

  • 165 Clovelly nightmare

  • 166 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 167 Decontrol of meat

  • 168 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 169 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 170 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 171 Hartland Dancers
  • 172 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 173 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 174 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 175 Picking the pops

  • 176 Police station view of Bideford

  • 177 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 178 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 179 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 180 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 181 A story to tell!

  • 182 Peter poses for TV film

  • 183 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 184 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 185 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 186 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 187 New Post Office

  • 188 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 189 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 190 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 191 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 192 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 193 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 194 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 195 Torrington children build igloo
  • 196 A man and his wheel

  • 197 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 198 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 199 Clovelly custom

  • 200 Out of puff!

  • 201 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 202 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 203 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 204 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 205 Bideford loses training ship

  • 206 When horses score over the tractor

  • 207

    Married in 1908
  • 208 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 209 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 210 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 211 Variety in summer weather

  • 212 Capers on the cobbles

  • 213 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 214 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 215 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 216 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 217 The cab at the corner>
  • 218 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 219 Burnard family reunion

  • 220 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 221 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 222

    First prize
  • 223 Six footed lamb

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

  • 225

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 226 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 227 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 228 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 229 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 230 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 231 Cruising down the river

  • 232 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 233 All for the love of a lady!

  • 234 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 235 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 236 Can spring be far away?

  • 237 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 238 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 239 Off on a great adventure

  • 240 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 241 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 242 They are parted pro-tem

  • 243 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 244 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 245

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 246 A roof-top view - where?

  • 247 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 248 No laughing matter

  • 249 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 250 The Geneva marionettes

  • 251 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 252 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 253 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 254 Picking the pops

  • 255 New Lundy stamps

  • 256 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 257 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 258 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 259 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 260 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 261 Last train from Torrington

  • 262

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 263 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 264 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 266 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 267

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 268 Finished in 1876

  • 269 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 270 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 271 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 272 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 273 Floral dancing at Appledore

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

  • 275 New life for Hartland organ

  • 276 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 277 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 278 New art gallery opened

  • 279 School crossing patrol begins

  • 280 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 281 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 282 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 283 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 284 The art of the thatcher

  • 285 Ten year old scrambler

  • 286 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 287 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 288 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 289 What's the time?

  • 290 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 291 Recognise this resort?

  • 292 Emergency ferry services

  • 293 Service with a smile

  • 294 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 295 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 296 New choral society's growing response

  • 297 Jumble sale fever

  • 298 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 299

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 300 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 301 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 303 All aboard the ark

  • 304 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 305 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 306 Some 240 exhibits

  • 307

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 308 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 309 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 310 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 311 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 312 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 313 First ship in 8 years

  • 314 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 316 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 317 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 318 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 319 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 320 Hartland postman retires

  • 321 By pony and trap to market

  • 322 No sale of Springfield House

  • 323 Parkham plan realised

  • 324 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 325 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 326 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 327 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 328 Some mushroom!

  • 329 Private home for public pump

  • 330 Centenary of Gazette

  • 331 So this is the mainland!

  • 332

    New gateway
  • 333 Sweets derationing

  • 334 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 335 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 336 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 337 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 338 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 339 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 340 Life begins at 80

  • 341 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 342 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 343 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 344

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 345 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 346 New addition to Quay front

  • 347 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 348 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 349 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 350

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 351 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 352

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 353 Twenty-one yachts

  • 354 Northam footballers of the future

  • 355 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 356 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 357 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 358

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 359 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 360 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 361 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 362 In their new robes and hats

  • 363 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 365 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 366 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 367 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 368 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 369 Riverside mystery

  • 370 Devil sent packing

  • 371

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 372 Just over a year old

  • 373 Artisans' Club

  • 374 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 375 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 376 End of the line

  • 377 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 378 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 379 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 380 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 381 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 382 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 383 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 384 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 385 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 386

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 387 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 388 School's link with cargo ship

  • 389

    Building works
  • 390 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 391 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 392 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 393 Sight of a lifetime

  • 394 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 395 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 396 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 397 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 398 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 399 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 400 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 401 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 402 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 403 Circus comes to town

  • 404 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 405

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 406 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 407 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 408 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 409 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 410 Penny for the guy

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 412 He beat the floods

  • 413 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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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  • 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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  • 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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If evacuees should come 21st May 1940

If evacuees should come

21st May 1940

If evacuees should comeEvacuees: Bideford Borough is due to take 1,500 children and Bideford Rural district 1,000.  Mr W J Langford headmaster of Bideford Grammar School is chief billeting officer for evacuees for the borough and joint allocation officer for the two areas.

Town clerk of Bideford Mr F C Backway, who is borough evacuation officer, Mr M J Durant, who is chief reception and billeting officer for the rural district, and Mr C S F Harding, headmaster of Bideford Senior Mixed School, who is detaining officer, he will be busily engaged with teachers, officials and other voluntary workers in seeing that everything possible is done for the children and that they are safely guided to their new homes, following on medical inspection.

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