• 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 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 2 No laughing matter

  • 3 New Post Office

  • 4 New shipyard on schedule

  • 5 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 6 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 8 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 9 Six footed lamb

  • 10 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 11 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 12 A roof-top view - where?

  • 13 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 14 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 15 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 16 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 17 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 18 The art of the thatcher

  • 19 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 20 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 21 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 23 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 24 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 25 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 26 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 27 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 28 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 29 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 30 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 31 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 32 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 34 Happy Days!

  • 35 Torrington's new amenity

  • 36

    First prize
  • 37 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 38 It really was the 'last time'

  • 39 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 40

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 41 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 42 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 43 What's the time?

  • 44 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 45 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 46 Loads of black and white

  • 47 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 48 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 49 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 50 School crossing patrol begins

  • 51 All aboard the ark

  • 52 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 53 When horses score over the tractor

  • 54 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 55 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 56 Decontrol of meat

  • 57 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 58 Picking the pops

  • 59 End of the line

  • 60 Private home for public pump

  • 61 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 62 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 63 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 64 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 65 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 66 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 67 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 68 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 69 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 70 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 71 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 72 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 73 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 74 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 75 New choral society's growing response

  • 76 Variety in summer weather

  • 77 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 78 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 79

    Relatives all over the world
  • 80 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 81 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

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

  • 84 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 85 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 86 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 87 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 88 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 89 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 90 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 91 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 92 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 93 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 94 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 95 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 96 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 97 Clovelly custom

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

  • 99 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 100 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 101 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 102 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 103

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 104 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 105 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 106

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 107 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 108 In their new robes and hats

  • 109 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 110 Burnard family reunion

  • 111 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 112 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 113 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 114 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 116 Sight of a lifetime

  • 117

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 118

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 119 Devil sent packing

  • 120 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 121 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 122 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 123 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 124 All for the love of a lady!

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

  • 126 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 127 Last train from Torrington

  • 128 Some mushroom!

  • 129 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 131 Parkham plan realised

  • 132 Jumble sale fever

  • 133 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 134 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 135 Torrington children build igloo
  • 136 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 137 For crying out loud!

  • 138 Hartland Dancers
  • 139 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 140 The Geneva marionettes

  • 141 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 142 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 143 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 144 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 145

    Married in 1908
  • 146

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 147 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 148 Traditions and skills still there

  • 149 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 150 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 151 Pannier Market's future?

  • 152 Off on a great adventure

  • 153 Modern living at Bideford

  • 154 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 155 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 156

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 157 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 158

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 159 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 160 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 161

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 162 New look in the hayfields

  • 163 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 164 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 165

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 166 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 167 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 168 Circus comes to town

  • 169 Penny for the guy

  • 170 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 171 Riverside mystery

  • 172 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 173 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 174 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 175 Picking the pops

  • 176 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 177 Hartland's invitation

  • 178 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 179 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 180 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 181 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 182

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 183 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 184 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 185 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 186 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 187 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 188 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 189 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 190 Mobile missionary

  • 191 Hartland postman retires

  • 192

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 193 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 194 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 195 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 196 Weare Giffard potato

  • 197 113 years at Instow

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

  • 199 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 200 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 201 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 202 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 203 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 204 Ten year old scrambler

  • 205 Life begins at 80

  • 206

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 207

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 208 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 209

    Bidefordians
  • 210 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 211 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 212 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 213

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 214 New civic medallions

  • 215 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 216 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 217 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 218 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 219 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 220 New life for Hartland organ

  • 221 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 222 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 223 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 225 New Lundy stamps

  • 226 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 228 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 229 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 230 Finished in 1876

  • 231 No sale of Springfield House

  • 232 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 233 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 235 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 236 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 237 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 238 Northam footballers of the future

  • 239 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 240 Peter poses for TV film

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 242 Puppet characters introduced

  • 243 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 244 He beat the floods

  • 245 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 246 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 247 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 248 They are parted pro-tem

  • 249 Can spring be far away?

  • 250 Northam's almshouse

  • 251 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 252 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 253 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 254 Capers on the cobbles

  • 255

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 256 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 257

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 258 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 259 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 260 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 261 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 262 By pony and trap to market

  • 263 Bridging the stream

  • 264 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 265 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 266 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 267 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 268 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 269 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 270 Emergency ferry services

  • 271 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 272 Revenge in style

  • 273 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 274 School's link with cargo ship

  • 275 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 276 Centenary of Gazette

  • 277 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 278 Artisans' Club

  • 279 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 280 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 281 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 282

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 283 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 284 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 285 A bird of their own!

  • 286 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 287

    Was a missionary
  • 288 Out of puff!

  • 289 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 290 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 291 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 292 North Devon Driving School

  • 293 Appledore's largest

  • 294 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 295 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 296 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 297 First ship in 8 years

  • 298 Bideford loses training ship

  • 299 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 300 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 301 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 302 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 303 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 304 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 305 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 306 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 307

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 308 Ships at Bideford

  • 309 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 310

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 311 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 312 Cruising down the river

  • 313 Twenty-one yachts

  • 314 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 315 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 316 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 317 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 318 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 319 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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    Building works
  • 321 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 322 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 323 Clovelly nightmare

  • 324 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 325 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 326 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 327 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 328 A man and his wheel

  • 329 Just over a year old

  • 330 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 331 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 332 Littleham family's five generations

  • 333 Torrington in 1967

  • 334 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 335

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 336 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 337 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 338 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 339 Recognise this resort?

  • 340 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 342 Bideford regatta

  • 343 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 344

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 345 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 346 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 347 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 348 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 349 Simple Item 138
  • 350 A story to tell!

  • 351 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 352 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 353 Waldon Triplets
  • 354 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 355 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 356 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 357 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 358 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 359 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 360 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 361 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 362 Service with a smile

  • 363 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 364 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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    New gateway
  • 366 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 367 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 368 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 369 New art gallery opened

  • 370 Police station view of Bideford

  • 371 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 373 Some 240 exhibits

  • 374 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 375 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 376 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 377 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 378 New addition to Quay front

  • 379 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 380 Bideford computer stars

  • 381 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 382 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 383 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 384

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 385 Warmington's garage ad

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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A Wash And Brush Up

Surrounded by scaffolding, Bideford's statue of Charles Kingsley undergoes a periodical 'wash and brush up'.

1950 Charles Kingsley statue

A glance at the top and bottom of the photograph illustrates the 'before and after' effect. It appears that just at that moment a shoe-shine was being given.

Gazette article dated 30 June 1950

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