• 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 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 3 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 4 He beat the floods

  • 5 Sight of a lifetime

  • 6 Ten year old scrambler

  • 7 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 8 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 9 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 10 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 12 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 13 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 14 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 15 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 16 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 17 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 18 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 19 Cruising down the river

  • 20 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 21 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 22 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 23 A roof-top view - where?

  • 24 Some mushroom!

  • 25 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 26 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 28 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 29 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 30 Capers on the cobbles

  • 31 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 32 Twenty-one yachts

  • 33 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 34 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 35 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 36 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 37 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 38 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 39 Modern living at Bideford

  • 40 So this is the mainland!

  • 41 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 42

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 43

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 44 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 45 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 46 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 47

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 48

    First prize
  • 49

    Relatives all over the world
  • 50 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 51 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 52 When horses score over the tractor

  • 53 Waldon Triplets
  • 54 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 55 Penny for the guy

  • 56 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 57 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 58 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 59 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 60 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 61 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 62 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 63 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 64 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 65 Bideford regatta

  • 66 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 67 New look in the hayfields

  • 68 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 69 It really was the 'last time'

  • 70 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 71 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 72 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 73 North Devon Driving School

  • 74 Happy Days!

  • 75

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 76 Can spring be far away?

  • 77

    Exhibition of school work
  • 78

    Was a missionary
  • 79 Out of puff!

  • 80 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 81 Clovelly custom

  • 82 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 83 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 84 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 85 Devil sent packing

  • 86 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 87 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 88 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 89 New shipyard on schedule

  • 90 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 91 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 93 Parkham plan realised

  • 94

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 95 New life for Hartland organ

  • 96 Life begins at 80

  • 97 A bird of their own!

  • 98 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 99

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 100 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 101 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 102

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 103 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 104 Finished in 1876

  • 105 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 106 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 107 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 108

    Married in 1908
  • 109 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 110 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 111 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 112 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 113 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 114 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 115 The Geneva marionettes

  • 116 For crying out loud!

  • 117 Artisans' Club

  • 118

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 119 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 120 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 121 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 122 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 123 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 124 A story to tell!

  • 125 Last train from Torrington

  • 126 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 127 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 128 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 129 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 130 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 131 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 132 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 133

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 134 No laughing matter

  • 135 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 136 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 137 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 138 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 139 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 140 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 141

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 142 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 143 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 144 First ship in 8 years

  • 145 All aboard the ark

  • 146 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 147 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 148 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 149 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 150 All for the love of a lady!

  • 151 Service with a smile

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

  • 153 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 154 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 155 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 156 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 157 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 158

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 159 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 160 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 161 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 162 Hartland postman retires

  • 163 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 164 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 165 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 166 Torrington in 1967

  • 167 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 168 A man and his wheel

  • 169 Picking the pops

  • 170 Peter poses for TV film

  • 171 Emergency ferry services

  • 172

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 173 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 174 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 175 Hartland's invitation

  • 176 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 177 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 178 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 179 Warmington's garage ad

  • 180 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 182 Burnard family reunion

  • 183 Off on a great adventure

  • 184 Traditions and skills still there

  • 185 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 186 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 187 Puppet characters introduced

  • 188 No sale of Springfield House

  • 189 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 190 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 191 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 192 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 193 Variety in summer weather

  • 194 Mobile missionary

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

  • 196 Weare Giffard potato

  • 197 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 198 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 199 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 200 Pannier Market's future?

  • 201 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 202 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 203 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 204 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 205 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 206 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 207 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 208 Bridging the stream

  • 209 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 210 Hartland Dancers
  • 211 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 212 Jumble sale fever

  • 213 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 214 Private home for public pump

  • 215 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 216 Just over a year old

  • 217 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 218 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 219 New choral society's growing response

  • 220 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 221 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 222 The art of the thatcher

  • 223 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 224 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 225 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 226 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 227 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 228 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 229 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 230 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 231 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 232 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 233

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 234 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 235 What's the time?

  • 236 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 238 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 239 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 240

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 241 New civic medallions

  • 242 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 243 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 244

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 245 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 246 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 247 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 248 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 249

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 250 Circus comes to town

  • 251 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 252 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 253 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 254 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 255 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 256 Police station view of Bideford

  • 257 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 258 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 259 Riverside mystery

  • 260 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 261 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 262 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 263 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 264 Decontrol of meat

  • 265 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 266

    Bidefordians
  • 267 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 268 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 269 Bideford computer stars

  • 270 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 271 Some 240 exhibits

  • 272 New art gallery opened

  • 273 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 275 Ships at Bideford

  • 276 New Lundy stamps

  • 277 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 278 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 279 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 280 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 281 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 282 End of the line

  • 283 Revenge in style

  • 284 Six footed lamb

  • 285 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 286 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 287 Loads of black and white

  • 288 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 289 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 290 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 291 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 292 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 293 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 294 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 295 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 296 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 297 New addition to Quay front

  • 298

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 299 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 301 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 302 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 303 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 304 New Post Office

  • 305 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 306 Recognise this resort?

  • 307 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 308 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 309 113 years at Instow

  • 310 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 311 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 312 In their new robes and hats

  • 313 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 314

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 315

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 316 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 317 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 319 Bideford loses training ship

  • 320

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 321 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

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

  • 323 Torrington children build igloo
  • 324

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 325 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 326 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 327 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 328 Simple Item 138
  • 329 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 330 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 331 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 332 Appledore's largest

  • 333 Torrington's new amenity

  • 334 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 335 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 336 Picking the pops

  • 337 They are parted pro-tem

  • 338 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 339 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 340 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 341 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 342 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 343 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 344 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 345 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 346 By pony and trap to market

  • 347 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 348 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 349 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 351 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 352 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 353 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 354 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 355 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 356 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 357 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 358 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 359 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 360 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 361 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 362 Northam footballers of the future

  • 363 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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    New gateway
  • 365 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 366 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 367 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 368 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 369 Littleham family's five generations

  • 370 Northam's almshouse

  • 371 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 372

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 373 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 374 Centenary of Gazette

  • 375 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 376

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 377 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 378

    Building works
  • 379 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 380 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 381

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 382 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 383 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 384 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 385 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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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Experimental Roundabout System

Although motorists are bound to need time to get used to the experimental roundabout system introduced at the west end of Bideford bridge, Devon County Council officials are pleased with their experiment so far.

 

5.4.1974 Bideford roundabout
Divisional surveyor Mr Richard Shuttleworth told the Gazette that there had been a definite speed-up in traffic and the flow was smoother than before.
Fears that there would not be enough room for articulated lorries and buses to manoeuvre have proved unfounded. There is 'just enough' room, he said.

Gazette article dated 5 April 1974

Transport

Littleham Bus Service

Sir –

When are small communities like Littleham going to realise they are of little consequence in this present welfare state? Of course, the roads of the parish are not capable of carrying buses for the convenience of country dweller – why, there is hardly room for the pleasure coaches in the summer to pass along our narrow lanes. Besides, it is only the matter of a mile or two to Bideford where one can ride up and down the Broad Quay to one’s heart’s content. From the Quay one is able to board a double-decked bus to travel along the narrow lanes in the Torrington-Dolton-Winkleigh areas to Exeter. Or perhaps it is unnecessary to obtain permission for such ‘leviathans’ to pass along these roads. Another point to remember – the single traffic line on the steep hill between Clovelly Cross and the Garage. Perhaps a serious accident will occur before the authorities awake to the fact these roads are as narrow as the Littleham lanes.

Frank Burgess, The Cross, Littleham

 

20.10.1950 bus service Littleham
Gazette article dated 20 October 1950

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