• 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 New look for Torrington Lane

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 3 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 4 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 5 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 6 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 7 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 8 The cab at the corner>
  • 9 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 10 Loads of black and white

  • 11 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 12 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 13 North Devon Driving School

  • 14 Peter poses for TV film

  • 15 Penny for the guy

  • 16 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 17 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 18

    Was a missionary
  • 19 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 20 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 21 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 22

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 23

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 24 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 25 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 26 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 27 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 28

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 29 Service with a smile

  • 30 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 31 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 32 From Bobby to Brian

  • 33 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 34 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 35 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 36 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 37 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 38 Last train from Torrington

  • 39 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 40 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 41 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 42 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 43 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 44 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 45

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 46 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 47 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 48 He beat the floods

  • 49 Happy Days!

  • 50 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 51 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 52 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 53 Hartland Dancers
  • 54 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 55 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 56 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 57

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 58 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 59 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 60 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 61 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 63 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 64 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 65 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 66 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 68 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 69 New addition to Quay front

  • 70 Appledore's largest

  • 71 Modern living at Bideford

  • 72 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 73 Riverside mystery

  • 74

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 75 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

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

  • 77 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 78 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 79 Traditions and skills still there

  • 80 Off on a great adventure

  • 81 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 82 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 83 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 84 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 85 Artisans' Club

  • 86

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 87 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 88

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 89 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 90 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 91 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 92 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 93 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 94 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 95 Hartland postman retires

  • 96 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 97 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 98 School crossing patrol begins

  • 99 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 100 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 101 What's the time?

  • 102 So this is the mainland!

  • 103 Circus comes to town

  • 104 All for the love of a lady!

  • 105 Jumble sale fever

  • 106 A story to tell!

  • 107 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 108 New look in the hayfields

  • 109 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 110 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 111 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 112 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 113 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 114 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 116 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 117

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 118 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 119 Torrington in 1967

  • 120 Devil sent packing

  • 121 Northam's almshouse

  • 122

    Married in 1908
  • 123 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 124 Parkham plan realised

  • 125

    New gateway
  • 126 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 127 Hartland's invitation

  • 128 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 129 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 130 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 131 New Lundy stamps

  • 132 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 133 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 134

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 135 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 137 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 138 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 139 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 140 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 141 Waldon Triplets
  • 142 Centenary of Gazette

  • 143 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 144 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 146 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 147 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 148 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 149 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 150 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 151 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 152 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 153 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 154 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 155 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 156 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 158 Burnard family reunion

  • 159 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 160 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 161 New life for Hartland organ

  • 162 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 163 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 164 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 165 New choral society's growing response

  • 166 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 167 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 168

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 169 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 170 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 171 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 172 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 173 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 174 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 176 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 177 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 178 Six footed lamb

  • 179 Private home for public pump

  • 180 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 181 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 182 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 183 New art gallery opened

  • 184 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 185 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 186 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 187 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 188 They are parted pro-tem

  • 189 Weare Giffard potato

  • 190 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 191 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 192 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 193 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 194 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 195 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 196 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 197 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 198 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 199 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 201 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 202 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 204 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 205 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 206 Picking the pops

  • 207 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 208 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 209 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 210 Just over a year old

  • 211 A bird of their own!

  • 212 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 213

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 214 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 215

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 216 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 217 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 218 Bideford computer stars

  • 219 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 220 New civic medallions

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    First prize
  • 222 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 223 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 224 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 225 Some 240 exhibits

  • 226 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 227 New shipyard on schedule

  • 228 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 229 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 230 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 231 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 232 Clovelly nightmare

  • 233 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 234 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 235 Mobile missionary

  • 236 Revenge in style

  • 237 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 238 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 240 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 241 Up-to-date Bideford!

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 243 Police station view of Bideford

  • 244 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 245 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 246 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 247 Simple Item 138
  • 248 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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    Bidefordians
  • 250 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 251 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 252 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 253

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 254

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 255 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 256 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 257 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 258 End of the line

  • 259 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 260 113 years at Instow

  • 261 Some mushroom!

  • 262 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 263 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 265 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 266 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 267 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 268 Filming at Hartland

  • 269 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 270 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 271 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 272 Bideford regatta

  • 273 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 274 Clovelly custom

  • 275 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 276 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 277 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 278 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 279 Finished in 1876

  • 280 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 281 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 282 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 283 No laughing matter

  • 284 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 285 No sale of Springfield House

  • 286 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 287 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 288 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 289 Pannier Market's future?

  • 290 Variety in summer weather

  • 291 By pony and trap to market

  • 292 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 293 Littleham family's five generations

  • 294 Twenty-one yachts

  • 295 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 296

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 297 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 298 Torrington's new amenity

  • 299 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 300 Meredith's ironmongers

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 302 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 303 In their new robes and hats

  • 304

    Exhibition of school work
  • 305 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 306 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 307 Recognise this resort?

  • 308 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 309 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 310 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 311 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 312 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 313 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 314 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 315 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 316 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 317 Sweets derationing

  • 318 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 319 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 320 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 321 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 322 Puppet characters introduced

  • 323 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 324 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 325 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 326 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 327 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 328 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 329 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 330 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 331 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 332 Northam footballers of the future

  • 333 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 334 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 336 A man and his wheel

  • 337 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 338 Decontrol of meat

  • 339

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 340 Ten year old scrambler

  • 341 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 342 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 343 When horses score over the tractor

  • 344 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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    Building works
  • 346 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 347 Out of puff!

  • 348 Can spring be far away?

  • 349 Picking the pops

  • 350 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 351 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 352 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 353 Torrington children build igloo
  • 354 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 355 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 356 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 357 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 358 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 359 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 360 For crying out loud!

  • 361 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 362 School's link with cargo ship

  • 363 Cruising down the river

  • 364 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 365 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 366

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 367 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 368 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 369 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 370 The art of the thatcher

  • 371 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 372 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 373 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 374 All aboard the ark

  • 375 Ships at Bideford

  • 376 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 377 Warmington's garage ad

  • 378 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 379 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 380 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 381 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 382 Emergency ferry services

  • 383 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 384 First ship in 8 years

  • 385 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 386 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 387 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 388 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 389 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 390 Life begins at 80

  • 391 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 392 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 393 New Post Office

  • 394

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 395 Sight of a lifetime

  • 396 Bridging the stream

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

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

  • 399 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 400 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 401 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 402 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 403 It really was the 'last time'

  • 404 Bideford loses training ship

  • 405 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 406 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 407

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 408 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 409 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 410 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 411 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 412 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 413 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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