• 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 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 2 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 3 Bridging the stream

  • 4 Variety in summer weather

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 6 Police station view of Bideford

  • 7 New Lundy stamps

  • 8 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 9 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 10 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 11 Torrington in 1967

  • 12

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 13 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 14 No sale of Springfield House

  • 15 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 16

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 17 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 18 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 19 Hartland's invitation

  • 20 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 21 Revenge in style

  • 22 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 23 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 24 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 25 A story to tell!

  • 26

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 27 Capers on the cobbles

  • 28 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 29 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 30 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 31 By pony and trap to market

  • 32 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 33 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 34 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 35 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 36 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 37 Northam's almshouse

  • 38 Some 240 exhibits

  • 39 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 40 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 41 Finished in 1876

  • 42 Ten year old scrambler

  • 43 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 44 School crossing patrol begins

  • 45 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 46 He beat the floods

  • 47 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 48 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 49 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 50 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 51 Circus comes to town

  • 52

    Bidefordians
  • 53 Picking the pops

  • 54 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 55 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 56 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 57 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 58 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 59 End of the line

  • 60 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 61 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 62 Happy Days!

  • 63 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 64 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 65 Littleham family's five generations

  • 66 Mobile missionary

  • 67 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 68 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 69 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 70 Bideford regatta

  • 71 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 72 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 73 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 75 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 76 Sight of a lifetime

  • 77

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 78 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 79 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 80 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 81

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 82 Weare Giffard potato

  • 83 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 84 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 85 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 86 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 87 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 88 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 89 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 90 Loads of black and white

  • 91 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 92 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 93 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 94 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 95 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 96 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 97 Torrington children build igloo
  • 98 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 99 New look in the hayfields

  • 100 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 101 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 102 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 103

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 104 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 105 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 106 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 107 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 109 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 110 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 111 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 113 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 114 New life for Hartland organ

  • 115 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 116 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 117 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 118

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 119 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 120 Riverside mystery

  • 121 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 122

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 123 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 124 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 125 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 126 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 127 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 128 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 129 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 130 For crying out loud!

  • 131 Jumble sale fever

  • 132 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 134 Recognise this resort?

  • 135 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 136 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 137 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 138 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 139 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 140 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 141 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 142 Pannier Market's future?

  • 143 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 144 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 145 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 146 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 147 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 148 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 149 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 150

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 151 A bird of their own!

  • 152 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 153 New addition to Quay front

  • 154 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 155 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 156

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 157 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 158 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 159 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 160 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 161 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 162 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 163 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 164 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 165 Burnard family reunion

  • 166 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 167 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 168 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 169 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 170 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 171 Traditions and skills still there

  • 172 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 173 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 174 Devil sent packing

  • 175 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 176 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 177 Picking the pops

  • 178 Appledore's largest

  • 179 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 180 North Devon Driving School

  • 181 Hartland Dancers
  • 182 The cab at the corner>
  • 183 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 184 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 185 Filming at Hartland

  • 186 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 187 Life begins at 80

  • 188 Centenary of Gazette

  • 189 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 190 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 191 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 192 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 194

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 195

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 196 Service with a smile

  • 197 Cruising down the river

  • 198 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 199 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 200 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 201 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 202 Ships at Bideford

  • 203 What's the time?

  • 204 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 206 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 207

    Building works
  • 208 Peter poses for TV film

  • 209 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 210 Penny for the guy

  • 211 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 212

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 213 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 214 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 215 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 216 Off on a great adventure

  • 217 Hartland postman retires

  • 218 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 219

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 220 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 221 Simple Item 138
  • 222 First ship in 8 years

  • 223 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 224 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 225 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 226 A man and his wheel

  • 227

    Married in 1908
  • 228 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 229 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 230 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 231 Last train from Torrington

  • 232 Torrington's new amenity

  • 233 Bideford loses training ship

  • 234 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 235 New Post Office

  • 236 From Bobby to Brian

  • 237 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 238 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 240 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 241 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 242 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 243 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 244

    Relatives all over the world
  • 245 They are parted pro-tem

  • 246 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 247 Sweets derationing

  • 248 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 249

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 250 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 251 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 252 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 253 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 254 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

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

  • 256 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 257 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 258 New art gallery opened

  • 259 All for the love of a lady!

  • 260

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 261 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 262 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 263 Puppet characters introduced

  • 264 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 265 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 266 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 267 New shipyard on schedule

  • 268 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 269 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 270 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 271 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 272 So this is the mainland!

  • 273 Some mushroom!

  • 274 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 275 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 276 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 277 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 278 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 279 Just over a year old

  • 280 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 281 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 282 New choral society's growing response

  • 283 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 284 Decontrol of meat

  • 285 In their new robes and hats

  • 286 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 287 Modern living at Bideford

  • 288 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 289 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 290 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 292 Emergency ferry services

  • 293 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 294 Out of puff!

  • 295 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 296 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 297 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 298 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 299

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 300 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 301 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 302 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 303 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 304 Clovelly nightmare

  • 305

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 306 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 307 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 308 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 309 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 310 All aboard the ark

  • 311 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 312 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 313 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 314 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 315 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 316 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 317 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 318 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 319 No laughing matter

  • 320 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 321

    Was a missionary
  • 322 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 323 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 324 113 years at Instow

  • 325

    New gateway
  • 326 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 327 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 328 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 330 Artisans' Club

  • 331 Twenty-one yachts

  • 332 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 333 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 334 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 335 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 336 New civic medallions

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

  • 338 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 339 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 340 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 341 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 342 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 343 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 344 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 345 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 346 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 347

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 348 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 349 School's link with cargo ship

  • 350 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 351 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 352 Warmington's garage ad

  • 353 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 354 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 355

    Exhibition of school work
  • 356 Private home for public pump

  • 357

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 358 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 359 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 360 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 361 Can spring be far away?

  • 362 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 364 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 365 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 366 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 367 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 368 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 369 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 370 Parkham plan realised

  • 371 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 372 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 373 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 374 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 375 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 376 Northam footballers of the future

  • 377 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 378 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 379 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 380 The art of the thatcher

  • 381 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 382 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 383 A roof-top view - where?

  • 384 Six footed lamb

  • 385 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 386

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 387 Waldon Triplets
  • 388 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 389

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 390 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 391 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 392 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 393 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 394 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 395 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 396 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 397 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 398 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 399

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 400 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 401 Clovelly custom

  • 402 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 403 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 404 When horses score over the tractor

  • 405

    First prize
  • 406 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 407 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 408 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 409 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 410 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 411 Bideford computer stars

  • 412

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 413 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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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  • 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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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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National Farmers' Union Annual Dinner

Officials of Bideford branch National Farmers’ Union

gather with their guests before last week’s annual dinner.

17.2.1956 Farming NFU

Those appearing in the photograph are: Messrs F M Shore, J Paterson (Principle, Bideford School of Art), O A Reed, R Mills, D F B Stucley (Mayor of Bideford), W T Harris (Chairman Bideford Rural Council), C T Smith, S A Brimacombe, Mrs F M Shore, Mrs R Mills, Mrs M de N Youngman (chairman Northam Urban Council), Mrs D F B Stucley (Mayoress of Bideford), Mrs O A Reed and Mrs S A Brimacombe.

Article dated 17 February 1956

Dairy Maid

Eighteen year old Jayne Tithecott, of Inglenook, 

Glenburnie Road, Bideford, has been elected Buckland Brewer Dairy Maid. Jayne, a member of Buckland Brewer YFC, is a student at the North Devon College.

5.3.1976 Jayne Tithecott1

North Devon’s Dairy Maid will be chosen at Barnstaple next month.

Gazette article dated 5 March 1976

Torrington Lamb Quads

Spring

2.3.1951 Torrington quads1

Lambs are a sure sign of Spring and pictured, held by the photgraphers's daughter, Miss Kaye Woodward, are the day-old quadruplet lambs born on the farm of Mr Charles Martin, of Beam, Torrington.

Gazette article dated 2 March 1951

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