• 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 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 2 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 3 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 4 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 5 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 6 The cab at the corner>
  • 7 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 8 No sale of Springfield House

  • 9 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 10 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 12 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 13 Hartland postman retires

  • 14 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 15 Bideford loses training ship

  • 16 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 17 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 19 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 20 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 21 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 22 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 23 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 25 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 26 Torrington's new amenity

  • 27 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 28 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 29 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 30 Last train from Torrington

  • 31

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 32 Northam's almshouse

  • 33

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 34 Some mushroom!

  • 35 It really was the 'last time'

  • 36 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 38 No laughing matter

  • 39 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 40 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 42 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 43 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 44 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 45 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 46 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 47 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 48 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 49 Filming at Hartland

  • 50 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 51 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 52 Cruising down the river

  • 53 Hartland Dancers
  • 54 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 55 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 56 What's the time?

  • 57 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 58 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 59 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 60 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 61 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 62 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 63 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 64 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 65 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 66 Clovelly nightmare

  • 67 Circus comes to town

  • 68 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 70 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 71 Just over a year old

  • 72

    Was a missionary
  • 73

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 74 Torrington children build igloo
  • 75 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 76 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 77

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 78 Decontrol of meat

  • 79 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 80 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 81 Clovelly custom

  • 82 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 83 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 84 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 85 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 86 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 87 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 88 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 89 So this is the mainland!

  • 90 School's link with cargo ship

  • 91 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 92 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 93 New Lundy stamps

  • 94 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 95 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 96 New Post Office

  • 97 Out of puff!

  • 98 Waldon Triplets
  • 99 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 100 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 101 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 102 Revenge in style

  • 103 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 104 For crying out loud!

  • 105 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 106 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 107

    Building works
  • 108 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 109 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 110 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 111 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 112 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 113 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 114 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 116 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 117 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 118 The Geneva marionettes

  • 119

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 120 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 121 Penny for the guy

  • 122 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 123 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 124 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 125 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 126 A man and his wheel

  • 127 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 128 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 129 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 130 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 131 All aboard the ark

  • 132 Life begins at 80

  • 133 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 134 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 135 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 136 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 137 Can spring be far away?

  • 138 New life for Hartland organ

  • 139 A bird of their own!

  • 140 Torrington in 1967

  • 141 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 142 Ships at Bideford

  • 143 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 144 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 145 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 146 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 147

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 148 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 149 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 151 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 152 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 153 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 154 Riverside mystery

  • 155 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 156 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 157 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 158 First ship in 8 years

  • 159 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 161 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 162

    Relatives all over the world
  • 163 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 164 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 165 Police station view of Bideford

  • 166 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 167 End of the line

  • 168 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 169 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 170 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 171 Picking the pops

  • 172 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 173 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 174 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 175

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 176 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 177 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 178 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 179 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 180 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 181 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 182 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 183 Mobile missionary

  • 184 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 185 Picking the pops

  • 186 Artisans' Club

  • 187 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 188 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 189 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 190 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 191 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 192 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 193 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 194 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 195 They are parted pro-tem

  • 196 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 197 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 198 Parkham plan realised

  • 199 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 200

    Bidefordians
  • 201 New choral society's growing response

  • 202 113 years at Instow

  • 203 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 204 Pannier Market's future?

  • 205 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 206

    New gateway
  • 207 New look in the hayfields

  • 208 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 209 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 210

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

  • 212 North Devon Driving School

  • 213 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 214 Ten year old scrambler

  • 215 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 216 New shipyard on schedule

  • 217

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 218 Recognise this resort?

  • 219 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 220 New addition to Quay front

  • 221 Steep street of old Bideford

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

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

  • 224 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 225 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 226 Simple Item 138
  • 227 Off on a great adventure

  • 228 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 229 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 230 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 231 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 232 Centenary of Gazette

  • 233 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 234 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 235 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 236 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 237

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 238 Twenty-one yachts

  • 239 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 240 Littleham family's five generations

  • 241 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 242 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 243 Appledore's largest

  • 244 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 245 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 246

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 247 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 248 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 249 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 251 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 252 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 253 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 254 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 255 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 256 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 257 Northam footballers of the future

  • 258

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 259 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 260 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 261

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 262 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 263 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 264 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 265 He beat the floods

  • 266 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 267 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 268 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 269 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 270 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 271 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 272 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 273 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 274

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 275 Devil sent packing

  • 276 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 277 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 278 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 279 Traditions and skills still there

  • 280 Service with a smile

  • 281 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 282 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 283 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 284 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 285 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 286 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 287 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 288 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 289 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 290 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 291 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 292 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 294 New art gallery opened

  • 295 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 296 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 297 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 298 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 299 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 300 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 301 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 302 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 303 Bideford regatta

  • 304 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 305

    Married in 1908
  • 306 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 307

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 308 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 309 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 310

    First prize
  • 311 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 312 Bideford computer stars

  • 313 All for the love of a lady!

  • 314 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 315 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 316 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 317 Jumble sale fever

  • 318 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 320 Sweets derationing

  • 321 New civic medallions

  • 322 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 323 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 324 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 325 In their new robes and hats

  • 326 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 327 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 328 Peter poses for TV film

  • 329 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 330

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 331 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 332 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 333 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 334 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 335

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 336 School crossing patrol begins

  • 337 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 338 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 339

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 340

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 341 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 342 Hartland's invitation

  • 343 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 344 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 345 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 346 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 347 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 348 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 349 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 350 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 351 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 352 Burnard family reunion

  • 353 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 354 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 355 When horses score over the tractor

  • 356 From Bobby to Brian

  • 357 A story to tell!

  • 358 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 359 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 360 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 361 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 362 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 363 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 364 A roof-top view - where?

  • 365 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 366 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 367 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 368 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 369

    Exhibition of school work
  • 370 Emergency ferry services

  • 371 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 372 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 373 Variety in summer weather

  • 374 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 375 Private home for public pump

  • 376 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 377 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 378 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 379

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 380 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 381 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 382 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 383

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 384 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 385 Six footed lamb

  • 386 Puppet characters introduced

  • 387 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 388

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 389 Some 240 exhibits

  • 390 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 391 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 392 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 393

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 394 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 395 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 396 Warmington's garage ad

  • 397 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 398 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 399

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 400 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 401 Loads of black and white

  • 402 Bridging the stream

  • 403 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 404 Sight of a lifetime

  • 405 By pony and trap to market

  • 406 Weare Giffard potato

  • 407 Capers on the cobbles

  • 408 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 409 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 410 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 411 Happy Days!

  • 412 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 413 Appledore schooner broadcast

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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