• 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 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 2 Fishermen of Greencliff

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 4 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 5 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 6 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 7

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 8 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 9 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 10 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 12 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 13 Hartland postman retires

  • 14 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 15 New art gallery opened

  • 16 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 17 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 18 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 19 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 20 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 21 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 22 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 23 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 24 Modern living at Bideford

  • 25 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 26 The art of the thatcher

  • 27 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 28 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 29 Some mushroom!

  • 30

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 31 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 32 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 33

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 34 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 35 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 37 By pony and trap to market

  • 38 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 39 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 40 Warmington's garage ad

  • 41 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 42 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 43 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 44 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 45 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 46 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 47 Decontrol of meat

  • 48 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 49 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 50 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 51 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 52 Peter poses for TV film

  • 53 In their new robes and hats

  • 54

    Building works
  • 55 Ships at Bideford

  • 56 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 57 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 58 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 59 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 60 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 61 Torrington in 1967

  • 62 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 63 A man and his wheel

  • 64 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 65

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 66 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 67

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 68 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 69 No laughing matter

  • 70 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 71 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 72 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 73

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 74 Littleham family's five generations

  • 75 It really was the 'last time'

  • 76 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 77 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 78

    Exhibition of school work
  • 79 New life for Hartland organ

  • 80 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 81 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 82 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 83 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 84 Happy Days!

  • 85 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 86 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 87 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 88 Recognise this resort?

  • 89 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 90 Service with a smile

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

  • 92 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 93 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 94 New choral society's growing response

  • 95 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 96 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 97 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 99 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 100 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 101 Just over a year old

  • 102

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 103 Torrington children build igloo
  • 104 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 105 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 106 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 107 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 108

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 109 New addition to Quay front

  • 110 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 111 All aboard the ark

  • 112 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 113 Clovelly nightmare

  • 114 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 115 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 116 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 117 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 118 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 119 For crying out loud!

  • 120 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 121 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 122 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 123 Circus comes to town

  • 124 All for the love of a lady!

  • 125 New shipyard on schedule

  • 126 Hartland Dancers
  • 127 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 128 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 129 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 130 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 131 Picking the pops

  • 132 Jumble sale fever

  • 133 Pannier Market's future?

  • 134 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 135 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 136 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 137

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 138 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 139 Clovelly custom

  • 140 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 141 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 142 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 143 Artisans' Club

  • 144 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 145 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 146 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 147 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 148 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 149 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 150 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 151 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 152 Weare Giffard potato

  • 153 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 154 Traditions and skills still there

  • 155 Last train from Torrington

  • 156 Simple Item 138
  • 157 Emergency ferry services

  • 158 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 159 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 160

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 161 New civic medallions

  • 162 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 163 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 164 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 166 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 167 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 168 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 169 Northam's almshouse

  • 170

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 171 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 172 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 173 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 174 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 175 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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

  • 177

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 178 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 179 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 180 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 181 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 182 Torrington's new amenity

  • 183

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 184 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 185 He beat the floods

  • 186 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 187 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 188 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 189 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 190 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 191 First ship in 8 years

  • 192 Cruising down the river

  • 193 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 194 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 195 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 196

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 197 Bideford loses training ship

  • 198 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 199 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 200 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 201 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 202 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 203 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 204 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 205 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 206 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 207 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 208 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 209 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 210 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 211 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 212 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 213 Revenge in style

  • 214 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 215 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 216

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 217 End of the line

  • 218

    First prize
  • 219 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 220 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 221 No sale of Springfield House

  • 222 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 223 Sight of a lifetime

  • 224 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 225 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 226 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 227 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 228

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 229 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 230 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 231 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 232 Six footed lamb

  • 233 Life begins at 80

  • 234 113 years at Instow

  • 235 Waldon Triplets
  • 236 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 237 North Devon Driving School

  • 238 Burnard family reunion

  • 239 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 240 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 241 Bideford regatta

  • 242 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 244 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 245 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 246 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 247 Mobile missionary

  • 248 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 249 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 251 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

  • 253 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 254 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 255 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 256 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 257 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 258 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 259 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 260 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 261

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 262 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 263 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 264 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 265 Finished in 1876

  • 266 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 267 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 269 New look in the hayfields

  • 270 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 271 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 272 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 273 Twenty-one yachts

  • 274 Loads of black and white

  • 275 Variety in summer weather

  • 276 So this is the mainland!

  • 277 Can spring be far away?

  • 278 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 279 Out of puff!

  • 280 Bridging the stream

  • 281 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 282 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 283 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 284

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 285

    Was a missionary
  • 286 Some 240 exhibits

  • 287 A bird of their own!

  • 288 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 289 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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    New gateway
  • 291 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 292 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 294 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 295 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 296 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 297 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 298 Riverside mystery

  • 299 Private home for public pump

  • 300 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 301 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 302 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 303 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 304 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 305 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 306 Hartland's invitation

  • 307 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 308

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 309 School's link with cargo ship

  • 310 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 311

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 312 What's the time?

  • 313 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 314 New Post Office

  • 315 When horses score over the tractor

  • 316 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 317 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 318 School crossing patrol begins

  • 319 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 320 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 321 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 322 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 323 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 325 Parkham plan realised

  • 326 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 327 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 329 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 330 A story to tell!

  • 331

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 332 New Lundy stamps

  • 333 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 334 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 335 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 336 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 337 Bideford computer stars

  • 338 Penny for the guy

  • 339 Picking the pops

  • 340 Northam footballers of the future

  • 341 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 342

    Bidefordians
  • 343 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 344 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 345 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 346 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 348 Centenary of Gazette

  • 349

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 350 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 351 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 352 Appledore's largest

  • 353 Ten year old scrambler

  • 354 Off on a great adventure

  • 355 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 356 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 357 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 358 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 359 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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    Married in 1908
  • 361 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 362 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 363 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 364 They are parted pro-tem

  • 365 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 367 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 368 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 369 Puppet characters introduced

  • 370 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 371 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 372 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 373 Police station view of Bideford

  • 374 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 375 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 376 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 377 Devil sent packing

  • 378 The Geneva marionettes

  • 379 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 380 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 381 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 382

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

  • 384 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 385 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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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No Wonder They Are Happy In Uniform!

Westward Ho! Family

17.4.1970 Police WHo family

17.4.1970 Police WHo family1


It was no surprise to Mr and Mrs J W Gray, of ‘Tidworth’, Atlantic Way, Westward Ho! when, one after another, their two sons and daughter found jobs that put them in uniform.

John, at 21 the ‘baby’ is a corporal in the RAF Police. He is now serving in the Overseas Command at Sharjah, in the Trucial Oman States, Persian Gulf.

After completing an apprenticeship at Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd, Robert, joined the Merchant Navy in 1967. Robert’s wife Marion and daughter, Sally Anne, also live at Tidworth.

Carole left Stella Maris School at the age of 16 and worked at the offices of Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd before joining the police in 1966.

17.4.1970 Police WHo family2

Gazette article dated 17 April 1970

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