• 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 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 3 New Lundy stamps

  • 4 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 5 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 6 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 7 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 8 Clovelly custom

  • 9 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 10 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 11 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 12 Mobile missionary

  • 13 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 14 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 15 Twenty-one yachts

  • 16 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 17 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 18 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

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

  • 21 The Geneva marionettes

  • 22 Emergency ferry services

  • 23 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 24 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 25 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 26 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 27 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 28 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 29 Hartland postman retires

  • 30 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 31 Pannier Market's future?

  • 32 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 33 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 34 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 35 Centenary of Gazette

  • 36 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 37 Riverside mystery

  • 38 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 40 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 41 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 42

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 43 Six footed lamb

  • 44 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 45 Last train from Torrington

  • 46 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 47 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 49 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 50 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 51 New look in the hayfields

  • 52 Traditions and skills still there

  • 53 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 54 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 55 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 56 For crying out loud!

  • 57 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 58 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 59 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 60 New choral society's growing response

  • 61 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 62 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 63

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 64

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 65 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 66

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 67 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 68 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 69 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 70 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 71 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 72 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 73 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 74 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 75 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 76 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 77 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 79 Appledore's largest

  • 80 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 81

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 82 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 83 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 84 Simple Item 138
  • 85 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 86 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 87 Hartland's invitation

  • 88 Weare Giffard potato

  • 89 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 90 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 91 Loads of black and white

  • 92

    Bidefordians
  • 93 Parkham plan realised

  • 94

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 95 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 96 School's link with cargo ship

  • 97 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 98 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 99 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 100 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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    Married in 1908
  • 102 113 years at Instow

  • 103 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 104 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 105 It really was the 'last time'

  • 106 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 107 Littleham family's five generations

  • 108 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 109 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 110 A man and his wheel

  • 111 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 112 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 113 New addition to Quay front

  • 114 End of the line

  • 115 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 116 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 117 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 118 Waldon Triplets
  • 119 Ships at Bideford

  • 120 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 121 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 122 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 123 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 124 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 125 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

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

  • 128 All aboard the ark

  • 129 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 130 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 131 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 132 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 133 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 134 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 135 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 136 Filming at Hartland

  • 137 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 138 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 139 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 140 He beat the floods

  • 141

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 142 A story to tell!

  • 143 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 144 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 145 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 146 Variety in summer weather

  • 147 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 148 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 149 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 150 A bird of their own!

  • 151 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 152 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 153 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 154 Torrington's new amenity

  • 155 Some mushroom!

  • 156 Penny for the guy

  • 157 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 158 From Bobby to Brian

  • 159 First ship in 8 years

  • 160 New civic medallions

  • 161 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 162 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 163 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 164 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 165 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 166 Private home for public pump

  • 167 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 168 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 169 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 170

    Was a missionary
  • 171 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 173 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 174

    Exhibition of school work
  • 175 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 176 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 177 Northam's almshouse

  • 178 They are parted pro-tem

  • 179 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 180 Burnard family reunion

  • 181 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 182 New life for Hartland organ

  • 183 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 184

    New gateway
  • 185 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 186 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 187 The art of the thatcher

  • 188

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 189 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 190 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 191 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 192 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 193 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 194 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 195 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 196 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 197 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 198

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 199 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 200 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 201 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 202 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 203 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 204 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 205 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 206 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 207 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 208 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 209

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 210

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 211 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 212 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 213 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 214 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 215 Just over a year old

  • 216 Torrington in 1967

  • 217 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 218

    Building works
  • 219 Off on a great adventure

  • 220 A roof-top view - where?

  • 221 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 222 Service with a smile

  • 223 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 224 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 225 Northam footballers of the future

  • 226 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 227 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 228 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 229 No sale of Springfield House

  • 230 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 231 Finished in 1876

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 233 Bridging the stream

  • 234 Clovelly nightmare

  • 235 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 236 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 237 Picking the pops

  • 238 No laughing matter

  • 239 New Post Office

  • 240 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 241 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 242 Ten year old scrambler

  • 243 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 244 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 245 Picking the pops

  • 246 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 247 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 248 All for the love of a lady!

  • 249 The cab at the corner>
  • 250 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 251 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 252 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 253 Happy Days!

  • 254 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 257 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 258 Sweets derationing

  • 259 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 260 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 261 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 262 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 263 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 264 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 265 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 266 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 267 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 268 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 269 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 270 Modern living at Bideford

  • 271 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 272 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 273 Decontrol of meat

  • 274

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 275 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 276 Bideford's first woman councillor

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    First prize
  • 278 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 279 Cruising down the river

  • 280 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 281 Peter poses for TV film

  • 282 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 283 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 284 Hartland Dancers
  • 285 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 286 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 288 Police station view of Bideford

  • 289

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 290

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 291 Devil sent packing

  • 292 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 293 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 294 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 295 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 296 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 297 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 298 So this is the mainland!

  • 299 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 300 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 301 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 302 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 303 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 304 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 305 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 306

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 307 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 308 When horses score over the tractor

  • 309 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 310 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 311 Bideford regatta

  • 312 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 313 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 314 Bideford computer stars

  • 315 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 316 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 317 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 318 New art gallery opened

  • 319 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 320 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 321 Artisans' Club

  • 322 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 323 Bideford loses training ship

  • 324 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 325 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 326 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 327

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 328 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 329 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 330 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 331 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 332 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 333 Revenge in style

  • 334 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 335 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 336 In their new robes and hats

  • 337 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 338

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 339

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 340 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 341 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 342 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 343 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 344 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 346 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 347 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 348 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 349 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 350 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 351 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 352 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 353 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 355 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 356 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 357 Capers on the cobbles

  • 358 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 359 Torrington children build igloo
  • 360 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 361 Recognise this resort?

  • 362 Circus comes to town

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

  • 364 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 365 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 366 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 367 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 368 Some 240 exhibits

  • 369 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 370 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 371 Warmington's garage ad

  • 372 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 373 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 374 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 375 By pony and trap to market

  • 376 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 377 An early 'special' to Bideford

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 379 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 380 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 381 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 382 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 383 Puppet characters introduced

  • 384 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 385 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 386 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 387 Life begins at 80

  • 388 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 389 Out of puff!

  • 390 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 391 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 392 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 393 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 394 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 395 Sight of a lifetime

  • 396 School crossing patrol begins

  • 397

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 398 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 399 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 400 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 401 Can spring be far away?

  • 402 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 403 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 404 What's the time?

  • 405 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 406 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 407 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 408 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 410 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 411 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 412 North Devon Driving School

  • 413 Record pebble-throwing day

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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Bideford Amateur Dramatic Society Notes

The Bideford Amateur Dramatic Society has always made a practice of taking its productions to neighbouring towns and villages and has recently completed a successful ‘season’ with its latest three-act production, Kenneth Horne’s ‘Yes and No’.

Besides two presentations in Bideford, the play has been given at Torrington, Hartland and Westward Ho! and enthusiastically received in each place.
Next week the Society will break new ground and present a programme of one-act plays in conjunction with the Barnstaple Dramatic and Operatic Society. This follows an invitation by the Barnstaple Society to participate in a joint programme which was given at the Foresters Hall, Barnstaple, on March 2nd.

3.3.1950 Bideford Am Dram

The full Gazette article is dated 3 March 1950

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