• 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 Littleham family's five generations

  • 2 Variety in summer weather

  • 3 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 4 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 5 New Lundy stamps

  • 6 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 8 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 9 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 10 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 11 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 12

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 13 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 14 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 15 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 16 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 17 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 18 All aboard the ark

  • 19 Ten year old scrambler

  • 20 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 21 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 22 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 23

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 24 Twenty-one yachts

  • 25 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 26 School crossing patrol begins

  • 27 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 28 New addition to Quay front

  • 29 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 30 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 31 Recognise this resort?

  • 32 New Post Office

  • 33 Northam footballers of the future

  • 34 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 35 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 36 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 37

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 38 Mobile missionary

  • 39 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 40 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 41 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 42 Capers on the cobbles

  • 43 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 44

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 45 Torrington in 1967

  • 46 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 47 School's link with cargo ship

  • 48 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 49 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 50 First ship in 8 years

  • 51 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 52 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 53 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 54 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 55 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 56 For crying out loud!

  • 57 Peter poses for TV film

  • 58 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 59 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 60 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 61 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 62 Torrington's new amenity

  • 63 Puppet characters introduced

  • 64 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 65 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 66 Decontrol of meat

  • 67 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 68 By pony and trap to market

  • 69 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 70 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 71 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 72 113 years at Instow

  • 73 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 74 End of the line

  • 75 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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

  • 77 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 78 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 79 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 80 Service with a smile

  • 81

    Exhibition of school work
  • 82 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 83 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 84 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 85 Bideford regatta

  • 86

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 87

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 88

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 89 Hartland postman retires

  • 90 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 91 When horses score over the tractor

  • 92 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 93 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 94 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 95 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 96 A bird of their own!

  • 97

    New gateway
  • 98 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 99 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 100 Bideford computer stars

  • 101 He beat the floods

  • 102 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 103 Ships at Bideford

  • 104 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 105 The art of the thatcher

  • 106 New art gallery opened

  • 107 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 108 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 109 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 111

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 112 Modern living at Bideford

  • 113 Jumble sale fever

  • 114 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 115 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 116 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 117 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 118 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 119 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 120 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 121 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 122 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 123 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 124 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 125 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 126 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 127 New look in the hayfields

  • 128 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 129 Picking the pops

  • 130 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 131

    First prize
  • 132 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 133 A story to tell!

  • 134 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 135 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 136 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 137 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 138 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 139 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 140 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 141 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 142 Northam's almshouse

  • 143 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 144 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 145 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 146 Revenge in style

  • 147 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 148 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 149 Circus comes to town

  • 150 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 151 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 152 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 153

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 154 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 156 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 157 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 158 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 159

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 160 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 161 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 162 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 163 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 164 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 165 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 166

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 167 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 168 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 169 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 170 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 171 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 172 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 173 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 174 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 175 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 176 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 177 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 178 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 179 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 180 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 181 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 182

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 183 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 184 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 185 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 186 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 187 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 188 Parkham plan realised

  • 189 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 191 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 192 Simple Item 138
  • 193 A man and his wheel

  • 194 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 196 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 197 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 198 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 199

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 200 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 201 The Geneva marionettes

  • 202 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 203 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 204 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 205 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 206

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 207 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 208 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 209 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 210

    Building works
  • 211 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 212 Centenary of Gazette

  • 213 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 214 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 215 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 216 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 217 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 218 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 219 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 220 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 221

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 222 Hartland's invitation

  • 223 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 224 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 225 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 226 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 227 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 228 Clovelly nightmare

  • 229 Bideford loses training ship

  • 230 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 231 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 232 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 233 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 234 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 235 Off on a great adventure

  • 236 No sale of Springfield House

  • 237

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 238 Private home for public pump

  • 239 Emergency ferry services

  • 240 New life for Hartland organ

  • 241 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 242 Police station view of Bideford

  • 243 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 244 Weare Giffard potato

  • 245 Picking the pops

  • 246 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 247 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 249 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 250 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 251

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 252 In their new robes and hats

  • 253 Last train from Torrington

  • 254 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 255 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 256 Bridging the stream

  • 257 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 258 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 259 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 260 Artisans' Club

  • 261 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 262 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 263 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 264 New shipyard on schedule

  • 265 Some mushroom!

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

  • 267 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 268 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 269 Burnard family reunion

  • 270 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 271 What's the time?

  • 272 Pannier Market's future?

  • 273 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 274 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 275

    Married in 1908
  • 276 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 277 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 278 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 280 Devil sent packing

  • 281 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 282 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 283 They are parted pro-tem

  • 284 Hartland Dancers
  • 285 Sight of a lifetime

  • 286 Out of puff!

  • 287 Happy Days!

  • 288 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 289 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 290 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 291 Life begins at 80

  • 292 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 293 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 294 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 295 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 296 Loads of black and white

  • 297 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 298 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 299 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 300 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 301 New civic medallions

  • 302 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 303 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 304 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 306 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 307 North Devon Driving School

  • 308 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 309 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 310 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 311 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 312 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 313 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 314

    Was a missionary
  • 315 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 316 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 317 Six footed lamb

  • 318 So this is the mainland!

  • 319

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 320 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 321 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 322

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 323 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 324 Cruising down the river

  • 325 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 326 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 327 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 328 Clovelly custom

  • 329 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 330 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 331 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 332 Waldon Triplets
  • 333 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 334 Some 240 exhibits

  • 335 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 336 Traditions and skills still there

  • 337 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 338 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 339

    Relatives all over the world
  • 340

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 341

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 342 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 343 New choral society's growing response

  • 344 Penny for the guy

  • 345

    Bidefordians
  • 346 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 347 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 348 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 349 Just over a year old

  • 350 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 351 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 352

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 353

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 354 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 356 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 357 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 358 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 359 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 360 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 361 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 362 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 363 Finished in 1876

  • 364 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 365

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 366 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 367 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 368 Riverside mystery

  • 369 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 370 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 371 It really was the 'last time'

  • 372 No laughing matter

  • 373 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 374 Appledore's largest

  • 375 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 376 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 377 All for the love of a lady!

  • 378 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 379 Can spring be far away?

  • 380 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 381 Warmington's garage ad

  • 382 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 383 Torrington children build igloo
  • 384 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
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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  • 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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  • 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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Mr C W Stephenson

One of the gifts from the Old Boys of Bideford Grammar School

being handed over to the retiring headmaster, Mr C W Stephenson, by the president of the Old Boys Association, Mr Tom Bonetta, at a social gathering.

July 1970 prizegiving Mr Stephenson 

The staff presented Mr Stephenson with a picnic set and, at morning assembly, the last day of term, boys of the school gave him two picnic chairs, a picnic table and a pair of garden secateurs.

The gifts were handed to him by school captain John Duncan.

Gazette article dated July 1970

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