• 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 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 2 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 4 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 5 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 6 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 7 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 9 Happy Days!

  • 10 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 11 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 12 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 13 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 14 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 15 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 16 No sale of Springfield House

  • 17 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 18 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 19 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 20 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 21 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 22 Hartland postman retires

  • 23 Clovelly custom

  • 24 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 25 Simple Item 138
  • 26 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 27 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 29 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 30 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 31 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 32 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 33 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 34 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 35 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 36 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 37 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 38 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 39

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 40 For crying out loud!

  • 41 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 42 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 43 Private home for public pump

  • 44 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 45 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 46 New shipyard on schedule

  • 47 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 48 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 49 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 50 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 51 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 52 New art gallery opened

  • 53 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 54 Service with a smile

  • 55 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 56 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 57 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 58

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 59 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 60 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 61 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 62 Capers on the cobbles

  • 63 Riverside mystery

  • 64 Loads of black and white

  • 65

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 66 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 67 Bideford loses training ship

  • 68

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 69

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 70 First ship in 8 years

  • 71 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 72 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 73 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 74 Torrington's new amenity

  • 75 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 77 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 78 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 79 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 80 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 81 Mobile missionary

  • 82 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 83

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 84 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 86 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 87

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 88

    New gateway
  • 89 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 90 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 91 Appledore's largest

  • 92 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 93 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 94 Can spring be far away?

  • 95 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 96 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 97 Cruising down the river

  • 98 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 99 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 100 Clovelly nightmare

  • 101 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 102 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 103 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 104 Traditions and skills still there

  • 105 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 106 Off on a great adventure

  • 107 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 108 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 109 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 110 No laughing matter

  • 111 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 112 Some mushroom!

  • 113 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 114 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 115

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 116 North Devon Driving School

  • 117 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 118 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 119 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 120

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 121

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 122 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 123 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 124 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 125 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 126 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 127

    Relatives all over the world
  • 128 Weare Giffard potato

  • 129 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 130 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 131 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 132 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 133 The art of the thatcher

  • 134 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 135 Twenty-one yachts

  • 136 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 137

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 138 Picking the pops

  • 139 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 140 Hartland's invitation

  • 141 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 142 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 143 A bird of their own!

  • 144 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 145 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 146 Last train from Torrington

  • 147 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 148 School's link with cargo ship

  • 149 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 150 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 151 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 152 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 153 New Post Office

  • 154 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 155 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 156 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 157 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 158 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 159 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 160 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 162 Sight of a lifetime

  • 163 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 164 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 165 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 166 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 167 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 168 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 169 What's the time?

  • 170 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 171 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 172 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 173 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 174 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 175

    Married in 1908
  • 176 Emergency ferry services

  • 177 Circus comes to town

  • 178 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 180 Decontrol of meat

  • 181 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 182 Parkham plan realised

  • 183 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 184 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 185

    Was a missionary
  • 186 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 187 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 188 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 189 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 190 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 191 Penny for the guy

  • 192 A roof-top view - where?

  • 193 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 195 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 196 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 197 New life for Hartland organ

  • 198 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 199 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 200 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 201 Recognise this resort?

  • 202 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 203 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 205 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 206 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 207 Just over a year old

  • 208 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 209 Centenary of Gazette

  • 210 Warmington's garage ad

  • 211 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 212 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 213 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 214

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 215 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 216 Finished in 1876

  • 217 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 218 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 219 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 220 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 222 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 223 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 224 Torrington children build igloo
  • 225 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 226 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 227 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 228 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 229 Variety in summer weather

  • 230 Littleham family's five generations

  • 231 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 232 New civic medallions

  • 233

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 234

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 235

    First prize
  • 236 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 237 Jumble sale fever

  • 238 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 239 School crossing patrol begins

  • 240 All for the love of a lady!

  • 241 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 242 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 243 Bideford regatta

  • 244 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 245 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 246 New choral society's growing response

  • 247 Artisans' Club

  • 248 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 249 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 250 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 251

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 252 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 253 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 254 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 255 Some 240 exhibits

  • 256 A man and his wheel

  • 257 Pannier Market's future?

  • 258 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 259 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 260 Peter poses for TV film

  • 261 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 262 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 263 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 264 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 266

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 267 Northam's almshouse

  • 268 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 269 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 270 Picking the pops

  • 271 In their new robes and hats

  • 272

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 273 Six footed lamb

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

  • 275 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 276 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 277

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 278 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 279 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 280 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 281 They are parted pro-tem

  • 282 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 283 End of the line

  • 284 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 285 Hartland Dancers
  • 286 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 287 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 288 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 291 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 292 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 293 Bridging the stream

  • 294 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 296 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 297 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 298 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 299 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 300 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 301 When horses score over the tractor

  • 302 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 303 He beat the floods

  • 304 Torrington in 1967

  • 305 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 306 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 307 Out of puff!

  • 308 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 309 Devil sent packing

  • 310 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 311 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 312 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 313 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 314 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 315

    Bidefordians
  • 316 Modern living at Bideford

  • 317 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 318 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 319 New Lundy stamps

  • 320 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 321 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 322 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 323 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 324 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 325

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 326 Puppet characters introduced

  • 327 By pony and trap to market

  • 328 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 329 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 330 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 331 Northam footballers of the future

  • 332 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 333 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 334 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 335 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 336 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 337 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 338 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 339 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 340 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 341 All aboard the ark

  • 342 Bideford computer stars

  • 343

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 344 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 346 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 347 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 348 The Geneva marionettes

  • 349 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 350 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 351 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 352

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 353 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 354 New look in the hayfields

  • 355 Ships at Bideford

  • 356 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 357 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 358 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 359 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 360 It really was the 'last time'

  • 361 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 362 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 363 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 364

    Building works
  • 365 Life begins at 80

  • 366 So this is the mainland!

  • 367 113 years at Instow

  • 368

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 369 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 370 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 371 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 372 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 373 Revenge in style

  • 374

    Exhibition of school work
  • 375 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 376 Waldon Triplets
  • 377 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 378

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 379 New addition to Quay front

  • 380 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 381 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 382 A story to tell!

  • 383 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 384

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 385 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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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Proficiency Certificates For Bideford ATC Cadets

Certificates Presented

31.1.1958 Bideford ATC

Their training was helping to form their characters and fill their minds with useful knowledge which would prove beneficial to them in later life, the Mayor of Bideford, Mr E D Williams, told cadets of the Bideford Flight of No. 1146 (North Devon) Squadron, Air Training Corps, at their headquarters in King George’s Field, Bideford.

The Mayor, accompanied by the Town Clerk, Mr F C Backway, was greeted by the officer commanding the Squadron, Flt-Lieut C E Paull.

The Mayor presented certificated to: M E J Adnett, G C Moore, A M French, J M Insley, H S Davis, M J Osburn, R J Nichols.

The Mayor paid tribute to the Flight’s former officer, Mr W T Goss and welcomed Mr L B Pym, of Winkleigh, who has taken over the flight.

The full Gazette article is dated 31 January 1958

Four Bidefordians Meet In Cairo

From Cairo the Editor has received together with the photograph of the four Bidefordians concerned, the following cheery letter which he feels sure will find an echo in many a heart.

6.11.1945 Bideford Cairo

‘Like everyone else separated from their families by thousands of miles, our thoughts are continually turning to our own little corner in the West, and it goes without saying that one of the delights of overseas life is to meet someone who knows the Little White Town and its noted personalities. Mr C S F Harding; Mr Gorvett; Granfer Giddy, and a hundred others were all remembered with warm hearts’.

Fred Miller, Harry Miles, Horace Tithecott, Clarrie Rendle

The full Gazette article is dated 6 November 1945

Wimpy Bar in Bideford

New catering service opened

Bideford Quay has been brightened in the last few weeks by the opening of a Wimpy Bar, adding its specialised service of quick snack meals to the borough's catering facilities.

The Wimpy Bar is managed by Mr and Mrs Ralph Freeland, who have had considerable experience in the type of catering and offer a full waitress service.

Read more in this avertisement dated 18 September 1970

18.9.1970 Wimpy

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