• 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 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 2 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 3 No sale of Springfield House

  • 4 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 5 School crossing patrol begins

  • 6 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 7 When horses score over the tractor

  • 8 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 9 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 10 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 11 New addition to Quay front

  • 12 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 13 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 14 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 15 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 16 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 18 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 19 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 20

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 21 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 22 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 23 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 24 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 25 Last train from Torrington

  • 26 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 27 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 28 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 29 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 30 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 31 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 32 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 33 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 34 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 35 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 36 Parkham plan realised

  • 37 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 38 Can spring be far away?

  • 39 Six footed lamb

  • 40 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 41 For crying out loud!

  • 42 Hartland Dancers
  • 43 Torrington children build igloo
  • 44

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 45 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 46 The Geneva marionettes

  • 47 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

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

  • 50

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 51 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 52 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 53 Centenary of Gazette

  • 54 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 55 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 56 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 57 Peter poses for TV film

  • 58 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 59 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 60 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 61 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 62 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 63 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 64 Picking the pops

  • 65 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 66 So this is the mainland!

  • 67 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 68 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 69 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 70 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 71 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 72 What's the time?

  • 73 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 74 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 75

    Exhibition of school work
  • 76 Jumble sale fever

  • 77 He beat the floods

  • 78 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 79 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 80 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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

  • 82 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 83 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 84

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 85

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 86 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 87 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 88 Penny for the guy

  • 89 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 90 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 91 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 92 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 93

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 94 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 95 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 96 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 97 New Post Office

  • 98 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 99

    First prize
  • 100 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 101 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 102 New choral society's growing response

  • 103

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 104 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 105

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 106 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 107 New civic medallions

  • 108 Twenty-one yachts

  • 109 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 110 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 111 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 112

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 113 New art gallery opened

  • 114 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 115 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 116 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 117 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 118 Service with a smile

  • 119 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 120 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 121 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 122 Northam footballers of the future

  • 123 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 124 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 125 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 126 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 127 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 128 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 129 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 130 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 131 Hartland postman retires

  • 132 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 133 A man and his wheel

  • 134 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 135 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 136 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 137 The cab at the corner>
  • 138 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 140 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 141 A roof-top view - where?

  • 142 The art of the thatcher

  • 143 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 144 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 145 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 146 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 147 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 148 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 149 Clovelly nightmare

  • 150 New shipyard on schedule

  • 151 It really was the 'last time'

  • 152 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 153 Pannier Market's future?

  • 154 Bideford loses training ship

  • 155 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 156 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 157 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 158 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 159 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 160 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 161 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 162 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 163 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 164 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 165 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 166 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 167 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 168 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 169 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 170 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 171 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 172 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 173 All for the love of a lady!

  • 174 Decontrol of meat

  • 175 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 176 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 177 Just over a year old

  • 178 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 179 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 180 Sight of a lifetime

  • 181 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 182 First ship in 8 years

  • 183 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 184 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 185 Hartland's invitation

  • 186 Circus comes to town

  • 187 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 188 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 189 They are parted pro-tem

  • 190

    Was a missionary
  • 191

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 192 Emergency ferry services

  • 193 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 194 Sweets derationing

  • 195 Artisans' Club

  • 196 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 197 Some 240 exhibits

  • 198 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 199 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 200 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 201 Recognise this resort?

  • 202 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 203 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 204 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 205 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 206 Capers on the cobbles

  • 207 New look in the hayfields

  • 208 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 209 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 210 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 211 Out of puff!

  • 212 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 213 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 214

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 215 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 216

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 217 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 218

    Bidefordians
  • 219 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 220 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 221 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 222 From Bobby to Brian

  • 223 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 224 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 225 Some mushroom!

  • 226 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 227 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 228 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 229 Off on a great adventure

  • 230 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 231 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 232 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 233 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 234 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 235

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 236 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 237 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 238 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 239 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 240 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 241 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 242 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 243 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 244 North Devon Driving School

  • 245 Picking the pops

  • 246 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 247 Simple Item 138
  • 248 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 249 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 250 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 251 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 252 End of the line

  • 253 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 254 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 255 Finished in 1876

  • 256 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 257 Bideford computer stars

  • 258 Variety in summer weather

  • 259 Riverside mystery

  • 260 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 261 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 262 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 263 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 264 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 265

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 266

    Relatives all over the world
  • 267 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 268 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 269 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 270 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 272 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 273 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 274 Ships at Bideford

  • 275 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 276 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 277 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 278 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 279 All aboard the ark

  • 280 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 281 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 282 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 283 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 284 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 285 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 287 Puppet characters introduced

  • 288 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 289 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 290 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 291 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 292 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 293 Cruising down the river

  • 294 Private home for public pump

  • 295 Littleham family's five generations

  • 296 Clovelly custom

  • 297 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 298 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 299 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 300 Torrington in 1967

  • 301 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 302 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 303 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 304 Loads of black and white

  • 305 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 306 A story to tell!

  • 307 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 308 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 309 Police station view of Bideford

  • 310 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 311 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 312 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 313 Modern living at Bideford

  • 314 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 315 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 316 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 317 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 318 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 320 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 321 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 322

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 323 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 325 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 326 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 327 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 328

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 329 Mobile missionary

  • 330 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 331 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 332

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 333 New Lundy stamps

  • 334 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 335 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 336 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 337 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 338

    Building works
  • 339 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 340 In their new robes and hats

  • 341

    Married in 1908
  • 342

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 343

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 344 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 345 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 346 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 347

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 348 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 349 Life begins at 80

  • 350 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 351 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 352 Bideford regatta

  • 353

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 354 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 355 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 356 By pony and trap to market

  • 357 Waldon Triplets
  • 358 Devil sent packing

  • 359 Ten year old scrambler

  • 360 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 361 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 362 Warmington's garage ad

  • 363 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 364 Traditions and skills still there

  • 365 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 366 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 367 A bird of their own!

  • 368

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 369 Filming at Hartland

  • 370 Appledore's largest

  • 371 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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    New gateway
  • 373 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 374 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 375 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 376 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 377 No laughing matter

  • 378 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 379 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 380 113 years at Instow

  • 381 Torrington's new amenity

  • 382

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 383 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 384 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 385 Happy Days!

  • 386 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 387 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 388 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 389 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 390 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 391 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 392 Northam's almshouse

  • 393 Revenge in style

  • 394 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 395 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 396 Weare Giffard potato

  • 397 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 398 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 399 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 400 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 401 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 402 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 403 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 404 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 405 New life for Hartland organ

  • 406 Bridging the stream

  • 407

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 408 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 409 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 410 Burnard family reunion

  • 411 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 413 School's link with cargo ship

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Rowing triumphs at Bideford

‘Fours’ and ‘eights National Championships

Bideford Amateur Club’s senior fours crew won the senior coxed four championship and with it The ‘Daily Herald’ cup,  and the West of England crew of eight held off the challenge of the North London holders to win the senior eights championship.

16 September 1955 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

Gazette article 16 September 1955

 

By pony and trap to market

Last link with old days at Bideford 

Perhaps Bideford’s last link with the days when ponies and traps parked outside the Pannier Market far outnumbered motor-cars is provided by Miss Maud Jeffery of Lower Netherdowns, Weare Giffard.

8 July 1955 Safe door weighing two tons

She has been driving her pony and trap into town every week for the past forty years and used to trade outside the market and along Grenville Street.

There is a stable adjoining her cottage occupied by her 10 year old pony Billy.

Gazette article 9 September 1955

 

America’s tribute to ‘J.H’

‘One of golf’s immortals’

A big surprise came to Mr J.H. Taylor, former Open golf champion on five occasions, when a special envoy arrived to present to him an illuminated scroll bearing the signatures of some 150 of America’s ‘senior’ golf professionals as a tribute to ‘one of golf’s immortals.’

8 July 1955 Americas tribue to J

Gazette article 8 July 1955

 

 

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