• 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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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 2 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 3 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 5 Bideford loses training ship

  • 6 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 7 New civic medallions

  • 8 Off on a great adventure

  • 9 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 10 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 11 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 12 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 13 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 14 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 15 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 16 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 17 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 18 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 19 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 20 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 21 The art of the thatcher

  • 22 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 23 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 24 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 25 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 26 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 27 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 28 By pony and trap to market

  • 29 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 30 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 31 Clovelly nightmare

  • 32 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 33 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 34 Happy Days!

  • 35 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 36 Clovelly custom

  • 37 Pannier Market's future?

  • 38

    Was a missionary
  • 39 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 40 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 41 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 42 School crossing patrol begins

  • 43 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 44 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 45 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 46 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 48 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 49 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 50 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 51

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 52 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 53 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 54 Northam's almshouse

  • 55 No laughing matter

  • 56 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 57 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 58 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 59 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 60 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 61 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 62 Out of puff!

  • 63 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 64 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 65

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 66 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 67 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 68 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

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

  • 71 A roof-top view - where?

  • 72 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 73 A bird of their own!

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    Building works
  • 75 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 76 New Lundy stamps

  • 77 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 79 Ship-in-bottle world record

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    Bidefordians
  • 81 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 83 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 84 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 85 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 86 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 87

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 88 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 89 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 90 Hartland postman retires

  • 91 Six footed lamb

  • 92 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 93 Torrington in 1967

  • 94 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 95 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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

  • 97 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 98 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 99 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 101 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 102 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 103 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 104 Riverside mystery

  • 105 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 106 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 107 All for the love of a lady!

  • 108 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 110 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 111 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 113 It really was the 'last time'

  • 114 New addition to Quay front

  • 115 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 116 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 117

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 118 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 119 Some 240 exhibits

  • 120

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 121 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 122

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 123

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 124 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 125 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 126 Torrington children build igloo
  • 127 North Devon Driving School

  • 128 Bridging the stream

  • 129 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 131 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 132 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 133 New art gallery opened

  • 134 Variety in summer weather

  • 135 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 136 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 137 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 138 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 139 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 140 Sight of a lifetime

  • 141 Puppet characters introduced

  • 142 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 143 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 144 Waldon Triplets
  • 145 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 146 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 147 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 148 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 149 Last train from Torrington

  • 150 So this is the mainland!

  • 151 School's link with cargo ship

  • 152

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 153 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 154 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 155 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 156 Centenary of Gazette

  • 157

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 158 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 159 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 160 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 161 Circus comes to town

  • 162 New shipyard on schedule

  • 163 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 164 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 165 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 166 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 167 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

  • 169 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 170 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 171 New Post Office

  • 172 Cruising down the river

  • 173 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 174 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 175 Cavaliers join the Hunt
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    Relatives all over the world
  • 177 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 178 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 179 Recognise this resort?

  • 180 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 181 Picking the pops

  • 182 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 183 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 184 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 185 Ten year old scrambler

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 187 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 188 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 189 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 190 Some mushroom!

  • 191

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 192 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 193 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 194 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 195 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 196 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 197

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 198 For crying out loud!

  • 199 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 200 Unique holiday adventure!

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 202 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 204 Life begins at 80

  • 205 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 206 In their new robes and hats

  • 207 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 208 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 209 Just over a year old

  • 210 New choral society's growing response

  • 211 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 212 Revenge in style

  • 213 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 214 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 215 113 years at Instow

  • 216 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 218 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 219 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 220 They are parted pro-tem

  • 221 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 223 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 224 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 225 Dismantling of wireless mast

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    New gateway
  • 227 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 228 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 229 Jumble sale fever

  • 230 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 231 Simple Item 138
  • 232 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 233 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 234 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 235 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 236 Appledore's largest

  • 237 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 239 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 240 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 241 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 242 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 243 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 244 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 245 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 246 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 247 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 248 Decontrol of meat

  • 249 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 250 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 251 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 252

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 253 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 254 Mobile missionary

  • 255 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 256 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 257 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 258 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 259 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 260 End of the line

  • 261 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 262 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 263 Modern living at Bideford

  • 264 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 265 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 266 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 267 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 268 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 269 Can spring be far away?

  • 270 All aboard the ark

  • 271 Traditions and skills still there

  • 272 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 273 Bideford regatta

  • 274 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 275 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 276 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 277 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 278 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 279 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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    Married in 1908
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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 282 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 283 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 284 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 285 Bideford computer stars

  • 286 Finished in 1876

  • 287 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 288 Northam footballers of the future

  • 289 Police station view of Bideford

  • 290

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 291 Parkham plan realised

  • 292 A man and his wheel

  • 293 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 294 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 295 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 296

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 297 New life for Hartland organ

  • 298 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 299 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 300 The Geneva marionettes

  • 301 When horses score over the tractor

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 303 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 305 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 306 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 307 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 308 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 309 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 310 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 312 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 313 Emergency ferry services

  • 314 Penny for the guy

  • 315 Picking the pops

  • 316 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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    First prize
  • 318 Warmington's garage ad

  • 319 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 320 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 321 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 322 New look in the hayfields

  • 323 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 324 Artisans' Club

  • 325 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 326 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 327 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 328 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 329

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 330 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 331 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 332 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 333 Hartland Dancers
  • 334 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 335 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 336 Weare Giffard potato

  • 337 What's the time?

  • 338 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 339 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 340 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 341 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 342 Hartland's invitation

  • 343 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 344 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 345 Burnard family reunion

  • 346 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 347 Devil sent packing

  • 348 No sale of Springfield House

  • 349 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 350 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 351 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 352 A story to tell!

  • 353 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 354 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 355 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 356 Peter poses for TV film

  • 357 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 358 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 359 Loads of black and white

  • 360 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 361 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 362 First ship in 8 years

  • 363 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 364 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 365 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 366 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 368 Service with a smile

  • 369 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 370 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 371 He beat the floods

  • 372 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 373 Littleham family's five generations

  • 374 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 375 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 376 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 377 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 378 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 379 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 380 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 381 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 382 Private home for public pump

  • 383 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 384 Torrington's new amenity

  • 385 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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 skifflers, they’re no ‘squares’

New skiffle group

The ‘Hound Dogs’ at one of their rehearsals are no ‘squares’ but specialise in rock’n’roll and skiffle. Leader of the group is 23 year old Bill Barnes, seen playing the guitar. Others are: Ken Tryon (20, drums; Alan Curtis (19) piano, Ron Burrage (17) bass; Bill Stoneman (35) and Cyril Cole (24), piano accordians.

22 March 1957 Bideford skifflers theyre no squares

Only two members of the ‘Hound Dogs’ – Alan Curtis and Bill Stoneman – can read music. The others play by ear. Eighteen year old David Beer, who acts as the groups compere, plays a skiffle board – just an ordinary washing board. The East-the-Water Community Centre gave the group their first break at a recent dance.

Gazette article 22 March 1957

 

 

The creative urge on Saturday morning

Modelling classes at Bideford School of Art

Saturday morning classes in clay modelling are the highlight of the week for youngsters between the ages of 9 and 15 at Bideford School of Art. It’s an added thrill, of course, for them to be able to keep the animals, simple bowls and figures that they model, fire and glaze.

1 February 1957 The creative urge on Saturday morning

Gazette article 1 February 1957

 

Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

Fishing light let every year

Once again the fishing light has gone out on Clovelly Quay at the end of another herring season – and a disappointing season it has been.

25 January Fishing light goes out

The light, which stands at the end of Clovelly pier, has been lit during the herring season from September 1st to January 1st every year since it was erected in 1883 with the exception of the war years. A brass plate records – ‘This light is erected by Neville Hamlyn Fane to the memory of Richard Harris and James Jewell who were drowned during the great gale of the sixth December, 1882.’ The two men were Clovelly herring fishermen who were unable to regain the shelter of the harbour that night over seventy years ago.

Gazette article 25 January 1957

 

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