• 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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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 2 Down at the dump something stirs

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 4 Capers on the cobbles

  • 5 School's link with cargo ship

  • 6 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 7 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 8 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 9 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 10 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 11 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 12 They are parted pro-tem

  • 13 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 14 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 15 For crying out loud!

  • 16 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 17 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 18 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 19 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 20 Waldon Triplets
  • 21

    Exhibition of school work
  • 22 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 23 Picking the pops

  • 24 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 25

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 26 Six footed lamb

  • 27 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 28 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 29 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 30 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 31 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 32 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 33 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 34 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 35

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 36 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 37 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 38 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 39 Just over a year old

  • 40 When horses score over the tractor

  • 41 Emergency ferry services

  • 42 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 43 Clovelly custom

  • 44

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 45 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 46 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 48 Recognise this resort?

  • 49 Filming at Hartland

  • 50 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 51

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 52 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 53 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 54 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 55 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 56 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 57 Out of puff!

  • 58 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 59 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 60 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 61 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 62 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 63 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 64 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 65 By pony and trap to market

  • 66 Burnard family reunion

  • 67 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 68 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 69 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 70 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 71 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 72 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 73 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 74 Northam's almshouse

  • 75 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 76 Happy Days!

  • 77

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 78 Penny for the guy

  • 79 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 80 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 81 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 82 The cab at the corner>
  • 83 Can spring be far away?

  • 84 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 85 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 86 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 87 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 88 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 89 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 90 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 91 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 92 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 93 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 94 First steel ship built at Bideford

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 96

    Building works
  • 97 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 98 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 99

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 100 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 101

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 102 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 103 Ships at Bideford

  • 104 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 105 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 106 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 107 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 108 New shipyard on schedule

  • 109 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 110 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 111 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 112 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 113 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 114 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 115 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 116 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 117 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 118 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 119 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 121 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 122 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 123 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 124 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 126 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 127 Cruising down the river

  • 128 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 129 Puppet characters introduced

  • 130 Bideford regatta

  • 131 Hartland's invitation

  • 132 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 134 Torrington in 1967

  • 135 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 136 What's the time?

  • 137 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 138 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 139 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 140 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 141 Clovelly nightmare

  • 142 New life for Hartland organ

  • 143 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 144

    First prize
  • 145 Bideford computer stars

  • 146

    Bidefordians
  • 147 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 148 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 149 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 150 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 151 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 152 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 153 It really was the 'last time'

  • 154 Littleham family's five generations

  • 155 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 156 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 157 Jumble sale fever

  • 158 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 159 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 160 A roof-top view - where?

  • 161 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 162 A man and his wheel

  • 163 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 164 Northam footballers of the future

  • 165 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 166 Private home for public pump

  • 167 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 168 New art gallery opened

  • 169 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 170 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 171 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 172 A story to tell!

  • 173 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 174 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 175 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 176 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 177 First ship in 8 years

  • 178 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 179 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Was a missionary
  • 181 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 182 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 183 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 184 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 185 Bideford loses training ship

  • 186 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 187 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 188

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 189 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 190 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 191 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 192 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 193 Variety in summer weather

  • 194 Revenge in style

  • 195 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 196 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 197 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 199 New Lundy stamps

  • 200 Meredith's ironmongers

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    New gateway
  • 202 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 203 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 204 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 205 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

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

  • 207 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 208 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 209 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 210 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 211 Appledore's largest

  • 212 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 213 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 214

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 215 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 216 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 217 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 218 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 219

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 220 He beat the floods

  • 221 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 222 Bridging the stream

  • 223 North Devon Driving School

  • 224 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 225 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 226 Torrington's new amenity

  • 227

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 228

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 229 Police station view of Bideford

  • 230 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 231 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 232 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 233 School crossing patrol begins

  • 234 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 236 Torrington children build igloo
  • 237 Loads of black and white

  • 238 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 239 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 240 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 241 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 242 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 243 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 244 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 245 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 246

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 247

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 248 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 249 Some 240 exhibits

  • 250 113 years at Instow

  • 251 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 252 Ten year old scrambler

  • 253 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 254 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 255 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 256 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 257 A bird of their own!

  • 258 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 259 Pannier Market's future?

  • 260

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 261 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 262 Devil sent packing

  • 263 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 264 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 265 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 266 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 267 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 268 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 269 Life begins at 80

  • 270 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 271 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 272 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 273 Warmington's garage ad

  • 274 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 275 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 276 Simple Item 138
  • 277 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 278 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 280 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 281 From Bobby to Brian

  • 282 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 283 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 284 Picking the pops

  • 285 Circus comes to town

  • 286 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 287 Artisans' Club

  • 288 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 289 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 290 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 291 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 293 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 294 Finished in 1876

  • 295 Sweets derationing

  • 296 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 297 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 298 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 299 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 300 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 301 Some mushroom!

  • 302 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 303 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 304 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 305 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 306 End of the line

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 308

    Married in 1908
  • 309 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 310 Off on a great adventure

  • 311 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 312 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 313 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 314 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 315 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 316 Sight of a lifetime

  • 317 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 318 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 319 New choral society's growing response

  • 320 Centenary of Gazette

  • 321 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 322 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 323 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 324 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 325 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 326 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 327 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 328

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 329 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 330 Service with a smile

  • 331 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 332 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 333 Riverside mystery

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

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 336 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 337 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 338 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 339 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 340 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 341 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 342 No sale of Springfield House

  • 343 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 344 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 345 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 346 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 347

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 348 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 349 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 350 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 351 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 352 New look in the hayfields

  • 353 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 354 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 355 Mobile missionary

  • 356 No laughing matter

  • 357 The art of the thatcher

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 359 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 360 All aboard the ark

  • 361 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 362 New Post Office

  • 363 Decontrol of meat

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

  • 365 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 366 Peter poses for TV film

  • 367 Weare Giffard potato

  • 368 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 369 Salmon netting at Bideford

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 371 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 372 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 373 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 374 All for the love of a lady!

  • 375 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 376 Twenty-one yachts

  • 377

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 378 Traditions and skills still there

  • 379 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 380 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 381 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 382 New addition to Quay front

  • 383 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 384 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 385 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 386

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 387 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 388 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 389 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 390 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 391 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 392 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 393 Hartland Dancers
  • 394 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 395 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 396 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 397 Hartland postman retires

  • 398 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 399 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 400 Modern living at Bideford

  • 401 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 402 New civic medallions

  • 403 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 404 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 405 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 406 Parkham plan realised

  • 407 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 408 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 409 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 410 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 411 So this is the mainland!

  • 412 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 413 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Parkham plan realised

Opening of ‘Allardice’ parish hall

An idea put forward fifteen years ago became reality at Parkham on Wednesday afternoon with the opening of an attractive Parish Hall, next door to the village school, before a large assembly of parishioners and people from the surrounding parishes.

10 May 1957 Parkham plan realised

As a tribute to the initial help and encouragement given to the project by the Allardice family, who lived at Foxdown, Parkham, the new hall, contemporary in design and costing a total of £4,750, was named ‘The Allardice Hall.’

Gazette article 10 May 1957

 

Speeding communications: Bideford firm’s new installation

First telex machine in Bideford

Miss Yvonne Johns watches her colleague Mrs Eileen Woodland practising on what looks like an ‘overgrown’ typewriter at the offices of the blouse and dress-making factory of Jaquemand Ltd., Westcombe Bideford.

26 April 1957 Speeding communications

The ‘overgrown typewriter’ is a telex, one of the latest types of teleprinter. The machine, the first of its kind to be used anywhere in the Bideford district, was installed by the London managing director or Jaquemand Ltd. After contact has been made with another machine a message is typed out and appears on the ‘receiving’ machine’s paper fixed in its roller.

Gazette article 26 April 1957

 

The Geneva Marionettes

A behind-the-scenes glimpse of the show

Sixteen months ago, under the leadership of Mr E.G. Shaw, who takes first and second year art at Bideford Secondary School, a group of pupils interested in marionettes was formed and this week their efforts have come to fruition with a show which has received an enthusiastic reception from hundreds of Bideford schoolchildren.

12 April 1957 The Geneva marionettes

The marionettes are 24-inch high models and are constructed from papier mache, balsa wood, cardboard etc. Music is supplied by radiogram and piano and all the dialogue has been written by members of the group who comprise: Pat Beer, Pauline Found, Maureen Williams, Tony Petherick, Michael Roberts, Brian Taylor, Bernard Toole, Dennis Waters and David Wolfe.

Gazette article 12 April 1957

 

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