• 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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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 2 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 3 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 4 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 5 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 6 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 7 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 8 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 9 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 10 New civic medallions

  • 11 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 12 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 13 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 14 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 15 Circus comes to town

  • 16 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 18 Cruising down the river

  • 19 No sale of Springfield House

  • 20 Bideford loses training ship

  • 21 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 22 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 23 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 24 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 25 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 26 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 27 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 28 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 29 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 30 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 31 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 32 Riverside mystery

  • 33 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 34 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 35 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 36 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 37 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 39 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 41

    First prize
  • 42 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 43 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 44 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 45 Artisans' Club

  • 46

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 47 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 48 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 49 Sight of a lifetime

  • 50 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 51 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 52 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 53 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 54

    Bidefordians
  • 55 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 56 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 57 Clovelly nightmare

  • 58

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 59 In their new robes and hats

  • 60

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 61 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 62

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 63 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 64 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 65 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 66 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 67 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 69 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 70 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 71 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 72 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 73 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 74 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 75 Torrington in 1967

  • 76 A story to tell!

  • 77 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 78 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 79 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 80 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 81

    Married in 1908
  • 82 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 83 Ten year old scrambler

  • 84 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 85 Weare Giffard potato

  • 86 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 87 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 88 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 89 All for the love of a lady!

  • 90 New Lundy stamps

  • 91 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 92

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 93 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 94 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 95 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 96 New Post Office

  • 97 Traditions and skills still there

  • 98 Can spring be far away?

  • 99 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 100 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 101 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 102 Life begins at 80

  • 103 Variety in summer weather

  • 104 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 105

    Was a missionary
  • 106 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 107 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 108 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 109 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 110 Penny for the guy

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

  • 112 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 113 Off on a great adventure

  • 114 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 115 It really was the 'last time'

  • 116 Mobile missionary

  • 117 Picking the pops

  • 118 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 119 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 120 School crossing patrol begins

  • 121 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 122 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 123 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 124 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 125 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 126

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 127 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 128 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 129 Happy Days!

  • 130 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 131 No laughing matter

  • 132 Modern living at Bideford

  • 133 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 134 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 135 Some mushroom!

  • 136 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 137 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 138 First ship in 8 years

  • 139 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 140 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 141 Capers on the cobbles

  • 142

    New gateway
  • 143 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 144 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 145 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 146 Waldon Triplets
  • 147 Private home for public pump

  • 148 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 149

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 150 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 151 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 152 Hartland Dancers
  • 153 Peter poses for TV film

  • 154 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 155 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 156 A roof-top view - where?

  • 157 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 158

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 159 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 160 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 161 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 162 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 163 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 164 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 165 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 166 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 167 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 168 So this is the mainland!

  • 169 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 170 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 171 Northam's almshouse

  • 172 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 173 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 174 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 175 Parkham plan realised

  • 176 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 177 Hartland's invitation

  • 178

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 179 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 180 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 181 Northam footballers of the future

  • 182 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 184

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 185 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 186 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 188 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 189 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 190 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 191 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 192 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 193 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 194 Finished in 1876

  • 195 Simple Item 138
  • 196 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 197 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 198 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 199 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 200 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 201 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 202 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 203 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 204 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 205

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 206 The Geneva marionettes

  • 207 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 208 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 209 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 210 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 211 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 212 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 213 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 214 Picking the pops

  • 215 Loads of black and white

  • 216 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 217

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 218 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 220 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 221 New look in the hayfields

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 223 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 224 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 225 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 226 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 227 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 228 Revenge in style

  • 229 Twenty-one yachts

  • 230 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 232 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 233 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 234 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 235 They are parted pro-tem

  • 236 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 237 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 238

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 239 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 240 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 241 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 242 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 243 Decontrol of meat

  • 244 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 245 Bridging the stream

  • 246 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 248 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 249 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 251 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 252 Recognise this resort?

  • 253 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 254 Just over a year old

  • 255 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 256 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 257 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 258 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 259

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 260 Devil sent packing

  • 261 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 262 New art gallery opened

  • 263

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 264 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 265

    Relatives all over the world
  • 266 Torrington children build igloo
  • 267 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 268 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 270 Pannier Market's future?

  • 271 Warmington's garage ad

  • 272 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 273 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 274 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 275 Hartland postman retires

  • 276 Puppet characters introduced

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 278

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 279 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 280 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 281 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 282 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 283 Police station view of Bideford

  • 284 He beat the floods

  • 285 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 286 A bird of their own!

  • 287 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 288 Burnard family reunion

  • 289 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 290 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 291 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 292 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 293 Bideford computer stars

  • 294 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 295 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 296 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 297 Jumble sale fever

  • 298 When horses score over the tractor

  • 299 What's the time?

  • 300 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 301 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 303 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 304

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 305 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 306

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 307 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 308 End of the line

  • 309 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 310 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 311 Emergency ferry services

  • 312 113 years at Instow

  • 313 Out of puff!

  • 314 The art of the thatcher

  • 315 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 316 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 317 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 318 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 319 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 320 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 321 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 322 Appledore's largest

  • 323 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 324 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 325 Bideford regatta

  • 326

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 327 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 328 School's link with cargo ship

  • 329 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 330

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 331 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 332 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 333 New choral society's growing response

  • 334 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 335 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 336 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 337 New addition to Quay front

  • 338 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 339 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 341 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 342 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 343 North Devon Driving School

  • 344 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 345 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 346 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 347 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 348 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 349

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 350 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 352 Service with a smile

  • 353 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 354 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 355 For crying out loud!

  • 356 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 357 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 358 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 359 All aboard the ark

  • 360 Ships at Bideford

  • 361 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 362 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 363 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 364 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 365 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 366 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 367 New life for Hartland organ

  • 368 Some 240 exhibits

  • 369 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 370 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 371

    Building works
  • 372 By pony and trap to market

  • 373 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 374 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 375 Centenary of Gazette

  • 376 Last train from Torrington

  • 377 Torrington's new amenity

  • 378 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 379 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 380 A man and his wheel

  • 381 Six footed lamb

  • 382 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 383 Clovelly custom

  • 384 New shipyard on schedule

  • 385 Appledore Juniors 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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  • 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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Inscribed Bibles and crested silver spoons for babies

Gifts for babies born on same day as Prince Andrew

Pictured is the scene at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford, when the Mayoress of Bideford, Miss Gladys Fulford, presented inscribed Bibles to the babies born on the same day as the Royal child.

4 March 1960 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons

‘Born on the same day as the Royal Prince’ read the inscriptions on the Bibles, which were presents from Miss Fulford’s father, the Mayor, Mr A.E. Fulford. As a personal gift the Mayoress gave the babies silver spoons bearing the crest of the Borough of Bideford.

Gazette article 4 March 1960

 

Mobile missionary

Car for Sailors' rest Missionary

A special appeal has raised over £500 for the purchase of a car to assist the Missionary in charge of Appledore and District Sailors’ Rest and Mission in his duties, which have been increased by the new wharves at Yelland.

22 January 1960 Mobile missionary

When the car was delivered it was formally handed over by Sir Basil Nicolls (left), chairman of the special appeal committee to the Rev. Donald Cox, the present Seamen’s missionary at Appledore.

‘This gift will make my visiting much easier and will also help me tremendously in carrying out my other duties,’ said the Rev. Cox.

Gazette article 22 January 1960

 

TV features Bideford’s New Year bread ceremony

Ceremony dating back over 350 years

Television turned its spotlight on Friday morning on a Bideford ceremony dating back over 350 years. On the table in the Mayor’s Parlour were 40 2lb. and ten 1lb. loaves which, in accordance with a bequest in 1605 by John Andrew, a wealthy Bideford merchant, were distributed on New Year’s Day to elderly people of the town.

8 January 1960 TV features Bidefords New Year ceremoney

Under the TV photographer’s flood-lamps recipients filed in, happy to maintain an old tradition and to receive their loaves. First to receive a loaf was 70 year old Mr Thomas Yarde, of Providence Row, who also took a loaf for a 78 year old neighbour . Among others photographed were Mrs Saunders (71), Mrs B.M. New (72) and Mr James Gayton (78).

Gazette article 8 January 1960

 

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