• 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 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 2 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 3 A story to tell!

  • 4

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 5 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 6 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 7 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 8 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 9 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 10 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 11 New addition to Quay front

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

  • 13

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 14

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 15 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 16 Out of puff!

  • 17 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 18 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 19 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 20 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 21 Bideford computer stars

  • 22 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 23 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 24 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 25 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 26 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 27 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 28 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 29

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 30 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 31 All for the love of a lady!

  • 32 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 33 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 34 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 35 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 36 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 37 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 38 A roof-top view - where?

  • 39 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 40 Torrington children build igloo
  • 41 Happy Days!

  • 42 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 43 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 44 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 45 Finished in 1876

  • 46 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 47 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 48 Clovelly custom

  • 49 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 50 Hartland's invitation

  • 51 End of the line

  • 52

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 53 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 54 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 55 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 56 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 57 For crying out loud!

  • 58 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 59 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 60 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 61 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 62 Bideford regatta

  • 63

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 64

    Married in 1908
  • 65 First ship in 8 years

  • 66 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 67 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 68 Picking the pops

  • 69 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 70 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 71 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 72 It really was the 'last time'

  • 73

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 74 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 75 School's link with cargo ship

  • 76 Appledore's largest

  • 77 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 78 Off on a great adventure

  • 79 He beat the floods

  • 80 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 81

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 82 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 83 Capers on the cobbles

  • 84

    Exhibition of school work
  • 85 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 86 Pannier Market's future?

  • 87 New shipyard on schedule

  • 88 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 90 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 91 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 92 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 93

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 94 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 95 Clovelly nightmare

  • 96 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 97 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 98 Some 240 exhibits

  • 99 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 100 Filming at Hartland

  • 101 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 102 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 103 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 104 Weare Giffard potato

  • 105 Last train from Torrington

  • 106 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 107 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 108

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 109 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 110 Sweets derationing

  • 111 New art gallery opened

  • 112 School crossing patrol begins

  • 113 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 114 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 115 Torrington's new amenity

  • 116 Ships at Bideford

  • 117

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 118 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 119 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 120 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 121 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 122 Hartland postman retires

  • 123 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 124 No sale of Springfield House

  • 125 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 126 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 127 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 128 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 129 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 130 Waldon Triplets
  • 131 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 132 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 133 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 134 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 135 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 136 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 138 Some mushroom!

  • 139 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 140 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 141 From Bobby to Brian

  • 142 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 143 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 144 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 145 Peter poses for TV film

  • 146 By pony and trap to market

  • 147 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 148 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 149 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 150 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 151 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 152 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 153 Simple Item 138
  • 154 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 155 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 156 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 157 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 158 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 159 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 160 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 161 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 162 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 163 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 164 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 165 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 166 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 167 Riverside mystery

  • 168 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 169 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 170 Twenty-one yachts

  • 171 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 172 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 173 Just over a year old

  • 174 A bird of their own!

  • 175

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 176

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 177 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 178 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 179 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 180 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 181 New choral society's growing response

  • 182 The art of the thatcher

  • 183

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 184 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 185 Northam footballers of the future

  • 186 Private home for public pump

  • 187 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 188 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 189 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 190 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 191 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 192 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 193

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 194 Emergency ferry services

  • 195 Parkham plan realised

  • 196 Northam's almshouse

  • 197 Warmington's garage ad

  • 198 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 199

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 200 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 201 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 202 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 204 Cruising down the river

  • 205 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 206 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 207 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 208 New Lundy stamps

  • 209 North Devon Driving School

  • 210 Decontrol of meat

  • 211 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 212 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 213 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 214 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 215 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 216 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 217 Artisans' Club

  • 218 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 219 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 220 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 221 Ten year old scrambler

  • 222 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 223 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 224 So this is the mainland!

  • 225 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 226 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 227 In their new robes and hats

  • 228 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 229 Loads of black and white

  • 230 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 231 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 232

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 233 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 234 113 years at Instow

  • 235 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 236 The cab at the corner>
  • 237 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 238 Puppet characters introduced

  • 239 Revenge in style

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

  • 241 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 242 Bridging the stream

  • 243 Torrington in 1967

  • 244 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 245 New look in the hayfields

  • 246 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 247

    Was a missionary
  • 248 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 249 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 250 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 252 Hartland Dancers
  • 253 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 254 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 255 All aboard the ark

  • 256 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 257 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 258 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 259 Six footed lamb

  • 260 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 261 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 262 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 263 Jumble sale fever

  • 264 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 265 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 266 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 267 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 268 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 269 Bideford loses training ship

  • 270 Modern living at Bideford

  • 271 X-ray shoe fitting

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 273 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 274 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 275 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 276 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 277 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 278 Recognise this resort?

  • 279 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 280 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 281 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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    First prize
  • 283 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 284

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 285 Variety in summer weather

  • 286 Devil sent packing

  • 287 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 288 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 289 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 290 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 291 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 292 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 293 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 294 Can spring be far away?

  • 295 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 296 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 297 They are parted pro-tem

  • 298 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 299 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 300 An early 'special' to Bideford

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 302 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 303 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 304 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 305 When horses score over the tractor

  • 306 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 307 No laughing matter

  • 308 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 309

    New gateway
  • 310 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 311 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 312 Police station view of Bideford

  • 313 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 314 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 315 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 316 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 317 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 318 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 319 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 320

    Bidefordians
  • 321 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 322 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 323 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 324 Little 'Big Ben'

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 326 Traditions and skills still there

  • 327 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 328 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 329 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 330 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 331 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 332 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 333 Centenary of Gazette

  • 334 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 335 Circus comes to town

  • 336 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 337 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 338 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 339 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 341 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 342 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 343 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 344 A man and his wheel

  • 345 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 346 What's the time?

  • 347 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 348 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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    Building works
  • 350 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 351 New life for Hartland organ

  • 352 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 353 New Post Office

  • 354

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 355 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 356

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 357 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 358

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 359 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 361 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 362 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 364 Sight of a lifetime

  • 365 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 366 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 367 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 368 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 370 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 371 Penny for the guy

  • 372 Mobile missionary

  • 373 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 374 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 375 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 376 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 377 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 378 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 379 The Geneva marionettes

  • 380 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 381 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 382 New civic medallions

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

  • 384 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 385 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 386 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 387 Burnard family reunion

  • 388 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 389 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 390 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 392 Picking the pops

  • 393 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 394 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 395 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 396 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 397 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 398 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 399 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 400 Life begins at 80

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

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

  • 403 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 404 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 405 Service with a smile

  • 406 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 407 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 408 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 409 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 410 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 411 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 412 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 413 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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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Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

Housewives throng vantage points

Eager to catch a glimpse of one of the most famous radio and television partnership, Wilfred and Mabel Pickles, scores of housewives thronged vantage points when the couple paid visits in the town during Tuesday morning.

At Bideford Secondary Modern School, nearly 600 children were assembled into the main hall. Wilfred presented a special show for the school which was a mixture of ‘Have a Go’ and ‘Top of the Form’.

31.1.1958 Bideford Wilfred and Mabel Pickles

A large crowd watched the arrival of the party at Bideford and District Hospital where Wilfred and Mabel greeted all the 57 patients, followed by a visit to Stella Maris Convent School and the Town Hall for a reception in the Mayor’s Parlour.

Gazette article 31 January 1958

 

Thorn Apple found in Littleham Conservatory

Beware this deadly plant

Lt.-Col. W.B. Churchill-Longman of Heale House, Littleham, displays a ‘deadly’ plant he has identified in his conservatory. It is the American thorn-apple which is described as very deadly to small children or in cattle. The foliage and seeds are deadly poisonous. The capsules are like those of a horse chestnut, green with spines, and attractive to children.

9 October 1959 Beware this deadly plant

Col. Churchill-Longman noticed the plant a short while ago when he removed a couple of cucumber plants and realised its serious nature.

Gazette article 9 October 1959

Harvest service in Bideford ‘pub’ bar

Service at Ship-on-Launch inn

On Sunday, for the first time, a harvest service was held in the bar of the Ship-on-Launch Inn at East-the-Water, Bideford. The bar was decorated with produce, including poultry and fruit and 120 people attended the bar service at eight o’clock in the evening. The produce was given by customers of the inn.

The Rev. W.T. Brewster of St Peter’s Church, East-the-Water, conducted the service and Post Office employee, Mr Douglas Bliman, read the lesson.

25 September 1959 Harvest service in Bideford pub bar

Our photograph shows (left to right) Mr A. Bond (licensee), Mr D. Bliman, Mr F.L. (Timmy) Mayne and the Rev. W.T. Brewster, getting ready for Monday’s auction of the produce which raised £18 for St Peter’s Church.

Gazette article 25 September 1959

 

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