• 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 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 2 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 4 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 6 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 7 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 8 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 9 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 10 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 11 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 12 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 13 Cruising down the river

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

  • 15 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 16 The art of the thatcher

  • 17 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 18 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 19 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 20 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 21 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 22 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 23 Artisans' Club

  • 24 Pannier Market's future?

  • 25 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 26

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 27 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 28 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 29 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 30 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 31 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 32 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 33 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 34 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 35 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 36 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 37 Off on a great adventure

  • 38 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 39 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 40 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 41 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 42 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 43 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 44 Northam's almshouse

  • 45 New art gallery opened

  • 46 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 47 Clovelly custom

  • 48 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 49 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 50 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 51 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 52 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 53 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 54 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 55 Variety in summer weather

  • 56 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 57 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 58 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 59 School's link with cargo ship

  • 60 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 61 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 62 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 64 It really was the 'last time'

  • 65 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 66 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 67 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 68 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 69 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 70 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 71 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 72 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 73 Emergency ferry services

  • 74

    Building works
  • 75 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 76 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 77 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 78 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 79 Last train from Torrington

  • 80 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 81 Mobile missionary

  • 82 When horses score over the tractor

  • 83 Ships at Bideford

  • 84 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 85 No sale of Springfield House

  • 86 Out of puff!

  • 87 The cab at the corner>
  • 88 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 89 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 90 By pony and trap to market

  • 91 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 92 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 93 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 94 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 95 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 96 Northam footballers of the future

  • 97 Loads of black and white

  • 98 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 99 Revenge in style

  • 100 New shipyard on schedule

  • 101 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 102 Finished in 1876

  • 103 Twenty-one yachts

  • 104 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 105 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 106 They are parted pro-tem

  • 107 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 108 End of the line

  • 109

    Exhibition of school work
  • 110 Appledore's largest

  • 111 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 112 Filming at Hartland

  • 113 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 114 Picking the pops

  • 115 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 116 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 117

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 118 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 119 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 120 The Geneva marionettes

  • 121 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 122 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 123

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 124 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 125 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 126 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 127 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 128 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 129 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 130 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 131 Clovelly nightmare

  • 132 Waldon Triplets
  • 133

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 134 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 135 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 136 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 137 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 138 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 139 Recognise this resort?

  • 140 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 141 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 142 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 143 New Lundy stamps

  • 144 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 145 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 146 113 years at Instow

  • 147 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 148 New addition to Quay front

  • 149 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 150 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 151 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 152 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 153 Hartland Dancers
  • 154 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 155 Torrington in 1967

  • 156 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 157 New civic medallions

  • 158 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 159

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 160 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 161

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 162 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 163 School crossing patrol begins

  • 164 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 165 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 166 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 167 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 168 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 169 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 170 Centenary of Gazette

  • 171 For crying out loud!

  • 172 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 173 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 175

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 176 North Devon Driving School

  • 177 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 178 Peter poses for TV film

  • 179 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 180 A story to tell!

  • 181 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 182 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 183 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 184 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 185 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 186 Sweets derationing

  • 187

    Married in 1908
  • 188 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 189 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 190 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 191 Parkham plan realised

  • 192 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 193 Happy Days!

  • 194 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 195 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 196 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 197 He beat the floods

  • 198 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 199 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 200 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 202 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 203 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 204 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 205 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 206 Jumble sale fever

  • 207 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 208 Six footed lamb

  • 209 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 210

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 211 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 212 Modern living at Bideford

  • 213 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 214 Riverside mystery

  • 215 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 216

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 217 Sight of a lifetime

  • 218 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 219 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 220 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 221 Penny for the guy

  • 222 Devil sent packing

  • 223 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 224 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 225 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 226 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 227 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 228 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 229 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 230

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 231 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 232 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 233

    Bidefordians
  • 234 Can spring be far away?

  • 235 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 236 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 237 Torrington's new amenity

  • 238 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 239 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 240 New look in the hayfields

  • 241 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 242 Some 240 exhibits

  • 243 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 244 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 245 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 246 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 247 Ten year old scrambler

  • 248 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 249

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 250 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 251 Bridging the stream

  • 252 Service with a smile

  • 253

    Relatives all over the world
  • 254 A roof-top view - where?

  • 255 Picking the pops

  • 256 New life for Hartland organ

  • 257 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 258 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 259 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 260 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 261 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 262 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 263 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 264 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 265

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 266 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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    New gateway
  • 268 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 269

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 270 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 271 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 272

    First prize
  • 273 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 274 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 275 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 276 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 277 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 278 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 279 From Bobby to Brian

  • 280

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 281 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 282 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 283 Traditions and skills still there

  • 284 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 285 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 286 Simple Item 138
  • 287 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 288 All for the love of a lady!

  • 289 No laughing matter

  • 290

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 291 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 292 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 293 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 294 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 295 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 296 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 297 Circus comes to town

  • 298

    Was a missionary
  • 299 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 300 New choral society's growing response

  • 301

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 302 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 303 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 304 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 305 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 306 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 308 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 310 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 312 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 313 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 314 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 315 Bideford regatta

  • 316 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 317 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 318 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 319 Warmington's garage ad

  • 320 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 321 Bideford loses training ship

  • 322 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 323 Life begins at 80

  • 324 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 325 Burnard family reunion

  • 326 All aboard the ark

  • 327 New Post Office

  • 328 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 329 Just over a year old

  • 330 Littleham family's five generations

  • 331 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 332 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 333

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 334 First ship in 8 years

  • 335 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 336 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 338 Torrington children build igloo
  • 339

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 340 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 341 Some mushroom!

  • 342 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 343 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 344 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 345 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 346 Weare Giffard potato

  • 347 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 348 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 349 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 350 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 351 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 352 Decontrol of meat

  • 353 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 354 So this is the mainland!

  • 355 Police station view of Bideford

  • 356 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 357 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 358 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 359 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 360

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 361 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 362 Bideford computer stars

  • 363 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 364 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 365 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 366 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 367 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 368

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 369 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 370 What's the time?

  • 371 A bird of their own!

  • 372 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 373 Capers on the cobbles

  • 374 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 375 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 376 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 377

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 378 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 379 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 380 Private home for public pump

  • 381 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 382 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 383 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 384 Puppet characters introduced

  • 385 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 386 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 387 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 388 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 389

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 390 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 391 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 392 A man and his wheel

  • 393 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 394 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 395 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 396 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 397 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 398 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 399

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 400 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 401 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 402 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 403 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 404 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 405 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 406 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 407 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 408 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 409 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 410 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 411 New fire and ambulance stations

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

  • 413 Hartland postman retires

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Picking the pops

Juke Box Jury at coffee bar

The ‘Juke Box Jury’ which at the ‘Cat’s whisker’ coffee bar, Bideford, held what is hoped to be the first of a series of sessions.

11 March 1960 Picking the pops

Left to right : Mr Reg Bennett (proprietor and chairman for the evening), and the jury – Ronald Burridge, Elizabeth King, Brian Osborne, Pearl Thomas and Brian Trick.

Gazette article 11 March 1960

 

 

Saving money, wear and tear

Delivery of Milk Marketing Board's cars

Mass production is a particular concern of the Milk Marketing Board’s cattle breeding centre at Torrington so it is not surprising to find them pioneering in this part of the country the mass delivery of cars, a method that has become common elsewhere.

4 March 1960 Saving wear and tear

Mr J.W. Martin, manager of the centre, said that in keeping with the modern trend of labour-saving it had been decided to try out this method whereby one man did a job that normally involved five. The Ministry’s distribution depot for this area is at Dorking so that cars delivered by transporter have clocked only about 25 miles when they reach Torrington, compared with 200-plus when they are driven here.

Gazette article 4 March 1960

 

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

 

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