• 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 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 2 Emergency ferry services

  • 3 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 4 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 5 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 6 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 8 For crying out loud!

  • 9 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 10 Capers on the cobbles

  • 11 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 12 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 13

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 14 Weare Giffard potato

  • 15 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 16 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 17 Hartland's invitation

  • 18 A bird of their own!

  • 19

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 20 A roof-top view - where?

  • 21 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 22 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 23

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 24 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 25 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 26 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 27 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 28 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 29 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 30 Picking the pops

  • 31 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 32 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 33 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 34 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 35 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 36 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 37 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 38 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 39 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 40 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 41 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 42 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 43 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 44 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 45 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 46 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 47 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 48 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 49 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 50 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 51 Variety in summer weather

  • 52 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 53

    Bidefordians
  • 54 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 55 Decontrol of meat

  • 56 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 57 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 58 By pony and trap to market

  • 59 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 60 Bridging the stream

  • 61 Police station view of Bideford

  • 62 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 63 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 64 Clovelly nightmare

  • 65 They are parted pro-tem

  • 66 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 67 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 68 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 69

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 70 Private home for public pump

  • 71 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 72 Twenty-one yachts

  • 73 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 74 Cruising down the river

  • 75 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 76

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 77 Loads of black and white

  • 78 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 79

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 80 Finished in 1876

  • 81

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 82 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 83 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 84 Northam's almshouse

  • 85 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 86 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 87

    New gateway
  • 88

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 89 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 90 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 91 Circus comes to town

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

  • 93 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 94 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 95 Ten year old scrambler

  • 96 Mobile missionary

  • 97 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 98 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 99 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 100 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 101 A man and his wheel

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

  • 103 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 104 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 105 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 106 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 107 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 108 School's link with cargo ship

  • 109 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 110 Clovelly custom

  • 111 Northam footballers of the future

  • 112 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 113 Some mushroom!

  • 114 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 115 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 116 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 117 New shipyard on schedule

  • 118 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 119 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 120

    First prize
  • 121 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 122 Torrington children build igloo
  • 123 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 124 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 125 So this is the mainland!

  • 126 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 127 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 128 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 129 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 130 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 131 Bideford loses training ship

  • 132 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 133

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 134 A story to tell!

  • 135 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 136 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 137 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 138 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 139 Six footed lamb

  • 140 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 141

    Building works
  • 142 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 143 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 144 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 145 Modern living at Bideford

  • 146 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 147 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 148 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 149

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 150 Waldon Triplets
  • 151

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 152 Just over a year old

  • 153 Hartland postman retires

  • 154 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 155 New addition to Quay front

  • 156 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 157 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 158 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 159 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 160 When horses score over the tractor

  • 161 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 162 Hartland Dancers
  • 163 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 164 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 165 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 166 Happy Days!

  • 167 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 168 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 169

    Was a missionary
  • 170 New civic medallions

  • 171 Puppet characters introduced

  • 172 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 173 Recognise this resort?

  • 174 The art of the thatcher

  • 175 Picking the pops

  • 176 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 177 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 178 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 179 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 181 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 182 Bideford computer stars

  • 183

    Married in 1908
  • 184 Out of puff!

  • 185 No laughing matter

  • 186 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 187 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 188 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 189 Riverside mystery

  • 190 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 191 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 192 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 193 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 194 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 195 North Devon Driving School

  • 196

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 197 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 198 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 199 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 200 Warmington's garage ad

  • 201 Life begins at 80

  • 202

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 203 Pannier Market's future?

  • 204 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 205 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 206 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 207 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 208 Some 240 exhibits

  • 209 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 210 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 211 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 212

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 213 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 214 All for the love of a lady!

  • 215 First ship in 8 years

  • 216 No sale of Springfield House

  • 217 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 218 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 219 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 221 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 222 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 223 Can spring be far away?

  • 224 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 225 In their new robes and hats

  • 226 End of the line

  • 227 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 228

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 229 New choral society's growing response

  • 230

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 231

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 232 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 233 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 234 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 235 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 236 Littleham family's five generations

  • 237 Torrington's new amenity

  • 238 Centenary of Gazette

  • 239 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 240 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 241 New art gallery opened

  • 242 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 243 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 244

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 245 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 247

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 248 Off on a great adventure

  • 249 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 250 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 251 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 252 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 253 Peter poses for TV film

  • 254 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 255 It really was the 'last time'

  • 256 Service with a smile

  • 257 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 259 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 260 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 261 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 263 Devil sent packing

  • 264 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 265 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 266

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 267 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 268 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 269 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 270 All aboard the ark

  • 271 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 272 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 273 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 274 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 275 New life for Hartland organ

  • 276 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 277 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 278 Last train from Torrington

  • 279 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 280 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 281 School crossing patrol begins

  • 282 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 283 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 284 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 285 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 286 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 287 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 288

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 289 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 290 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 291 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 292

    Relatives all over the world
  • 293 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 294 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 295 The Geneva marionettes

  • 296 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 297 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 298 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 299 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 300 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 301 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 302 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 303 Penny for the guy

  • 304 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 306 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 307 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 308

    Exhibition of school work
  • 309 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 310 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 311 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 312 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 313 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 314

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 315 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 316 Burnard family reunion

  • 317 What's the time?

  • 318 Traditions and skills still there

  • 319 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 320 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 321 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 322 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 324 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 325 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 326 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 327 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 328 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 329 Simple Item 138
  • 330 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 331 New Post Office

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

  • 333 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 334 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 335 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 336 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 337 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 338 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 339 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 340 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 341 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 342

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 343 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 344 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 345 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 346 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 347 New look in the hayfields

  • 348 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 349 New Lundy stamps

  • 350 Parkham plan realised

  • 351 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 352 Torrington in 1967

  • 353 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 354

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 355 Appledore's largest

  • 356 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 357 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 358 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 359 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 360 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 361 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 362 Revenge in style

  • 363 113 years at Instow

  • 364 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 365

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 366 Bideford regatta

  • 367 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 368 Artisans' Club

  • 369 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 370 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 371 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 372 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 373 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 374 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 375 Jumble sale fever

  • 376 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 377 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 378 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 379 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 380 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 381 Ships at Bideford

  • 382 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 383 He beat the floods

  • 384 Sight of a lifetime

  • 385 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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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Puppet characters introduced

Puppeteer gives talk

2 December 1966 Puppet characters introduced

Pictured above is Mr Philip Rose with his puppet ‘Old Wal’ with which he gave a talk and demonstration to the Young Conservatives at Bideford. Mr Rose is a professional puppeteer and has appeared on television many times. His work with puppets Pinky and Perky is particularly well-known.

Gazette article 2 December 1966

 

New fire and ambulance stations

Bideford's new fire and ambulance stations

Bideford now has a brand new fire and ambulance station side by side on the site in Old Town which they formerly occupied but with old and inconvenient premises.

5 November 1965 New fire and ambulance stations

Total cost of the fire station is £22,000 and includes a watch room, drill tower, recreation-cum-lecture room and bay accommodation for three appliances.

There is accommodation for two ambulances and the usual staff facilities. In addition to three full-time men there, services of St John Ambulance volunteers are available.

Gazette article 5 November 1965

 

Weare Giffard potato

Rabbit in Weare Giffard

Weare Giffard is famous for its strawberries and, it would seem, for its potatoes too. Here is an intriguing ‘spud’ shaped like a rabbit and grown by Mr and Mrs Walter Hedden of The Barton, Weare Giffard. Their nephew, 16 year old Michael, son of Mr and Mrs Penn, 2 Honestone Street, Bideford, thought it worth noting by Weare Giffard’s local paper!

29 October 1965 Weare Giffard potato

Gazette article 29 October 1965

 

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