• 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 - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 3 All aboard the ark

  • 4 Puppet characters introduced

  • 5 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 6 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 7 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 8 Capers on the cobbles

  • 9 Private home for public pump

  • 10 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 11 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 12 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 13 Clovelly nightmare

  • 14 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 15 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 16 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 17 The Geneva marionettes

  • 18 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 19 Some mushroom!

  • 20 New art gallery opened

  • 21 Happy Days!

  • 22 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 23 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 24 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 25 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 26 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 27 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 28 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 29 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 30 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 31 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 32 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 33 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 34 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 35 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 36

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 37 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 38 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 39 In their new robes and hats

  • 40 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 41 Littleham family's five generations

  • 42 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 43 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 44 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 45 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 46 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 47 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 48 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 49 Decontrol of meat

  • 50 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 51

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 52 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 53 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 54 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 55

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 56 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 57 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 59 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 60 Sweets derationing

  • 61 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 62 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 63 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 64 Last train from Torrington

  • 65

    Bidefordians
  • 66 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 67 Emergency ferry services

  • 68 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 69 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 70 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 71 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 72 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 73 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 74 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 75 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 76 Twenty-one yachts

  • 77 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 78 School's link with cargo ship

  • 79 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 80 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 81 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 82 He beat the floods

  • 83 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 84 Peter poses for TV film

  • 85 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 86 Ships at Bideford

  • 87 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 88

    Was a missionary
  • 89 North Devon Driving School

  • 90 Cruising down the river

  • 91 Sight of a lifetime

  • 92 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 93 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 94 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 95 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 96 Six footed lamb

  • 97 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 98 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 99 Bridging the stream

  • 100 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 101 Simple Item 138
  • 102

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 103 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 104 Burnard family reunion

  • 105

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 106 Appledore's largest

  • 107 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 108 It really was the 'last time'

  • 109 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 110 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 111 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 112 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 113 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 114 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 115 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 116 Service with a smile

  • 117 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 118

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 119 No laughing matter

  • 120 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 121 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 122 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

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

  • 124 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 125 Out of puff!

  • 126 Hartland's invitation

  • 127 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 128 Police station view of Bideford

  • 129

    New gateway
  • 130 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 131 New shipyard on schedule

  • 132 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 133 When horses score over the tractor

  • 134 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 135

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 136

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 137 Pannier Market's future?

  • 138 Picking the pops

  • 139

    Building works
  • 140 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 141 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 143 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 144 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 145 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 146 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 147 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 148 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 149 They are parted pro-tem

  • 150 By pony and trap to market

  • 151 So this is the mainland!

  • 152 New addition to Quay front

  • 153 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 154

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 155 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 156 A bird of their own!

  • 157 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 158 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 159 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 160 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 161 A story to tell!

  • 162 Variety in summer weather

  • 163 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 164 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 165 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 166 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 167 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 168 Torrington children build igloo
  • 169 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 170 New civic medallions

  • 171

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 172 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 173 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 174 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 176 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 177 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 178 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 179 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 180 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 181 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 182

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 183 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 184 New Post Office

  • 185 The art of the thatcher

  • 186 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 187 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 188 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 189 Riverside mystery

  • 190 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 191 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 193 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 194 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 195 Finished in 1876

  • 196 113 years at Instow

  • 197 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 198 Torrington's new amenity

  • 199 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 200 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 201 First ship in 8 years

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 203 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 204 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 205 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 206 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 207 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 208 Hartland postman retires

  • 209 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 210 Weare Giffard potato

  • 211 New Lundy stamps

  • 212 Modern living at Bideford

  • 213 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 214 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 215 Artisans' Club

  • 216 All for the love of a lady!

  • 217 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 218 New life for Hartland organ

  • 219 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 220 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 221 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 222 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 223

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 224 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 225 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 226

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 227 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 228 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 229 Jumble sale fever

  • 230

    Exhibition of school work
  • 231 Bideford regatta

  • 232 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 233 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 234 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 235 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 237 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 238 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 239 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 240 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 241 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 242 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 243 Clovelly custom

  • 244 Recognise this resort?

  • 245 Northam's almshouse

  • 246 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 247

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 248 Some 240 exhibits

  • 249 Centenary of Gazette

  • 250 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 251 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 252 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 253 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 254 Bideford computer stars

  • 255 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 256 Life begins at 80

  • 257 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 258 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 259 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 260 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 261 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 262 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 263 Revenge in style

  • 264 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 265 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 266 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 267 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 268

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 269 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 270 Parkham plan realised

  • 271 Can spring be far away?

  • 272 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 273 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 274 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 275 Warmington's garage ad

  • 276 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 277 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 278 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 279 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 280 School crossing patrol begins

  • 281 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 282 Filming at Hartland

  • 283 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 284 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 285 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 286 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 288 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 289 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 290 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 291 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 292 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 293 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 294 Circus comes to town

  • 295 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 296 Off on a great adventure

  • 297 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 298 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 299 Just over a year old

  • 300 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 301 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 302 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 303 Traditions and skills still there

  • 304 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 305 New look in the hayfields

  • 306

    First prize
  • 307 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 308 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 309 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 310 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 311 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 312

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 313 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 314 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 315 Torrington in 1967

  • 316 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 317 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 318 Waldon Triplets
  • 319 The cab at the corner>
  • 320 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 321 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 322 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 323 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 324 Northam footballers of the future

  • 325 A man and his wheel

  • 326 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 327 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 328 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 329 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 330 Mobile missionary

  • 331 Picking the pops

  • 332 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 333 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 334 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 335 No sale of Springfield House

  • 336 For crying out loud!

  • 337 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 338 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 339

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 340 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 341

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 342 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 343 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 344 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 345 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 346 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 348 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 349 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 350 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 351 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 352 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 353 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 354 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 355 From Bobby to Brian

  • 356 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 357 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 358

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 359

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 360 Ten year old scrambler

  • 361 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 362 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 363 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 364 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 365 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 366 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 367 Loads of black and white

  • 368 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 369 X-ray shoe fitting

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 371 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 372 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 374 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 375 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 376 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 377 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 378 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 379 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 381 A roof-top view - where?

  • 382 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 383 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 384 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 385 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 386 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 387 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 388 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 389 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 390 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 392 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 393 Penny for the guy

  • 394 Devil sent packing

  • 395 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 396 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 397

    Married in 1908
  • 398 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 399 Hartland Dancers
  • 400 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 401 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 402

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 403 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 404 Bideford loses training ship

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 406

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 407 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 408 New choral society's growing response

  • 409 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 410 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 411 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 412 What's the time?

  • 413 End of the line

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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  • 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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  • 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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Ten year old scrambler

Learning about motorcycle scrambling

Anthony Raymont of 32 Clifton Street Bideford, although only 10, is learning about motorcycle scrambling and with his 70 cc. machine he can hold his own with his older fellow enthusiasts.

10 February 1967 Ten year old scrambler

At present he is much too young for serious competition but at every opportunity he can be seen practising in a field behind his home. On some of his practice runs Anthony meets his father and other local enthusiasts who included 14-year-old Roger Tuck of West View Terrace, second from the left. Other riders above are Terry Osborne and Tony Screech.

Gazette article 10 February 1967

 

To build racing cars in former blacksmith’s shop

Bideford's newest industry

Bideford’s newest industry began operations this week in a former blacksmith’s shop. The firm was formed almost three years ago in High Wycombe to manufacture space frames for racing cars.

27 January 1967 To build racing cars in former blacksmiths shop

Director Mr K.J. Nicholls told the Gazette that a space frame is the chassis of the modern racing car. Seen in the picture with Mr Nicholls is a new project – the company’s own sports racing two seater called the ‘Nike’. This has had extensive testing, but without its fibre glass body. So far only the moulds for this have been made.

Gazette article 27 January 1967

 

Second Monte Carlo Rally

Arrived safely in Monte Carlo

Mr Nick Rowe of Torrington, completing his second Monte Carlo Rally arrived safely and apparently without incident and also completed the 850-mile mountain circuit in the specified 22 hours. His first Monte ended with a crash. He is accompanied this year by Mr Bob Shutler of Barnstaple and although his Hillman Imp is a private entry there has been support from Rootes.

20 January 1967 Second Monte Carlo Rally

Mr Rowe is seen on the extreme left of the picture before setting off. On his left is his wife who said she was delighted that he had done so well.

Gazette article 20 January 1967

 

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