• 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 Childrens' model of Torrington

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    Was a missionary
  • 3 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 4 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 5 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 6 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 7 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 8 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 9 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 10 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 11 Torrington's new amenity

  • 12 Hartland's invitation

  • 13 Bideford loses training ship

  • 14 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 15 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 16 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 17 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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

  • 19 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 20

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 21 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 22 Finished in 1876

  • 23 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 24 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 25 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 26 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 27 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 28 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 29 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 30 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 31 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 32 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 33 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 34 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 35 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 36 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 37 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 38 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 39 For crying out loud!

  • 40 Hartland Dancers
  • 41 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 42 The Geneva marionettes

  • 43 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 44 Clovelly custom

  • 45 Circus comes to town

  • 46 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 47 North Devon Driving School

  • 48 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 49 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 50 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 51 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 52 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 53 New choral society's growing response

  • 54

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 55 Peter poses for TV film

  • 56 Northam footballers of the future

  • 57 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 58 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 59 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 60 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 61 Bideford regatta

  • 62 All aboard the ark

  • 63 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 64 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 65 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 66 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 67 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 68 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 69 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 70

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 71 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 72 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 73 Picking the pops

  • 74 All for the love of a lady!

  • 75 It really was the 'last time'

  • 76 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 77 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 79 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 80 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 81 From Bobby to Brian

  • 82 When horses score over the tractor

  • 83 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 84 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 85 What's the time?

  • 86 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 87 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 88 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 89 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 90 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 91 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 92 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 93 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 94 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 95

    Exhibition of school work
  • 96 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 97 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 98 Happy Days!

  • 99 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 100 A bird of their own!

  • 101 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 102 Bideford computer stars

  • 103 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 104 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 106 Traditions and skills still there

  • 107 Clovelly nightmare

  • 108 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 109 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 110 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 111 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 112 School's link with cargo ship

  • 113 Devil sent packing

  • 114 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 115 Recognise this resort?

  • 116 They are parted pro-tem

  • 117 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 118 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 119 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 120 Off on a great adventure

  • 121 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 122 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 123 Riverside mystery

  • 124 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 125 Ten year old scrambler

  • 126 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 127 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 128 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 129 Service with a smile

  • 130 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 131 New shipyard on schedule

  • 132 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 134

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 135

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 136 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 137 No sale of Springfield House

  • 138 The art of the thatcher

  • 139 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 140 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 141 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 142 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 143 Pannier Market's future?

  • 144 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 145 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 146 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 147 Capers on the cobbles

  • 148 By pony and trap to market

  • 149 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 150 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 151 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 152 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 153 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 154 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 155 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 156 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 157 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 158 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 159 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 160 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 161 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 162 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 163 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 164 New Post Office

  • 165 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 167 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 168 New addition to Quay front

  • 169

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 170 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 171 Some mushroom!

  • 172 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 173 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 174 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 175 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 176 Burnard family reunion

  • 177 Sweets derationing

  • 178

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 179

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 180 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 181 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 182 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 183 Ships at Bideford

  • 184 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 185 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 186 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 187 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 188 Centenary of Gazette

  • 189 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 190 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 191 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 192 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 193 A roof-top view - where?

  • 194 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 195 Penny for the guy

  • 196 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 197

    Building works
  • 198 Warmington's garage ad

  • 199 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 200 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 201 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 202 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 203 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 204 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 205 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 206 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 207 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 208 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 209 Filming at Hartland

  • 210

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 211

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 212 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 213 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 214 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 215 No laughing matter

  • 216 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 217 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 218 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 219 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 221 Weare Giffard potato

  • 222 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 223 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 224 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 225 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 226 Modern living at Bideford

  • 227 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 228

    Relatives all over the world
  • 229 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 230 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 232 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 233 A story to tell!

  • 234 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 235 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 236 Variety in summer weather

  • 237 New look in the hayfields

  • 238 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 239 Mobile missionary

  • 240 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 241 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 242 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 243 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 244 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 245

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 246 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 247 New art gallery opened

  • 248 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 249 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 251 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 252 First ship in 8 years

  • 253 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 254 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 255 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 256 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 257 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 258 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 259 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 260 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 261 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 262 Emergency ferry services

  • 263

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 264 Northam's almshouse

  • 265 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 266

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 267 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 268 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 269 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 270 Police station view of Bideford

  • 271 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 272 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 273 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 274 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 275 School crossing patrol begins

  • 276

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 277

    Married in 1908
  • 278

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 279 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 280 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 281 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 282 Parkham plan realised

  • 283 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 284 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
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    First prize
  • 286 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 287 New Lundy stamps

  • 288 A man and his wheel

  • 289 In their new robes and hats

  • 290 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 291 So this is the mainland!

  • 292 Bridging the stream

  • 293 Twenty-one yachts

  • 294 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 295 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 296 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 297 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 298 Waldon Triplets
  • 299 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 300 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 301 Appledore's largest

  • 302 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 303

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 304 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 305 Jumble sale fever

  • 306 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 307 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 308 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 309 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 310 Littleham family's five generations

  • 311 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 312 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 313 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 314 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 315 Decontrol of meat

  • 316 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 317 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 318 He beat the floods

  • 319 Hartland postman retires

  • 320 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 321 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 322 113 years at Instow

  • 323 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 324 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 325 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 326 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 327 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 328 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 329 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 330 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 331 Picking the pops

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

  • 333 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 334 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 335 Loads of black and white

  • 336 Six footed lamb

  • 337 Just over a year old

  • 338 Some 240 exhibits

  • 339 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 340 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 341

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 342 Torrington children build igloo
  • 343 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 344 Private home for public pump

  • 345 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 346 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 347 Life begins at 80

  • 348

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 349 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 350 Revenge in style

  • 351 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 352 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 353

    New gateway
  • 354 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 355

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 356

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 357 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 358 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 359 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 360 Can spring be far away?

  • 361

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 362 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 363 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 364 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 365 End of the line

  • 366 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 367 New life for Hartland organ

  • 368 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 369

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 370

    Bidefordians
  • 371 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 372 Sight of a lifetime

  • 373 The cab at the corner>
  • 374 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 375 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 376 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 377 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 378 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 380

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 381 Simple Item 138
  • 382 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 383 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 384 Out of puff!

  • 385

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 386 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 387

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 388 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 389 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 390 Artisans' Club

  • 391 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 392 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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

  • 394 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 395 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 396 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 397 Puppet characters introduced

  • 398 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 399 Last train from Torrington

  • 400 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 401 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 402 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 403 Cruising down the river

  • 404 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 405 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 406 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 407 New civic medallions

  • 408 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 409 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 410 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 411 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 412 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 413 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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  • 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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‘Les Girls’ of Hartland

Stars of Hartland concert

Introducing ‘Les Girls’ one of the star attractions at the concert presented on two evenings at Hartland in aid of Cancer Campaign funds.

15 April 1965 Les girls of Hartland

Left to right: Brenda Heard, Judy Fanson, Joyce Goaman, Nancy Beer, Barbara Goaman, and Heather Dayman.

In their feature ‘Around the world’ they presented a charming and varied series of dances in costume.

Gazette article 15 April 1965

 

A bird of their own!

Bideford Secondary School's eagle

2 April 1965 A bird of their own

Hardly a bird of paradise, but certainly their own work. This ingenious Golden Eagle was constructed out of scrap metal by some of the boys of Bideford County Secondary School. It may not be able to mount up in the skies with its wings but it has a commanding air.

Gazette article 2 April 1965

 

Town’s Second Woman Mayor

Bideford's new mayor - second in town's history

Sixty-one year old Mrs Ethelwynne Brown, Bideford’s new Mayor, will be only the second in the town’s history – its charter was granted in 1573. Former Alderman, Mrs Muriel Cox, served as Mayor in 1954.

19 March 1965 Towns second woman mayor in 392 years

Mrs Brown said: ‘I hope that in so honouring me you are also paying tribute to all the women of the town who, by their love and labour, are contributing so much to the happiness of the community here.’

Gazette article 19 March 1965

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