• 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 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 2 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 3 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 4 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 5 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 6 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 7 The Geneva marionettes

  • 8 Northam's almshouse

  • 9 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 10 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 11 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 12 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 13 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 14 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 15 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 16 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 17

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 18 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 19 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 20 Picking the pops

  • 21 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 22 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 23 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 24 Clovelly nightmare

  • 25 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 26 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 28 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 29 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 30 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 31 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 32 Devil sent packing

  • 33

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 34 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 35 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 36 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 37 New life for Hartland organ

  • 38 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 39 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 40

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 41 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 42 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 43 Sight of a lifetime

  • 44 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 45 Pannier Market's future?

  • 46 New Lundy stamps

  • 47 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 48 Some 240 exhibits

  • 49

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 50 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 51 Just over a year old

  • 52 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 53 Penny for the guy

  • 54 Six footed lamb

  • 55 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 56 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 57 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 58 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 59

    New gateway
  • 60 Clovelly custom

  • 61 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 62 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 63 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 64 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 65 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 66 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 67 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 68 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 69 Police station view of Bideford

  • 70 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 71 End of the line

  • 72 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 73

    Was a missionary
  • 74 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 75 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 76 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 77 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 78 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 79 Life begins at 80

  • 80 Can spring be far away?

  • 81 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 82 First ship in 8 years

  • 83 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 84 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 85 North Devon Driving School

  • 86 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 87 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 88 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 89 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 90 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 91 Peter poses for TV film

  • 92 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 93

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 94 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 95

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 96 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 97 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 98 When horses score over the tractor

  • 99 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 100 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 101 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 102 113 years at Instow

  • 103 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 104 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 105 Waldon Triplets
  • 106 Simple Item 138
  • 107 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 108 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 109 It really was the 'last time'

  • 110 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 111 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 113 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 114

    Bidefordians
  • 115

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 116 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 117 Modern living at Bideford

  • 118 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 119 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 121 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 122 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 124 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 125 Some mushroom!

  • 126 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 127 Bideford loses training ship

  • 128 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 129 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 130

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 131 Decontrol of meat

  • 132 Bideford computer stars

  • 133 So this is the mainland!

  • 134 All aboard the ark

  • 135 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 136 No sale of Springfield House

  • 137 Jumble sale fever

  • 138 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 139 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 140 Torrington in 1967

  • 141 Variety in summer weather

  • 142 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 143 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 144

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 145 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 146 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 147

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 148 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 149 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 150 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 151 Sweets derationing

  • 152 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 153 The cab at the corner>
  • 154 A bird of their own!

  • 155 Warmington's garage ad

  • 156 Artisans' Club

  • 157 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 158 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 159 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 160 By pony and trap to market

  • 161 Cruising down the river

  • 162 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 163 Filming at Hartland

  • 164 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 165 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 166 Picking the pops

  • 167 School crossing patrol begins

  • 168

    Building works
  • 169 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 170 Hartland postman retires

  • 171 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 172 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 173

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 174

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 175 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 176 Hartland's invitation

  • 177 Hartland Dancers
  • 178 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 179 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 180 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 181 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 182 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 183 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 185 New choral society's growing response

  • 186 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 187 Off on a great adventure

  • 188 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 190 Service with a smile

  • 191

    Relatives all over the world
  • 192 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 193 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 194 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 195 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 196

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 197 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 198 New civic medallions

  • 199

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 200 Riverside mystery

  • 201 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 202 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 203 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 204 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 205 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 206 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 207 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 208 Traditions and skills still there

  • 209 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 210 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 211 Centenary of Gazette

  • 212 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 213 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 214 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 215 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 216 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 217 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 218 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 219 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 220 Bridging the stream

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

  • 222 Burnard family reunion

  • 223 For crying out loud!

  • 224 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 225 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 226 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 227 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 229 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 230 New look in the hayfields

  • 231 Torrington's new amenity

  • 232 Recognise this resort?

  • 233 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 234 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 235 No laughing matter

  • 236 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 237 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 238 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 240 Weare Giffard potato

  • 241 New addition to Quay front

  • 242 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 243 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 244 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 245 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 246 A roof-top view - where?

  • 247 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 248 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 249 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 250 All for the love of a lady!

  • 251

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 252 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 253 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 254 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 255 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 256 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 257 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 258

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 259 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 260 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 261 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 262 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 263 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 264 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 265 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 266 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 267 They are parted pro-tem

  • 268 He beat the floods

  • 269 A story to tell!

  • 270 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 271 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 272 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 273 Emergency ferry services

  • 274 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 275 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 276 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 277 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 278 From Bobby to Brian

  • 279 What's the time?

  • 280 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 281 An early 'special' to Bideford

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 283 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 284 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 285 Happy Days!

  • 286 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 287 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 288 Mobile missionary

  • 289 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 290

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 291 Twenty-one yachts

  • 292 Out of puff!

  • 293 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 294 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 295 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 296 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 297 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 298 Loads of black and white

  • 299 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 300 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 301 Appledore's largest

  • 302 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 303 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 304

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 305 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 306 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 307 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 308 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 309 A man and his wheel

  • 310 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 311 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 312 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 313 School's link with cargo ship

  • 314 In their new robes and hats

  • 315 New art gallery opened

  • 316 Littleham family's five generations

  • 317 Puppet characters introduced

  • 318 Ships at Bideford

  • 319 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 320 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 321 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 322

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 323 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 324 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 325 Last train from Torrington

  • 326 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 327 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 328 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 329 The art of the thatcher

  • 330

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 331 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 332 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 333 Parkham plan realised

  • 334 Revenge in style

  • 335 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 336

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 337

    Exhibition of school work
  • 338 Ten year old scrambler

  • 339 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 340 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 341 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 342 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 343 Bideford regatta

  • 344 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 345 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 346 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 348 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 349 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 350 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 351 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 352 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 353 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 354

    First prize
  • 355 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 356 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 357 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 358 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 359 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 360 Finished in 1876

  • 361 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 362 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 363 Circus comes to town

  • 364 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 365 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 366 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 367 Capers on the cobbles

  • 368 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 369

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 370 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 371 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 372 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 373 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 374 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 375 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 376 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 377

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 378 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 379 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 380 Private home for public pump

  • 381 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 382 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 383 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 384 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 385 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 386 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 388 Northam footballers of the future

  • 389 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 390 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 391 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 392 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 393 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 394 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 395 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 396 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 397 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 398 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 399 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

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    Married in 1908
  • 401 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 402 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 403 New Post Office

  • 404 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 405 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 406 Torrington children build igloo
  • 407 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 408 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 409

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 410 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 411 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 412 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 413 No ancient Grecian temple this

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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Penny for the guy

Coming events cast their shadows before earlier every year, or so it seems,

and these youngsters were out in Bideford’s High Street on Saturday with their guys in anticipation of November 5th. But perhaps there is a special excuse this year in view of the political fireworks of recent weeks!

16 October 1964 Penny for the guy

Gazette article 16 October 1964

Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

No complications when Northam pets go to school

Children at Northam County Primary school drew lots last week to prevent a fight – a dog fight in fact!

The children were invited to take their pets to school, the visit to coincide with the launching of a branch of the Panda Club – a junior section of the World Wild Life Youth Service – at the school.

9 October 1964 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

But amongst the cats, kittens, tortoises, white mice, guinea pigs and cage-birds there was only one lone dog – a white poodle. The headmistress, Mrs M.A. Crombie explained: ‘We decided to have just one dog so that we wouldn’t have any fights in school. The children with pet dogs drew lots.’

Gazette article 9 October 1964

Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

These are the six boys who made up the Bideford County Secondary School patrol

that took part in the gruelling Ten Tors expedition on Dartmoor. They finished the 35 mile walk covering ten tors in under 26 hours’ walking time allowed and each received a medal and certificate. Ten Tors is a test of map and compass reading ability, stamina, commonsense and initiative.

5 June 1964 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

The boys are (left to right) Brian Smith (15) of Fremington; team leader Stuart Lane (15), Kevin Stach (15), Christopher Brackstone (15), David Hughes (14) and Roger Humphrey (15), all of Bideford.

Gazette article 5 June 1964

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