• 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 Centenary of Gazette

  • 2 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 3 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 4 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 5 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 6 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 7 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 8 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 9 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 10 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 11

    Was a missionary
  • 12

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 13 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 14 New art gallery opened

  • 15 Life begins at 80

  • 16 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 17

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 18 End of the line

  • 19 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 20 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 21 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 22

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 23 Torrington's new amenity

  • 24 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 25 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 26 Puppet characters introduced

  • 27 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 28 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 29 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 30 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 32 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 33 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 34 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 35 Parkham plan realised

  • 36 Riverside mystery

  • 37 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 38 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 39 All for the love of a lady!

  • 40 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 41 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 42 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 43 Peter poses for TV film

  • 44 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 46 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 47 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 48 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 49 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 50 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 51 Artisans' Club

  • 52 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 53 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 54 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 56 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 57 What's the time?

  • 58 Bideford computer stars

  • 59 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 60 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 62 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 63 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 64 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 65 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 66 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 68 Jumble sale fever

  • 69 The Geneva marionettes

  • 70 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 71 Six footed lamb

  • 72 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 73 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 74 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 76 No laughing matter

  • 77 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 78 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 79 Northam footballers of the future

  • 80 New look in the hayfields

  • 81 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 82 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 83 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 84 Sight of a lifetime

  • 85 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 86 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 87 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 88 Torrington children build igloo
  • 89 Police station view of Bideford

  • 90 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 91 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 92 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 93 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 94 Daisy's pride and joy

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 96 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 97 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 98 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 99

    Bidefordians
  • 100 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 101 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 102

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 103 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 104 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 105 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 106 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 107 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 108 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 109 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 110 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 111 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 112 New civic medallions

  • 113 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 114 New Lundy stamps

  • 115

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 116 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 117 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 118

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 119 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 120 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 121 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 122 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 123 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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

  • 125 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 126 Can spring be far away?

  • 127 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 128 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 129 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 130

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 131 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 132 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 133 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 134 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 135 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 136 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 137 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 138 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 139 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 140 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 141 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 142 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 143 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 144 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 145 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 147 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 148 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 149 Decontrol of meat

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

  • 151 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 152 Last train from Torrington

  • 153 Twenty-one yachts

  • 154

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 155 Happy Days!

  • 156 Just over a year old

  • 157 New shipyard on schedule

  • 158 Emergency ferry services

  • 159 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 160 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 161 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 162 Bideford loses training ship

  • 163 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 164 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 165

    New gateway
  • 166 Simple Item 138
  • 167

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 168 Ten year old scrambler

  • 169

    First prize
  • 170 Circus comes to town

  • 171 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 172 New Post Office

  • 173 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 174 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 176 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 177 113 years at Instow

  • 178 Capers on the cobbles

  • 179 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 180 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 181 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 182 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 183 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 184 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 185 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 186 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 187 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 188 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 189 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 190 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 191 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 192 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 193 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 194 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 195 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 196 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 197 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 198 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 199 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 200 New choral society's growing response

  • 201 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 202 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 203 Bridging the stream

  • 204 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 205 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 206 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 207 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 208 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 209 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 210 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 211

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 212

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 213 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 214 Picking the pops

  • 215

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 216 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 217 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 218 Variety in summer weather

  • 219 School's link with cargo ship

  • 220 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 221 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 222 So this is the mainland!

  • 223 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 224 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 225 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 226 Some 240 exhibits

  • 227 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 228 Off on a great adventure

  • 229 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 230 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 231

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 232

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 233 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 234 Northam's almshouse

  • 235 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 237 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 238 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 239 Torrington in 1967

  • 240 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 241 By pony and trap to market

  • 242 When horses score over the tractor

  • 243 Some mushroom!

  • 244 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 245 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 246 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 247 Hartland postman retires

  • 248 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 249 A roof-top view - where?

  • 250 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 251 Traditions and skills still there

  • 252 A story to tell!

  • 253 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 254

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 255 In their new robes and hats

  • 256 Devil sent packing

  • 257

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 258 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 259 New addition to Quay front

  • 260 Penny for the guy

  • 261 Mobile missionary

  • 262 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 264 For crying out loud!

  • 265 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 266 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 267 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 268 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 269 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 270 A man and his wheel

  • 271

    Building works
  • 272

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 273 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 274 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 275 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 276 Waldon Triplets
  • 277 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 278 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 279 Revenge in style

  • 280 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 281 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 282 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 284 Private home for public pump

  • 285 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 286 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 288 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 289 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 290 It really was the 'last time'

  • 291 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 292 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 293

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 294 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 295 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 296

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 297 Out of puff!

  • 298 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 299 Weare Giffard potato

  • 300 Burnard family reunion

  • 301 Finished in 1876

  • 302

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 303 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 304 Hartland Dancers
  • 305 He beat the floods

  • 306 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 307 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 308

    Exhibition of school work
  • 309 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 310 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 311 Bideford regatta

  • 312 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 313 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 314 Littleham family's five generations

  • 315 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 316 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 317 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 318 Warmington's garage ad

  • 319 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 320 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 321 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 322 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 323 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 324 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 325 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 326 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 327 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 328 All aboard the ark

  • 329 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 330 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 331 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 332 School crossing patrol begins

  • 333 Loads of black and white

  • 334 A bird of their own!

  • 335 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 336

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 337 Clovelly custom

  • 338 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 340

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 341 First ship in 8 years

  • 342 New life for Hartland organ

  • 343 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 344 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 345 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 346 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 347 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 348 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 349 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 350 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 351 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 352

    Married in 1908
  • 353 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 354 North Devon Driving School

  • 355 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 356 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 357 Appledore's largest

  • 358 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 359 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 360 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 361 Hartland's invitation

  • 362 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 363 Chess - their bridge over the years

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 365 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 366 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 367 No sale of Springfield House

  • 368 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 369 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 370 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 371 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 372 The art of the thatcher

  • 373 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 374 Picking the pops

  • 375 They are parted pro-tem

  • 376 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 377 Ships at Bideford

  • 378 Clovelly nightmare

  • 379 Recognise this resort?

  • 380 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 381 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 382 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 383 Cruising down the river

  • 384 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 385 Service with a smile

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Bideford wishing well pixielated

Wishing well is pixielated

On Tuesday morning it was found that Bideford Rotary Club’s recently erected charity wishing well, situated between the bottom of Bridgeland Street and Bideford Head Post Office, had become liberally festooned with model pixies, gnomes, rabbits, ducks, an owl, a lion and a mermaid.

7 November 1969 Bideford wishing well

Mr George Latham, president of Bideford Rotary Club said it was news to him and he was mystified by what had happened. Later police removed the pixies, gnomes etc. to the police station to await identification, having apparently been mischievously taken from gardens over a wide area.

Mr Latham, asked if the wishing well was not “gimmicky” agreed that this could be said but added “we have seen the idea used elsewhere and decided to try it ourselves to help local charitable causes”. When a Gazette reporter looked in the well on Monday afternoon there was quite a spattering of coins, mostly pennies, at the bottom, but there were also a few cigarette ends and an empty packet or so.

Gazette article 7 November 1969

Combined Op at Westward Ho!

Combined Op at Westward Ho!

Members of the handicraft group of Westward Ho! Women’s Institute putting the finishing touches to the patchwork quilt on which they have been working since September. The quilt along with the patchwork cushion and fur teddy bears are to be raffled for WI funds at a coffee morning to be held next March.

5 December 1969 Westward Ho combined op

Gazette article 5 December 1969

Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

Lundy’s youngest and newest inhabitant arrived last week on the island from the mainland in the “Lundy Gannet,” quite unperturbed by the rough weather.

She is Katherine Jane, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Ogilvie, of Barton Cottages on the island. She was born on the mainland on October 1st.

5 December 1969 Lundy Baby Kate returns

Baby Kate spent the three hours on the trip in a carry-cot on deck, carefully watched by her parents who have made their home on the island since their marriage nearly six years ago. Mr Ogilvy is farm bailiff on Lundy. His wife Penny is the only daughter of Dr and Mrs William Ruddock of Bideford, Dr Ruddock being doctor to the island.

Gazette article 5 December 1969

 

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