• 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's new market opens next week

  • 2 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 3 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 4 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 5

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 6 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 7 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 8 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 9 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 10 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 11 So this is the mainland!

  • 12 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 13 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 14 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 15 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 16 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 17

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 18 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 19 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 20 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 21 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 22 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 23 Penny for the guy

  • 24 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 25 Bideford regatta

  • 26 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 27 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 28 From Bobby to Brian

  • 29 Variety in summer weather

  • 30 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 31 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 32 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 33 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 34 New look in the hayfields

  • 35 Warmington's garage ad

  • 36 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 37 Emergency ferry services

  • 38 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 39 The cab at the corner>
  • 40 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 41 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 42 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 43 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 44 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 45 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 46 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 47 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 48 New Post Office

  • 49 Last train from Torrington

  • 50 In their new robes and hats

  • 51 Hartland's invitation

  • 52 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 53 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 54 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 55 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 56 Filming at Hartland

  • 57 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 59 New life for Hartland organ

  • 60 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 61 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 62 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 63 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 64 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 65 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 66 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 67 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 68 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 69

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 70 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 71 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 72 Finished in 1876

  • 73 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 74 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 75 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 76

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 77 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 78 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 79 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 80 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 81 Hartland Dancers
  • 82 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 83 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 84 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 85 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 87 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 88 A roof-top view - where?

  • 89 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 90 Ten year old scrambler

  • 91 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 92 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 93 Torrington's new amenity

  • 94 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 96 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 97 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 98 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 99 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 100 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 101

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 102 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 103 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 104 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 105 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 106 Decontrol of meat

  • 107 No laughing matter

  • 108 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 109 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 110 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 111 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 112 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 114 Police station view of Bideford

  • 115 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 116 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 117 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 118 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 119 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 120 Jumble sale fever

  • 121 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 122 Picking the pops

  • 123 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 124 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 125 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 126 Modern living at Bideford

  • 127 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 128 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 129 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 130 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 131 Revenge in style

  • 132 Recognise this resort?

  • 133 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 134 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 135 Happy Days!

  • 136 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

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

  • 138 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 139 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 140 Clovelly custom

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

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

  • 143 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 145 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 146 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 147 Traditions and skills still there

  • 148 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 149 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 150 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 151 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 152 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 153 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 154 Clovelly nightmare

  • 155 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 157 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 158 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 159 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 160 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 161 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 162

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 163 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 164 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 165 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 166 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 167 Cruising down the river

  • 168 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 169 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 170 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 171 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 173 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 174 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 175

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 176 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 177 A bird of their own!

  • 178 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 179 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 180 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 181

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 182 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 183 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 184

    Was a missionary
  • 185

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 186 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 187 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 188 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 189 Picking the pops

  • 190 Mobile missionary

  • 191 School's link with cargo ship

  • 192 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 193 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 194 School crossing patrol begins

  • 195 Simple Item 138
  • 196 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 197 Waldon Triplets
  • 198

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 199 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 200 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 201 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 202 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 203 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 204 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 205

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 206 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 207 A story to tell!

  • 208 Burnard family reunion

  • 209 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 210 Service with a smile

  • 211 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 212 Bideford computer stars

  • 213 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 214 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 215 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 216 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 217 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 218 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 219 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 220

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 221 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 222 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 223 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 224 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 225 113 years at Instow

  • 226 Riverside mystery

  • 227 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 228 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 229 Artisans' Club

  • 230 Torrington children build igloo
  • 231 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 232 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 233 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 234 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 235 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 236 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 237 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 238 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 239 For crying out loud!

  • 240 Centenary of Gazette

  • 241 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 242 Appledore's largest

  • 243

    Exhibition of school work
  • 244 New Lundy stamps

  • 245 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 246

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 247 The Geneva marionettes

  • 248 Weare Giffard potato

  • 249 He beat the floods

  • 250 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 251 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 253 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 254 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 255

    First prize
  • 256 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 257 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 258 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 259 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 260 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 261 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 262 A man and his wheel

  • 263 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 264 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 265 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 266 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 267 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 268 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 269 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 270 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 271 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 272 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 273 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 274 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 275

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 276 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 277 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 278 All for the love of a lady!

  • 279 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 280 What's the time?

  • 281 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 282

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

  • 284 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 285

    Married in 1908
  • 286 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 287 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 288 Littleham family's five generations

  • 289

    Building works
  • 290 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 291 New shipyard on schedule

  • 292 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 293 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 294 New civic medallions

  • 295 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 296 It really was the 'last time'

  • 297

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 298 Off on a great adventure

  • 299 End of the line

  • 300 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 301 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 302 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 303 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 304 New choral society's growing response

  • 305 All aboard the ark

  • 306 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 307 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 308 Peter poses for TV film

  • 309 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 310 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 311 No sale of Springfield House

  • 312 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 313 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 314 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 315 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 316

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 317 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 318 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 319 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 320 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 321 Hartland postman retires

  • 322 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 323 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 324 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 325 Some 240 exhibits

  • 326 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 327 Ships at Bideford

  • 328 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 329 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 330 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 331 Sight of a lifetime

  • 332 They are parted pro-tem

  • 333 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 334 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 335 Parkham plan realised

  • 336 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 338 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 339

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 340 Life begins at 80

  • 341 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 342 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 343 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 344 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 345 When horses score over the tractor

  • 346 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 347 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 348 First ship in 8 years

  • 349 New art gallery opened

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

  • 351 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 352 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 353 North Devon Driving School

  • 354 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 355 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 356 Bideford loses training ship

  • 357 Devil sent packing

  • 358 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 359

    Bidefordians
  • 360

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 361 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 362 Northam's almshouse

  • 363 Puppet characters introduced

  • 364 Some mushroom!

  • 365 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 366 Circus comes to town

  • 367 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 368 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 369 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 370

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 371 Can spring be far away?

  • 372 Six footed lamb

  • 373

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 374

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 375 Pannier Market's future?

  • 376

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 377 Capers on the cobbles

  • 378 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 379 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 380 Out of puff!

  • 381 By pony and trap to market

  • 382 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 383 Bridging the stream

  • 384 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 385 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 386 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 387 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 389 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 390 Just over a year old

  • 391 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 392 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 393 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 394 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 395 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 396 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 397 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 398 Loads of black and white

  • 399 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 400 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 401 New addition to Quay front

  • 402 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 403 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 404 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 405

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 406 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 407 Sweets derationing

  • 408

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 409 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 410 The art of the thatcher

  • 411

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 412 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 413

    New gateway
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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Wynne Olley Hair-styling Demonstration

Wynne Olley Hair-styling Demonstration

Wynne Olley hairdressing demo photo

Local women impress International World-cup Winning Hair-stylist

Martin Hurst, International Hair Fashion Designer, and member of the British World Cup Squad, spent a day in Bideford training local hair dressers at Wynne Olley's salon. He demonstrated up-to-the-minute techniques to 20 hair stylists, and commented how impressed he was at the styles he saw worn by women in the town.

 

Bideford Reds Womens Team First to Compete Throughout Whole Season

Bideford Reds Womens Team First to Compete Throughout Whole Season 4th August 1978

Bideford Reds Womens Team Photo

Although the local womens team have taken part in occasional races in the past, this women's rowing team are the first to have competed for the entire season. The crew were Linda Fishleigh, Beverley Paddon, Diane Hooper and Margaret Hutchings. 

Girls Lead in Bideford School's Play

 Girls Lead in Bideford School's Play 17th March 1978

Girls Lead photo

 

First Girls to Attend Bideford Grammar School Girls take part in a 'I Have Five Daughters' 17 March 1978

A cast including Alisabeth Hesketh, Sarah Elliot, Beverly Tutton, Deborah Clyde and Julia Copp, some of the first girls to attend at Bideford Grammar School take part in a rehearsal for 'I Have Five Daughters', which is an adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'.  James Lloyd takes one of the male roles. Mr Robert Clyde is the producer.

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