• 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 North Devon Driving School

  • 2 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 3 Devil sent packing

  • 4 Waldon Triplets
  • 5 Mobile missionary

  • 6 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 7 Puppet characters introduced

  • 8 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 9 Bideford's new market opens next week

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 11 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 12

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 13 Torrington children build igloo
  • 14 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 15 All aboard the ark

  • 16 Private home for public pump

  • 17 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 18 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 19 Variety in summer weather

  • 20 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 21 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 22

    Was a missionary
  • 23 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 24 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 25 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 26 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 27 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 28 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 29 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 30 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 31 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 32 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 33 Centenary of Gazette

  • 34 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 35 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 37 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 38 Hartland's invitation

  • 39 Six footed lamb

  • 40 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 41 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 42 No sale of Springfield House

  • 43

    First prize
  • 44 A bird of their own!

  • 45 Weare Giffard potato

  • 46 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 47 Picking the pops

  • 48 School's link with cargo ship

  • 49 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 51

    New gateway
  • 52 Clovelly nightmare

  • 53 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 54 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 55 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 56 New civic medallions

  • 57

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 58 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 59 Penny for the guy

  • 60 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 61 Just over a year old

  • 62 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 63 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 64 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 65 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 66 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 67 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 68 Simple Item 138
  • 69 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 70 The cab at the corner>
  • 71 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 72 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 73 Hartland Dancers
  • 74 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 75 It really was the 'last time'

  • 76 Emergency ferry services

  • 77

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 78 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 79 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 80 Burnard family reunion

  • 81 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 82 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 83 Decontrol of meat

  • 84 Circus comes to town

  • 85

    Exhibition of school work
  • 86 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 87

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 88 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 89 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 90 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 91 Finished in 1876

  • 92 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 93 New Lundy stamps

  • 94 Out of puff!

  • 95 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 96 A man and his wheel

  • 97 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 98 Hartland postman retires

  • 99 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 100 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 101 Cruising down the river

  • 102 Bideford loses training ship

  • 103 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 104 New look in the hayfields

  • 105 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 106 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 107

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 108 They are parted pro-tem

  • 109 Police station view of Bideford

  • 110 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 111 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 112 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 114 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 115 Ten year old scrambler

  • 116 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 117 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 118 Warmington's garage ad

  • 119 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 120 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 121

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 122 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 123 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 124 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 125 Bridging the stream

  • 126 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 127 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 128 Peter poses for TV film

  • 129 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 130 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 131

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 132 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 133 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 134 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 135 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 136 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 137 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 138 New art gallery opened

  • 139 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 140 New choral society's growing response

  • 141 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 142 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 143 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 144 No laughing matter

  • 145 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 146 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 147 Traditions and skills still there

  • 148

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 149 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 150 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 151 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 152 For crying out loud!

  • 153 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 154 Some mushroom!

  • 155 Life begins at 80

  • 156 What's the time?

  • 157 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 158

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 159 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 160 Bideford regatta

  • 161 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 162 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 163 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 164 Parkham plan realised

  • 165 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 166 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 167 Twenty-one yachts

  • 168 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 169 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 170 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 171 Revenge in style

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

  • 173 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 175 From Bobby to Brian

  • 176 113 years at Instow

  • 177 In their new robes and hats

  • 178 Artisans' Club

  • 179 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 180 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 181 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 182 Littleham family's five generations

  • 183 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 184 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 185 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 186 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 187 End of the line

  • 188 Northam footballers of the future

  • 189 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 190 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 191 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 192 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 193 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 194 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 195 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 196 Torrington's new amenity

  • 197 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 198

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 199 He beat the floods

  • 200 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 201 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 202

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 203

    Building works
  • 204 Service with a smile

  • 205 School crossing patrol begins

  • 206 First ship in 8 years

  • 207 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 208

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 209 Sight of a lifetime

  • 210 Appledore's largest

  • 211 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 212 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 213 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 214 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 215

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 216 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 217

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 218 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 219 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 220 When horses score over the tractor

  • 221 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 222 Ships at Bideford

  • 223 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 224 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 227 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 228 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 230 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 231 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 232 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 233 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 234 Some 240 exhibits

  • 235 Recognise this resort?

  • 236 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 237 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 238 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 239 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 240 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 241 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 242 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 243 Happy Days!

  • 244 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 245 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 246 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 247 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 248 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 249

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 250 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 251

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 252

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 253 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 254 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 255 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 256 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 257 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 258 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 259 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 260 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 261 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 262 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 263 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 264 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 265 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 266 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 267 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 268 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 269 Record pebble-throwing day

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    Bidefordians
  • 271 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 272 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 273 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 274 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 275 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 276 Northam's almshouse

  • 277 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 278 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 279 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 280 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 281 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 283

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 284 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 285 Picking the pops

  • 286 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 287

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 288 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 289 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 290

    Married in 1908
  • 291 Sweets derationing

  • 292 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 293 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 294 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 295 Filming at Hartland

  • 296 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 297 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 298 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 300 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 301 New Post Office

  • 302 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 303 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 304 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 305 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 307 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 308 The Geneva marionettes

  • 309 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 311 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 312 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 313 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 314 Clovelly custom

  • 315 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 316 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 317 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 318 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 319 Off on a great adventure

  • 320 A roof-top view - where?

  • 321 Loads of black and white

  • 322 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 323 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 324 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 325 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 326 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 327 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 328 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 329 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 330 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 331 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 332 Torrington in 1967

  • 333 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 334 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 335 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 336 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 337 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 338 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 339 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 340 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 341 So this is the mainland!

  • 342 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 343 By pony and trap to market

  • 344 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 345 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 346 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 347 Bideford computer stars

  • 348 Riverside mystery

  • 349 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 350 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 351 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 352 A story to tell!

  • 353 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 354 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 355 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 356 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 357 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 358 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 359 Last train from Torrington

  • 360 New addition to Quay front

  • 361 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 362

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 363 Jumble sale fever

  • 364 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 365 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 366 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 367 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 368 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 369 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 370 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 371 Modern living at Bideford

  • 372 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 373 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 374 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 375 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 377 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 378 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 379 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 380 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 381 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 382 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 383 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 384 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 385 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 386

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 387 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 388 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 389 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 390 Capers on the cobbles

  • 391 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 392 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 393 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 394 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 395 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 396 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 397 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 398 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 399 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 400 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 401 Can spring be far away?

  • 402 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 403

    Relatives all over the world
  • 404 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 405 All for the love of a lady!

  • 406 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 407 The art of the thatcher

  • 408 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 409 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 411 Pannier Market's future?

  • 412 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 413 Appledore schooner broadcast

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 – as Rowlandson saw it – about 1810-15

Early picture of Bideford

A young artist fleeing from his extravagant living in London ‘caught’ this picture of Bideford. It was 1810 and the artist was Rowlandson.

14 April 1950 Bideford as Rowlandson saw it

He was a cartoonist as well as a painter and the original of the picture is now at the Gazette office.

Gazette article 14 April 1950

 

Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

Attractive design by staff

The very attractive window display in the South Western Electricity Board’s Service Centre at High Street Bideford has won for the staff responsible a place in the qualifying round of an area competition, the winner of which will receive a challenge cup. The first three in each sub-area contest qualify for the area competition. Bideford will be up against strong competition against places like Bristol, Exeter, Torquay and Plymouth.

31 March 1950 Bideford electricity window display

The display was designed and executed by a team drawn from the staff at 20 High Street, headed by Mr V. Biddle, the district commercial officer, assisted by Mr E. Balment, sales representative, Mrs D. Branch and Miss M. Bellamy service centre attendants, Mr W. Holwill, draughtsman and Mr L. Davey and Mr A. Carpenter, electricians.

Gazette article 31 March 1950

 

Old Girls revisit Edgehill

Dramatic moments recalled

One of the most successful reunions of Edgehill College Old Girls took place at Bideford during the past weekend. They returned not only to enjoy personal reunions but to see how the College was at work today under modern conditions.

Dramatic moments were recalled by the visit of one Old Girl. Then a boarder at the school, she was the first to wake up and give the alarm of fire which destroyed the buildings in June 1920.

10 March 1950 Old girls revisit Edgehill

Above is given an aerial view of the present school which has been specially re-photographed to show what has grown so triumphantly from the past.

Gazette article 10 March 1950

 

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