• 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 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 2 New addition to Quay front

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 4 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 5 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 6 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 7 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 8 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 9 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 10 Sight of a lifetime

  • 11 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 12 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 13 New life for Hartland organ

  • 14 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 15 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 16 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 17 Recognise this resort?

  • 18

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 19 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 20

    Building works
  • 21 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 23 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 24 Parkham plan realised

  • 25 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 26 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 27 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 28

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 29 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 30 Penny for the guy

  • 31 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 32 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 33 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 34 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 35 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 36 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 37 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 38 A story to tell!

  • 39 For crying out loud!

  • 40 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 41 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 42 Service with a smile

  • 43 Twenty-one yachts

  • 44 Variety in summer weather

  • 45 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 46 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 47 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 48 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 49 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 50 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 51 Bideford regatta

  • 52 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 53 First ship in 8 years

  • 54 Ships at Bideford

  • 55 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 56 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 57 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 58 Artisans' Club

  • 59

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 60 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 61 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 62 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 63 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 64 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 65 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 66 They are parted pro-tem

  • 67 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 68 Capers on the cobbles

  • 69 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 70 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 71 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 72 Some 240 exhibits

  • 73 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 74 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 75 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 76 Some mushroom!

  • 77 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 78 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 79 Private home for public pump

  • 80 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 81 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 82 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 83

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 84 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 85 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 86

    First prize
  • 87 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 88 Devil sent packing

  • 89

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 90 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 91 Filming at Hartland

  • 92 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 93 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 94 New choral society's growing response

  • 95 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 96 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 97

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 98 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 99 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 100 Torrington in 1967

  • 101 New Lundy stamps

  • 102 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 103 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 104 Picking the pops

  • 105 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 106 Clovelly custom

  • 107 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 108 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 109 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 110 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 111 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 112 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 113 Revenge in style

  • 114 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 115 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 116 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 117 Hartland Dancers
  • 118

    Exhibition of school work
  • 119 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 121 Finished in 1876

  • 122 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 123 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 124 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 125 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 126 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 127 Torrington children build igloo
  • 128 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 129 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 130 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 131 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 133 School crossing patrol begins

  • 134 All aboard the ark

  • 135 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 136 Bideford computer stars

  • 137

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 138 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 139 Appledore's largest

  • 140 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 141 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 142 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 143 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 144 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 145 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 146 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 147 Off on a great adventure

  • 148 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 150 By pony and trap to market

  • 151 Puppet characters introduced

  • 152 Clovelly nightmare

  • 153 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 154 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 155 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 156 He beat the floods

  • 157 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 158 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 159 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 160

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 161 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 162 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 163 From Bobby to Brian

  • 164 New art gallery opened

  • 165 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 166 Emergency ferry services

  • 167 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 168

    Bidefordians
  • 169 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 170 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 171 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 172 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 173 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 174 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 175 New Post Office

  • 176 Six footed lamb

  • 177 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 178 Jumble sale fever

  • 179 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 180 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 181 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 182 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 183 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 184

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 185 Modern living at Bideford

  • 186 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 187 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 188

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 189 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 190

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 191 Hartland postman retires

  • 192 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 193 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 194 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 195 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 196 School's link with cargo ship

  • 197 Circus comes to town

  • 198 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 199 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 200 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 201 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 202 Warmington's garage ad

  • 203 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 204 Brothers reunion 1947
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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 206 End of the line

  • 207 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 208 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 209 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 210 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 211 A man and his wheel

  • 212 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 213 So this is the mainland!

  • 214

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

  • 216 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 217 The art of the thatcher

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

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

  • 220 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 222 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 223 New civic medallions

  • 224 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 225 All for the love of a lady!

  • 226 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 227 When horses score over the tractor

  • 228 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 229 113 years at Instow

  • 230 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 231 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 232 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 233 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 234 Torrington's new amenity

  • 235 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 236 It really was the 'last time'

  • 237 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 238 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 239 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 240 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 241 Police station view of Bideford

  • 242 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 243 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 244 A bird of their own!

  • 245 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 246 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 247 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 248 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 249 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 250 Peter poses for TV film

  • 251 Life begins at 80

  • 252 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 253 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 254 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 255 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 256

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 257 Decontrol of meat

  • 258

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 259 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 260 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 261 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 262 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 263

    Married in 1908
  • 264 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 265 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 266

    Relatives all over the world
  • 267 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 268 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 269 Waldon Triplets
  • 270

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 271 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 272 Out of puff!

  • 273 Bridging the stream

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

  • 275 No laughing matter

  • 276 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 277 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 278 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 279 Loads of black and white

  • 280 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

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

  • 283 Can spring be far away?

  • 284 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 285 New look in the hayfields

  • 286 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 287 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 288 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 289 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 290 Hartland's invitation

  • 291

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 292

    Was a missionary
  • 293 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 294 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 295 Happy Days!

  • 296 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 297 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 298 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 299 Last train from Torrington

  • 300 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 301 North Devon Driving School

  • 302 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 303 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 304 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 305 The cab at the corner>
  • 306 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 307 Just over a year old

  • 308 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 309 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 310 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 311 What's the time?

  • 312 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 313 Mobile missionary

  • 314 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 315 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 316 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 317 Ten year old scrambler

  • 318 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 319 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 321 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 322

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 323

    New gateway
  • 324 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 325 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 326 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 327 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 328 No sale of Springfield House

  • 329 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 330 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 331

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 332 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 333 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 334 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 335 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 336 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 337 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 338 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 339 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 340 Sweets derationing

  • 341 Littleham family's five generations

  • 342 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 343 A roof-top view - where?

  • 344 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 345 Traditions and skills still there

  • 346

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 347 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 348 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 349 Picking the pops

  • 350 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 351 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 352 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 353 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 354 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 355 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 356 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 357 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 358 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 359 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 360 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 361 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 362 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 363 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 364 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 365 Northam footballers of the future

  • 366 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 367 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 368 In their new robes and hats

  • 369

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 370 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 371 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 372 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 373 Weare Giffard potato

  • 374 Northam's almshouse

  • 375 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 376 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 377 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 378 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 379 Cruising down the river

  • 380

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 381 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 382 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 383 Burnard family reunion

  • 384 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 385 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 386 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 387 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 388 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 389

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 390 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 391 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 392 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 393 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 394 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 395 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 396 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 397 Simple Item 138
  • 398 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 399 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 400 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 401 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 402 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 403 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 404 Bideford loses training ship

  • 405 Riverside mystery

  • 406 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 407 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 408 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 409 New shipyard on schedule

  • 410 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 411

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 412 Centenary of Gazette

  • 413 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

Local scene depicted

Over the centre of a block of four traditional style houses erected by Bideford Rural District Council at Winsworthy, Clovelly, has been placed the plaque illustrated above.

17 February 1950 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

A very promising artist Mr Walter Crang, executed the carving – the scene depicts Gallantry Bower, Clovelly, with Lundy beyond, the scene being visible from the upstairs windows of the houses.

Gazette article 17 February 1950

 

A sense of humour in advertising

New film at the Strand

A bedstead slung between two trees and a notice saying ‘You can’t sleep here,’ catches the eye outside the Strand Cinema, Bideford.

10 February 1950 A sense of humour in advertising

It is an enterprisingly-humorous pointer to the film of that title being shown today and tomorrow at the cinema.

Gazette article 10 February 1950

An early ‘special’ to Bideford

Early railway days

The fact that Bideford is on the railway has received a certain amount of publicity recently.

In last Sunday’s Observer Paul Jennings wrote of the air of far-away places at Waterloo Station suggesting that ‘we are doing something much more wonderful than just going to Bideford, splendid though this is.’ Later he remarks on the ‘lines stretching out to Bideford and Europe.’

Mr Jennings visited Bideford as a member of the Oriana Madrigal Society when they gave a recital at Bideford Parish Church on November 19.

27 January 1950 An early special to Bideford

It seems appropriate to publish this reproduction of an old print of early days of the railway alongside the Torridge.

Gazette article 27 January 1950

 

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