• 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 Bridging the stream

  • 2 Afternoon tea in the park

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 4 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 5 A story to tell!

  • 6 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 7 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 8

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 9 School crossing patrol begins

  • 10 Puppet characters introduced

  • 11 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 12 Cruising down the river

  • 13 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 14 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 15 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 16 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 17 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 18 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 19 Life begins at 80

  • 20 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 21 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 22 North Devon Driving School

  • 23 Out of puff!

  • 24 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 25 Police station view of Bideford

  • 26

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 27 New civic medallions

  • 28 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 29 First ship in 8 years

  • 30 Riverside mystery

  • 31 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 32 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 33 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 34 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 35 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 36 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 37 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 38 Weare Giffard potato

  • 39 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 40 End of the line

  • 41 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 42 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 43 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 44 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 45

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 46 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 47 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 48 Bideford loses training ship

  • 49 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 50 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 51 Last train from Torrington

  • 52 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 53 New Post Office

  • 54 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 55

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 56 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 57 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 58 Hartland's invitation

  • 59 Appledore's largest

  • 60 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 61 Twenty-one yachts

  • 62 Clovelly custom

  • 63 Picking the pops

  • 64

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 65 New life for Hartland organ

  • 66 Mobile missionary

  • 67 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 68 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 69 Northam's almshouse

  • 70 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 71 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 72 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 73 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 74 Variety in summer weather

  • 75 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 76 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 77 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 78

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 79 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 80

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 81 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 82 So this is the mainland!

  • 83

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 84 A man and his wheel

  • 85 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 86 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 87 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 88 By pony and trap to market

  • 89 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 90 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 91 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 92 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 93 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 94 Circus comes to town

  • 95 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 96 Penny for the guy

  • 97 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 98 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 99 Warmington's garage ad

  • 100 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 101 Parkham plan realised

  • 102 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 103 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 104 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 105 Burnard family reunion

  • 106 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 107 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 109 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 110 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 111 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 112 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 113 The art of the thatcher

  • 114 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 115 Simple Item 138
  • 116 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 117 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 118 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 119 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 120 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 121 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 122 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 123

    Married in 1908
  • 124 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 125 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 126 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 127 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 128 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 129 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 130 Some mushroom!

  • 131 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 132 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 133 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 134 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 135 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 136 A bird of their own!

  • 137 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 138 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 139 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 140 Sweets derationing

  • 141 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 142 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 143 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 144 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 145 Recognise this resort?

  • 146 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 147 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 148 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 149 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 150 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 151 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 152 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 153 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 154 113 years at Instow

  • 155 New shipyard on schedule

  • 156 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 157 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 158 The Geneva marionettes

  • 159 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 160 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 161 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 162 He beat the floods

  • 163 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 164 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 165 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 166 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 167 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 169

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 170 Clovelly nightmare

  • 171 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 172 When horses score over the tractor

  • 173 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 174 Picking the pops

  • 175 Ten year old scrambler

  • 176 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 177 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 178 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 179

    Bidefordians
  • 180 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 181 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 182 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 183 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 184 Devil sent packing

  • 185 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 186 Hartland Dancers
  • 187 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 188 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 189 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 190 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 191 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 192 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 193 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 194 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 196 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 197 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 198 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 199 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 200 School's link with cargo ship

  • 201 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 202 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 203 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 204 All aboard the ark

  • 205 New choral society's growing response

  • 206 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 207 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 208 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 209 Happy Days!

  • 210

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 211

    Was a missionary
  • 212 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 213 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 214

    Building works
  • 215 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 216 Watch the dicky bird!

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

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

  • 219 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 220

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 221 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 222

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 223 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 224 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 225 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 226 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 227 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 228 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 229 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 230 Emergency ferry services

  • 231 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 232 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 233 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 234 The cab at the corner>
  • 235 Finished in 1876

  • 236 Torrington children build igloo
  • 237 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 238 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 239 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 240 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 241 Service with a smile

  • 242 No laughing matter

  • 243 Capers on the cobbles

  • 244 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 245

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 246 Some 240 exhibits

  • 247 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 248 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 249 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 250 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 251 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 252 Hartland postman retires

  • 253 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 254 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 256 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 257 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 258 Artisans' Club

  • 259 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 260 Six footed lamb

  • 261 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 262 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 263 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 264 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 266 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 267 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 268 Can spring be far away?

  • 269 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 270

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 271 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 272

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 273

    New gateway
  • 274 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 275 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 276 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 277 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 278 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 279 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 280 Waldon Triplets
  • 281 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 282 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 284 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 285 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 286 Jumble sale fever

  • 287 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 288 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 289 For crying out loud!

  • 290 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 291 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 292 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 293 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 294 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 295

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 296

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 297

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 298 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 299 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 300 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 301 In their new robes and hats

  • 302 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 303 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 304 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 305 New art gallery opened

  • 306 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 307 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 308 Sight of a lifetime

  • 309 Northam footballers of the future

  • 310 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 311 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 312

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 313 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 314 Torrington's new amenity

  • 315 New Lundy stamps

  • 316 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 317 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 318 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 319 Pannier Market's future?

  • 320 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 321 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 322 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 323 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 324 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 325 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 326 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 327 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 328 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 329 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 330 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 331 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 332 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 333 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 334 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 335 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 336 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 337

    First prize
  • 338 Ships at Bideford

  • 339 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 340 New look in the hayfields

  • 341

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 342 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 343

    Relatives all over the world
  • 344 Littleham family's five generations

  • 345 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 347

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 348 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 349 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 350 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 351 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 352 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 353 It really was the 'last time'

  • 354 Bideford computer stars

  • 355 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 356 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 357 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 358 Torrington in 1967

  • 359 Modern living at Bideford

  • 360 Traditions and skills still there

  • 361

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 362 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 363 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 364 From Bobby to Brian

  • 365 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 366 They are parted pro-tem

  • 367 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 368 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 369 Found the answer waiting for him>
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    Exhibition of school work
  • 371 Revenge in style

  • 372 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 373 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 374 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 375 No sale of Springfield House

  • 376 New addition to Quay front

  • 377 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 378 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 379 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 380 Loads of black and white

  • 381 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 382 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 383 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 385 Filming at Hartland

  • 386 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 387 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 388 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 389 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 390 Just over a year old

  • 391 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 392 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 393 Peter poses for TV film

  • 394 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 395 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 396 All for the love of a lady!

  • 397 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 398 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 399 Bideford regatta

  • 400 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 401 Off on a great adventure

  • 402 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 403

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 404 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 405 Private home for public pump

  • 406 What's the time?

  • 407 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 408 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 409 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 410

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 411 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 412 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 413 Decontrol of meat

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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Glove Trade

Girls and Young Women needed for

Regular Employment in Glove Trade
Top Rates, Bonus, Holidays with pay
We have vacancies for full time indoor workers, experienced and learners
Call or write for details:-
W E Gloves Ltd, 5 Strand, Bideford

20.71951 Bideford glove trade

Advert in the Gazette dated 20 July 1951

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Local Fish

From local trawler ‘Freeman’ fishing from Bideford

12.7.1968 fish bob turner

Bob Turner wishes to announce that he now has regular supplies of local fish being landed at Bideford Quay (weather permitting) and that when the local trawler cannot go out form Bideford, he will get local fish from Ilfracombe.
Also a fine selection of frozen foods and pet foods.
So, for the freshest fresh fish plus quality and service come to
Bob’s at 3 Allhalland Street, Bideford. Tel 2452

12 July 1968

Long Service Awards

Long service awards to members of the staff of Trumps Ltd, Barnstaple, and J U Fulford and Sons Ltd, Bideford, were among those made at a dinner for members of Fulford, Trumps and Co Ltd and its subsidiaries held at the New Inn Hotel, Bideford.

31.7.1964 Trumps long service medals1

31.7.1964 Trumps long service medals

Mr H N Fulford, chairman of Fulford, Trumps and Co Ltd presented the awards and was himself a recipient.


Local recipients seen in the photograph are:
Mr R J Batten, Mr W J Pascoe, Mr W J Harris, Mr A R Morrish, Mr W G Prideaux, Mr W E Yendell, Mr A Hillman, Mrs G M Beer, Mr H N Fulford, Miss F G Linscott, Mr A J Luxton.


Full Gazette article is dated 31 July 1964

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