• 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 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 2 Littleham family's five generations

  • 3 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 4 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 5 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 6 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 7 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 8 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 9 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 10 Clovelly custom

  • 11 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 12 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 13 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 14 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 15 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 16 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 17 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 18 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 19 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 20 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 21 Some mushroom!

  • 22 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 23

    Married in 1908
  • 24 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 25

    Exhibition of school work
  • 26 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 27 Variety in summer weather

  • 28 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 29 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 30 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 31 Bideford loses training ship

  • 32 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 33 Picking the pops

  • 34 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 35 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 36 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 37 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 38 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 39 Simple Item 138
  • 40 Hartland's invitation

  • 41 Revenge in style

  • 42

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 43 Capers on the cobbles

  • 44 Riverside mystery

  • 45 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 46 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 47 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 48 Six footed lamb

  • 49 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 50 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 51 New Post Office

  • 52 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 53 End of the line

  • 54 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 55 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 56 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 57

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 58 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 59 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 60 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 61 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 62

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 63 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 64 Clovelly nightmare

  • 65 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 66 A man and his wheel

  • 67 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 68 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 69 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 70 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 71

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 72 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 73

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 74 Torrington in 1967

  • 75 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 76 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 77 Out of puff!

  • 78 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 80 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 81 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 82 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 83 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 84

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 85 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 86 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 87 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 88 Bridging the stream

  • 89 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 90 Can spring be far away?

  • 91 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 92

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 93 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 94 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 95 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 96 Emergency ferry services

  • 97 Happy Days!

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

  • 99 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 100 Police station view of Bideford

  • 101 Recognise this resort?

  • 102 Twenty-one yachts

  • 103

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 104

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 105 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 106 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 107 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 108 In their new robes and hats

  • 109 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 110 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 111 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 112

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 113 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 114 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 115 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 116

    Relatives all over the world
  • 117 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 118 Peter poses for TV film

  • 119 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 120 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 121 Centenary of Gazette

  • 122 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 123 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 124 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 125 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 126 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 127 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 128 Sight of a lifetime

  • 129 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 130 New look in the hayfields

  • 131 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 132 113 years at Instow

  • 133

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 134 Picking the pops

  • 135 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 136 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 138 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 139 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 140 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 141 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 142 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 143 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 144 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 145 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 146 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 147 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 148 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 149 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 150 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 151 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 152 Modern living at Bideford

  • 153

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 154 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 155 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 156 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 157 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 158

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 159 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 160 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 161 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 162 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 163 Artisans' Club

  • 164 Private home for public pump

  • 165 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 166 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 167 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 168 It really was the 'last time'

  • 169 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 170 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 171 A bird of their own!

  • 172 New addition to Quay front

  • 173 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 174 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 175 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 176 School's link with cargo ship

  • 177 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 178 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 179 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 180 North Devon Driving School

  • 181 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 182 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 183 Bideford regatta

  • 184 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 185 Northam's almshouse

  • 186 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 187 They are parted pro-tem

  • 188 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 189 No laughing matter

  • 190 Decontrol of meat

  • 191 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 192 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 193 So this is the mainland!

  • 194 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 195 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 196 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 197 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 198 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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

  • 200 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 201 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 202 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 203

    Building works
  • 204 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 205 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 206 When horses score over the tractor

  • 207 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 208 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 210 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 211 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 212 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 213

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 214 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 215 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 216 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 217 Finished in 1876

  • 218 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 219 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 220 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 221 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 222 All aboard the ark

  • 223 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 224 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 225 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 226 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 227 Waldon Triplets
  • 228 Traditions and skills still there

  • 229 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 230 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 231 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 232 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 233 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 234

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 235 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 236 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 237 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 238 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 239 New civic medallions

  • 240 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 241 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 242 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 243 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 244 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 245 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 246 All for the love of a lady!

  • 247 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 248 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 249 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 252 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 253 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 254 New art gallery opened

  • 255 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 256

    Was a missionary
  • 257 Mobile missionary

  • 258 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 259 Just over a year old

  • 260

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 261 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 262 Cruising down the river

  • 263 Hartland Dancers
  • 264 Off on a great adventure

  • 265 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 266 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 267 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 268 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 269 Last train from Torrington

  • 270 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 271 First ship in 8 years

  • 272 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 273 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 274 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 275

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 276 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 277 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 278 New shipyard on schedule

  • 279 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 280 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 281 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 282 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 283 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 284

    First prize
  • 285 Bideford computer stars

  • 286 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 287 Torrington children build igloo
  • 288 The art of the thatcher

  • 289 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 290 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 291 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 292 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 293 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 294 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 295

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 296 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 298 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 299 Loads of black and white

  • 300 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 301 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 302 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 304 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 306 Burnard family reunion

  • 307 Jumble sale fever

  • 308 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 309 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 310

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 311

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 312

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 313 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 314 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 315 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 316

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 317 Puppet characters introduced

  • 318 Some 240 exhibits

  • 319 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 320 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 321 Devil sent packing

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

  • 323 No sale of Springfield House

  • 324

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 325 Northam footballers of the future

  • 326 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 327 For crying out loud!

  • 328

    Bidefordians
  • 329

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 330 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 331 New Lundy stamps

  • 332 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 333 Torrington's new amenity

  • 334 Pannier Market's future?

  • 335 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 336 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 337 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 338 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 339 Parkham plan realised

  • 340 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 341 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 342 The Geneva marionettes

  • 343 Circus comes to town

  • 344 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 345 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 346 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 347 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 349 A roof-top view - where?

  • 350 Ships at Bideford

  • 351 Life begins at 80

  • 352 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 353 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 354 A story to tell!

  • 355 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 356 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 357 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 358 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 359 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 360 By pony and trap to market

  • 361 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 362 New life for Hartland organ

  • 363 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 364 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 365 Service with a smile

  • 366 He beat the floods

  • 367 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 368 What's the time?

  • 369 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 370 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 371 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 372 Appledore's largest

  • 373 Warmington's garage ad

  • 374 Ten year old scrambler

  • 375 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 376 New choral society's growing response

  • 377 Penny for the guy

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    New gateway
  • 379 School crossing patrol begins

  • 380 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 381 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 382 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 383 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 385 What is future of railway goods yard?

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Instow's Cake

Against a back-cloth of the Union Jack and loyal good wishes, Mrs Bill, wife of Bishop S A Bill, Rector of Instow, cuts the cake which was presented to the parish's Coronation celebrations and formed the centre-piece of the tea held in the North Devon Cricket Club's pavilion.

12.6.1953 Instow

Gazette article dated 12 June 1953

Every Child In School Took Part

Coronation Pageant at Frithelstock

12.6.1953 Frithelstock

Every child in Frithelstock School took part in the historical pageant play, The Queens of England, and two short sketches, which the school presented to mark the Coronation year.
Six Queens of England were shown in turn in the six playlets, which commenced with Boadicea and came up through history with Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I, Anne, Victoria to Elizabeth II.
On the last evening, Mrs Hunt was presented with a bouquet by little Miss Margaret Bond, and bouquets were presented to the producers of the show, Mrs Knowles and Miss Christine Bow. Mrs Hunt presented a box of chocolates to each of the girls who took the part of Queens – the Misses Rosemary Baker, Rachael Daw, Judith Ford, Marion Gordon, Harriet Gordon-Smith – and a box of sweets to each of two of the principal actors, Brian Marshall and Norman Poole.
Mrs Bond, senior, very kindly provided chocolate for every child in the school and also hand worked rosettes for them to wear.
Finally, the Rev A C Hunt gave an appreciative final speech.
Full Gazette article is dated 12 June 1953

Coronation Day 1953

Typical of the happy Coronation Street teas was this gathering in Elm Grove, Bideford.

12.6.1953 Elm Grove

At the head of the tables are Miss H Goaman, Mrs E M Cox, Mrs Grant, Mr C A Grant, Mr A Kingdom, Mrs Backway and Mr F C Backway.
Gazette dated 12 June 1953.

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