• 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 A roof-top view - where?

  • 2 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 3 Hartland Dancers
  • 4 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 6 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 7 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 9 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 10 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 11 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 12 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 13 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 14 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 15 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 16 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 17

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 18

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 19 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 20 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 21 No sale of Springfield House

  • 22 Torrington children build igloo
  • 23 The Geneva marionettes

  • 24 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 25 First ship in 8 years

  • 26 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 27 Last train from Torrington

  • 28 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 29 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 30 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 31 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 32 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 33 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 34 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 35 A bird of their own!

  • 36 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 37

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 38 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 39 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 40

    First prize
  • 41 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 42

    Married in 1908
  • 43 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 44 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 45 Puppet characters introduced

  • 46 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 47

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 48 Ten year old scrambler

  • 49 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 50 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 51 Bideford regatta

  • 52 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 53

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 54 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 55 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 56 Waldon Triplets
  • 57 Picking the pops

  • 58

    New gateway
  • 59 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 60 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 61 A story to tell!

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

  • 63 Life begins at 80

  • 64 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 65 North Devon Driving School

  • 66 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 67 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 68 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 69 Sweets derationing

  • 70 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 71 From Bobby to Brian

  • 72 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 73

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 74 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 75 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 76 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 77 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 78 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 79 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 80 Clovelly custom

  • 81 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 82 Saving money, wear and tear

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

  • 84 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 85 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 86 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 87 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 88 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 89 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 90 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 91 Warmington's garage ad

  • 92 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 93 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 94 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 95 End of the line

  • 96 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 97 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 98 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 99 Service with a smile

  • 100 Some mushroom!

  • 101

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 102 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 103 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 104 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 105 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 106 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 107 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 108 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 109 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 110 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 111 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 112 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 113 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 114 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 115 Parkham plan realised

  • 116 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 117 Six footed lamb

  • 118 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 119 School's link with cargo ship

  • 120 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 121 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 122 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 123 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 124 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 125 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 126 Modern living at Bideford

  • 127 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 128 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 129 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 130 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 131 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 132 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 133 It really was the 'last time'

  • 134 Can spring be far away?

  • 135

    Was a missionary
  • 136 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 137 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 138

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 139 School crossing patrol begins

  • 140 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 141 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 142 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 143

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 144 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 145 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 146 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 148 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 149 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 150 Bridging the stream

  • 151 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 153 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 154 For crying out loud!

  • 155 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 156 Twenty-one yachts

  • 157 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 158 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 159 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 160 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 161 Appledore's largest

  • 162 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 163 He beat the floods

  • 164 Ships at Bideford

  • 165 New Post Office

  • 166

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 167 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 168

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 169 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 170

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 171 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 172

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 173 New shipyard on schedule

  • 174 Circus comes to town

  • 175 They are parted pro-tem

  • 176 So this is the mainland!

  • 177 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 178 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 179 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 180 New life for Hartland organ

  • 181 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 182 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 183 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 184 Filming at Hartland

  • 185 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 186 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 187 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 188 New look in the hayfields

  • 189 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 190 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 191 Devil sent packing

  • 192 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 193 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 194 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 195 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 196 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 197 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 198 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 199 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 200 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 201 Clovelly nightmare

  • 202 Hartland's invitation

  • 203 Off on a great adventure

  • 204 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 205 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 206 What's the time?

  • 207 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 208 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 209 The art of the thatcher

  • 210 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 211 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 212 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 213 When horses score over the tractor

  • 214 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 215 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 216 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 217

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 218 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 219 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 220 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 221 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 222 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 223 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 224 Private home for public pump

  • 225 Police station view of Bideford

  • 226 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 227 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 228 Recognise this resort?

  • 229 A man and his wheel

  • 230 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 233 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 234 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 235 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 236 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 237 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 238 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 240 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 241 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 242 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 243 Just over a year old

  • 244 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 245 Simple Item 138
  • 246 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 247 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 248 Sight of a lifetime

  • 249 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 250 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 251 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 252 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 253

    Exhibition of school work
  • 254 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 255

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 256 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 257 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 258 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 259 In their new robes and hats

  • 260 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 262 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 263 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 264 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 265 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 266 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 267 Bideford computer stars

  • 268 Decontrol of meat

  • 269 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 270 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 271 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 272 Bideford loses training ship

  • 273 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 274 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 275 The cab at the corner>
  • 276 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 277 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 278 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 279 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 280 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 281 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 282 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 283 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 284 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 285 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 286 Riverside mystery

  • 287 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 288

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 289 Mobile missionary

  • 290 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 291 113 years at Instow

  • 292 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 293 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 294 Loads of black and white

  • 295 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 296 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 297 Emergency ferry services

  • 298 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 299 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 300 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 301 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 302 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 303 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 304 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 305 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 306 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 307 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 309 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 310 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 311 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 312 Hartland postman retires

  • 313 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 314 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 315 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 316 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 317 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 318 Cruising down the river

  • 319 Variety in summer weather

  • 320 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 321 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 322 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 323 Littleham family's five generations

  • 324 Happy Days!

  • 325 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 326 Pannier Market's future?

  • 327 Torrington's new amenity

  • 328 Northam's almshouse

  • 329 New civic medallions

  • 330 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 331 Capers on the cobbles

  • 332 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 333

    Bidefordians
  • 334 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 335 Traditions and skills still there

  • 336 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 337 Finished in 1876

  • 338 Jumble sale fever

  • 339 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 340 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 341 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 342 By pony and trap to market

  • 343

    Building works
  • 344 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 345

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 346 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 347 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 348 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 349 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 350 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 352 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 353 Northam footballers of the future

  • 354 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 355 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 357 Picking the pops

  • 358

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 359

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 360 No laughing matter

  • 361 Revenge in style

  • 362 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 363 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 364 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 365 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 366

    Relatives all over the world
  • 367 Some 240 exhibits

  • 368 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 369 Out of puff!

  • 370 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 371 Torrington in 1967

  • 372 All aboard the ark

  • 373 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 374 New addition to Quay front

  • 375 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 376 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 378 Peter poses for TV film

  • 379 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 380 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 381 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 382 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 383 New art gallery opened

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

  • 385 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 386 Artisans' Club

  • 387 Weare Giffard potato

  • 388 All for the love of a lady!

  • 389 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 390

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 391 Penny for the guy

  • 392 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 393

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 394 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 395

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 396 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 397 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 398 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 399 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 400 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 401 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 402 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 403 New choral society's growing response

  • 404 Centenary of Gazette

  • 405 Burnard family reunion

  • 406 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 407 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 408 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 409

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 410 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 411 New Lundy stamps

  • 412 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 413 Future of Torrington almshouses

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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Bideford Licenses.

Four referred for compensation

9.3.1918 Bideford licences

At Bideford Borough adjourned Brewster Sessions yesterday, the renewal of the nine licenses, notices of objection to which n the ground of redundancy had been served by the police at the instance of the Licensing Justices, came on for consideration. The magistrates in attendance were the Mayor, Mr A R Adams, in the chair, and Messrs J Cock, J Heywood, A G Duncan, J M Metherll, S R Chope, W T Goaman and G Boyle. Solicitors present representing owners and licensees were Messrs W B Seldon and H R Bazeley (Bideford) and Thomas and McGahey (Exeter). At the outset Mr Seldon suggested that a conference of the Magistrates and Solicitors would probably save time, and this course was adopted. Subsequently five of the cases were gone into publicly. PS Doidge stated that the population of the borough at the 1911 census was 9,078 and there were 35 licensed houses, giving one house to 259 people.
Gazette article dated 9 March 1918

'Royal' Mail Motor Service to Clovelly and Hartland.

Leaves Bideford Post Office at 8.35am each week day only. Returning from Hartland for Bideford at 4.25pm.

5.3.1918 Motor service

Fares: Bucks Cross, 1/9; Clovelly Cross, 2/-; Hartland 2/-
Return tickets issued at double the Single Fare.
Seats must be booked at the Office,
Proprietors: R Dymond & Son, Mill Street, Bideford
Gazette article dated 5 March 1918

Milliner

War Bonds are a good investment.

2.3.1918 Mrs Shorts hats

A hat well chosen is also a good investment.
For advise on suitability and durability of all millinery for all occasions, also good taste and skill, call on
Mrs W H Short's Milliner, etc.
10 Allhalland Street, Bideford
Gazette article dated 2 March 1918

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