• 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 author featured in TV documentary

  • 2 A bird of their own!

  • 3 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 4 Ten year old scrambler

  • 5 Can spring be far away?

  • 6 Torrington in 1967

  • 7 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 8 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 9 New Post Office

  • 10 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 11 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 12 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 13 Out of puff!

  • 14 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 15 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 16

    Was a missionary
  • 17 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 18 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 19 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 20 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 21 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 22 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 23 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 24 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 25 Hartland's invitation

  • 26 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 27 Artisans' Club

  • 28 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 29

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 30 Modern living at Bideford

  • 31 Off on a great adventure

  • 32 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 33 First ship in 8 years

  • 34 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 35 Loads of black and white

  • 36 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 37 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 38 Pannier Market's future?

  • 39 Appledore's largest

  • 40

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 41 Clovelly custom

  • 42 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 43 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 44 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 45 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 46 For crying out loud!

  • 47

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 48 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 49 Finished in 1876

  • 50 Burnard family reunion

  • 51 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 52 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 53

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 54 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 55 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 56 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 57 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 58 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 59 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 60 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 61 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 62 Bideford computer stars

  • 63 School crossing patrol begins

  • 64 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 65 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 66 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 68 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 69 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 71 Northam footballers of the future

  • 72 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 73 Littleham family's five generations

  • 74 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 75 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 76 Ships at Bideford

  • 77 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 78 Just over a year old

  • 79 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 80 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 81

    Married in 1908
  • 82 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 83 New Lundy stamps

  • 84 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 85 Puppet characters introduced

  • 86 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 87 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 88 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 89 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 90 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 91

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 92 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 93 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 95

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 96 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 97 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 98 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 99 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 100 New life for Hartland organ

  • 101 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 102 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 103 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 104 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 105 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 106 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 107 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 108 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 109 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 110 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 111 Mobile missionary

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

  • 113 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 114 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 115 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 116 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 117 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 118 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 119 New choral society's growing response

  • 120 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 121 The Geneva marionettes

  • 122 New art gallery opened

  • 123 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 124 Life begins at 80

  • 125 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 126

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 127 Some 240 exhibits

  • 128 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 129 He beat the floods

  • 130 All for the love of a lady!

  • 131 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 132 Service with a smile

  • 133 Happy Days!

  • 134 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 135 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 136 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 137 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 138 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 139 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 140 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 141 Police station view of Bideford

  • 142 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 143

    Exhibition of school work
  • 144 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 145 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 146 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 147 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 148

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 149

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 150

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 151 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 152 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 153 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 154 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 155 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 156 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 157 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 158 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 159 School's link with cargo ship

  • 160 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 161 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 162 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 163 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 164 Twenty-one yachts

  • 165 Picking the pops

  • 166 Warmington's garage ad

  • 167 Traditions and skills still there

  • 168 A man and his wheel

  • 169 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 170 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 171 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 172 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 173 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 174 Bideford regatta

  • 175

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 176 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 177 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 178 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 179 Weare Giffard potato

  • 180 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 181 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 182 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 183 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 184 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 185 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 186 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 187 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 188 Torrington's new amenity

  • 189 What's the time?

  • 190 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 192 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 193

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 194 End of the line

  • 195 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 196 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 197 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 198 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 199 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 201 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 202 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 203 Revenge in style

  • 204 Riverside mystery

  • 205 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 206 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 207 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 208 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 209 Some mushroom!

  • 210 Emergency ferry services

  • 211 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 212

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 213 Picking the pops

  • 214

    Building works
  • 215 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 216

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 217 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 218 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 219 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 220 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 221 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 222 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 224 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 225 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 226

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 227

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 228 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 229 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 230 Parkham plan realised

  • 231 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 232

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 233 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 234 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 235 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 236 No sale of Springfield House

  • 237 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 238 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 239 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 240 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 241 So this is the mainland!

  • 242 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 243 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 244 Cruising down the river

  • 245

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 246 Devil sent packing

  • 247 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 248 Peter poses for TV film

  • 249 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 250 No laughing matter

  • 251 113 years at Instow

  • 252 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 253 Waldon Triplets
  • 254 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 255 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 256 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 257 Circus comes to town

  • 258 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 259 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 260 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 261 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 263 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 264 Private home for public pump

  • 265 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 266

    Bidefordians
  • 267 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 268 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 269 New addition to Quay front

  • 270 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 272 Six footed lamb

  • 273 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 274

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 275 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 276 New shipyard on schedule

  • 277 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 278 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 279 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 280 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 281 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 282 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 283 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 284 It really was the 'last time'

  • 285 Simple Item 138
  • 286 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 287 Hartland Dancers
  • 288

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 289 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 290 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 291 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 292

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 293 North Devon Driving School

  • 294 Northam's almshouse

  • 295 Decontrol of meat

  • 296 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 297 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 298 Last train from Torrington

  • 299 All aboard the ark

  • 300 By pony and trap to market

  • 301 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 302 Bridging the stream

  • 303 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 305 When horses score over the tractor

  • 306 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 307 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 308 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 309 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 310 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 311 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 312 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 313 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 314 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 315 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 316 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 317 A story to tell!

  • 318 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 319 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 320 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 321 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 323 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 324 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 325 Variety in summer weather

  • 326 The art of the thatcher

  • 327 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 328 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 329 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 330 New look in the hayfields

  • 331

    First prize
  • 332 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 333 Capers on the cobbles

  • 334 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 335 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 336

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 337 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 338 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 339 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 340

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 341 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 342

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 343 Hartland postman retires

  • 344 Recognise this resort?

  • 345 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 346 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 347 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 348 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 349 Penny for the guy

  • 350 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 351 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 352 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 353 New civic medallions

  • 354 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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    New gateway
  • 356 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 358 They are parted pro-tem

  • 359 Centenary of Gazette

  • 360 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 361 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 362 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 363 Sight of a lifetime

  • 364 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 365 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 366 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 367 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 368 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 369 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 370 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 371 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 372 Jumble sale fever

  • 373 A roof-top view - where?

  • 374 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 376 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 377 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 378 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 379 Bideford loses training ship

  • 380 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 381 Torrington children build igloo
  • 382 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 383 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 384 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 385 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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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Commemorative

Coronation Letter From the Mayor

Coronation Letter From the Mayor - 1911

1911 Coronation Letter from Mayor
 

To the Editor of the "Bideford Weekly Gazette"
Dear Sir,
I am sending you herewith for publication a Balance Sheet giving the amounts received by me, the payments made through the Committee, and showing a credit balance of £5.
It is my intention very shortly to call a public meeting with a view of suggesting the desirability of providing iron gates and railings for the Victoria Park as a permanent memorial, and if this idea is adopted the above balance could be applied to a special fund to be raised for this purpose.
The proceedings on Coronation Day passed off I think, as all will admit, most satisfactorily, and on behalf of the Committee I desire to thank all those who assisted either with their own personal services or by lending labour and materials in making the day such a successful one.
I should like to say how much also the consideration of the Licensed Victuallers in closing their houses during the time of the Church services was appreciated.
Yours truly,
J U Fulford,
Mayor

Silver Jubilee - Mrs Coote

Silver Jubilee - Mrs Coote - 1977

Silver Jubilee Mrs Coote
 

As her special tribute to the Queen's Silver Jubilee year, Bideford housewife Mrs Esta Coote painted the front door of her house in a red, white and blue Union Jack design.
Mrs Coote, who has a nine-year-old daughter, Katrina, and two sons, Andrew and Leigh, said "I am not particularly patriotic, but I thought I ought to make an effort and it is nice for the children". She lives with her husband, John, on the Heathfield Estate at East-the-Water.

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