• 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 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 2 Modern living at Bideford

  • 3 By pony and trap to market

  • 4 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 5 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 7 Bideford regatta

  • 8 School's link with cargo ship

  • 9 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 10

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 11 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 12 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 13 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 14 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 15 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 16 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 17

    Building works
  • 18 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 19 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 20 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 21 Simple Item 138
  • 22 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 23 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 24 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 25 Picking the pops

  • 26 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 27 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 28 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 29 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 30 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 31 Bideford computer stars

  • 32 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 33 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 34 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 35

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 36 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 37 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 38 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 39 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 40 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 41 For crying out loud!

  • 42 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 43 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 45

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 46 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 47

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 48 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 49

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 50 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 51 Life begins at 80

  • 52 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 53 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 54

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 55 Pannier Market's future?

  • 56 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 57 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 58 No laughing matter

  • 59 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 60 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 61 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 62 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 63 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 64 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 65 Last train from Torrington

  • 66 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 67 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 68 New art gallery opened

  • 69 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 70 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 71 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 72 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 73 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 74 Loads of black and white

  • 75 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 76 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 77 Just over a year old

  • 78 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 79 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 80 Revenge in style

  • 81 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 82 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 83

    Bidefordians
  • 84 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 86 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 87 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 88 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 89 Riverside mystery

  • 90 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 91 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 92 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 93 Puppet characters introduced

  • 94 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 95 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 97 Burnard family reunion

  • 98

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 99 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 100 A roof-top view - where?

  • 101 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 102 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 103 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 104 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 105 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 106 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 107 Some mushroom!

  • 108 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 109 Bideford loses training ship

  • 110 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 111

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 112

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 113 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 114 Service with a smile

  • 115 A man and his wheel

  • 116 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 117 Jumble sale fever

  • 118 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 119 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 120 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 121 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 123 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 124 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 125 Penny for the guy

  • 126 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 127 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 128 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 129 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

  • 131 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 132 What's the time?

  • 133 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 134 New look in the hayfields

  • 135 The art of the thatcher

  • 136 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 137 Picking the pops

  • 138 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 139 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 140 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 141 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 142 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 143 New choral society's growing response

  • 144 Hartland's invitation

  • 145 New Lundy stamps

  • 146 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 147 Twenty-one yachts

  • 148 Waldon Triplets
  • 149 Ten year old scrambler

  • 150

    Exhibition of school work
  • 151 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 152 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 153 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 154 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 155

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 156 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 157 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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

  • 159 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 160 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 162 New civic medallions

  • 163 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 164 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 165 Devil sent packing

  • 166 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 167 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 168 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 169 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 170 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 171

    New gateway
  • 172 The cab at the corner>
  • 173 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 174 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 175 Appledore's largest

  • 176 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 177 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 178 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 179 Out of puff!

  • 180 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 181 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 182 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 183 A bird of their own!

  • 184 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 185 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 186 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 187 Parkham plan realised

  • 188 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 189 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 190 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 191 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 192 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 193 Weare Giffard potato

  • 194 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 195 A story to tell!

  • 196 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 197

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 198 So this is the mainland!

  • 199 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 200 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 201 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 202 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 203 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 204 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 205 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 206 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 207 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 208 Sweets derationing

  • 209 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 210 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 211 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 212 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 213

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 214 From Bobby to Brian

  • 215 Off on a great adventure

  • 216 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 217 End of the line

  • 218 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 219 Littleham family's five generations

  • 220 Finished in 1876

  • 221 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 222 School crossing patrol begins

  • 223 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 224 Circus comes to town

  • 225 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 226 Northam footballers of the future

  • 227 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 228 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 229 Clovelly nightmare

  • 230

    Was a missionary
  • 231 Mobile missionary

  • 232 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 233 Variety in summer weather

  • 234 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 235 Private home for public pump

  • 236 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 237

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 238 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 239 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 240 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 241 It really was the 'last time'

  • 242 Filming at Hartland

  • 243 Capers on the cobbles

  • 244 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 245 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 246 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 247

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 248

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 249 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 250 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 251 Torrington's new amenity

  • 252 113 years at Instow

  • 253

    First prize
  • 254 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 255 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 256 Police station view of Bideford

  • 257 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 258 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 259

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 260 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 261

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 262 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 263 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 264 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 265

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 266 Clovelly custom

  • 267 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 268 New shipyard on schedule

  • 269 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 270 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 271 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 272

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 273 Hartland Dancers
  • 274

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 275 Traditions and skills still there

  • 276 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 277 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 278 New life for Hartland organ

  • 279 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 281 The Geneva marionettes

  • 282 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 283 First ship in 8 years

  • 284 Decontrol of meat

  • 285 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 286 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 287 In their new robes and hats

  • 288

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 289 Emergency ferry services

  • 290 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 291 Recognise this resort?

  • 292 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 293 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 294 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 295 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 296 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 297 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 298 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 299 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 300 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 301

    Relatives all over the world
  • 302 Hartland postman retires

  • 303 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 304 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 305 Can spring be far away?

  • 306 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 307 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 308 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 309 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 310

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 311 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 312 Bridging the stream

  • 313 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 314 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 315

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 316 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 317 When horses score over the tractor

  • 318 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 319 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 320 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 321 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 322 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 323 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 324 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 325 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 326 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 327 Centenary of Gazette

  • 328 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 329 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 330 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 331

    Married in 1908
  • 332 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 333 New addition to Quay front

  • 334 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 335 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 336 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 337 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 338 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 339 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 340 North Devon Driving School

  • 341 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 342 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 343 New Post Office

  • 344

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 345 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 346 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 347 All aboard the ark

  • 348 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 349 Artisans' Club

  • 350 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 351 All for the love of a lady!

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

  • 353 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 354 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 355 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 356 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 357 Torrington in 1967

  • 358 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 359 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 360 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 361 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 362 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 363 Allhalland Street - then and now

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 365 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 366 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 367 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 368 No sale of Springfield House

  • 369 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 370 Peter poses for TV film

  • 371 They are parted pro-tem

  • 372 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 373 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 374 Northam's almshouse

  • 375 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 376 Cruising down the river

  • 377 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 378 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 380 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 381 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 382 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 383 Six footed lamb

  • 384 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 385 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 387 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 388 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 389 Torrington children build igloo
  • 390 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 391 Happy Days!

  • 392 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 393 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 394 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 395 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 396 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 397 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 398 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 399 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 400 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 401 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 402 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 403 He beat the floods

  • 404 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 405 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 406 Warmington's garage ad

  • 407 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 408 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 409 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 410 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 411 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 412 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 413 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Born On The Same Day As Prince Andrew

Inscribed Bibles And Crested Silver Spoons For Babies

4.3.1960 inscribed bibles1


Picture above is the scene at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford, when the Mayoress of Bideford, Miss Gladys Fulford, presented inscribed Bibles to the babies born on the same day as the Royal child.
Born the same day as the Royal Prince’ read the inscriptions. As a personal give, the Mayoress gave the babies silver spoons bearing the crest of the Borough of Bideford.
At the nursing home, she met Mrs Ruby Vanstone, Northcote, Shebbear, and her daughter, Millicent Ruby, Mrs Anne Fox, her husband and their son, Christopher James.
In the photograph are: The Mayoress, Mrs W R Hellyer (matron), Mrs Fox, Mr Fox and Mrs Vanstone.
On Friday afternoon the Mayoress visited the North Devon Infirmary, where she presented bibles and silver spoons to the twin daughters of Police Constable and Mrs Ivor Rennles. Mrs Rennles had been staying with her parents, Mr and Mrs Leonard Braund, 20 Lower Gunstone, Bideford. Her husband is stationed at Teignmouth. His parents, Mr and Mrs J Rennles, live at Atlantic View, Kipling Terrace, Westward Ho!
The full Gazette article is dated 4 March 1960

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World War 1

Mrs Stucley invites you to

LEAGUE OF PITY CHILDREN'S DANCE

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Gazette article dated 31 December 1918

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