• 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 First ship in 8 years

  • 2 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 3 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 4 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 5 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 6 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 7 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 8 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 9 By pony and trap to market

  • 10 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 11 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 12 Revenge in style

  • 13 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 14 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 15 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 16 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 17 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 18 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 19 Bideford regatta

  • 20 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 21 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 22

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 23 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 24 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 25 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 26 All for the love of a lady!

  • 27 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 28 New civic medallions

  • 29 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 30 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 31 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 32 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 33 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 34 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 35 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 36 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 37 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 38 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 39 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 40 It really was the 'last time'

  • 41 Modern living at Bideford

  • 42 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 43 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 44

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 45 So this is the mainland!

  • 46 Some 240 exhibits

  • 47 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 48 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 49 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 50 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 51 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 52 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 53 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 54 All aboard the ark

  • 55

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 56 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 57

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 58 New choral society's growing response

  • 59 For crying out loud!

  • 60 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 61 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 62 Puppet characters introduced

  • 63 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 64 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 65 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 66 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 67 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 68 Hartland postman retires

  • 69 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 71 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 72 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 73 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 74 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 75 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 76 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 77 The art of the thatcher

  • 78 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 79 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 80 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 81 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 82 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 83 North Devon Driving School

  • 84

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 85 New addition to Quay front

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

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

  • 88

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 89 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 90 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 91 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 92 New art gallery opened

  • 93 Northam's almshouse

  • 94 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 95

    First prize
  • 96 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 97 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 98 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 99

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 100 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 101 Bideford computer stars

  • 102 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 103 New Post Office

  • 104 Mobile missionary

  • 105 Decontrol of meat

  • 106 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 107 Six footed lamb

  • 108 Twenty-one yachts

  • 109 He beat the floods

  • 110 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 111 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 112 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 113 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 114 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 115 A bird of their own!

  • 116

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 117 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 118 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 119 Burnard family reunion

  • 120 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 121 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 122

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 123 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 124 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 125 Waldon Triplets
  • 126 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 127 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 128

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 129

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 130 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 131 End of the line

  • 132 No laughing matter

  • 133 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 134 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 135 Cruising down the river

  • 136 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 137

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 138 In their new robes and hats

  • 139 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 141

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 142

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 143 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 144 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 145 Can spring be far away?

  • 146 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 147 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 148 Clovelly custom

  • 149 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 150 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 151 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 152

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 153 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 154 Simple Item 138
  • 155 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 156 Off on a great adventure

  • 157 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 158

    Relatives all over the world
  • 159 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 160 Torrington children build igloo
  • 161 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 162 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 163 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 164 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 165 Artisans' Club

  • 166 Emergency ferry services

  • 167 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 168 A story to tell!

  • 169 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 170 Penny for the guy

  • 171 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 172 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 173 New life for Hartland organ

  • 174 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 175 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 176 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 177 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 178 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 179 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 180 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 181 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 182 Clovelly nightmare

  • 183 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 184 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 185 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 186 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 187 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 188 Life begins at 80

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

  • 190 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 191 Some mushroom!

  • 192

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 193 Picking the pops

  • 194 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 195 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 196 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 197 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 198 New shipyard on schedule

  • 199 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 200 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 201 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 202 Sight of a lifetime

  • 203 No sale of Springfield House

  • 204 Northam footballers of the future

  • 205

    Exhibition of school work
  • 206 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 207 Torrington's new amenity

  • 208 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 209 Hartland's invitation

  • 210 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 211 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 212 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 213 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 214 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 215 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 216 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 217 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 218 Jumble sale fever

  • 219 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 220 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 221 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 222 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 223 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 224

    Building works
  • 225 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 226 Last train from Torrington

  • 227 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 228 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 229 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 230 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 231 Appledore's largest

  • 232 Weare Giffard potato

  • 233 Police station view of Bideford

  • 234 Circus comes to town

  • 235 Torrington in 1967

  • 236 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 237

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 238

    Was a missionary
  • 239 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 240 Service with a smile

  • 241 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 242 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 243 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 244 Pannier Market's future?

  • 245 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 246 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 247 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 248 Warmington's garage ad

  • 249 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 251 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 252 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 253 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 254 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 255 The Geneva marionettes

  • 256 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 257 Bridging the stream

  • 258 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 259 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 260 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 261 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 262 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 263 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 264 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 265 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 266 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 267 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 269 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 270 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 271 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 272 Ships at Bideford

  • 273 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 274 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 275 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 276

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 277 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 278 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 279

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 280

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 281 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 282 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 283 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 284

    Married in 1908
  • 285 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 286 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 287 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 288 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 289 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 290 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 291 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 292 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 293 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 294 Capers on the cobbles

  • 295

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 296 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 297 Bideford loses training ship

  • 298 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 299 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 300 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 301 Traditions and skills still there

  • 302 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 303 Out of puff!

  • 304 A man and his wheel

  • 305 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 306 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 307 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 308 A roof-top view - where?

  • 309 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 310 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 311 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 312 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 313 Loads of black and white

  • 314 Happy Days!

  • 315 School crossing patrol begins

  • 316 New Lundy stamps

  • 317 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 318 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 319 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 320 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 321 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 322 Ten year old scrambler

  • 323

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 324 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 325 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 326

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 327 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 328 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 329 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 330 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 331 Recognise this resort?

  • 332 Littleham family's five generations

  • 333 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 334 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 335 Private home for public pump

  • 336 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 337 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 338 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 339 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 340 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 341 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 342 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 343 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 345 They are parted pro-tem

  • 346 Hartland Dancers
  • 347

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

  • 349 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 351 Centenary of Gazette

  • 352 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 353 When horses score over the tractor

  • 354 Riverside mystery

  • 355 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 356 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 357 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 358 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 359 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 360 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 361 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 362 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 363

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 364 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 365 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 366 Picking the pops

  • 367 113 years at Instow

  • 368 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 369 School's link with cargo ship

  • 370

    Bidefordians
  • 371

    New gateway
  • 372 New look in the hayfields

  • 373 Peter poses for TV film

  • 374 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 375 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 376 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 377 Variety in summer weather

  • 378 What's the time?

  • 379 Parkham plan realised

  • 380 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 381 Devil sent packing

  • 382 Just over a year old

  • 383 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 384 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 385 Finished in 1876

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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  • 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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  • 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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Presented by the County Commissioner

Queen's Guide Badge

9.7.1965 Queens Guide badge1 P Griffey

Pamela Griffey, of Northam, receives her Queen's Guide badge from the County Commissioner, Miss M E Bindloss.

In the centre is Mrs Easton, Captain of the 1st Bideford Guides, of which Pamela is a member.

Gazette article dated 9 July 1965

Langtree WI

A demonstration of sweet making

7.7.1961 Langtree WI

given by Miss Rickwood, assisted by Mrs Killick, were features of the Langtree W.I. recent meeting, presided over by Mrs P.J. Dymond (president). Mrs Curtice proposed a vote of thanks.

Mrs Dymond gave an informative report on the annual conference at London and Mrs G. Hearn informed members of the arrangements for the next group meeting.

Competition – resulted; 1. Mrs S.K. Hill; 2, Miss R. Adams; 3, Mrs P.J. Dymond. Tea hostesses were Mrs C. Huxtable, Mrs A. Huxtable, Miss D. Hearn and Miss M. Sutton. Winner of the draw was Mrs A. Huxtable.

The social half-hour competition, arranged by Mrs C. Huxtable, was won by Misses M. Harris, M. Sutton and D. Hearn.

Gazette article 7 July 1961

 

Bideford Rifle Club beaten

Bideford Rifle Club, winners last year of the Journal Herald Cup,

19.4.1974 Bideford rifle club

were beaten into second place at this year's team shoot by the Braunton club, who won by nine points.

Picture shows Messrs Rudi Gnoyke, John Slee, John Stacey and Cyril Taylor, members of the Bideford club.

Gazette article dated 19 April 1974

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