• 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 Puppet characters introduced

  • 2 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 3 Appledore's largest

  • 4 In their new robes and hats

  • 5 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 6 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 7 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 8 For crying out loud!

  • 9 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 10 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 11 New civic medallions

  • 12 Torrington in 1967

  • 13 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 14 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 15 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 16

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 17 He beat the floods

  • 18 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 19 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 20 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 21 No sale of Springfield House

  • 22 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 23 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 24 Variety in summer weather

  • 25 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 26 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 27 Traditions and skills still there

  • 28 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 29 A bird of their own!

  • 30 The cab at the corner>
  • 31 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 32 Clovelly nightmare

  • 33 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 34

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 35 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 36 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 37 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 38 Sight of a lifetime

  • 39 Bideford regatta

  • 40 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 41 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 42 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 43 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 44 A roof-top view - where?

  • 45 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 46 New Lundy stamps

  • 47 Torrington children build igloo
  • 48 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 49 Burnard family reunion

  • 50 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 51 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 52 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 53 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 54 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 55 Jumble sale fever

  • 56 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 57 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 58 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 59 A man and his wheel

  • 60 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 61 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 62 School crossing patrol begins

  • 63

    First prize
  • 64

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 65 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 66 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 67 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 68 Some mushroom!

  • 69 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 70 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 71 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 72 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 73 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 74 No laughing matter

  • 75 Recognise this resort?

  • 76 Riverside mystery

  • 77 New choral society's growing response

  • 78 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 79 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 80 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 81 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 82 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 83 Hartland Dancers
  • 84 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 85 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 86 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 87 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 88 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 89 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 90 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 92

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 93 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 94 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 95 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 96 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 97 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 98 Clovelly custom

  • 99 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 100 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 101 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 102 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 103 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 104 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 105 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 106 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 107 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 108 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 109 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 110 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 111 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 112 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 113 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 114 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 115 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 116 End of the line

  • 117 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 118 It really was the 'last time'

  • 119 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 120

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 121 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 122 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 123 New Post Office

  • 124

    New gateway
  • 125 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 126 Pannier Market's future?

  • 127 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 128 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 129 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 130 Just over a year old

  • 131 Artisans' Club

  • 132 So this is the mainland!

  • 133 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 134

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 135

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 136 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 137 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 138 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 139 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 140 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 141 Some 240 exhibits

  • 142 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 143 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 144 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 145 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 146 All aboard the ark

  • 147 Ten year old scrambler

  • 148 Happy Days!

  • 149

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 150 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 151 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 152 Mobile missionary

  • 153

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 154 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 155 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 156 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 157 Torrington's new amenity

  • 158 North Devon Driving School

  • 159 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 160 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 161 Littleham family's five generations

  • 162 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 163 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 164 First ship in 8 years

  • 165 Picking the pops

  • 166 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 167 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 168 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 169 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 170 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 171 Northam footballers of the future

  • 172

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 173 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 174 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 175 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 176 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 177 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 178

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 179 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 180 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 181 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 182 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 183 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 184 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 185 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 186 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 187 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 188 Last train from Torrington

  • 189 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 190 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 191

    Exhibition of school work
  • 192 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 194 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 195 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 196 New art gallery opened

  • 197

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 198 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 199 Finished in 1876

  • 200 School's link with cargo ship

  • 201 Centenary of Gazette

  • 202 Sweets derationing

  • 203 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 204 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 205 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 206 When horses score over the tractor

  • 207 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 208 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 209 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 210 New look in the hayfields

  • 211 A story to tell!

  • 212 Penny for the guy

  • 213

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 214

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 215 113 years at Instow

  • 216 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 217 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 218 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 219

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 220 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 221 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 222

    Married in 1908
  • 223 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 224 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 225 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 226 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 227 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 228 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 229 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 230 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 231 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 232

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 233 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 234 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 236 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 237 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 238 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 239

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 240 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 241 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 242 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 244 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 245 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 246 New shipyard on schedule

  • 247 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 248

    Relatives all over the world
  • 249 Decontrol of meat

  • 250 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 252

    Was a missionary
  • 253 Peter poses for TV film

  • 254 Revenge in style

  • 255 From Bobby to Brian

  • 256 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 257 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 258 Off on a great adventure

  • 259 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 260 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 261

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 262 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 263 Service with a smile

  • 264 Police station view of Bideford

  • 265 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 266 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 267 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 268 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 269

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 270 The Geneva marionettes

  • 271 Emergency ferry services

  • 272 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 273 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 274 Ships at Bideford

  • 275 Picking the pops

  • 276 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 277 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 278 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 279

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 280 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 281 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 282 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 283 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 284 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 285 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 286

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 287 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 288 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 289 Weare Giffard potato

  • 290 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 291 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 292 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 293 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 294 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 295 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 296

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 297 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 298 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 299 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 300 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 301 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 302 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 303 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 304 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 305

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 306 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 307 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 308 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 309 Hartland's invitation

  • 310 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 311 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 312 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 314 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 315 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 316 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 317 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 318

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 319 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 320 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 321 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 322 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 323 Filming at Hartland

  • 324 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 325 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 326 Bideford loses training ship

  • 327 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 328 Northam's almshouse

  • 329 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 330 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 331 What's the time?

  • 332 Bridging the stream

  • 333 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 334 Private home for public pump

  • 335 They are parted pro-tem

  • 336 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 337 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 338 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 339 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 341 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 342 New life for Hartland organ

  • 343 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 344 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 345 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 346 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 347 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 348 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 349 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 350 Loads of black and white

  • 351 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 352 Six footed lamb

  • 353 By pony and trap to market

  • 354 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 355 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 356 Cruising down the river

  • 357 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 358 Circus comes to town

  • 359 New addition to Quay front

  • 360 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 361 Parkham plan realised

  • 362 Can spring be far away?

  • 363 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 364

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 365 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 367 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 368 Out of puff!

  • 369 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 371 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 372 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 373 The art of the thatcher

  • 374 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 375 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 376

    Bidefordians
  • 377 Bideford computer stars

  • 378 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 379 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 380 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 381 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 382 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 383 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 384 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 386 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 387 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 388 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 389 Devil sent packing

  • 390 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 391 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 392 Simple Item 138
  • 393 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 394 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 395 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 396 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 398 Hartland postman retires

  • 399 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 401 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 402 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 403

    Building works
  • 404 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 405 Modern living at Bideford

  • 406 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 407 Capers on the cobbles

  • 408 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 409 Life begins at 80

  • 410 Waldon Triplets
  • 411 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 412 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 413 All for the love of a lady!

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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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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