• 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 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 2 Picking the pops

  • 3 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 4 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 5 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 6 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 7 Service with a smile

  • 8 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 9 What's the time?

  • 10 Clovelly nightmare

  • 11 Jumble sale fever

  • 12 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 13 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 14 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 15 Clovelly custom

  • 16

    New gateway
  • 17 New choral society's growing response

  • 18 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 19 Burnard family reunion

  • 20 No laughing matter

  • 21 All for the love of a lady!

  • 22 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 23 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 24 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 25 Hartland's invitation

  • 26 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 27 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 28 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 29

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 30 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 31 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 32

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 33 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 34 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 36 Police station view of Bideford

  • 37 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 38

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 39 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 40 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 41 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 42 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 43

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 44 Centenary of Gazette

  • 45 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 46 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 47 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 48 New look in the hayfields

  • 49 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 50 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 51 Variety in summer weather

  • 52 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 53 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 54 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 55 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 56 Bideford computer stars

  • 57 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 58 A man and his wheel

  • 59 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 60 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 61 Bideford regatta

  • 62 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 63 Bridging the stream

  • 64 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 65 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 66

    Exhibition of school work
  • 67 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 68 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 69

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 70 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 71

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 72 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 73

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 74

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 75 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 76

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 77 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 78 New addition to Quay front

  • 79 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 80 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 81 Six footed lamb

  • 82 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 84 North Devon Driving School

  • 85 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 86 All aboard the ark

  • 87 A roof-top view - where?

  • 88 When horses score over the tractor

  • 89 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 90 113 years at Instow

  • 91 Torrington in 1967

  • 92 So this is the mainland!

  • 93 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 94 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 95

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 96 Hartland Dancers
  • 97 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 98 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 99 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 100 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 101 New art gallery opened

  • 102 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 103 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 104 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 105 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 106 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 107 Simple Item 138
  • 108 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 109 Appledore's largest

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

  • 111

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 112 New shipyard on schedule

  • 113 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 114 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 115 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 116 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 117 Torrington's new amenity

  • 118 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 119 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 120 Twenty-one yachts

  • 121

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 122 Penny for the guy

  • 123 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 124

    First prize
  • 125 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 126 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 127 Riverside mystery

  • 128 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 129 School crossing patrol begins

  • 130 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 131 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 132 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 133 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 134 Hartland postman retires

  • 135 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 136 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 137 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 138 Can spring be far away?

  • 139 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 140 Circus comes to town

  • 141 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 142 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 143 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 144 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 145 Loads of black and white

  • 146 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 147 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 148 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 149 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 150 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 151 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 152 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 153 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 154 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 155 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 156 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 157 Revenge in style

  • 158 He beat the floods

  • 159 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 160 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 161 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 162 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 163 First ship in 8 years

  • 164 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 165 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 166 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 167 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 168 Decontrol of meat

  • 169 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 170 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 171 Some mushroom!

  • 172 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 173 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 174 End of the line

  • 175 Torrington children build igloo
  • 176 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 177 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 178 Northam's almshouse

  • 179 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 180 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 181 New Post Office

  • 182 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 184 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 185 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 186 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 187 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 188 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 189 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 190 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 191 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 192 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 193 Parkham plan realised

  • 194 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 195 Sight of a lifetime

  • 196 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 197 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 198 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 199 Recognise this resort?

  • 200

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 201 Some 240 exhibits

  • 202 Littleham family's five generations

  • 203 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 204 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 205 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 206 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 207 Modern living at Bideford

  • 208 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 209 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 210 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 211 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 212 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 213 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 214 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 215 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 216 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 217 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 218

    Married in 1908
  • 219 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 220 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 221 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 222 Artisans' Club

  • 223 Weare Giffard potato

  • 224 Mobile missionary

  • 225 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 226 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 227 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 228 New civic medallions

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

  • 230 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 231 A bird of their own!

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

  • 233 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 234 By pony and trap to market

  • 235 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 236 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 237 Out of puff!

  • 238 Capers on the cobbles

  • 239 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 240 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 241

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 242 Peter poses for TV film

  • 243 They are parted pro-tem

  • 244 It really was the 'last time'

  • 245 Bideford loses training ship

  • 246 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 247 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 248 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 249 Warmington's garage ad

  • 250 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 251 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 252 Ships at Bideford

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

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

  • 256 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 257 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 258 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 259 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 260 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 261 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 262 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 263 Northam footballers of the future

  • 264 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 265 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 266 Appledore Juniors Football
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    Bidefordians
  • 268 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 269 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 270 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 271 New life for Hartland organ

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 273 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 274 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 275 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 276 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 277 Just over a year old

  • 278 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 279 Ten year old scrambler

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

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 282 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 283 Finished in 1876

  • 284 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 285 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 286 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 287 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 289 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 290 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 291 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 292 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 293 Waldon Triplets
  • 294 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 295 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 296 For crying out loud!

  • 297 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 298 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 299

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 300 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 301 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 302 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 303 Off on a great adventure

  • 304 Picking the pops

  • 305 Last train from Torrington

  • 306 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 307 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 308 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 309

    Building works
  • 310 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 311

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 312 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 313 The art of the thatcher

  • 314 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 315 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 316 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 317 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 318 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 319 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 320 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 321 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 322 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 323 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 324 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 325 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 326 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 327 School's link with cargo ship

  • 328 No sale of Springfield House

  • 329 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 330 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 331 Puppet characters introduced

  • 332 Devil sent packing

  • 333 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 334 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 335 Cruising down the river

  • 336 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 337 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 338 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 339 Pannier Market's future?

  • 340 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 342 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 343 Traditions and skills still there

  • 344 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 345 Private home for public pump

  • 346 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 347 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 348 In their new robes and hats

  • 349 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 350 New Lundy stamps

  • 351 A story to tell!

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

  • 353 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 355 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 357 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 358 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 359 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 360

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 361 Life begins at 80

  • 362 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 363 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 364 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 365

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 366 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 367 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 368 The Geneva marionettes

  • 369 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 370 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 371 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 372 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 373 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 374 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 375

    Was a missionary
  • 376

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 377 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 378 Happy Days!

  • 379 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 380 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 382 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 383 Emergency ferry services

  • 384 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
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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Graynfylde Drive

Unwanted Lamps Bring Council Apology

2.3.1973 Graynfylde Drive Bideford

Seven people living in Graynfylde Drive, Bideford, are to receive an apology from the Town Council.

The residents wrote asking that no more lamp posts should be erected in this private road; that two recently installed should be removed; and that existing defective equipment should be repaired or replaced.

The full Gazette article is dated 2 March 1973

Highest Quality

Bucks Cross

20.1.1978 Bucks Cross

Tuesday January 31, 1978
New Bungalow
Bucks Cross

Price, Ogden & Stubbs have received instructions from R M Quance Esq. to offer for sale by public auction at Tantons Hotel, Bideford on the above date at 3pm, unless previously sold.

A delightful modern bungalow of the highest quality enjoying splendid views.

The Bungalow is the first property to be released for sale on this small exclusive development and enjoys a prime corner site with fine open views over open countryside across Bideford Bay. Constructed to modern standards and very well equipped the Bungalow contains Entrance Hall, spacious Lounge with fireplace, fitted Kitchen, Utility Room, 3 good sized Bedrooms, Bathroom, Separate WC, integral Garage.

Auctioneers:
Price, Ogden & Stubbs, 8 Bridgeland Street, Bideford.
Tel Bideford 32///77886

Solicitors:
Messrs T Oerton & Martin, 29 Bridgeland Street, Bideford. Tel Bideford 2666

Gazette article dated 20 January 1978

Littleham Property For Sale

Preliminary Announcement

17.2.1978 Littleham

Tuesday March 21
‘Robin Hill’
Littleham, Bideford

Price, Ogden & Stubbs have received instructions from Mr and Mrs M C Pope to offer for sale by public auction at Tanton’s Hotel, Bideford, on the above date at 3pm (unless sold privately meanwhile)

This magnificently situated residential holding with superbly appointed 18th century farmhouse enjoying delightful views over a beautiful valley.

Together with a good range of outbuildings and about 18 acres

As a whole lot or in two lots. 

Auctioneers: Price, Ogden & Stubbs, 8 Bridgeland Street, Bideford, Tels 3233/77886 

Gazette article dated 17 February 1978

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