• 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 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 2 Weare Giffard potato

  • 3 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 4 Off on a great adventure

  • 5 Torrington children build igloo
  • 6 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 7 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 8 What's the time?

  • 9 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 10 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 11 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 12

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 13 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 14 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 15

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 16 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 17 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 18 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 20

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 21 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 22 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 23 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 24 A bird of their own!

  • 25 Warmington's garage ad

  • 26 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 27 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 28 Happy Days!

  • 29 Bideford loses training ship

  • 30 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 31 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 32 Devil sent packing

  • 33 First ship in 8 years

  • 34 Last train from Torrington

  • 35 Burnard family reunion

  • 36 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 37 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 38 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 39 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 40 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 41 Traditions and skills still there

  • 42

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 43 New Post Office

  • 44 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 45 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 46 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 47 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 48 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 49 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 50 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 51 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 52 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 53 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 54 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 55 Twenty-one yachts

  • 56 New civic medallions

  • 57 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 58 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 59 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 60 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 61 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 62 Hartland Dancers
  • 63 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 64

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 65 Northam's almshouse

  • 66 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 67 All aboard the ark

  • 68 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 69 For crying out loud!

  • 70 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 71 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 72

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 73 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 74 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 75 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 77 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 78 Clovelly nightmare

  • 79 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 80 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 81

    First prize
  • 82 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 83 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 84 The Geneva marionettes

  • 85 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 86

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 87 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 88 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 89 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 90 Picking the pops

  • 91

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 92 Can spring be far away?

  • 93 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 94 Service with a smile

  • 95 School's link with cargo ship

  • 96 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 97 Revenge in style

  • 98 New Lundy stamps

  • 99 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 100 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 101 Pannier Market's future?

  • 102 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 103

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 104 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 105

    New gateway
  • 106 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 107

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 108 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 109 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 110 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 111

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 112 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 113 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 114 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 115 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 116 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 117

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 118 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 119 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 120 New life for Hartland organ

  • 121 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 122 All for the love of a lady!

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

  • 124 Torrington in 1967

  • 125 By pony and trap to market

  • 126 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 127 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 128 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 129 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 130 Littleham family's five generations

  • 131 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 132 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 133 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 134 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 135 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 136 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 137 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 138 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 139 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 140

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 141 Recognise this resort?

  • 142 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 143

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 144 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 145 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 146 Out of puff!

  • 147 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 148 Decontrol of meat

  • 149 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 150 In their new robes and hats

  • 151 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 152 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 153 Emergency ferry services

  • 154 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 155 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 156 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 157 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 158 A story to tell!

  • 159 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 160 Variety in summer weather

  • 161 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 162 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 163 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 164 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 165 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 166 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 167 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 168 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 169 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 170 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 171 New art gallery opened

  • 172 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 173 Cruising down the river

  • 174 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 175 Bridging the stream

  • 176 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 177

    Was a missionary
  • 178 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 179 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 180 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 181 Finished in 1876

  • 182 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 183 Sight of a lifetime

  • 184 It really was the 'last time'

  • 185 End of the line

  • 186 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 187

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 188 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 189 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 190 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 191 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 193 Hartland's invitation

  • 194 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 195

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 196 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 197 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 198 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 200 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 201 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 202 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 203 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 204 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 206 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 207 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 208 Some mushroom!

  • 209 No laughing matter

  • 210 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 211 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 212 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 213 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 214 Clovelly custom

  • 215 No sale of Springfield House

  • 216 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 217 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 218 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 219 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 220 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 221 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 222 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 223 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 224 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 225 A man and his wheel

  • 226 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 227

    Bidefordians
  • 228 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 229 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 230 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 231 When horses score over the tractor

  • 232 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 233 Penny for the guy

  • 234 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 235 Loads of black and white

  • 236 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 237 Ships at Bideford

  • 238 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 240 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 241 Picking the pops

  • 242 Six footed lamb

  • 243 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 244 Capers on the cobbles

  • 245 Puppet characters introduced

  • 246 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 247

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 248 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 250 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 251 Appledore's largest

  • 252 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 253 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 254 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 255 Some 240 exhibits

  • 256 New look in the hayfields

  • 257 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 258 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 259 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 260 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 261 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 263 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 264 Parkham plan realised

  • 265 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 266 The art of the thatcher

  • 267 Life begins at 80

  • 268 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 269 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 270 Police station view of Bideford

  • 271 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 272 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 273 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 274 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 275 Mobile missionary

  • 276 New shipyard on schedule

  • 277 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 278 Peter poses for TV film

  • 279 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 280 He beat the floods

  • 281 Centenary of Gazette

  • 282 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 283

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 284 North Devon Driving School

  • 285 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 286

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 287

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 288 New addition to Quay front

  • 289 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 291 Eight to strike and a race to win

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 293 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 294 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 295 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 296 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 297 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 298 School crossing patrol begins

  • 299 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 300 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 301 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 302 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 303 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 304 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 305 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 306 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 307 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Building works
  • 309 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 310 Riverside mystery

  • 311 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 313 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 314 113 years at Instow

  • 315 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 316 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 317 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 318 Waldon Triplets
  • 319 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 320 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 321 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 322 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 323 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 324 Modern living at Bideford

  • 325 Torrington's new amenity

  • 326 New choral society's growing response

  • 327 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 328 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 329 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 330 A roof-top view - where?

  • 331

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 332

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 333 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 334 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 335 So this is the mainland!

  • 336 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 337 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 338 Jumble sale fever

  • 339 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 340 Hartland postman retires

  • 341 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 342 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 343 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 344

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 345 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 346 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 347 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 348 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 349

    Exhibition of school work
  • 350 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 352

    Married in 1908
  • 353 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 354 Private home for public pump

  • 355 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 356 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 357 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 358 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 359 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 360 They are parted pro-tem

  • 361 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 362 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 363 Ten year old scrambler

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 365 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 366 Bideford regatta

  • 367 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 368 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 369 Artisans' Club

  • 370 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 371 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 372 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 373 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 374 Just over a year old

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

  • 376 Bideford computer stars

  • 377 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 378 Simple Item 138
  • 379

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 380 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 381 Circus comes to town

  • 382 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 383 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 384 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 385 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Three Times Asked - Three Times Refused

Chips paper on pavement

Three times he had asked a fairground attendant to pick up a fish and chips bag the man had thrown onto the pavement in Allhalland Street and each time the request was refused,
Police Constable G Thrupp told Bideford magistrates on Tuesday.

13.9.1957 Hugh Henny fined

Before the court was Hugh Henny, whose address was given as c/o F Whitelegg's, The Fairground, Bideford, who pleaded 'guilty' to depositing litter on the highway in contravention of a Borough bye-law.

Henny, who told the magistrates he had nothing to say, was fined £2 with the alternative of 14 days' imprisonment. He said he earned £6 a week and was paid on Sundays. He was allowed until September 23rd to pay.

Gazette article dated 13 September 1957

Drove tractor at Parkham without licence

When a police officer stopped Gerald Braund

driving a tractor through Parkham village and asked him to produce his driving licence, he replied “I haven’t got one but I would like to learn to drive as soon as I know if I am being kept on in this job or not.”

Braund was told by the Chairman of the Bench, Mr R B Blackmore, “We do not want to jeopardise your work so we have decided not to disqualify you as we could have done or perhaps we should have done.”

He was fined £7.

16.5.1958 Parkham Braund

Full article dated 16 May 1958

Detective's Jump From Window

Chasing Bideford Shop Intruder

21.2.1958 Tamplin Bideford

Answering a call, Detective-Constable E J Tamplin went to the shop owned by Miss F Hicks. Someone was heard making escape through the building and into the garden and Detective-Constable Tamplin jumped from the bathroom window at the rear of the building to the ground, but the intruder managed to escape.

Police Inspector W Bond said "We are hoping that inquiries will lead to the matter being satisfactorily settled."

Full article dated 21 February 1958

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