• 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 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 2 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 3 For crying out loud!

  • 4 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 5 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 6 Riverside mystery

  • 7 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 8 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 9 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 10 Out of puff!

  • 11

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 12 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 13 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 14 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 16

    Bidefordians
  • 17 Appledore's largest

  • 18 Torrington children build igloo
  • 19

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 20 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 21 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 22 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 23 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 24 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 25 Service with a smile

  • 26

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 27 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 28 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 29 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 30 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 31 Hartland Dancers
  • 32 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 33 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 34

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 35 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 36 The Geneva marionettes

  • 37 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 38 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 39 Waldon Triplets
  • 40 No sale of Springfield House

  • 41

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 42 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 43 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 44 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 45 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 46 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 47 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 48 Some mushroom!

  • 49 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 50 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 51 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 52 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 53 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 54 School's link with cargo ship

  • 55 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 56 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 57 Puppet characters introduced

  • 58 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 59 New life for Hartland organ

  • 60 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 61 Off on a great adventure

  • 62 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 64 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 65

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

  • 67 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 68 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 69 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 70 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 71 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 72 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 73 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 74 When horses score over the tractor

  • 75

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 76 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 77 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 78 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 80 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 81 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 82 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 83 Parkham plan realised

  • 84 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 85 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 86 Bridging the stream

  • 87 In their new robes and hats

  • 88 Some 240 exhibits

  • 89

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 90 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 91 Just over a year old

  • 92 Private home for public pump

  • 93 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 94 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 95 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 96 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 97 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 98 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 99

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 100 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 101 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 102 A roof-top view - where?

  • 103 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 104

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 105 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 106 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 107 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 108 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 109 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 110 Clovelly custom

  • 111 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 112 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 113 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 115 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 117 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 118 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 119 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 120 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 121 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 122 Torrington in 1967

  • 123 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 124 First ship in 8 years

  • 125 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 126 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 127 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 128 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 129 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 130 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 131

    First prize
  • 132 A bird of their own!

  • 133 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 134

    Was a missionary
  • 135 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 136 Capers on the cobbles

  • 137 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 138 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 139 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 140 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 141 By pony and trap to market

  • 142 Recognise this resort?

  • 143 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 144

    New gateway
  • 145 New shipyard on schedule

  • 146 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 147 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 148 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 149 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 150 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 151 Picking the pops

  • 152 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 153 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 154 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 155 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 156 Finished in 1876

  • 157 All for the love of a lady!

  • 158

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 159 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 160 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 161

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 162 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 163 Circus comes to town

  • 164 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 165 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 166

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 167 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 168 Police station view of Bideford

  • 169 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 171 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 172 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 174 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 175 A story to tell!

  • 176 School crossing patrol begins

  • 177 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 178 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 179 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 180

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 181 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 182 Devil sent packing

  • 183 Picking the pops

  • 184 New Lundy stamps

  • 185 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 186 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 187 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 188 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 189 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 190 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 191 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 192 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 193 A man and his wheel

  • 194 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 195 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 196

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 197 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 198 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 199 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 200 What's the time?

  • 201 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 202 Hartland's invitation

  • 203 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 204 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 205 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 206 New civic medallions

  • 207 New Post Office

  • 208 Bideford regatta

  • 209 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 210 Life begins at 80

  • 211 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 212 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 214 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 216 Clovelly nightmare

  • 217 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 218 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 219 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 220 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 221 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 222 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 223

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 224 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 225

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 226 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 227 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 228 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 229 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 230 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 231 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 232 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 233 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 234 Pannier Market's future?

  • 235 So this is the mainland!

  • 236 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 237 Torrington's new amenity

  • 238 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 240 The art of the thatcher

  • 241 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 242 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 243 Revenge in style

  • 244 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 245 Peter poses for TV film

  • 246 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 247 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 248 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 249 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 250 End of the line

  • 251 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 252

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 253 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 254 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 255 Warmington's garage ad

  • 256 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 257 Can spring be far away?

  • 258 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 259 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 260 Bideford computer stars

  • 261 Twenty-one yachts

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

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 264 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 265 Loads of black and white

  • 266 Artisans' Club

  • 267 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 268 Centenary of Gazette

  • 269

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 270

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 271 New addition to Quay front

  • 272 Sight of a lifetime

  • 273 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 274 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 275 Six footed lamb

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

  • 277 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 278 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 279 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 280 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 281 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 282 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 283 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 284 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 285 Bideford loses training ship

  • 286 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 287 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 288 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 289 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 291 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 292 Emergency ferry services

  • 293 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 294 Modern living at Bideford

  • 295 113 years at Instow

  • 296 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 297

    Married in 1908
  • 298 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 299 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 300 Variety in summer weather

  • 301 It really was the 'last time'

  • 302 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 303 Happy Days!

  • 304 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 305 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 306 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 307 Burnard family reunion

  • 308 North Devon Driving School

  • 309 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 310 New look in the hayfields

  • 311 They are parted pro-tem

  • 312 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 313 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 314 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 315 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 316 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 317 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 318 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 319 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 320 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 321 He beat the floods

  • 322 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 323 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 324

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 325 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 326 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 327 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 328 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 329 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 330 Northam's almshouse

  • 331 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 332 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 333 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 334 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 335 Ten year old scrambler

  • 336 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 337 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 338 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 339 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 340 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 341

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 342

    Building works
  • 343 No laughing matter

  • 344 Traditions and skills still there

  • 345 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 346 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 347 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 348

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 349 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 350 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 351 Weare Giffard potato

  • 352 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 353 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 354 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 355 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 356 Penny for the guy

  • 357 Cruising down the river

  • 358 Mobile missionary

  • 359 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 361 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 362 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 363 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 364 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 365 Littleham family's five generations

  • 366 New art gallery opened

  • 367 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 368 Hartland postman retires

  • 369 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 370 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 371 All aboard the ark

  • 372 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 373 Simple Item 138
  • 374 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 375 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 376 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 377 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 378

    Exhibition of school work
  • 379 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 380 Decontrol of meat

  • 381 Ships at Bideford

  • 382 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 383 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 384 Jumble sale fever

  • 385 New choral society's growing response

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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  • 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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  • 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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