• 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 New civic medallions

  • 2 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 3 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 4 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 5 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 6 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 7 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 8 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 9 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 10 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 11

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 12 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 13 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 14 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 15 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 16

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 17 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 18 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 19 So this is the mainland!

  • 20 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 21 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 22 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 23

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 24 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 25 Capers on the cobbles

  • 26 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 27 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 28 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 29 Last train from Torrington

  • 30 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 31 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 32 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 33 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 34 Ten year old scrambler

  • 35 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 36 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 37 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 38 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 39 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 40 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 41 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 42 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 43 Out of puff!

  • 44 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 45 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 46 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 47 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 48 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 49 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 50 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 51 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 52

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 53 Variety in summer weather

  • 54 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 55 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 56 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 57 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 58 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 59 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 60 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 61

    Bidefordians
  • 62 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 63 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 64 Revenge in style

  • 65

    New gateway
  • 66 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 67 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 68 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 69 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 70 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 71 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 72 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 73 New addition to Quay front

  • 74 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 75 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 76 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 77 Some mushroom!

  • 78 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 79 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 80 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 81 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 82 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 83 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 84 Bridging the stream

  • 85 The cab at the corner>
  • 86 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 87 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 88 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 89

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 90 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 91 Bideford loses training ship

  • 92 New life for Hartland organ

  • 93 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 94 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 95 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 97 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 98 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 99 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 100 Clovelly custom

  • 101

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 102 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 103 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 104 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 105 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 106 For crying out loud!

  • 107 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 108

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 109

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 110 New Lundy stamps

  • 111 Loads of black and white

  • 112 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 113 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 114 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 115 Riverside mystery

  • 116 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 117 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 118 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 119 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 120 Puppet characters introduced

  • 121 North Devon Driving School

  • 122 Circus comes to town

  • 123 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 124 Picking the pops

  • 125 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 126 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 127 A man and his wheel

  • 128 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 129 Burnard family reunion

  • 130 New art gallery opened

  • 131 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 132 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 134 Northam footballers of the future

  • 135 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 136 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 137 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 138 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 139 Happy Days!

  • 140 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 141 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 142 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 143 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 144 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 145 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 146 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 147

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 148 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 149 No laughing matter

  • 150 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 151 Centenary of Gazette

  • 152 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 153 Police station view of Bideford

  • 154 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 155 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 156 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 157

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 158 Sweets derationing

  • 159 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 160 Pannier Market's future?

  • 161

    Married in 1908
  • 162 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 163 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 164

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 165 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 166

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 167 He beat the floods

  • 168 Emergency ferry services

  • 169 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 170 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 171 Jumble sale fever

  • 172 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 173 Picking the pops

  • 174

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 175 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 176 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 177

    First prize
  • 178 Torrington children build igloo
  • 179 Devil sent packing

  • 180 Sight of a lifetime

  • 181 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 182 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 183 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 184 Torrington's new amenity

  • 185 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 187 New shipyard on schedule

  • 188 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 189 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 190 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 192 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 193 Northam's almshouse

  • 194 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 195

    Exhibition of school work
  • 196 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 197 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 198 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 199 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 200 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 201 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 202 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 203 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 204 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 205 New choral society's growing response

  • 206 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 207 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 208 New Post Office

  • 209 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 210 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 211 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 212 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 213

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 214 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 215 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 216 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 217 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 218 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 219 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 220 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 221 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 222 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 223 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 224 Mobile missionary

  • 225 Bideford regatta

  • 226 Parkham plan realised

  • 227 The art of the thatcher

  • 228 All aboard the ark

  • 229 Some 240 exhibits

  • 230 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 231 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 232 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 233 Six footed lamb

  • 234 When horses score over the tractor

  • 235 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 236 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 237 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 238 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 239 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 240 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 241 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 242 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 243 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 244 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 245 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 246 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 247 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 248 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 249 Recognise this resort?

  • 250 Ships at Bideford

  • 251 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 252 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 253 School's link with cargo ship

  • 254 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 255 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 256 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 257 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 258 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 259 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 260 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 261 Life begins at 80

  • 262 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 263 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 264 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 265 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 266 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 267 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 268 Warmington's garage ad

  • 269 Littleham family's five generations

  • 270 They are parted pro-tem

  • 271 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 272 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 273 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 274 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 275 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 276 Twenty-one yachts

  • 277 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 278 In their new robes and hats

  • 279 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 280 Artisans' Club

  • 281 Hartland postman retires

  • 282 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 283 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 284 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 287 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 288 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 289 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 290 Private home for public pump

  • 291 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 292 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 293 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 294 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 295 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 296 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 297 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 298 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 299 Salmon netting at Bideford

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 301 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 302

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 303 New look in the hayfields

  • 304 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 305 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 306 What's the time?

  • 307 Appledore's largest

  • 308 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 309 Hartland Dancers
  • 310 Off on a great adventure

  • 311 Modern living at Bideford

  • 312 Penny for the guy

  • 313

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 314 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 316 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 317 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 318 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 319 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 320 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 321 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 322 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 324 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 325

    Relatives all over the world
  • 326 A bird of their own!

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

  • 328 First ship in 8 years

  • 329 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 330

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 331 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 332 The Geneva marionettes

  • 333 Decontrol of meat

  • 334 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 335 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 336 Service with a smile

  • 337 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 338 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 339 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 340 All for the love of a lady!

  • 341

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 342 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 343 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 344

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 345 Cruising down the river

  • 346 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 347 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 348

    Building works
  • 349 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 350 By pony and trap to market

  • 351 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 352 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 353 It really was the 'last time'

  • 354 From Bobby to Brian

  • 355 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 356 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 357 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 358 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 359 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 360 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 361 Filming at Hartland

  • 362 Weare Giffard potato

  • 363

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 364 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 365 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 366 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 367 Waldon Triplets
  • 368

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 369 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 370 Peter poses for TV film

  • 371

    Was a missionary
  • 372 Hartland's invitation

  • 373 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 374 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 375 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 376

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 377 School crossing patrol begins

  • 378 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 379 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 380 Finished in 1876

  • 381 End of the line

  • 382 Bideford computer stars

  • 383 Simple Item 138
  • 384 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 385 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 386 A story to tell!

  • 387 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 388 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 389 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 391 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 392 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 393 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 394 Clovelly nightmare

  • 395 Just over a year old

  • 396 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 397 A roof-top view - where?

  • 398 113 years at Instow

  • 399 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 400 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 402

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 403 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 404 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 405 Traditions and skills still there

  • 406 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 407 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 409 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 410 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 411 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 412 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 413 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

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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Cattle On The Road

‘I plead guilty, although it was no fault of mine’ wrote John Colwill, of Ford Farm, Hartland, when he was summoned before Bideford Magistrates on Tuesday for allowing seven yearling cattle to stray on the Hartland-Baxworthy Cross road on January 30th.

4.3.1955 Hartland cattle

Police Constable Richards told the Bench the cattle were straying a mile from Colwill’s farm. Defendant’s son had said the cattle had been in the orchard and had admitted there was no fence at the top of the road bank. Witness added that he found a path of some standing down over the bank to the road.
In a letter to the Bench, Colwill stated the yearlings had not been in the orchard – he and his son had each thought the other had pastured them there – but had been in the farmyard. The cattle had strayed because someone had left the yard gate open.
The magistrates imposed a fine of 10s.
Gazette article dated 4 March 1955

Crime

Cars without lights

Five local people were each fined £4 by Bideford magistrates for leaving their cars at night without lights.

1972 fines for people driving cars without lights

The five – Desmond Joseph Thorn of 2 Silver Street, Appledore; Rodney James Burland of 12 Forresters Road, Holsworthy; Andrew John Pedrick of 30 Brookfield Street, Bideford; David Harvey of 2 Quay House, Appledore; Christen Ronny Rudolf Svensson of 7a Dartinton Fields – all pleaded guilty.
For a similar offence John William Hacker of 4 Myrtle Grove, Bideford, was fined £3.

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