• 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 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 2 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 3 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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    First prize
  • 5 Burnard family reunion

  • 6 Capers on the cobbles

  • 7 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 8 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 9 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 10 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 11 Peter poses for TV film

  • 12

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 13 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 14 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 15 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 16

    Exhibition of school work
  • 17 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 18 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 19 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 20 The art of the thatcher

  • 21 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 22 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 23 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 24 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 25

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 26 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 27 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 28 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 29 School's link with cargo ship

  • 30 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 31 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 32 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 33 He beat the floods

  • 34

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 35 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 36 113 years at Instow

  • 37 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 38 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 39 What's the time?

  • 40 Some mushroom!

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

  • 42 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 43 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 44 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 45 The Geneva marionettes

  • 46 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 47 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 48 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 49 New civic medallions

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

  • 51

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 52 They are parted pro-tem

  • 53 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 54 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 55 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 56 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 57 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 58 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 59 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 60 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 61 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 62 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 63 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 64

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 65 All aboard the ark

  • 66 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 67 North Devon Driving School

  • 68 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 69 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 70 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 71 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 72 Traditions and skills still there

  • 73 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 74 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 75 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 76 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 77 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 78 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 79 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 80 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 81 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 82 Private home for public pump

  • 83 Clovelly nightmare

  • 84 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 85 Northam's almshouse

  • 86 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 87 Twenty-one yachts

  • 88 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 89 New shipyard on schedule

  • 90 When horses score over the tractor

  • 91 Ships at Bideford

  • 92 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 93

    Was a missionary
  • 94 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 95 Devil sent packing

  • 96 Bideford computer stars

  • 97 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 98 Recognise this resort?

  • 99 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 100 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 101 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 102 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 103 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 104 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 105 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 106 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 107 Loads of black and white

  • 108 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 109 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 110

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 111 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 112 Ten year old scrambler

  • 113 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 114 Bridging the stream

  • 115 New life for Hartland organ

  • 116 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 117 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 118

    Married in 1908
  • 119 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 120 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 121 Police station view of Bideford

  • 122

    New gateway
  • 123

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 124 Waldon Triplets
  • 125 Hartland's invitation

  • 126 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 127 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 128 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 129 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 130 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 131 Off on a great adventure

  • 132 Sweets derationing

  • 133 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 134

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 135 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 136 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 138 A man and his wheel

  • 139 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 140 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 141 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 143 Littleham family's five generations

  • 144 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 145 Six footed lamb

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

  • 147

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 148 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 149 All for the love of a lady!

  • 150

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 151 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 152 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 154 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 155

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 156 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 157 Jumble sale fever

  • 158

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 159 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 160 Out of puff!

  • 161 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 162

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 163 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 164 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 165 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 166 The cab at the corner>
  • 167 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 168 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 169 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 170 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 171 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 172 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 173 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 174 Parkham plan realised

  • 175 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 176 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 177 Some 240 exhibits

  • 178 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 179 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 180 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 181 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 182

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 183 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 184 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 185 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 186 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 187 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 188 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 189 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 190 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 191 A bird of their own!

  • 192 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 193 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 194 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 195 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 196 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 197 New art gallery opened

  • 198 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 199 Picking the pops

  • 200 Emergency ferry services

  • 201 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 202 A roof-top view - where?

  • 203 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 204 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 205 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 206 Warmington's garage ad

  • 207

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 208 Northam footballers of the future

  • 209 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 210 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 211 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 212 Torrington in 1967

  • 213 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 214 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 215 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 216 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 217 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 218 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 219 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 220 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 221 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 222 Hartland Dancers
  • 223 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 224 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 225 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 226 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 227 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 228 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 229 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 230 Hartland postman retires

  • 231 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 232 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 233 Can spring be far away?

  • 234 Decontrol of meat

  • 235 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 236

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 237 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 238 Pannier Market's future?

  • 239 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 240 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 241 First ship in 8 years

  • 242 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 243 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 244 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 245 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 246 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 247 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 248 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 249 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 250 Torrington's new amenity

  • 251 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 252 Cruising down the river

  • 253 Torrington Church's new organ

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

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

  • 256

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 257 Circus comes to town

  • 258 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 259 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 260 New look in the hayfields

  • 261 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 262 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 263 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 264 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 265 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 266 Filming at Hartland

  • 267 Torrington children build igloo
  • 268 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 269 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 270 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 271 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 272

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 273 Bideford regatta

  • 274 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 275 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 277

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 278 Weare Giffard potato

  • 279 Modern living at Bideford

  • 280 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 281 Just over a year old

  • 282 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 283 New Lundy stamps

  • 284 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 285 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 286 New addition to Quay front

  • 287 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 288 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 289 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 290 So this is the mainland!

  • 291 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 292 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 293 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 294 Variety in summer weather

  • 295

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 296 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 297 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 298 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 299 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 300 No sale of Springfield House

  • 301 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 302 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 303 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 304 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 305 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 306 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 307 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 308 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 309 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 310 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 311 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 312 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 313 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 314 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 315 End of the line

  • 316 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 317 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 318 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 319 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 320 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 321 Happy Days!

  • 322 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 323 From Bobby to Brian

  • 324 Appledore's largest

  • 325 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 326 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 327

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 328 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 329 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 330 It really was the 'last time'

  • 331 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 332 Life begins at 80

  • 333 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 334 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 335 New Post Office

  • 336 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 337 Finished in 1876

  • 338 Mobile missionary

  • 339 Picking the pops

  • 340 Simple Item 138
  • 341 Artisans' Club

  • 342 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 343 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 344 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 345 Clovelly custom

  • 346 No laughing matter

  • 347 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 348 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 349 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 350 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 351 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 352 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 353 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 354 Revenge in style

  • 355 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 356

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 357 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 358 New choral society's growing response

  • 359 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 360 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 361 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 362 Bideford's first woman councillor

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

  • 364 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 365 By pony and trap to market

  • 366 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 367 Last train from Torrington

  • 368 Puppet characters introduced

  • 369

    Building works
  • 370 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 371 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 372 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 373 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 374 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 375 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 376 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 377 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 378

    Bidefordians
  • 379 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 380 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 381 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 382 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 383 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 384

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 385 For crying out loud!

  • 386 In their new robes and hats

  • 387 A story to tell!

  • 388 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 389 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 390 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 391 Bideford loses training ship

  • 392 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 393 Centenary of Gazette

  • 394 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 395 Riverside mystery

  • 396

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 397 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 398 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 399 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 401 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 402 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 403

    Relatives all over the world
  • 404 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 405 Service with a smile

  • 406 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 408 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 409 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 410 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 411 Penny for the guy

  • 412

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 413 Sight of a lifetime

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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Young Winners

Winners of the junior safety quiz contest at Northam were a team from St Margaret's School.

4.5.1973 road safety winners Northam1

This success was a repeat of that last year.

Seen with Mr Peter Hall, chairman of Northam road safety committee, are Stefan Miller, Ian Mansfield, Simon Worley and Elizabeth Ruddock.

All are aged 11.

4.5.1973 road safety winners Northam2

Gazette article dated 4 May 1973

Edgehill College Sponsored Walk

Ten girls of Edgehill College's Upper IVB form

4.2.1977 Edgehill College

staged a novel 11-legged sponsored walk in Bideford Park at the weekend to raise funds for the RSPCA.

The girls, who did five circuits, were: Julie Mayne, Pamela Southcott, Julie Rudge, Celia Smith, Jane Hughes, Kate Biddulph, Jane Waters, Jackie Marshall, Susan Westaway and Wendy Elrick.

School girls also did this in 1975

Gazette article dated 4 February 1977

Their Best Yet

“Fish out of water,” the latest production of Bideford Community College drama group, proved their best yet.

1.12.1972 Bideford Community College

The three-act comedy by Derek Benfield was ideally suited to this small company, who obviously enjoyed themselves as much as the audience.

Portraying the adventures of a very mixed group of English tourists on the Italian Riviera, it ends, of course, with romance – one expected and one quite the opposite.

As the dominating Agatha Hepworth, Betty Maynard captured much of the attention, and Edie Hill’s sympathetic portrayal of the pitiable Fiona Francis also won praise.

The mere appearance of Cyril Squires as the pathetic Mr. Mallett brought laughter from the audience.

Geoff Skinner and Audrey Jones as Brigadier and Mrs Hubback tried to remain aloof from their “lesser” fellow guests but even the Brigadier’s military mind could not out manoeuvre the persistent Agatha Hepworth.

Dora Cowley, the friendly “clippy” with a yearning for romance was a lively study by Christine Ellis, Jane Walters was the Italian waitress Marisa, Mike England the holiday tour representative Julian Whittle, and Steve Ball the “would-be wolf” Len Barrett.

The play was produced by Bob Terrell, who was also in charge of lighting, Barbara Terrell was prompt and Fred Jones, stage manager.

The play has been presented at the Bideford Centre and Bideford Community College, and arrangements are in hand for a visit to Abbotsham.

1.12.1972 Bideford Community College

Article dated 1 December 1972

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