• 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 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 2 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 3 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 4 The Geneva marionettes

  • 5 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 6 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 7 Torrington in 1967

  • 8 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 9 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 10 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 11 Artisans' Club

  • 12 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 14 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 15 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 16 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 17 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 19 Circus comes to town

  • 20

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 21 Decontrol of meat

  • 22 New look in the hayfields

  • 23 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 24 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 25 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 26 Happy Days!

  • 27

    Married in 1908
  • 28 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 29 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 30 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 31 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 32

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 33 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 34 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 35 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 36 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 37 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 38 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 39 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 40 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 41 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 42 New shipyard on schedule

  • 43 Last train from Torrington

  • 44 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 45 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 46 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 47 New choral society's growing response

  • 48 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 49 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 51 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 52 Northam footballers of the future

  • 53

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 54 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 55 Pannier Market's future?

  • 56 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 57 Twenty-one yachts

  • 58 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 59 Some mushroom!

  • 60 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 62 Riverside mystery

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

  • 64 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 65 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 66 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 67 No sale of Springfield House

  • 68 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 69 Sight of a lifetime

  • 70 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 71 North Devon Driving School

  • 72 New art gallery opened

  • 73 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 74

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 75 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 76 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 77 Bideford computer stars

  • 78

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 79 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 80 They are parted pro-tem

  • 81 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 82 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 83 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 84 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 85 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 86 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 88 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 89 Simple Item 138
  • 90 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 91 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 92 Devil sent packing

  • 93 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 94 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 95 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 96 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 97 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 98 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 99 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 100 Revenge in style

  • 101 Some 240 exhibits

  • 102 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 103 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 104 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 105 Jumble sale fever

  • 106

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 107 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 108 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 109 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 111 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 112 New Post Office

  • 113 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 114 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 115 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 116 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 117 First ship in 8 years

  • 118 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 119 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 120 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 121 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 122 Penny for the guy

  • 123 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 124 School's link with cargo ship

  • 125 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 126 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 127 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 129 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 130 Peter poses for TV film

  • 131 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 132 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 133

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 134

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 135 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 136 Picking the pops

  • 137 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 138 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 139 Bideford regatta

  • 140 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 141

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 142 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 143 Police station view of Bideford

  • 144 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 145 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 146

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 147 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 148 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 149 Sweets derationing

  • 150 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 151 Emergency ferry services

  • 152

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 153 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 154 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 155 Hartland postman retires

  • 156 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 157 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 158 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 159 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 160 Service with a smile

  • 161 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 162 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 163 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 164 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 165 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 166 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 167 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 168 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 169 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 170 Life begins at 80

  • 171 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 172 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 173 A story to tell!

  • 174 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 175 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 176 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 177 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 178 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 179 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 180 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 181 Finished in 1876

  • 182 No laughing matter

  • 183 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 184 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 185 It really was the 'last time'

  • 186 Just over a year old

  • 187

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 188 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 189 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 190 Mobile missionary

  • 191 New civic medallions

  • 192 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 193 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 194 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 195 A roof-top view - where?

  • 196 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 197 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 198

    Building works
  • 199 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 200 Loads of black and white

  • 201 The cab at the corner>
  • 202

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 203 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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

  • 205 Centenary of Gazette

  • 206 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 207 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 208 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 209 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 210 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 211

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 212 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 213 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 214 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 215 Clovelly nightmare

  • 216 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 217 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 218 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 219 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 220 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 221 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 222 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 223 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 224 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 225 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 226 Picking the pops

  • 227 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 228 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 229 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 230 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 231 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 232 School crossing patrol begins

  • 233 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 234

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 235 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 236

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 237 Can spring be far away?

  • 238 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 239 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 240 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 241 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 242 Puppet characters introduced

  • 243 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 244

    First prize
  • 245 A bird of their own!

  • 246 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 247 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 248 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 249 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 250 Private home for public pump

  • 251 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 252 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 253 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 255 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 256 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 257 For crying out loud!

  • 258 Parkham plan realised

  • 259 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 260 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 261 Six footed lamb

  • 262 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 263 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 264 Hartland's invitation

  • 265 Waldon Triplets
  • 266 113 years at Instow

  • 267 Recognise this resort?

  • 268 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 269 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 270 Appledore's largest

  • 271 Weare Giffard potato

  • 272 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 273

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 274 So this is the mainland!

  • 275 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 276 Torrington children build igloo
  • 277 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 278 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 279 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 280 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 281

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 282 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 283 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 284 By pony and trap to market

  • 285 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 286 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 287 Burnard family reunion

  • 288 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 289 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 290 Hartland Dancers
  • 291 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 292 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 294 Modern living at Bideford

  • 295 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 296 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 297 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 298 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 299

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 300

    Exhibition of school work
  • 301 What's the time?

  • 302

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 303 Capers on the cobbles

  • 304 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 305 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 306 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 307 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 308 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 309 All for the love of a lady!

  • 310 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 311 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 312 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 313 End of the line

  • 314 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 315 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 316 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 317 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 318 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 319 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 320 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 321 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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    New gateway
  • 323 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 324 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 326

    Bidefordians
  • 327 When horses score over the tractor

  • 328 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 330 Northam's almshouse

  • 331 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 332 Bideford loses training ship

  • 333 Littleham family's five generations

  • 334 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 335 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 336 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 337 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 338 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 339 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 340 Warmington's garage ad

  • 341 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 342

    Was a missionary
  • 343 From Bobby to Brian

  • 344 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 345 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 346 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 347 The art of the thatcher

  • 348 He beat the floods

  • 349 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 350 Ships at Bideford

  • 351 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 352 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 353 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 354

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 355 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 357 Torrington's new amenity

  • 358

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 359 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 360 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 361 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 362 Variety in summer weather

  • 363 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 364 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 366 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 367 Off on a great adventure

  • 368 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 369 Bridging the stream

  • 370 A man and his wheel

  • 371 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 372 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 373 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 374 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 375 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 376 New life for Hartland organ

  • 377 New Lundy stamps

  • 378 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 379 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 380 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 381 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 382 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 383 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 384 In their new robes and hats

  • 385 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 386 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 387 Out of puff!

  • 388 All aboard the ark

  • 389 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 390 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 391 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 392 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 393

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 394 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 395 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 396 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 397 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 398 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 399 Filming at Hartland

  • 400 Traditions and skills still there

  • 401 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 402 Cruising down the river

  • 403 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 404

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 405 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 406 Clovelly custom

  • 407 New addition to Quay front

  • 408 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 409 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 410 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 412 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 413 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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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Parents Envious

Langtree Schools’s Happy Atmosphere

 

18.7.1958 Langtree School

 

18.7.1958 Langtree School1

Many parents wished they were back at school again when a large number of visitors attended an Open Day at Langtree County Primary School on Friday.
Folk dancing, recorder playing, puppet making and basketry have been added to the curriculum this year, said the headmaster, Mr R A Yeo Jenn, in welcoming the guests.
Great interest was shown in the needlework section, under the direction of Mrs G E Burnett, as several of the articles made at the school had already been on display at teachers’ courses in different parts of the county.
A recorder solo by Barbara Dove as especially appreciated.
The headmaster thanked Mrs Burnett and Miss P K Nute for the support they had given him during the past year.
The full Gazette article is dated 18 July 1958

Shebbear Surprised

Entertaining Barnstaple Grammar School, Shebbear College declared at 130 for 7, thanks in particular to Daniel who made 43, and it looked as if they were reasonably safe in allowing Barnstaple 110 minutes in which to get the runs.

20.6.1958 Shebbear cricket


But they reckoned without Shepherd, who hit 51 which included 4 fours and a six, and a windfall of 17 in one over; he was well supported by Ash (24 not out) and Rogers (24), and the Shebbear figure was passed just a few minutes from time.
Gazette article dated 20 June 1958

A Tour Of The Tulips For Stella Maris Girls

Girls from Stella Maris Convent School, Bideford, were eating Edam cheese this week which they had brought from Holland as a souvenir of the eight days they spent there during the Easter holidays. 

1 May 1959 tulip tour

Their visits included a tour of the canals at Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Harbour, the Delft potteries, a cheese factory, art galleries and the Zuider Zee. ‘We were made welcome wherever we went’ said Miss M Loughlin, one of the teachers who accompanied the party. While at Volendam the group found a photographer who kept a stock of national costumes, and posed for the photograph: J Beer, M Little, P Westwood, C Lockhart, W Whiteland, M Whiteland, C Blackmore, J Ley, D Steer, S Lisle, Miss K O’Loughlin, Miss M Loughlin, V Pedrick, S Pidgeon. 

1 May 1959 tulip tour1

The full Gazette article is dated 1 May 1959

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