• 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 Can spring be far away?

  • 2 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 3 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 4 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 5 Finished in 1876

  • 6 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 7 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 8 Just over a year old

  • 9 So this is the mainland!

  • 10 Warmington's garage ad

  • 11 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 12 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 13 Burnard family reunion

  • 14 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 15

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 16 New choral society's growing response

  • 17 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 18 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 19 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 20 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 21 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 22 113 years at Instow

  • 23 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 24 Loads of black and white

  • 25 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 26 A man and his wheel

  • 27 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 28 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 29 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 30

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 31 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 32 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 33 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 34 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 35 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 36

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 37 Twenty-one yachts

  • 38 He beat the floods

  • 39 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 40 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 41 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 42 Jumble sale fever

  • 43 Circus comes to town

  • 44 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 45 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 46 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 47 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 48

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 49 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 50 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 51 For crying out loud!

  • 52 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 53 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 54 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 55 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 56 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 57

    First prize
  • 58 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 59 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 60 Northam footballers of the future

  • 61 They are parted pro-tem

  • 62 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 63

    Exhibition of school work
  • 64

    Building works
  • 65

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 66 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 67 Picking the pops

  • 68 New life for Hartland organ

  • 69 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 70 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 71 Bridging the stream

  • 72 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 73 Variety in summer weather

  • 74 Riverside mystery

  • 75 Parkham plan realised

  • 76 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 78 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 79 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 80 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 82 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 83

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 84 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 85 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 86 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 87 Last train from Torrington

  • 88 Ten year old scrambler

  • 89 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 90 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 91 The Geneva marionettes

  • 92

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 93 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 94 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 95 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 97 New Post Office

  • 98 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 99 New civic medallions

  • 100 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 101 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 102

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 103 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 104 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 105

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 106 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 107 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 108 By pony and trap to market

  • 109 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 110 Emergency ferry services

  • 111 Clovelly custom

  • 112 Off on a great adventure

  • 113 Artisans' Club

  • 114 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 115 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 116 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 117 Sight of a lifetime

  • 118 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 119 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 120

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 121 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 123 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 124 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 125 Capers on the cobbles

  • 126 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 128 All aboard the ark

  • 129

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 130 New shipyard on schedule

  • 131 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 132 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 133 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 134 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 135

    Married in 1908
  • 136 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 137 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 138 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 139 In their new robes and hats

  • 140 New addition to Quay front

  • 141 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 142 Waldon Triplets
  • 143

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 144 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 145 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 146 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 147 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 148 When horses score over the tractor

  • 149 Traditions and skills still there

  • 150 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 151 Clovelly nightmare

  • 152 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 153 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 154

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 155 All for the love of a lady!

  • 156

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 157 Cruising down the river

  • 158 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 159 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 160 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 161 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 162 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 163 School crossing patrol begins

  • 164 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 165

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 166 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 167 Police station view of Bideford

  • 168 Pannier Market's future?

  • 169 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 170 Recognise this resort?

  • 171 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 172 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 173 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 174 Centenary of Gazette

  • 175 Torrington children build igloo
  • 176 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 177 Devil sent packing

  • 178 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 179 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 180 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 181 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 182 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 183 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 184 Simple Item 138
  • 185 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 186 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 187 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 188 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 189 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 190 No sale of Springfield House

  • 191 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 193 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 194 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 195 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 196 First ship in 8 years

  • 197 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 198

    Relatives all over the world
  • 199 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 200

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 201 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 202 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 203 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 204 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 205 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 206 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 207 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 208 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 210 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 211 Northam's almshouse

  • 212 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 213 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 214 Puppet characters introduced

  • 215 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 216 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 217 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 218 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 219 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 220 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 221 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 222

    Bidefordians
  • 223 Some mushroom!

  • 224 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 225 Peter poses for TV film

  • 226 Revenge in style

  • 227 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 228 Some 240 exhibits

  • 229 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 230 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 231 New art gallery opened

  • 232 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 233 Modern living at Bideford

  • 234 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 235

    New gateway
  • 236 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 237 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 238 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 239 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 240 The art of the thatcher

  • 241 Bideford computer stars

  • 242

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 243 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 244 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 245 Hartland postman retires

  • 246 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 247 Happy Days!

  • 248 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 249 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 250 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 251 North Devon Driving School

  • 252 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 253 Out of puff!

  • 254 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 255 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 256 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 257 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 258

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 259 Torrington in 1967

  • 260 Picking the pops

  • 261 Weare Giffard potato

  • 262 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 263 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 264 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 265 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 267 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 269 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 270 Six footed lamb

  • 271

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 272 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 273 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 274 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 275 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 276 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 277

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 278 Ships at Bideford

  • 279 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 280 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 281 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 282

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 283 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 284 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 285 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 286 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 287 Hartland Dancers
  • 288 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 289 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 290 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 291 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 292 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 294 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 295 It really was the 'last time'

  • 296 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 297 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 298 A roof-top view - where?

  • 299

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 300 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 301

    Was a missionary
  • 302 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 303 A bird of their own!

  • 304 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 305 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 306 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 307 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 308 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 309 School's link with cargo ship

  • 310 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 311 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 312 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 313 Torrington's new amenity

  • 314 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 315 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 316 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 317 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 318 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 319 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 320 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 321 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 322 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 323 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 324 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 325 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 326 Bideford regatta

  • 327 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 328 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 329 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 330 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 331 Service with a smile

  • 332 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 333 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 334 Hartland's invitation

  • 335 Life begins at 80

  • 336 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 337 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 338 New look in the hayfields

  • 339

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 340

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 341 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 342 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 343 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 344 Appledore's largest

  • 345 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 346 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 347 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 348 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 349 Private home for public pump

  • 350 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 351 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 352 No laughing matter

  • 353 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 354 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 355 A story to tell!

  • 356 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 357 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 358 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 359 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 360 End of the line

  • 361 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 362 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 363

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 364 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 365 What's the time?

  • 366 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 367 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 368 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 369 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 370 New Lundy stamps

  • 371 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 372 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 373 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 374 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 375 Bideford loses training ship

  • 376 Penny for the guy

  • 377 Littleham family's five generations

  • 378 Decontrol of meat

  • 379 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 380 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 381 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 382 Mobile missionary

  • 383 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 384 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 385 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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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Barley Grove School

Looking Forward To Their Great Occasion

29.3.1956 Schools

The first fittings for the costumes these pupils of Barley Grove School will wear as this year’s principals at Torrington May Fair ceremony took place at the school on Friday. What exactly the costumes will be is a secret at the moment but there is no doubt from the smiles of the youngsters they are happily excited about their great day.

Tom Blight, Alison Johns, Leslie Johns, Carol Saltearn, Jean Wheeler, Sheila Johns, Sandra Johns, Rachel Squire, Wendy Lugg, Anne Morey, Heather Bissett and Gwendoline Copp.

Article dated 29 March 1956

Netball at Northam

These young pupils of St Margaret’ School, Northam, have plenty to smile about

13.5.1977 Northam School1

Since the 11 year olds formed a netball team last September they have played some 20 matches – and they have won them all.

Their latest success came in the Torridge District Schools football and netball rally at which they won the netball trophy with a 13-10 victory over East-the-Water School, Bideford in the final.

The team comprises: Lindsay Warmington, Alison Jarvis, Julie Chattey, Sandra Maxfield, Carolynne Moore, Suzanne Holder and Polly Hughes with Harriet Peacock and Cerys Parry as reserves.

Gazette article dated 13 May 1977

Ten Tors Expedition

No, it’s not a Mods and Rockers fashion parade

5.6.1964 Ten Tors

Far from it, in fact.

These youngsters did something worthwhile over the Whitsun holiday.

They are the six boys who made up the Bideford County Secondary School patrol that took part in the gruelling Ten Tors expedition on Dartmoor.

The boys are Brian Smith, of Fremington; Stuart Lane, Kevin Stach, Christopher Brackstone, David Hughes and Roger Humphrey, all of Bideford.

Gazette article dated 5 June 1964

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