• 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 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 2 When horses score over the tractor

  • 3 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 4 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 5 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 6 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 7 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 8 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 9 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 10

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 11 A man and his wheel

  • 12 Appledore's largest

  • 13 So this is the mainland!

  • 14 Off on a great adventure

  • 15 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 16 Waldon Triplets
  • 17 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 18 Peter poses for TV film

  • 19 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 20 No laughing matter

  • 21 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 22 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 23 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 24 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 25 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 26 School's link with cargo ship

  • 27 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 28 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 29 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 30 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 31 Bridging the stream

  • 32 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 33 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 34 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 35 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 36 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 37 Modern living at Bideford

  • 38 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 39 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 40 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 41

    Building works
  • 42 Some 240 exhibits

  • 43

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 44 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 45 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 46 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 47 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 48 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 49 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 50 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 51 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 52 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 53 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 54 Torrington in 1967

  • 55 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 56 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 57 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 58 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 59 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 60 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 61 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 62

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 63 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 64 Simple Item 138
  • 65 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 66 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 67 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 68 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 69

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 70 Happy Days!

  • 71

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 72 New shipyard on schedule

  • 73 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 74 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 75 Police station view of Bideford

  • 76 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 77 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 78 Jumble sale fever

  • 79 Loads of black and white

  • 80 Some mushroom!

  • 81 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 82 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 83

    New gateway
  • 84 Pannier Market's future?

  • 85 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 86 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 87 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 88 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 89 Capers on the cobbles

  • 90

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 91 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 92 Artisans' Club

  • 93 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 94 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 95 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 96 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 97 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 98 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 99 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 100 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 101 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 102 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 103 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 104 Torrington's new amenity

  • 105 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 106 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 107 Parkham plan realised

  • 108 A story to tell!

  • 109 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 110 It really was the 'last time'

  • 111 New life for Hartland organ

  • 112 Ships at Bideford

  • 113 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 114 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 115 For crying out loud!

  • 116 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 117 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 118 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 119 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 120 No sale of Springfield House

  • 121 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 122 Northam's almshouse

  • 123 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 124 Torrington children build igloo
  • 125

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 126 They are parted pro-tem

  • 127 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 128 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 129 Making way for the double-deckers

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

  • 131 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 132 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 133 Sight of a lifetime

  • 134 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 135

    Exhibition of school work
  • 136 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 137 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 138 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 139 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 140 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 141 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 142 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 144 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 145 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 146 Penny for the guy

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

  • 148

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 149 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 150 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 151

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 152

    Was a missionary
  • 153 Bideford computer stars

  • 154 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 155 Bideford regatta

  • 156 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 157 Just over a year old

  • 158 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 159 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 160 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 161 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 162 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 163 The Geneva marionettes

  • 164 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 165 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 166 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 167 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 168 A roof-top view - where?

  • 169 School crossing patrol begins

  • 170 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 171 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 172 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 173 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 174 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 175 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 176 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 178 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 179 Hartland's invitation

  • 180 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 181 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 182 Clovelly custom

  • 183 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 184 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 185 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 186 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 187 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 188 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 189 Decontrol of meat

  • 190 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 191 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 192 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 193

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 194 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 195 Service with a smile

  • 196

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 197 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 198 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 199 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 200 He beat the floods

  • 201 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 202 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 203 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 204 Recognise this resort?

  • 205 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 206

    Married in 1908
  • 207

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 208 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 209 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 210 The art of the thatcher

  • 211 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 212 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 213 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 214 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 215 Picking the pops

  • 216 Littleham family's five generations

  • 217 Clovelly nightmare

  • 218 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 219 Puppet characters introduced

  • 220 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 221 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 222 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 223 All for the love of a lady!

  • 224 First ship in 8 years

  • 225 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 226 What's the time?

  • 227 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 228

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 229 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 230 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 231

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 232 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 233 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 234 Burnard family reunion

  • 235 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 236 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 237 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 238

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 239 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 240 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 241 New art gallery opened

  • 242 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 243 By pony and trap to market

  • 244 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 245

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 246 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 247 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 248 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 249 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 250 Variety in summer weather

  • 251 End of the line

  • 252 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 253 Mobile missionary

  • 254 Warmington's garage ad

  • 255 A bird of their own!

  • 256 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 257 Ten year old scrambler

  • 258

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 259 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 260

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 261 Circus comes to town

  • 262 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 263 Traditions and skills still there

  • 264

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 265 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 266 Twenty-one yachts

  • 267 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 268 Hartland postman retires

  • 269 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 270 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 271 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 272 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 273 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 274 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 276 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 277 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 278 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 279 All aboard the ark

  • 280 New look in the hayfields

  • 281 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 283 Emergency ferry services

  • 284 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 285 Centenary of Gazette

  • 286 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 287 New civic medallions

  • 288 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 290 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 291

    Relatives all over the world
  • 292 New Lundy stamps

  • 293 Northam footballers of the future

  • 294 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 295 Bideford loses training ship

  • 296

    Bidefordians
  • 297 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 298 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 299 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 301 Picking the pops

  • 302

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 303 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 305 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 306 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 307

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 308 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 309 New Post Office

  • 310 Finished in 1876

  • 311 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 312 Cruising down the river

  • 313 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 314 North Devon Driving School

  • 315 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 316 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 317 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 318 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 319 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 320 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 321 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 322 New choral society's growing response

  • 323 Weare Giffard potato

  • 324 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 325

    First prize
  • 326 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 327 Out of puff!

  • 328 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 329 Life begins at 80

  • 330

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 331 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 332 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 333 Can spring be far away?

  • 334 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 335 In their new robes and hats

  • 336

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 337 Last train from Torrington

  • 338 Private home for public pump

  • 339 Six footed lamb

  • 340 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 341 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 342 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 343 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 344 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 346 Hartland Dancers
  • 347 Revenge in style

  • 348 New addition to Quay front

  • 349 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 350 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 351 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 352 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

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

  • 355 Riverside mystery

  • 356 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 357

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 358 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 359 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 360 Devil sent packing

  • 361 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 362 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 363 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 364 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 365

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 366 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 367 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 368 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 369 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 370 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 371 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 372 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 373 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 374 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 375 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 376 113 years at Instow

  • 377 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 378 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 380 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 381 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 382 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 383 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 384 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 385 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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New school for boys at Bideford 16th July 1954

New school for boys at Bideford 16th July 1954

new school for boys at bidefordGrenville College is the name of a new independent boarding school and day school for boys between the ages of 9 and 17 announced as taking over premises being vacated at the end of this Summer term by West Bank School for girls which is moving to Sidmouth.  The headmistress is Miss Hewlett.

Mr N. A. Dromgoole as headmaster.  He was a former headmaster of Belmont College, was educated at Dulwich College St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he gained his B.A. (Hons.) degree.

 

Schoolgirls from many lands

Schoolgirls from many lands

schoolgirls from many landsThe above charming group of girls from many lands was taken the other day at the Stella Maris Convent School, Bideford, on the occasion of the feast day held in honour of the Reverend Mother.

Girls starting at the back with Marion Pringle; Emma Ritter; Munira Gatami; Yvette Stragier; Felicity Baker; Beatrice Van Waes; Maria Massaquoi; Cecelia de Yanes; Suzanne Froozan; Brenda Alcala; Danielle Caproni; Rositta Aidinzantz; Sylvia Sagrario; Frieda Diponogoro; Jessie Dreyfuss; Cynthia Behnan and Ajibabi Dekalu.

 

Stella Maris third in S.W. catholic schools' swimming 28.6.1968

 Stella Maris third in S.W. catholic schools' swimming 28.6.1968

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stella maris third in s.w. catholic schools swimming

Seen above before a training session are the swimming team from Bideford's Stella Maris School.  After winning the North Devon area title of the Catholics schools' Swimming Federation, they competed at the South West area finals at Charlton Park, Cheltenham.

Swimmers taking part.  Elizabeth Adlington; Linda Locke; Helen Cooper; Joanne Payne; Marilyn Cuthill; Karen Locke; Jean Cooper; Carol Booth;  Prudence Murray; Hilary Shaw; Kathrine Payne and Karen Cummings.

 

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