• 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 What's the time?

  • 2 New art gallery opened

  • 3 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 4 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 5 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 6 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 7 Penny for the guy

  • 8 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 9 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 10 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 11 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 12 When horses score over the tractor

  • 13 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 14 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 15 Police station view of Bideford

  • 16 Appledore's largest

  • 17 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 18 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 19 Some 240 exhibits

  • 20 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 21 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 22 Loads of black and white

  • 23 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 24 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 25 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 26 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 27 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 28 Off on a great adventure

  • 29 By pony and trap to market

  • 30 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 31 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 32 Puppet characters introduced

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

  • 34 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 35 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 36 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 37 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 38 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 39

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 40 Bideford loses training ship

  • 41

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 42 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 43 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 44 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 45 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 46 School crossing patrol begins

  • 47 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 48

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 49 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 50 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 51 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 52 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 53 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 54 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 55 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 56 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 57 Traditions and skills still there

  • 58 Picking the pops

  • 59 The cab at the corner>
  • 60 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 61 No laughing matter

  • 62 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 63 Sweets derationing

  • 64 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 65 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 66 Mobile missionary

  • 67 Variety in summer weather

  • 68 Weare Giffard potato

  • 69 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 70 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 72 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 73 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 74 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 76 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 77 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 78 Some mushroom!

  • 79 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 80 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 81 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 82 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 83 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 84 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 85

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 86 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 87 A roof-top view - where?

  • 88 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 89 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 90 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 91 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 92 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 93 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 94 A bird of their own!

  • 95 Modern living at Bideford

  • 96 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 97 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 98 Warmington's garage ad

  • 99 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 100 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 101 Cruising down the river

  • 102 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 103 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 104 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 105 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 106

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 107 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 108 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 109 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 110 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 111

    Bidefordians
  • 112 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 113 Private home for public pump

  • 114 New addition to Quay front

  • 115 Torrington's new amenity

  • 116 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 117 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 118 Simple Item 138
  • 119

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 120 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 121 Sight of a lifetime

  • 122 All for the love of a lady!

  • 123 Finished in 1876

  • 124 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 125 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 126

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 127 Clovelly custom

  • 128 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 129 Decontrol of meat

  • 130 Bideford regatta

  • 131 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 132 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 133 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 134 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 135 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 136 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 137

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 138 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 139 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 140

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 141 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 142 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 143 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 144 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 145

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

  • 147 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 148 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 149 New civic medallions

  • 150 Six footed lamb

  • 151 End of the line

  • 152 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 153 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 154 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 155 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 157

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 158 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 159 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 160 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 161 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 162 Littleham family's five generations

  • 163 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 164

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 165 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 166 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 167 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 168 New Lundy stamps

  • 169 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 170 The Geneva marionettes

  • 171 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 172 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 173 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 174 Twenty-one yachts

  • 175 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 176 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 177

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 178 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 179 Northam footballers of the future

  • 180 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 181 Filming at Hartland

  • 182 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 183 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 184 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 185 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 186 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 187 Life begins at 80

  • 188 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 189 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 191 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 192 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 193 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 194 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 195

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 196 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 197 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 198 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 199 Out of puff!

  • 200 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 201 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 202 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 203 113 years at Instow

  • 204 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 205 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 206 Bideford computer stars

  • 207 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 208 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 209 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 210 He beat the floods

  • 211 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 212 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 213 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 214 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 215 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 216 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 217 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 219 Circus comes to town

  • 220 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 221 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 222

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 223 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 224 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 225 All aboard the ark

  • 226 Capers on the cobbles

  • 227 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 228 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 229 Bridging the stream

  • 230 Torrington children build igloo
  • 231

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 232 School's link with cargo ship

  • 233 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 234 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 235 Just over a year old

  • 236 The art of the thatcher

  • 237 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 238 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 239 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 240 Riverside mystery

  • 241 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 242 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 244 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 245 Artisans' Club

  • 246 Torrington in 1967

  • 247 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 248 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 249 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 250 A man and his wheel

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

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

  • 253 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 254 In their new robes and hats

  • 255

    First prize
  • 256 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 257 Revenge in style

  • 258 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 259 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 260 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 261 Waldon Triplets
  • 262 Emergency ferry services

  • 263 From Bobby to Brian

  • 264 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 265 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 266 A story to tell!

  • 267 Happy Days!

  • 268 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 269 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 270 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 271

    Relatives all over the world
  • 272 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 273 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 274 So this is the mainland!

  • 275

    Was a missionary
  • 276 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 277 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 278 Parkham plan realised

  • 279 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 280 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 281 It really was the 'last time'

  • 282 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 283 New choral society's growing response

  • 284 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 285 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 286 Last train from Torrington

  • 287 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 288 New Post Office

  • 289

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 290 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 291 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 292

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 293 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 294 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 295 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 296 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 297 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 298 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 300 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 301 North Devon Driving School

  • 302 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 304 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 305 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 306 Ships at Bideford

  • 307 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 308 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 309 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 310 Devil sent packing

  • 311 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 312

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 313 First ship in 8 years

  • 314 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 315 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 316 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 317 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 318 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 319 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 320 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 321

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 322 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 323 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 324 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 325 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 326 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 327 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 328 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 329

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 330 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 331 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 332 No sale of Springfield House

  • 333 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 334 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 335 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 336 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 337 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 338 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 339 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 340 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 341 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 342

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 343 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 344 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 345

    Building works
  • 346 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 347 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 348 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 349 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 350 For crying out loud!

  • 351 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 352 New shipyard on schedule

  • 353 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 354 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 355 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 356 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 357 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 358 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 360 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 362 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 363 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 364 Clovelly nightmare

  • 365 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 366 Service with a smile

  • 367 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 368 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 369 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 370 Jumble sale fever

  • 371 Can spring be far away?

  • 372 Northam's almshouse

  • 373 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 374 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 375 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 377 Hartland Dancers
  • 378 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 379 First steel ship built at Bideford

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 381 Hartland's invitation

  • 382

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 383 Recognise this resort?

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    New gateway
  • 385 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 386 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 387 Centenary of Gazette

  • 388 Picking the pops

  • 389 New look in the hayfields

  • 390 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 391 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 392

    Married in 1908
  • 393 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 394 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 395 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 396 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 397 Pannier Market's future?

  • 398 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 399 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 400 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 401 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 402 New life for Hartland organ

  • 403 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 404 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 405 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 406 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 408 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 409 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 410 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 411 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 412 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 413 They are parted pro-tem

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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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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