• 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 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 2 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 3 Modern living at Bideford

  • 4 Clovelly nightmare

  • 5 New art gallery opened

  • 6 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 7 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 8 New civic medallions

  • 9 Artisans' Club

  • 10 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 11 So this is the mainland!

  • 12 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 13 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 14 It really was the 'last time'

  • 15 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 16 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 17 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 18 Emergency ferry services

  • 19 Some 240 exhibits

  • 20 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 21 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 22 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 23 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 24 First ship in 8 years

  • 25 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 26 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 27 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 28 Littleham family's five generations

  • 29 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 30 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 31 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 32 Simple Item 138
  • 33 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 34 Jumble sale fever

  • 35 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 36 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 37 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 38 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 39 Appledore's largest

  • 40 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 41 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 42 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 43 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 44 Can spring be far away?

  • 45 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 46 By pony and trap to market

  • 47 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 48 Peter poses for TV film

  • 49 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 50 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 51 Some mushroom!

  • 52 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 53 Cruising down the river

  • 54 Finished in 1876

  • 55 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 56 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 57 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 58 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 59 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 60 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 61 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 62 Hartland postman retires

  • 63 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 64

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 65 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 66 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 67 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 68 School crossing patrol begins

  • 69 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 70 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 71

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 72 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 73 Bridging the stream

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

  • 75 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 76 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 77 Riverside mystery

  • 78 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 79 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 80 113 years at Instow

  • 81 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 82 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 83

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 84 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 85 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 86 Happy Days!

  • 87 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 88

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 89 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 90 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 91

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 92 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 93 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 94 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 95 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 96 A bird of their own!

  • 97 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 98 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 99 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 100 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 101 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 102 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 103 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 104 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 105 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 106 In their new robes and hats

  • 107 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 108 Just over a year old

  • 109 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 110 For crying out loud!

  • 111 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 112 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 113 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 114 The art of the thatcher

  • 115 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 116 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 117 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 118 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 119 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 120 Six footed lamb

  • 121 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 122 All aboard the ark

  • 123 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 124 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 125 Burnard family reunion

  • 126 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 127

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 128 Torrington's new amenity

  • 129 Picking the pops

  • 130 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 131

    Was a missionary
  • 132 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 133 Off on a great adventure

  • 134 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 135 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 136 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 137 North Devon Driving School

  • 138 Police station view of Bideford

  • 139 Traditions and skills still there

  • 140 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 141 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 142 New shipyard on schedule

  • 143 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 144 Torrington children build igloo
  • 145 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 146 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 147 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 148 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 149 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 150 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 151 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 152 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 153 Life begins at 80

  • 154 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 155 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 156 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 157 A roof-top view - where?

  • 158 Loads of black and white

  • 159

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 160 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 161 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 162 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 163 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 164 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 165

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 166 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 167 No laughing matter

  • 168 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 169 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 170 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 171 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 172 New choral society's growing response

  • 173 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 174 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 175 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 176 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 177

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 178

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 179

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 180 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 181 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 182 Northam footballers of the future

  • 183 All for the love of a lady!

  • 184

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 185 End of the line

  • 186 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 187 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 188 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 189 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 190

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 191 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 192 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 193 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 194 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 195 Bideford regatta

  • 196 A story to tell!

  • 197

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 198 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 199 Waldon Triplets
  • 200 The Geneva marionettes

  • 201 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 202 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 203 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 204 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 205 School's link with cargo ship

  • 206 They are parted pro-tem

  • 207

    Married in 1908
  • 208 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 209 Last train from Torrington

  • 210 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 211 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 212 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 214 Service with a smile

  • 215

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 216 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 217 Northam's almshouse

  • 218

    Bidefordians
  • 219 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 220 He beat the floods

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

  • 222 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 223 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 224 Hartland's invitation

  • 225 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 226 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 227 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 228 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 229

    First prize
  • 230

    Building works
  • 231 Out of puff!

  • 232 Private home for public pump

  • 233 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 234 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 235 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 236 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 237 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 238 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 239 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 240 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 241 Circus comes to town

  • 242 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 243 Pannier Market's future?

  • 244 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 245 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 246 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 247 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 248 Warmington's garage ad

  • 249 Recognise this resort?

  • 250 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 251 When horses score over the tractor

  • 252 A man and his wheel

  • 253 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 254

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 255 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 256 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 257 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 258 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 259

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 260 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 261 Decontrol of meat

  • 262 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 263 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 264 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 265 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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

  • 267 Revenge in style

  • 268 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 269 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 270 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 271 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 272 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 273

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 274 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 275

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 276 Variety in summer weather

  • 277 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 278 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 279 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 280

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 281 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 282 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 283 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 284 New life for Hartland organ

  • 285 Penny for the guy

  • 286 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 287 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 288 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 289 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 290 Torrington in 1967

  • 291 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 292

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 293 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 294 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 295 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 296 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 297 Bideford loses training ship

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 299 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 300 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 301 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 302 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 303 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 304 New look in the hayfields

  • 305 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 306 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 307 Hartland Dancers
  • 308 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 309 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 310 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 311 New addition to Quay front

  • 312 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 313 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 314 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 315 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 316 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 317 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 318

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 319 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 320 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 323 Parkham plan realised

  • 324 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 325 Sight of a lifetime

  • 326 Mobile missionary

  • 327 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 328 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 329 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 330 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 331 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 332 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 333 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 334 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 335 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 336 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 337 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 338 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 339 Ten year old scrambler

  • 340 Centenary of Gazette

  • 341 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 343 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 344 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 345 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 346 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 347 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 348 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 349 New Post Office

  • 350 Twenty-one yachts

  • 351 Picking the pops

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

  • 353 Devil sent packing

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

  • 355 Clovelly custom

  • 356 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 357 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 358 Puppet characters introduced

  • 359 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 361 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 362 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 363 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 364 What's the time?

  • 365 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 367 Bideford computer stars

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 369 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 370 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 371 Weare Giffard potato

  • 372 Ships at Bideford

  • 373 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 374 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 375 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 376 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 377 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 378 Bideford country dancers on TV

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 380 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 381 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 382 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

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    New gateway
  • 384 New Lundy stamps

  • 385 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

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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  • 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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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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Bideford school pioneers new constructional method

Bideford school pioneers new constructional method 15th February 1963

bideford school pioneers new constructional methodFirst school to be built in this country using a structure of aluminium girders is at present being erected in Bideford.

New junior school for pupils of Stella Maris Convent being erected in the Convent's grounds near Mignonette Walk.  Main contractors for the work are the Bideford firm of A F (Colin) Beer & Son.  The use of new lightweight girders in the building trade is the idea of the designer of the school, Mr Bruce Martin, of London.

Diamond Wedding

Two of the best known of North Devon Methodists, the Rev and Mrs Richard Pyke, have just celebrated their diamond wedding.

1960 Rev Pyke


Mr Pyke was once a minister on the Barnstaple Thorne Memorial Circuit. He and his wife were married at the Bear Street church.
He has been a governor of Shebbear College for nearly 50 years and was recently made a life governor.

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