• 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 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 2 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 3 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 4 New addition to Quay front

  • 5 Out of puff!

  • 6 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 8 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 9 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 10 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 11 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 12 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 13 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 14 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 15 113 years at Instow

  • 16 Clovelly custom

  • 17 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 18 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 19 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 20 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 21 Off on a great adventure

  • 22 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 23 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 24 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 25 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 26 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 27 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 28 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 29 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 30 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 31 A bird of their own!

  • 32

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 33 New civic medallions

  • 34 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 35 Service with a smile

  • 36 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 37

    New gateway
  • 38 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 39 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 40 Northam's almshouse

  • 41 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 42 Puppet characters introduced

  • 43 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 44

    Bidefordians
  • 45

    Was a missionary
  • 46 Circus comes to town

  • 47 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 48 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 49 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 50 Bideford regatta

  • 51 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 52 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 53 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 54 School's link with cargo ship

  • 55 Hartland postman retires

  • 56 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 57 Happy Days!

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

  • 59 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 60 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 61 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 62 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 63 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 64 New shipyard on schedule

  • 65 No sale of Springfield House

  • 66 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 67 In their new robes and hats

  • 68 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 69 Capers on the cobbles

  • 70 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 71 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 72 All aboard the ark

  • 73 Recognise this resort?

  • 74 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 75 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 76 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 77

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 78 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 79 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 80 Some mushroom!

  • 81 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 82 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 83 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 84 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 85

    First prize
  • 86 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 87 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 88 Loads of black and white

  • 89

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 90 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 91 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 92 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 93 So this is the mainland!

  • 94 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 95 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 96 A roof-top view - where?

  • 97 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 98 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 99 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 100 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 101 Artisans' Club

  • 102 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 103

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 104 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 105 Parkham plan realised

  • 106 Private home for public pump

  • 107 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 108

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 109 Modern living at Bideford

  • 110

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 111 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 112 Torrington children build igloo
  • 113 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 114 New Lundy stamps

  • 115 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 116 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 117 Last train from Torrington

  • 118 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 119

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 120 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 121

    Relatives all over the world
  • 122 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 123 Finished in 1876

  • 124 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 125 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 126 Just over a year old

  • 127 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 128

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 129 New choral society's growing response

  • 130 Riverside mystery

  • 131 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 132 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 134 Northam footballers of the future

  • 135 They are parted pro-tem

  • 136 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 138 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 139 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 140 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 141 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 143 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 144 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 145 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 146 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 148 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 149 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 150 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 151 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 152

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 153 A story to tell!

  • 154 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 155 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 156 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 157 New art gallery opened

  • 158 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 159 Picking the pops

  • 160 Police station view of Bideford

  • 161

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 162 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 163 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 164 By pony and trap to market

  • 165 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 166 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 167 Penny for the guy

  • 168 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 169 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 170 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 171

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 172

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 173 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 174 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 175 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 176 New look in the hayfields

  • 177 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 178 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 179 End of the line

  • 180 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 181 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 182 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 183 North Devon Driving School

  • 184 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 185 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 186 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 187 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 188 Hartland Dancers
  • 189 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 190 No laughing matter

  • 191

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 192

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 193 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 194 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 195 All for the love of a lady!

  • 196 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 197 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 198 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 199

    Married in 1908
  • 200 Some 240 exhibits

  • 201 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 202 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 203 The Geneva marionettes

  • 204 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 205 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 206 Life begins at 80

  • 207 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 208

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 209 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 210 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 211 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 212 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 213 Bideford computer stars

  • 214 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 215 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 216 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 217 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 218 Sight of a lifetime

  • 219 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 220 A man and his wheel

  • 221 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 222 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 223 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 224 Warmington's garage ad

  • 225 Decontrol of meat

  • 226 Ships at Bideford

  • 227 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 228 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 229 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 230 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 231 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 232 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 233 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 234 School crossing patrol begins

  • 235

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 236 The art of the thatcher

  • 237 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 238 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 239 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 240 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 241 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 242 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 244 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 245 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 246 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 247 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 248 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 249 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 250 Waldon Triplets
  • 251 Twenty-one yachts

  • 252 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 253 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 254 Traditions and skills still there

  • 255 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 256

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 257 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 258 Hartland's invitation

  • 259 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 260 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 261 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 262 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 263 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 264 Centenary of Gazette

  • 265 Torrington in 1967

  • 266 Appledore's largest

  • 267 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 268 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 269 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 270 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 271 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 272 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 273

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 274 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 275 Picking the pops

  • 276 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 277 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 278 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 279 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 280 Littleham family's five generations

  • 281 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 282 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 283 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 284 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 285 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 286 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 287 Burnard family reunion

  • 288 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 289 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 290 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 291 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 292 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 293 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 294 Weare Giffard potato

  • 295 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 296 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 297 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 298 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 299 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 300 Clovelly nightmare

  • 301 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 302 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 303

    Exhibition of school work
  • 304 Ten year old scrambler

  • 305 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 306 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 307 Cruising down the river

  • 308 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 309 When horses score over the tractor

  • 310 Bridging the stream

  • 311

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 312 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 313 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 314 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 315 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 316 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 317 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 318 Mobile missionary

  • 319 Peter poses for TV film

  • 320 Six footed lamb

  • 321 For crying out loud!

  • 322 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 323 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 324 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 325 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 326 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 327 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 328 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 329 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 330 Revenge in style

  • 331 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 332 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 334 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 336 Jumble sale fever

  • 337 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 338 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 339 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 340

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 341 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 342

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 343

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 344 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 345 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 346 New Post Office

  • 347 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 348 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 349 What's the time?

  • 350 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 352 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 353 Torrington's new amenity

  • 354 Simple Item 138
  • 355 Bideford loses training ship

  • 356 Variety in summer weather

  • 357 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 358 First ship in 8 years

  • 359 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 360 He beat the floods

  • 361 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 362 Emergency ferry services

  • 363

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 364 Devil sent packing

  • 365 Can spring be far away?

  • 366 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 367 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 368

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 369 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 370 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 372 New life for Hartland organ

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

  • 374 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 375 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 376 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 377 It really was the 'last time'

  • 378 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 379 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 380 Little 'Big Ben'

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    Building works
  • 382 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 383 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 384 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 385 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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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Edgehill College Junior Sports

Edgehill College Junior Sports - 19th June 1959

19.6.1959 Edgehill
 

Dr R A Cooper wins the sack race for fathers and Mrs Dorothy Cleaver won the obstacle race for mothers. The headmistress, Miss A M Shaw, distributed the prizes and was presented with a bouquet by Elizabeth Coham-Fleming.
Highest number of points: 11 years - Ann Vince, Penelope Mole. 10 years - Jane Bush, Margaret Heywood. 9 years - Celia Barfoot, Sally Doe. 8 years - Janine Trapnell, Elizabeth Cleaver. 7 years - Belinda Cross, Sarah Vincent. 6 years - Richard McKean, Elizabeth Spinks. 5 years - Robin Trapnell, Philip Cleaver.
Little visitors' race - Ann Stanbury.

Girls' College To Have Headmaster

Girls' College To Have Headmaster - 12th December 1975

12.12.1975 Edgehill
 

For the first time since it was founded at Bideford 91 years ago Edgehill College is to have a man in charge.
When the present headmistress, Miss A Mary Shaw, retires at the end of the summer term she will be suceeded by Mr Joseph Shepherd, 46, of Wolverhampton.

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