• 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 Picking the pops

  • 2 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 3 Emergency ferry services

  • 4 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 5 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 6 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 7 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 8

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 9

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 10 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 11 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 12 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 13 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 14 It really was the 'last time'

  • 15 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 16 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 17 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 18 Ten year old scrambler

  • 19 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 20 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 21 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 22 When horses score over the tractor

  • 23 All aboard the ark

  • 24 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 25 The art of the thatcher

  • 26 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 27

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 28 Just over a year old

  • 29 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 30

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 31 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 32

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 33 Happy Days!

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

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

  • 36 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 37 Last train from Torrington

  • 38 Finished in 1876

  • 39 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 40

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 41 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 42 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 43 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 44 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 45 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 46 Sight of a lifetime

  • 47 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 49 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 50 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 51 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 52 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 53 A man and his wheel

  • 54 Life begins at 80

  • 55 New life for Hartland organ

  • 56 Out of puff!

  • 57 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 58 New choral society's growing response

  • 59 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 60

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 61 School's link with cargo ship

  • 62 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 63 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 64 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 65 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 66 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 67

    Relatives all over the world
  • 68

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 69 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 70 Decontrol of meat

  • 71 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 72 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 73 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 74 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 75 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 76 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 77 113 years at Instow

  • 78 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 79 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 80 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 81 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 82 Picking the pops

  • 83 They are parted pro-tem

  • 84 A bird of their own!

  • 85 End of the line

  • 86 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 87 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 88 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 89 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 90 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 91 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 92 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 93 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 94 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 95 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 96 For crying out loud!

  • 97 Revenge in style

  • 98 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 99 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 100 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 101 North Devon Driving School

  • 102 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 103 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 104 In their new robes and hats

  • 105 Some mushroom!

  • 106 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 107 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 108 Some 240 exhibits

  • 109 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 110 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 111

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 112 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 113 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 114 Loads of black and white

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

  • 116 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 117 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 118 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 119 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 120 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 121 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 122 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 123 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 124 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 125 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 126

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 127 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 128 Clovelly nightmare

  • 129

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 130 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 131 Bideford regatta

  • 132 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 133 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 134 Ships at Bideford

  • 135 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 136 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 137 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 138 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 139 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 140 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 141

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 142 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 143 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 144 What's the time?

  • 145 Clovelly custom

  • 146 Service with a smile

  • 147 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 148 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 149 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 150 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 151

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 152 Circus comes to town

  • 153 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 154 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 155 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 156 Six footed lamb

  • 157

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 158 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 159 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 160

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 161 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 162

    Bidefordians
  • 163 Hartland's invitation

  • 164 No laughing matter

  • 165 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 166 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 167 Cruising down the river

  • 168 New civic medallions

  • 169 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 170 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 171 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 172 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 173 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 174

    Was a missionary
  • 175 Bideford computer stars

  • 176 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 177 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 178 Capers on the cobbles

  • 179 By pony and trap to market

  • 180 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 181 Modern living at Bideford

  • 182

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 183 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 184

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 185 Peter poses for TV film

  • 186 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 187 Variety in summer weather

  • 188

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 189 Private home for public pump

  • 190 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 191 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 192 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 193 Warmington's garage ad

  • 194 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 195 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 196 School crossing patrol begins

  • 197 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 198 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 199 New art gallery opened

  • 200 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 201

    Building works
  • 202 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 203 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 204 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 205

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 206 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 207

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 208 Torrington's new amenity

  • 209 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 210 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 211 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 212 Burnard family reunion

  • 213 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 214 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 215

    New gateway
  • 216 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 217

    First prize
  • 218 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 219 Bideford loses training ship

  • 220 Hartland Dancers
  • 221 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 222 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 223

    Exhibition of school work
  • 224 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 225 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 226 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 227 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 228 A roof-top view - where?

  • 229 Parkham plan realised

  • 230 Simple Item 138
  • 231 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 232 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 233 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 234 Jumble sale fever

  • 235 Traditions and skills still there

  • 236 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 237 So this is the mainland!

  • 238 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 239 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 240 A story to tell!

  • 241 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 242 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 243 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 244 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 245 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 246 The Geneva marionettes

  • 247 Twenty-one yachts

  • 248

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 249 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 250 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 251 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 252 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 253 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 254 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 255 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 256 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 257 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 258 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 259 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 260 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 261 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 263 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 264 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 265 Torrington children build igloo
  • 266 All for the love of a lady!

  • 267 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 269 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 270 He beat the floods

  • 271 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 272 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 273 New shipyard on schedule

  • 274 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 275 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 276 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 277 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 278 Appledore's largest

  • 279 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 280 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 281 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 282 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 283 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 284 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 285 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 286 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 288 Littleham family's five generations

  • 289 Penny for the guy

  • 290 Pannier Market's future?

  • 291 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 292 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 293

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 294 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 295 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 296 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 297 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 298 Torrington in 1967

  • 299 Can spring be far away?

  • 300 Northam's almshouse

  • 301 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 302 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 303 Weare Giffard potato

  • 304 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 305 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 306 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 307 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

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

  • 309 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 310 Artisans' Club

  • 311 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 312 Recognise this resort?

  • 313 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 314

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 315 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 316 Waldon Triplets
  • 317 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 318 No sale of Springfield House

  • 319

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 320 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 321 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 322 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 323 New Lundy stamps

  • 324 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 325 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 326 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 327 First ship in 8 years

  • 328 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 329 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 330 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 331 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 332 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 333 Hartland postman retires

  • 334 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 335 New Post Office

  • 336 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 337 Puppet characters introduced

  • 338 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 339

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 340 Centenary of Gazette

  • 341 Devil sent packing

  • 342 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 343 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 344 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 345

    Married in 1908
  • 346 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 347 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 348 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 349 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 350 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 351 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 352 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 353 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 354 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 355 Police station view of Bideford

  • 356 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 357 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 359 Riverside mystery

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

  • 361 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 362 Bridging the stream

  • 363 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 364 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 365 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 366 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 367 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 369 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 370 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 371 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 372 New addition to Quay front

  • 373 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 374 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 375 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 376 New look in the hayfields

  • 377 Mobile missionary

  • 378 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 379 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 380 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 381 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 383 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 384 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 385 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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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  • 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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  • 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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Signal Stays Red For Rail Passenger Hopes

But green light for freight

17.2.1978 Railway Bideford Barnstaple

Although there seems no hope of the Bideford to Barnstaple line ever carrying passenger trains regularly, it is possibly unique in the economic role it plays.

Depending on circumstances one train make two trips daily, Monday to Friday, between Barnstaple and Peters Marland and Meeth, with stops at Torrington for the Unigate milk factory, before returning to Barnstaple and ending with a trip to Exeter.

Aptly it has been described as ‘a maid of all work.’

One man who refuses to believe that a regular passenger service is ‘not on’ is Mr Roger Joanes, of Filleigh, who has organised a number of trips from Bideford to London and now plans the most ambitious yet – in a reverse direction.

In May he is organising the first combined rail and sea trip from the Metropolis to Lundy.

The full Gazette article dated 17 February 1978

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