• 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 Weare Giffard potato

  • 2 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 4 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 5 New addition to Quay front

  • 6 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 7 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 8 Torrington children build igloo
  • 9 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 10 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 11 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 12 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 13 Off on a great adventure

  • 14 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 15 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 16 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 17 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 18 North Devon Driving School

  • 19 X-ray shoe fitting

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    First prize
  • 21 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 22 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 23 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 24 Picking the pops

  • 25 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 26 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 27 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 28 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 29 Police station view of Bideford

  • 30 Capers on the cobbles

  • 31 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 32 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 33

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 34 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 35 Hartland Dancers
  • 36 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 37 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 38 The Geneva marionettes

  • 39 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 40 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 41

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 42

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 43 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 44 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 45 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 46

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 47 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 48 By pony and trap to market

  • 49 Bideford computer stars

  • 50 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 51 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 52

    Exhibition of school work
  • 53 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 54 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 55 Penny for the guy

  • 56 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 57 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 58 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 59 He beat the floods

  • 60 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 61 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 62 School's link with cargo ship

  • 63 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 64

    Building works
  • 65 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 66 Life begins at 80

  • 67 Private home for public pump

  • 68 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 69 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 70 No laughing matter

  • 71 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 72 So this is the mainland!

  • 73

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 74 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 75 Loads of black and white

  • 76 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 78 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 79 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 80 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 81 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 82 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 83 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 84 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 85 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 86 Bridging the stream

  • 87

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 88 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 89 School crossing patrol begins

  • 90 Decontrol of meat

  • 91 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 92 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 93 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 94 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 95 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 96 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 97 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 98 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 99 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 100 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 101 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 102 The art of the thatcher

  • 103

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 104 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 105

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 106 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 107 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 108 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 109

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 110 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 111 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 112

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 113 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 114 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 115 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 116 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 117 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 118 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 119 The cab at the corner>
  • 120 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 121

    New gateway
  • 122 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 123 Littleham family's five generations

  • 124 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 125 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 126 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 127 Some mushroom!

  • 128 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 129

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 130 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 131 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 132

    Married in 1908
  • 133 Ten year old scrambler

  • 134 Centenary of Gazette

  • 135 Puppet characters introduced

  • 136

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 137 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 138 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 139 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 140 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 141 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 142 Cruising down the river

  • 143 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 145 All for the love of a lady!

  • 146 113 years at Instow

  • 147 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 148 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 149 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 150 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 151

    Relatives all over the world
  • 152 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 153 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 154 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 155 They are parted pro-tem

  • 156 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 157 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 158 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 159 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 160 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 161 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

  • 163 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 164 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 165 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 166

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 167 Torrington in 1967

  • 168

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 169 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 170 New civic medallions

  • 171 First ship in 8 years

  • 172 From Bobby to Brian

  • 173 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 175 Sweets derationing

  • 176 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 177 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 178 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 179 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 180 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 181 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 182 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 183 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 184 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 185 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 186 Recognise this resort?

  • 187 Circus comes to town

  • 188 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 189 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 190 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 191 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 192 All aboard the ark

  • 193 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 194 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 195 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 196

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 197 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 198 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 199 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 200

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 201 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 202 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 203 Waldon Triplets
  • 204 Hartland's invitation

  • 205 Can spring be far away?

  • 206 Artisans' Club

  • 207 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 208 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 209 Bideford loses training ship

  • 210 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 211 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 212 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 213 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 214

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 215 Some 240 exhibits

  • 216 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 217 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 218 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 219 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 220 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 221 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 222 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 223 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 224 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 225

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 226 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 227 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 228 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 229 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 230 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 231 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 232 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 233 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 234

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 235 Burnard family reunion

  • 236 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 237 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 238 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 239

    Was a missionary
  • 240 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 241 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 242 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 243 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 244 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 245 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 246 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 247

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 248 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 249 Last train from Torrington

  • 250 New Lundy stamps

  • 251 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 252 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 253 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 254 New look in the hayfields

  • 255 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 256 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 257 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 259 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 260 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 261

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 262 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 263 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 264 What's the time?

  • 265 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 266 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 267 It really was the 'last time'

  • 268 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 269 New art gallery opened

  • 270 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 271 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 272 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 273 No sale of Springfield House

  • 274 New shipyard on schedule

  • 275 New choral society's growing response

  • 276 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 277 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 278 Simple Item 138
  • 279 When horses score over the tractor

  • 280 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 281 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 282 Ships at Bideford

  • 283 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 284 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 285 Clovelly nightmare

  • 286 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 287 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 288 Hartland postman retires

  • 289 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 290 New life for Hartland organ

  • 291 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 292 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 294 Sight of a lifetime

  • 295 In their new robes and hats

  • 296 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 297 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 298 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 299 Torrington's new amenity

  • 300 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 301 Mobile missionary

  • 302 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 303 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 304 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 305

    Bidefordians
  • 306 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 307 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 308 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 309 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 310 Filming at Hartland

  • 311 A man and his wheel

  • 312 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 313 Revenge in style

  • 314 Finished in 1876

  • 315 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 316 Bideford regatta

  • 317 Warmington's garage ad

  • 318 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 319 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 320 Modern living at Bideford

  • 321 Twenty-one yachts

  • 322 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 323 Northam's almshouse

  • 324 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 325 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 327 Pannier Market's future?

  • 328 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 329 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 330 Parkham plan realised

  • 331 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 332 End of the line

  • 333 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 334 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 335 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 336 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 337 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 338 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 339 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 340 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 341 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 342 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 344 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 345 Riverside mystery

  • 346 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 347 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 348 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 349 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 350 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 351 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 352 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 353 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 354 Service with a smile

  • 355 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 356 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 357 Variety in summer weather

  • 358

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 359 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 360 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 361 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 362 Six footed lamb

  • 363 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 364 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 365 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 366 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 367 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 368 Peter poses for TV film

  • 369 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 370 A roof-top view - where?

  • 371 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 372 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 373 Northam footballers of the future

  • 374 Emergency ferry services

  • 375 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 376 Picking the pops

  • 377 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 378 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 379 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 380 New Post Office

  • 381 Traditions and skills still there

  • 382 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 383

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 384 Appledore's largest

  • 385 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 386 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 387 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 388 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 389 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 390 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 391 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 392 Just over a year old

  • 393 A bird of their own!

  • 394 Happy Days!

  • 395 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 396 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 397 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 398 Jumble sale fever

  • 399 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 400 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 401 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 402 Devil sent packing

  • 403 A story to tell!

  • 404 Clovelly custom

  • 405 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 406 Out of puff!

  • 407 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 408 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 410 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 411 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 412 For crying out loud!

  • 413 Sweet success at Langtree School

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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  • 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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  • 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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Fleet of Foot and Fair of Face

Some of the local girl footballers who tonight are competing for the title of North Devon Soccer Personality Girl.

15.2.1974 ladies football1


With the title goes a prize valued at £10.
The occasion is the first annual dinner of the Legs Eleven ladies FC of Appledore, at the Westward Ho! Holiday Centre. An attendance of 450 is expected.
In the picture are: Barbara Riley, Liz Lawrence and Diane Moore, who play for the Shammy Tigers; Rosalind Smale and Christine Hale, from Bell Bombers; Janet Pearson, Liza Stanbury and Anne Powe, of the Legs Eleven team. Another entrant, Juliet John, of Legs Eleven, was unable to be present when the photograph was taken.
These girls will be joined tonight by two entrants representing Clarke’s Shoes and three from the North Devon College. The panel of judges will be: Mrs Sandra Isaac, Mr Alan Higgins (Westcountry Inn, Hartland), Mrs Sheila Starke (manageress of the Durrant House Hotel), and Mr Phil Day, Editor of the Bideford Gazette. Compere will be Mr Hugh Mortimer.
Full article is dated 15 February 1974

A Squash Champion

Mr Andrew Joynson, son of Col and Mrs N H W Joynson, of Yatton Court, Beaford, is seen above with the Michelmore Challenge Cup which he won when he retained the title of the Devon Junior Squash Champion.

21.1.1955 Andrew Joynson

Gazette article dated 21 January 1955

Equalising Goal In Last Seconds Of Netball Game

With a goal in the dying seconds Bideford County Secondary School senior netball team managed to make it an 8-8 draw when, at Torrington County Secondary School, they met Torrington seniors.

1961 netball

The teams seen in the accompanying photographs comprised:
Torrington – Marion Curtis, Valerie Tyler, Nina Rookes, Gillian Cox, Pat Van Laneker, Pauline Balkwill, Gillian Copp
Bideford – Susan Hillman, Wendy Harris, Pat Rogers, Sandra Miles, Maureen Tithecott, Susan Slade, Sally Holliman.
The full Gazette article is dated 27 January 1961

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