• 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 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 2 It really was the 'last time'

  • 3 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 4 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 5 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 7 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 8 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 9 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 10 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 11 Twenty-one yachts

  • 12 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 13 Private home for public pump

  • 14 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 15 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 16 Bideford loses training ship

  • 17 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 19 Bideford regatta

  • 20 They are parted pro-tem

  • 21 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 22

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 23 Torrington children build igloo
  • 24 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 25 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 26 Peter poses for TV film

  • 27 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 28 Emergency ferry services

  • 29 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 30 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 31 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 32 Recognise this resort?

  • 33 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 34 Some mushroom!

  • 35 Variety in summer weather

  • 36 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 37 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 38 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 39 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 40 New shipyard on schedule

  • 41 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 42 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 43 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 44 Penny for the guy

  • 45 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 46 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 47 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 48 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 49 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 50 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 51

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 52 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 53 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 54 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 55 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 56 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 57 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 58 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 59 Waldon Triplets
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    New gateway
  • 61 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 62 Mobile missionary

  • 63 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 64 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 66 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 67 Artisans' Club

  • 68 For crying out loud!

  • 69 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 70 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 71 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 72 School's link with cargo ship

  • 73 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 74 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 75 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 76

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 77 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 78 By pony and trap to market

  • 79 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 80 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 81

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 82 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 83 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 84 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 85 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 86 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 87 Simple Item 138
  • 88 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 89 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 90 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 91 Off on a great adventure

  • 92 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 93 New choral society's growing response

  • 94

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 95 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 96 Torrington in 1967

  • 97 Appledore's largest

  • 98 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 99 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 100 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 101 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 102 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 103 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 104 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 105 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 106 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 107 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 108 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 109 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 110

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 111 Warmington's garage ad

  • 112 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 113 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 114

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 115 Revenge in style

  • 116 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 117 A story to tell!

  • 118 New Lundy stamps

  • 119 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 120 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 121 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 122 Centenary of Gazette

  • 123 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 124 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 125 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 126

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 127 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 128 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 129 113 years at Instow

  • 130

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 131 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 132 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 134 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 135 North Devon Driving School

  • 136 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 137

    Married in 1908
  • 138

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 139 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 140 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 141 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 142 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 143 Circus comes to town

  • 144 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 145 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 146 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 147 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 148

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 149 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 150 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 151 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 152 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 153 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 154 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 155 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 156 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 157 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 158 New addition to Quay front

  • 159 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 160 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 161 Hartland's invitation

  • 162

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 163 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 164 All for the love of a lady!

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

  • 166 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 167 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 168 Can spring be far away?

  • 169 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 170 In their new robes and hats

  • 171

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 172 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 173 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 175 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 176 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 177 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 178 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 179 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 180 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 181 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 182 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 183 Parkham plan realised

  • 184 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 185 Service with a smile

  • 186 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 187 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 188 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 189 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 190 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 191 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 192 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 193 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 194 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 195 Bridging the stream

  • 196 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 197 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 198 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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

  • 200 A man and his wheel

  • 201 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 202 Ships at Bideford

  • 203 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 205 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 206 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 207 Pannier Market's future?

  • 208 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 209 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 210 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 211 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 212 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 213 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 214 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 215

    Building works
  • 216 Modern living at Bideford

  • 217 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 218 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 220 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 221

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 222 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 223 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 224 Loads of black and white

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

  • 226

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 227 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 228 Northam's almshouse

  • 229 Police station view of Bideford

  • 230 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 231 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 232 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 233 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 234 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 235 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 236 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 237 Out of puff!

  • 238 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 239 Just over a year old

  • 240 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 241 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 242 He beat the floods

  • 243 The art of the thatcher

  • 244 New Post Office

  • 245 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 246 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 247 Traditions and skills still there

  • 248 Ten year old scrambler

  • 249 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 250 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 251 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 252 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 253

    Was a missionary
  • 254 Clovelly custom

  • 255 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 256 Littleham family's five generations

  • 257 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 258 Cruising down the river

  • 259 What's the time?

  • 260 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 261 Bideford computer stars

  • 262 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 263 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 264 Six footed lamb

  • 265 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 266 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 267 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 268 Jumble sale fever

  • 269 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 270 Decontrol of meat

  • 271 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 273 End of the line

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 275 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 276 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 277 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 278 First ship in 8 years

  • 279 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 280 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 281 Riverside mystery

  • 282 The Geneva marionettes

  • 283 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 284 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 285 Picking the pops

  • 286 All aboard the ark

  • 287 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 288 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 289 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 290 No laughing matter

  • 291 School crossing patrol begins

  • 292 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 293 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 294 A bird of their own!

  • 295 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 296 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 297 Devil sent packing

  • 298 New art gallery opened

  • 299 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 300 Burnard family reunion

  • 301 Sight of a lifetime

  • 302 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 303 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 305 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 306 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 307 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 308

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 309 Hartland postman retires

  • 310

    Relatives all over the world
  • 311 Some 240 exhibits

  • 312 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 313 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 314 Puppet characters introduced

  • 315

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 316 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 317 So this is the mainland!

  • 318 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 319 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 320

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 321 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 322 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 323 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 324 Happy Days!

  • 325 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 326 Picking the pops

  • 327 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 328 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 329 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 330 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 331 A roof-top view - where?

  • 332 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 333 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 334 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 335 Capers on the cobbles

  • 336 Hartland Dancers
  • 337 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 338 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 339 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 340 Last train from Torrington

  • 341 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 342 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 343 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 344 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 345 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 346 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 347

    First prize
  • 348 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 349 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 350 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 351 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 352 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 353 New civic medallions

  • 354 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 355 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 356 Life begins at 80

  • 357 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 358 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 359 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 360 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 361

    Bidefordians
  • 362 Northam footballers of the future

  • 363

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 364 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 365

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 366 New life for Hartland organ

  • 367 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 368 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 369

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 370

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 371 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 372 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 373 Weare Giffard potato

  • 374 No sale of Springfield House

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 376 Clovelly nightmare

  • 377 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 378 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 379 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 380 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 381 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 382 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 383 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 384 When horses score over the tractor

  • 385 Finished in 1876

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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  • 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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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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Despite the Easter snow

 the cricket season is just around the corner

and during the winter months coaching sessions have been held regularly at Bideford Sports Hall.

April 1975 Cricket Bird Shepherd

Receiving advice from Gloucestershire cricketer David Shepherd, whose home is at Instow, is young Lester Bird - a member of a family which has given many years service to Bideford Cricket Club.

Looking on - Lester's father Mervyn and grandfather Cecil, who although in his seventies will be umpiring once again next season.

April 1975 Gazette article

It’s Appleblossom Time At Bideford

Outstanding individual displays

by Kim Metherell of the Ship-on-Launch and Elizabeth Copp of Appledore British Legion were features of the annual finals night of Bideford Ladies’ Darts League.

On her way to the pairs championship with Jill Bale, Mrs Copp defeated her mother Henrietta Brennan and partner Doris Hare. Kim Metherell beat fellow player Christine Hill.

March 1975 Bideford darts Appleblossoms

The Appleblossom team – Mesdames Jenny Cawsey, Audrey Andrews, Jean Eldidge, Sylvia Sanders, Mary Collings and Nesta Tucker

March 1975

A tennis double for Bideford

Twenty of North Devon’s most promising girl tennis players

took part in a match between Bideford and Barnstaple Junior Tennis Schools at Westward Ho!

The under-14 section was closely contested with the Bideford girls winning 4-3 with three drawn. The more experienced Bideford under-16 team romped to a 4-0 win with one match drawn.

February 1975 Tennis matches

Bideford Junior Tennis School provides all-the-year-round coaching for 40-50 local youngsters at Edgehill College, Bideford Sports Hall and the Westward Ho! courts under the guidance of Mr Bob Clarke.

Players of the matches included – Julie Bowden, Debbie Sharpe, Elizabeth Hussell, Tessa Dean, Mandy Poyndon, Jennie Edgecombe, Judith Furnell, Carol Thorne, Elizabeth Warrener, L Roper, Wendy Macuauley-Black, Julia Snell. Mary Johns, Jane Simmonds, Sally Edgecombe, and Kate Sweenie.

February 1975

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