• 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 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 2 New civic medallions

  • 3 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 4 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 5 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 6 Cruising down the river

  • 7 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 8 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 9 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 10 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 11 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 12 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 13 New choral society's growing response

  • 14 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 15

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 16 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 17 The cab at the corner>
  • 18 Sight of a lifetime

  • 19 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 20 For crying out loud!

  • 21

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 22

    First prize
  • 23 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 24 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 25 Peter poses for TV film

  • 26 Waldon Triplets
  • 27 New life for Hartland organ

  • 28 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 29 Decontrol of meat

  • 30 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 31 By pony and trap to market

  • 32 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 34 Penny for the guy

  • 35 Off on a great adventure

  • 36 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 37 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 38 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 39 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 40

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 41

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 42 A roof-top view - where?

  • 43 New art gallery opened

  • 44 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 46

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 47 Can spring be far away?

  • 48 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 49 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 50 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 51 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 52 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 53 The art of the thatcher

  • 54 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 55 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 56 No sale of Springfield House

  • 57 New shipyard on schedule

  • 58 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 59

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 60 A man and his wheel

  • 61 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 62

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 63 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 64 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 65 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 66 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 67 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 68 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 69 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 70 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 71 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 72 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 73 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 74 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 75 School's link with cargo ship

  • 76 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 77 Centenary of Gazette

  • 78 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 79 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 81 Happy Days!

  • 82 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 83 What's the time?

  • 84

    Relatives all over the world
  • 85 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 86 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 87

    New gateway
  • 88 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 89 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 90 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 91 Twenty-one yachts

  • 92 In their new robes and hats

  • 93

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 94 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 95 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 96 Picking the pops

  • 97 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 98 Warmington's garage ad

  • 99 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 101 Filming at Hartland

  • 102 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 103 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 105 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 106 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 107 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 108 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 109

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 110 The Geneva marionettes

  • 111 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 112 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 113 Ten year old scrambler

  • 114 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 115 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 116 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 117 Out of puff!

  • 118 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 119

    Married in 1908
  • 120 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 121 Emergency ferry services

  • 122 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 123 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 124

    Exhibition of school work
  • 125 Jumble sale fever

  • 126

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 127 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 128 113 years at Instow

  • 129 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 130 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 131 They are parted pro-tem

  • 132 New look in the hayfields

  • 133 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 134 New Lundy stamps

  • 135 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 136 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 137 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 138 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 139 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 140 Loads of black and white

  • 141 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 142

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

  • 144 Some 240 exhibits

  • 145 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 146 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 147 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 148 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 149 Littleham family's five generations

  • 150 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 151 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 152 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 153 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 154 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 155 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 157 Bridging the stream

  • 158 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 159 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 160 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 161 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 162 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 163

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 164 New addition to Quay front

  • 165 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 166 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 167 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 168

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 169 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 170

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 171 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 172 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 173 Some mushroom!

  • 174 New Post Office

  • 175 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 176 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 177 Service with a smile

  • 178 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 179 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 180 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 181 Clovelly nightmare

  • 182 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 183 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 184 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 185 Parkham plan realised

  • 186 All aboard the ark

  • 187 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 188 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 189 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 190 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 191 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 192 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 193 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 194 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 195 Torrington's new amenity

  • 196 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 197 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 198

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 199 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 200 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 201 A story to tell!

  • 202 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 203 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 204 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 205 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 206 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 207

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 208 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 209 Life begins at 80

  • 210 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 211 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 212 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 213 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 214 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 215 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 216 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 217

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 218 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 219 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 220 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 221 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 222 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 223 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 224

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 225

    Bidefordians
  • 226 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 227 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 228 So this is the mainland!

  • 229 Northam footballers of the future

  • 230 All for the love of a lady!

  • 231 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 232 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 234 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 235 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 236 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 237 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 238 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 239 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 240 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 241 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 242 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 243 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 244

    Was a missionary
  • 245 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 246

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 247 Torrington in 1967

  • 248 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 249 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 250 Traditions and skills still there

  • 251 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 252 Riverside mystery

  • 253 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 254 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 255 Weare Giffard potato

  • 256 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 257 Modern living at Bideford

  • 258 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 259 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 260 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 261 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 262 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 263 Hartland Dancers
  • 264 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 265 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 266 When horses score over the tractor

  • 267 First ship in 8 years

  • 268

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 269 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 270 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 272 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 273 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 274 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 275 From Bobby to Brian

  • 276 Puppet characters introduced

  • 277 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 278 No laughing matter

  • 279 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 280 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 281 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 282 Finished in 1876

  • 283 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 284 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 285 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 286 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 287 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 288 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 289 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 291 Simple Item 138
  • 292 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 293 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 294 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 295 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 296 Appledore's largest

  • 297 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 298 Hartland postman retires

  • 299 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 300 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 301 Sweets derationing

  • 302 Six footed lamb

  • 303 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 304 Police station view of Bideford

  • 305 Hartland's invitation

  • 306 Last train from Torrington

  • 307 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 308 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 309 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 310 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 311 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 312 He beat the floods

  • 313 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 314 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 315 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 316

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 317 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 318 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 319 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 320 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 321 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 322 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 323 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 324 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 325 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 326 Capers on the cobbles

  • 327 Pannier Market's future?

  • 328 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 329 Just over a year old

  • 330 Ships at Bideford

  • 331 Circus comes to town

  • 332 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 333 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 334 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 335 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 336 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 337 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 338 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 340 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 341 Picking the pops

  • 342 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 343 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 344 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 345 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 346 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 347 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 348 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 349 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 350 Mobile missionary

  • 351 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 352 Bideford computer stars

  • 353 Artisans' Club

  • 354 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 355 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 356 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 357 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 358 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 359 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 360 A bird of their own!

  • 361 Bideford regatta

  • 362

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 363 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 364 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 365 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 367 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 368 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 369 Private home for public pump

  • 370 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 371 End of the line

  • 372 Recognise this resort?

  • 373 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 374 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 375 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 376 It really was the 'last time'

  • 377 Clovelly custom

  • 378 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 379 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 380 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 382

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 383

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 384 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 385 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 386 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 387 Bideford loses training ship

  • 388 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 389 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 390 Torrington children build igloo
  • 391 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 392 Devil sent packing

  • 393 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 394 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 395 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 396

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 397 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 398 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 399

    Building works
  • 400 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 401 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 402 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 403 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 404 North Devon Driving School

  • 405 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 406 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 407 Variety in summer weather

  • 408 Revenge in style

  • 409 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 410 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 411 Burnard family reunion

  • 412 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 413 Down at the dump something stirs

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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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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