• 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 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 2 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 3 A story to tell!

  • 4 A sense of humour in advertising

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    Bidefordians
  • 6 Clovelly custom

  • 7 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 8 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 10 Revenge in style

  • 11 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 12 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 13 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 14 School crossing patrol begins

  • 15 New civic medallions

  • 16 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 17 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 18 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 19 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 20 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 21 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 22 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 23 All aboard the ark

  • 24 Waldon Triplets
  • 25 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 26 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 27 Ships at Bideford

  • 28 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 29 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 30 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 31 Appledore's largest

  • 32 Private home for public pump

  • 33 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 34

    Building works
  • 35 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 36 Simple Item 138
  • 37 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 38 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 39 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 40 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 41 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 42 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 43 Finished in 1876

  • 44 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 45 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 46

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 47 Clovelly nightmare

  • 48 Can spring be far away?

  • 49 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 50 Parkham plan realised

  • 51 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 52 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 53 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 54 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 55 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 56 Ten year old scrambler

  • 57 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 58 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 59 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 61 End of the line

  • 62 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 63 Bideford computer stars

  • 64 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 65

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 66 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 67 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 69 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 70 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 71 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 72 Off on a great adventure

  • 73

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 74 Northam footballers of the future

  • 75 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 76 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 77 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 78 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 79 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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

  • 81 He beat the floods

  • 82 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 83 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 84 Recognise this resort?

  • 85 Riverside mystery

  • 86 Bridging the stream

  • 87 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 88 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 89 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 90 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 91 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 92

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 93 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 94 Bideford loses training ship

  • 95 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 96 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 97 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 98 The art of the thatcher

  • 99

    Was a missionary
  • 100 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 101 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 103 New choral society's growing response

  • 104

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 105 Out of puff!

  • 106 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 107 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 108 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 109 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 110 New addition to Quay front

  • 111 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 112

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 113 Torrington in 1967

  • 114 Last train from Torrington

  • 115 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 116 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 117 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 118 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 119 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 120 Happy Days!

  • 121 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 122 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 123 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 124 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 125 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 126 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 127 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 128 Six footed lamb

  • 129

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 130 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 131 Hartland postman retires

  • 132 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 133 Northam's almshouse

  • 134 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 135 New life for Hartland organ

  • 136

    Married in 1908
  • 137 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 138 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 139 Mobile missionary

  • 140 113 years at Instow

  • 141 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 142 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 143 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 144 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 145 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 146 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 147 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 148 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 149 New shipyard on schedule

  • 150 A man and his wheel

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

  • 152 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 153 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 154 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 155 Penny for the guy

  • 156 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 157 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 158 Some mushroom!

  • 159

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 160 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 161 Hartland Dancers
  • 162 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 163 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 164 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 165 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 166 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 167 They are parted pro-tem

  • 168 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 170 Picking the pops

  • 171

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 172 North Devon Driving School

  • 173 Life begins at 80

  • 174 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 175 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 177 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 178 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 179 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 180 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 181 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 182 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 183 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 184 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 185

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 186 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 187 So this is the mainland!

  • 188 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 189 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 190 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 191 In their new robes and hats

  • 192 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 193 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 194

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 195 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 196 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 197 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 198 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 199 Hartland's invitation

  • 200 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 201 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 202 Bideford regatta

  • 203

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 204 Circus comes to town

  • 205 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 206 A roof-top view - where?

  • 207 Traditions and skills still there

  • 208 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 209

    First prize
  • 210 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 211 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 212

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 213 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 214 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 215 New art gallery opened

  • 216 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 217 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 218 New Post Office

  • 219 No laughing matter

  • 220 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 222 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 223 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 224

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 225 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 226 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 227 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 229 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 230 Cruising down the river

  • 231 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 232 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 233 Puppet characters introduced

  • 234 Peter poses for TV film

  • 235 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 236 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 237 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 238 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 239 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 240

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 241 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 242 Twenty-one yachts

  • 243 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 244 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 245

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 246 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 247 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 248 The Geneva marionettes

  • 249 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 250

    Exhibition of school work
  • 251 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 252 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 253

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 254 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 255 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 256 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 257 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 258 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 259 Variety in summer weather

  • 260 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 261 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 262 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 263 All for the love of a lady!

  • 264 When horses score over the tractor

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    New gateway
  • 266 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 267 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 268 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 269 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 270 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 271 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 272 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 273 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 274 Jumble sale fever

  • 275 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 276 For crying out loud!

  • 277 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 278 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 279 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 280 Devil sent packing

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

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 283 Loads of black and white

  • 284

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 285 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 286 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 287 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 288 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 289 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 290 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 291 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 292 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 293 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 294 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 295 Decontrol of meat

  • 296 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 297 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 298 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 299 School's link with cargo ship

  • 300 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 301 Artisans' Club

  • 302 Emergency ferry services

  • 303 New Lundy stamps

  • 304 Weare Giffard potato

  • 305 Centenary of Gazette

  • 306 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 307 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 308

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 309 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 310

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 311 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 312

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 313 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 314 Sight of a lifetime

  • 315 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 316 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 317 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 318 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 319 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 321 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 322 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 323 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 324 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 325 What's the time?

  • 326 New look in the hayfields

  • 327 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 328 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 329 No sale of Springfield House

  • 330 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 331 It really was the 'last time'

  • 332 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 333 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 334 Service with a smile

  • 335 Torrington's new amenity

  • 336 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 337 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 338 Picking the pops

  • 339 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 340 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 341 Burnard family reunion

  • 342 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 343 Pannier Market's future?

  • 344 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 345 A bird of their own!

  • 346 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 347 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 348 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 349 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 350 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 351 Torrington children build igloo
  • 352 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 353 Modern living at Bideford

  • 354 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 355 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 356 Warmington's garage ad

  • 357 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 358 Capers on the cobbles

  • 359 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 360 Littleham family's five generations

  • 361 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 362 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 363

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 364 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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

  • 366

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 367 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 368 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 369 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 370 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 371 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 372 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 373 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 374 By pony and trap to market

  • 375 Just over a year old

  • 376 First ship in 8 years

  • 377 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 378 Police station view of Bideford

  • 379 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 380 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 381 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 382

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 383 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 384 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 385 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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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Players' Help Speeds £10,000 Rugger H.Q. 22.11.1968

Players' Help Speeds £10,000 Rugger H.Q. 22.11.1968

Players Help Speeds 10000 Rugger H.Q. 22.11.1968

Sport.  Nearly £1,000 raised in under 12 months by a committee of players of Bideford Rugby Club.  Peter Adams

Bideford Rugby is a Family Affair 8.12.1972

Bideford Rugby is a Family Affair 8.12.1972

Bideford Rugby is a Family Affair 8.12.1972

Sport.  The Evans brothers lined up for Bideford Quins against Crediton 2nds. The Club has six sets of brothers currently in its teams.  Richard Evans, Steve Evans, Geoff Giddy, Richard Giddy, Mike Tucker, John Tucker, Ed George, John George, Stuart MacMillan, Ken Hulme, Andrew MacMillan, Rod Hulme, Roger Grigg, Michael Grigg, Mike Stevens, Brian Stevens, Geoff Heal, Tony Heal, Colin Heal, Norman Heal, Ray Bird, Mervyn Bird, Roy Bird, Edgar Slade, Ivor Slade, Ronnie Slade, Frank Withecombes, Bunty Withecombes, Bruce Withecombes, Colin Withecombes, Ray Sawtell, Micky Sawtell, Bob Colwill, Pete Colwill, Norman Trickey, Bob Trickey, Cecil Braddick, John Braddick, Geoff Staddon

The Prime Minister's Reply

Mr Jack Rowe, the well known Northam golfer, who for 48 years has been professional at Ashdown Forest Club, told Bideford Rotarians recently of an incident with the famous British Prime Minsiter, Mr A J Balfour (later Earl Balfour), who used to play golf with him.

April 1941 Jack Rowe
 
He asked him once: 'What is there about golf that makes poeple like you take all this trouble when you so much to think about'. Mr Balfour replied: 'Let me tell you friend, if every question in the world was so easy to answer as that there would be no difficult questions at all'.
A founder member of Northam Artisans' Golf Club, Mr Rowe is chairman of the Board of Directors of the Professional Golfers Cooperative Association. For many years his mother managed Torridge House for Capt Molesworth, affectionately known as 'the Old Mole' whose golfing exploits have been the subject of interesting reminiscences in 'Torridge Chat' recently.
Article in the Bideford Gazette 15 April 1941
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