• 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 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 2 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 3 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 4 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 5 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 6 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 7 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 8 All aboard the ark

  • 9 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 10 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 11 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 12 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 13 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 14 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 15 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 16 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 17 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 18

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 19

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 20 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 21 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 22

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 23 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 24 New look in the hayfields

  • 25

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 26 Picking the pops

  • 27 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 28 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 29 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 30

    New gateway
  • 31 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 32 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 33 In their new robes and hats

  • 34 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 35 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 36 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 37 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 38 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 39 Jumble sale fever

  • 40 They are parted pro-tem

  • 41 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 42

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 43

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 44 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 45

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 46 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 47 New life for Hartland organ

  • 48 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 49 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 50 Peter poses for TV film

  • 51 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 52 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 53 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 55

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 56 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 57 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 58 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 59 All for the love of a lady!

  • 60 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 61 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 63 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 64 The art of the thatcher

  • 65 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 66 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 67 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 68 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 69 Hartland Dancers
  • 70 North Devon Driving School

  • 71 The Geneva marionettes

  • 72 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 73 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 74 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 75 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 76 Life begins at 80

  • 77 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 78 No laughing matter

  • 79 New civic medallions

  • 80 Hartland's invitation

  • 81 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 82 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 83 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 85 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 86 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 87 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 88 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 89 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 90 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 91 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 92 Happy Days!

  • 93 Mobile missionary

  • 94 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 95 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 96 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 97 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 98 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 99 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 101

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 102 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 103 Riverside mystery

  • 104

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 105 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 106

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 107 So this is the mainland!

  • 108 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 109 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 110 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 111 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 112 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 113 Burnard family reunion

  • 114 Loads of black and white

  • 115 Littleham family's five generations

  • 116 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 117

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 118 Centenary of Gazette

  • 119 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 120 Northam footballers of the future

  • 121

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 122 Private home for public pump

  • 123 Simple Item 138
  • 124

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 125 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 126 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 127 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 128 Torrington children build igloo
  • 129

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 130 Can spring be far away?

  • 131 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 132 Filming at Hartland

  • 133 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 134 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 135 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 136 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 137 Sweets derationing

  • 138 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 139 New art gallery opened

  • 140 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 141 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 142 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 143 Picking the pops

  • 144 Hartland postman retires

  • 145 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 146

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 147 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 148 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 149 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 150 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 151 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 152 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 153 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 154 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 155

    Married in 1908
  • 156 Some 240 exhibits

  • 157 Artisans' Club

  • 158 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 159 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 160 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 161 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 162

    Bidefordians
  • 163 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 164 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 165 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 166 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 167 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 168 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 169 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 170 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 171 Penny for the guy

  • 172 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 173 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 174

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 175 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 176 Clovelly nightmare

  • 177 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 178 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 179

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 180 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 181 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 182 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 183 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 184 113 years at Instow

  • 185 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 186 Northam's almshouse

  • 187 Sight of a lifetime

  • 188 A bird of their own!

  • 189 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 190 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 191 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 192 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 193 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 194 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 195 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 196 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 197 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 198 Parkham plan realised

  • 199 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 200 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 201 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 202 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 203 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 204 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 205 Circus comes to town

  • 206 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 207 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 208 Devil sent packing

  • 209 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 210 Ten year old scrambler

  • 211 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 212 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 213 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 214 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 215 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 216 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 217 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 218 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 219 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 220 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 221 Bideford regatta

  • 222 Bideford computer stars

  • 223 For crying out loud!

  • 224 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 225 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 226 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 227 Ships at Bideford

  • 228 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 229 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 230 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 231 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 232 A roof-top view - where?

  • 233 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 234 Traditions and skills still there

  • 235 School crossing patrol begins

  • 236 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 237 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 238 Recognise this resort?

  • 239 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 240 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 241 A story to tell!

  • 242 Police station view of Bideford

  • 243 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 244 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 245 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 246 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 248 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 249 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 251 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 252 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 253 Appledore's largest

  • 254 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 255 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 256 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 257 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 258 School's link with cargo ship

  • 259 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 260 New shipyard on schedule

  • 261 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 262 Finished in 1876

  • 263 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 264 Service with a smile

  • 265 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 266 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 267 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 268 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 269 Waldon Triplets
  • 270 End of the line

  • 271 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 272

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 273 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 274 Decontrol of meat

  • 275 New choral society's growing response

  • 276 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 277 Capers on the cobbles

  • 278 When horses score over the tractor

  • 279 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 280 Revenge in style

  • 281 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 282 Twenty-one yachts

  • 283 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 284 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 285 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 286 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 287 Variety in summer weather

  • 288 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 289 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 290 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 291 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 292 First ship in 8 years

  • 293

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 294 Puppet characters introduced

  • 295 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 296 Cruising down the river

  • 297 A man and his wheel

  • 298 Modern living at Bideford

  • 299 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 300 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 301 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 302 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

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

  • 305 New Lundy stamps

  • 306 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 307 Out of puff!

  • 308

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 309 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 310 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 311 Torrington in 1967

  • 312 Six footed lamb

  • 313 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 314

    Relatives all over the world
  • 315 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 316 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 317 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 318 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 319 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 320 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 321 Torrington's new amenity

  • 322 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 323 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 324

    Was a missionary
  • 325 Emergency ferry services

  • 326 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 327 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 328 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 329 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 330

    Exhibition of school work
  • 331 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 333 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 334 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 335 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 336 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 337 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 338 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 339 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 340 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 341 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 342 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 343 From Bobby to Brian

  • 344 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 345 He beat the floods

  • 346

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 347 The cab at the corner>
  • 348 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 349 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 350 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 351 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 352 Warmington's garage ad

  • 353 No sale of Springfield House

  • 354 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 355 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 356 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 357 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 358

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 359 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 360 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 361 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 362 Last train from Torrington

  • 363 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 364 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 365 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 366 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 367 Pannier Market's future?

  • 368 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 369 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 370 Clovelly custom

  • 371 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 372 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 373 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 374 Just over a year old

  • 375 What's the time?

  • 376 Weare Giffard potato

  • 377 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 378 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 379 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 380 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 381 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 382 It really was the 'last time'

  • 383 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 384 New addition to Quay front

  • 385 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 386

    First prize
  • 387

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 388

    Building works
  • 389 Off on a great adventure

  • 390 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 391 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 392 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 393 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 394 Some mushroom!

  • 395 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 396 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 397 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 398 Bridging the stream

  • 399 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 400 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 401

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 402 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 403 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 404 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 405 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 406 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 408 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 409 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 410 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 411 New Post Office

  • 412 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 413 Watch the dicky bird!

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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  • 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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  • 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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Ladies Football Match

Ladies Football Match - 1st August 1975

1.8.1975 ladies football
 

Special Attraction - First Time in Bideford

Ladies Football Match - Thame Ladies (Oxford) England League Finalists including Eight Full Internationals v Devon Representative XI

Saturday August 9
Kick-off 7pm
Sports Ground, Bideford

Followed by an OX ROAST, Various Side Shows, Brass Band, Refreshments and Bar in the Club House 
Don't Miss This Unique Event!

 

Bideford Chiefs - Rugby

Bideford Chiefs - Rugby - 10th March 1963

10.5.1963 Bideford Chiefs 2
10.5.1963 Bideford Chiefs 1
 

Bideford Chiefs haven't had a successful season. In the picture are R Bird, B Smale, C Balsdon, R Grigg, R Spry, M Poole, W Hopkins, E Slade, C Davis, G Folland, M Stevens, R Moses, B Welford, W Lock, M Grigg, T Langbridge, P Colwill, R Johns.

Margaret Fulford

Margaret Fulford - 13th November 1970

13.11.1970 Margaret Fulford golf
 

To Be Devon Women's golf Captain

Mrs Margaret Fulford, of Orchard Hill House, Bideford, wife of Mr Norman Fulford, has been elected Devon women's captain for 1971.
She is the first member of the Royal North Devon Golf Club since the war to be appointed to this position. She plays off a 16 handicap and with her R.N.d clubmate Mrs Peggy Fourt, this year reached the final of the county foursomes.

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