• 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 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 2 Bridging the stream

  • 3 First ship in 8 years

  • 4 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 6 Warmington's garage ad

  • 7 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 8 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 9 No sale of Springfield House

  • 10 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 11 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 12 No laughing matter

  • 13 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 14 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 16

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 17

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 18 The cab at the corner>
  • 19 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 20 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 21

    Building works
  • 22 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 23 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 24 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 25 Variety in summer weather

  • 26 All for the love of a lady!

  • 27 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 28 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 29 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 30 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 31 Off on a great adventure

  • 32 Littleham family's five generations

  • 33 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 34 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 35 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 36 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 37 Torrington Church's new organ

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

  • 39 Sight of a lifetime

  • 40 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 41

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 42 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 43 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 44 A roof-top view - where?

  • 45 Sweets derationing

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

  • 47 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 48 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 49 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 50 End of the line

  • 51 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 52 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 53 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 54 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 55 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 56 By pony and trap to market

  • 57

    Married in 1908
  • 58 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 59 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 60 Some 240 exhibits

  • 61 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 62 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 64 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 65 Torrington's new amenity

  • 66 Devil sent packing

  • 67 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 68 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 69 Six footed lamb

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

  • 71 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 72 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 73 He beat the floods

  • 74 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 75 So this is the mainland!

  • 76 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 77 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 78 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 79 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 80 Recognise this resort?

  • 81 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 82 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 83 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 84 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 85 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 86 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 87 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 88 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 89

    New gateway
  • 90 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 91 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 92 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 93 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 94 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 95 When horses score over the tractor

  • 96 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 97 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 98 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 99

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 100 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 101

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 102 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 103 Burnard family reunion

  • 104 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 105 North Devon Driving School

  • 106 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 107 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 108 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 109 Police station view of Bideford

  • 110 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 111 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 112 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 113 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 114

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 115

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 116

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 117 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 118 Ten year old scrambler

  • 119 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 120 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 121 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 122 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 123 Weare Giffard potato

  • 124 Bideford regatta

  • 125 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 126 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 127 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 128

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 129 Out of puff!

  • 130 A man and his wheel

  • 131 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 132

    First prize
  • 133 Torrington in 1967

  • 134 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 135 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 136 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 137 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 138 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 139 New look in the hayfields

  • 140 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 141 A bird of their own!

  • 142 Finished in 1876

  • 143 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 144 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 145 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 146

    Relatives all over the world
  • 147 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 148 What's the time?

  • 149 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 150 New civic medallions

  • 151 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 152 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 153 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 154 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 155 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 156

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 157 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 158 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 159 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 160 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 161 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 162 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 163 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 164 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 165 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 167 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 168 They are parted pro-tem

  • 169 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 170 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 171 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 172 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 173 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 174 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 175 Twenty-one yachts

  • 176 Clovelly custom

  • 177 Pannier Market's future?

  • 178 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 179

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 180 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 181 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 182 Hartland's invitation

  • 183

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 184

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 185 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 186 New choral society's growing response

  • 187 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 188 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 189 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 190 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 191 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 192 Appledore's largest

  • 193 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 194 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 195

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

  • 197 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 198 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 199 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 201 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 202 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 203 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 204 For crying out loud!

  • 205

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 206 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 207 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 208 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 209 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 210 Artisans' Club

  • 211 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 212 New shipyard on schedule

  • 213 Parkham plan realised

  • 214 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 215 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 216 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 217 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 218 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 219 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 220 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 221 Waldon Triplets
  • 222 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 223 A story to tell!

  • 224 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 226 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 227 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 228 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 229 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 230

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 231 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 232 All aboard the ark

  • 233 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 234 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 235 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 236 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 237 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 238 Ships at Bideford

  • 239 Traditions and skills still there

  • 240 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 241 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 242 Jumble sale fever

  • 243 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 244 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 245 Modern living at Bideford

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 247 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 248 Cruising down the river

  • 249 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 250 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 251 New life for Hartland organ

  • 252 Happy Days!

  • 253 Mobile missionary

  • 254 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 255 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 256 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 257 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 258 Filming at Hartland

  • 259 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 260 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 261 Torrington children build igloo
  • 262 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 263 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 264 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 265 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 266 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 267 Picking the pops

  • 268 Clovelly nightmare

  • 269

    Exhibition of school work
  • 270 New art gallery opened

  • 271 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 272 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 274 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 275 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 276 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 277 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 278 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 279 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 280 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 281 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 282 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 283 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 284 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 285 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 286 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 288 From Bobby to Brian

  • 289 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 290 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 291 Capers on the cobbles

  • 292 Bideford loses training ship

  • 293 Service with a smile

  • 294 Private home for public pump

  • 295

    Was a missionary
  • 296 Life begins at 80

  • 297 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 299 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 300 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 301 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 302 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 303 New Post Office

  • 304 School's link with cargo ship

  • 305 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 306 Riverside mystery

  • 307 Hartland Dancers
  • 308 Emergency ferry services

  • 309

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 310 The Geneva marionettes

  • 311 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 312 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 313 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 314 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 315 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 316 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 317 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 318 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 319 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 320 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 322 In their new robes and hats

  • 323 Northam's almshouse

  • 324 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 325 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 326 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 327 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 328 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 329 Hartland postman retires

  • 330 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 331 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 332 New addition to Quay front

  • 333 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 334 Puppet characters introduced

  • 335 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 336 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 337 Peter poses for TV film

  • 338 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 339 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 340 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 341 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 342

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 343 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 344 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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    Bidefordians
  • 346 Penny for the guy

  • 347 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 348 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 349 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 350 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 351 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 352 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 353 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 354 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 355 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 356 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 357 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 358 Decontrol of meat

  • 359 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 360 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 362 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 363 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 364 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 365 Some mushroom!

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 367 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 368 Picking the pops

  • 369

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 370

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 371 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 372 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 373 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 374 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 375 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 376 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 377 Loads of black and white

  • 378 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 379 Bideford computer stars

  • 380

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 381 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 382

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 383 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 384 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 385 Simple Item 138
  • 386 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 387 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 388 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 389 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 390 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 391 It really was the 'last time'

  • 392 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 393 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 394 New Lundy stamps

  • 395 Just over a year old

  • 396 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 397 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 398 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 399 Can spring be far away?

  • 400 113 years at Instow

  • 401 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 402 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 403 Northam footballers of the future

  • 404 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 405 Revenge in style

  • 406 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 407 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 409 The art of the thatcher

  • 410 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 411 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 412 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 413 Gloves fit for a king!

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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  • 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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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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Victorious Under-15 team

Two wins for track and field club

5 May 1978 Bideford Track Club

Victorious under-15 team - Stephen Spry, Dave Bryant, Garry Stanbury, Robin Looms and Stephen Cook. Also in the team was Andrew Chambers

In their first season the North Devon Track and Field Club carried off two championships and came runners-up in four more after the final race of the season in the North Devon Cross-Country League, held in Bideford.

They took the boys' under-15 team title and Ricky Butler, unbeaten in his five races, became the senior individual champion.

The club also gained runners-up positions in the team events for Colts, under 11 girls and under 13 girls and Adrian Ivory and Nigel Holmes were second and third in the Colts' individual championship.

Robin Looms, who won his race, came third in the boys' under 15 individual championship.

Gazette article dated 5 May 1978

Elated Robins

Cheers!

Eleven elated Robins raise the Western League runners' up tankards they received at the Sports Ground after they defeated a Devon Professional XI 3-2.

23.5.1969 Bideford Robins football

Presenting the tankards the man of the League, Mr Reg Broome, declared "The performance I saw tonight was the finest I have witnessed by a Western League side this season. Judging by this, Bideford ought to have gone one better and won the League." But the grins suggest that the Robins were quite pleased to be runners up.

Gazette article dated 23 May 1969

A Sensation at Westward Ho!

Royal North Devon Golf Club hosts the English Women's Golf Championship

Participating in her fourth National Championship since she was runner-up in the Girls’ Championships in 1924, Miss Dorothy Pearson, of Nevill, Tunbridge Wells, defeated Miss Mary Johnson (Hornsea) by 5 and 3 in the thirty-six holes final of the English Women’s Golf Championship at Westward Ho! Miss Pearson is 25 and Miss Johnson, 22.

Miss Gloria D Minoprio caused a sensation with her attire.

10.10.1933 Gloria Minoprio 2

RNDGC

Gazette article dated 10 October 1933

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