• 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 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 2 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 3 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 4 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 5 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 6 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 7 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 8 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 9 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 10 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 11 Off on a great adventure

  • 12 All aboard the ark

  • 13 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 14 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 15 For crying out loud!

  • 16 What's the time?

  • 17 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 18 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 19 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 20 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 21 Revenge in style

  • 22 Finished in 1876

  • 23

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 24 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 25 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 26 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 27 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 28 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 29 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 30

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 31 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 32 Police station view of Bideford

  • 33 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 34 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 35 A story to tell!

  • 36 Warmington's garage ad

  • 37 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 38 Hartland Dancers
  • 39 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 40 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 41 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 42 New addition to Quay front

  • 43 Cruising down the river

  • 44 New Post Office

  • 45 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 46 Simple Item 138
  • 47 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 48 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 49 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 50 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 51 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 52 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 53 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 54 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 56 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 57

    Married in 1908
  • 58 Torrington in 1967

  • 59 Riverside mystery

  • 60 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 61 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 62 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 63 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 64 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 65 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 66 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 67 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 68 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 69 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 70 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 71 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 72 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 73 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 74

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 75 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 77 Ten year old scrambler

  • 78 Bridging the stream

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

  • 80 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 81 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 82

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 83 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 84 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 85

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 86 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 87 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 88 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 89 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 90 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 91 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 92 Burnard family reunion

  • 93 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 94 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 95

    Was a missionary
  • 96

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 97 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 98 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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

  • 100 Variety in summer weather

  • 101 By pony and trap to market

  • 102 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 103 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 104 Picking the pops

  • 105 Torrington children build igloo
  • 106 Weare Giffard potato

  • 107 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 108 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 109 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 110 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 111 New life for Hartland organ

  • 112 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 113 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 114 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 115 North Devon Driving School

  • 116 Devil sent packing

  • 117 Peter poses for TV film

  • 118 The Geneva marionettes

  • 119 Artisans' Club

  • 120 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 121 First ship in 8 years

  • 122 Waldon Triplets
  • 123 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 124 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 125

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 126 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 127 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 129 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 130

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 131 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

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

  • 133 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 134 End of the line

  • 135 All for the love of a lady!

  • 136 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 137

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 138 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 139 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 140

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 141

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 142 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 143 Private home for public pump

  • 144 Some mushroom!

  • 145 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 146 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 147 Mobile missionary

  • 148 Bideford computer stars

  • 149 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 150

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 151 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 152 Bideford loses training ship

  • 153 Circus comes to town

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

  • 155

    Relatives all over the world
  • 156 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 157 New art gallery opened

  • 158 It really was the 'last time'

  • 159 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 160 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 161 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 162 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 163 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 164 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 165 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 166 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 167 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 168

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 169 113 years at Instow

  • 170 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 171 Pannier Market's future?

  • 172

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 173 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 174 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 175 Service with a smile

  • 176 Penny for the guy

  • 177 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 178 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 179 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 180 New civic medallions

  • 181 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 182 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 183 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 184 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 185 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 186 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 187 Clovelly nightmare

  • 188 Life begins at 80

  • 189

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 190 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 191 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 192 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 193 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 194 No sale of Springfield House

  • 195 In their new robes and hats

  • 196

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 197 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 198 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 199 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 200 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 201 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 202 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 204 A bird of their own!

  • 205 They are parted pro-tem

  • 206

    Bidefordians
  • 207 Littleham family's five generations

  • 208 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 209 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 210 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 211 Six footed lamb

  • 212 Northam footballers of the future

  • 213 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 214 Happy Days!

  • 215

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 216 New Lundy stamps

  • 217 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 218 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 219 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 220 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 221 New shipyard on schedule

  • 222 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 223 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 224 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 225 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 226 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 227 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 228 Torrington's new amenity

  • 229 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 230 Some 240 exhibits

  • 231 Traditions and skills still there

  • 232 Hartland's invitation

  • 233 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 234 Loads of black and white

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    New gateway
  • 236 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 237 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 238 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 239 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 240 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 241 Emergency ferry services

  • 242 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 243 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 244 New choral society's growing response

  • 245 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 246 Picking the pops

  • 247 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 248 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 249 He beat the floods

  • 250 Parkham plan realised

  • 251 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 252 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 253 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 254 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 255 Just over a year old

  • 256 Capers on the cobbles

  • 257 Can spring be far away?

  • 258 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 259 Bideford's private wharves busier

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 261 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 262 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 263 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 264

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 265 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 266 A roof-top view - where?

  • 267 Hartland postman retires

  • 268 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 269

    Building works
  • 270 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 271 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 272 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 273 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 274

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 275 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 277 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 278 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 279 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 280 School's link with cargo ship

  • 281 No laughing matter

  • 282 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 283 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 284 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 285 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 286 School crossing patrol begins

  • 287 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 288 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 289 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 291 Clovelly custom

  • 292 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 294 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 295 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 296 Recognise this resort?

  • 297 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 298 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 299 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 300 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 301 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 302 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 303 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 304 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 305 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 306 Last train from Torrington

  • 307 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 308 Bideford regatta

  • 309 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 310 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 311 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 312 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 313 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 314 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 315

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 316 Decontrol of meat

  • 317 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 318 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 319 Twenty-one yachts

  • 320 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 321 A man and his wheel

  • 322 Out of puff!

  • 323 Northam's almshouse

  • 324 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 325 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 326 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 327 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 328 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 329 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 330 New look in the hayfields

  • 331 Puppet characters introduced

  • 332 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 333 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 334

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 335 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 336 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 337 Ships at Bideford

  • 338 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 339 Modern living at Bideford

  • 340 Centenary of Gazette

  • 341 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 342 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 343 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 344 When horses score over the tractor

  • 345 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 346 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 347 Appledore's largest

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

  • 349 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 350 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 351 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 352

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 353

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 354 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 355 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 356 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 357 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 358 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 359 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    First prize
  • 361 The art of the thatcher

  • 362 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 363 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 364 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 365 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 366 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 367 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 368 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 369 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 370 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 371 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 372 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 373 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 374 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 375 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 376 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 378 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 379 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 380 Sight of a lifetime

  • 381 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 382 So this is the mainland!

  • 383 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 384 Colour TV salesman at eight

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
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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Shebbear Football Club fined £1

Team walked off

21.11.1958 Shebbear football fine

The statement said that the referee, Sergeant C. J. Griffin, of the R.A.S.C., who took the match in the absence of an appointed referee, reported that there was no dispute until the last half-minute of play when the captain called the remainder of the side off the field of play. 

The Shebbear captain, W. Leverton, admitted responsibility for the team leaving the field. 

Gazette article dated 21 November 1958

 

Practice makes perfect

Bideford County Secondary School netball practice in the playground

20.2.1959 School netball

This team won the junior section of the North Devon Netball rally, beating Ilfracombe Grammar School in the final, 7-4.

Left to right: Dilys Owen, Juanita Gabala, Frances West, Jacqueline France, Catherine Davenport, Elizabeth Pidler and Carol Bushby.

Gazette article dated 20 February 1959

The Champions

The Robins win

19.5.1972 the Robins win

Pictured are the players who have provided Bideford's first team squad in their 1971-72 championship season.

They are: John Mock, Colin Rowe, Steve Snell, Trevor Burnell, Russell Petersen, Derek May, Trevor Morris, Micky Hillson, David Ainscough, Trevor Anthony, Ben Murphy, Peter Druce, John Gauntlett, Brent Howard.

Gazette article dated 19 May 1972

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