• 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 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 2 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 3 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 4 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 5 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 6 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 7 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 8 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 9 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 10 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 11 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 12 Torrington children build igloo
  • 13

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 14 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 15 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 16 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 17 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 18 Jumble sale fever

  • 19 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 20 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 21 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 22 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 23 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 24

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 25 What's the time?

  • 26

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 27 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 28 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 29 Revenge in style

  • 30 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 31

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 32 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 33 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 35 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 36 New Post Office

  • 37 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 38 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 39 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 40 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 41 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 42 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 43 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 44 Burnard family reunion

  • 45 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 46 Puppet characters introduced

  • 47 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 48 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 49 All for the love of a lady!

  • 50 Just over a year old

  • 51 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 52 Picking the pops

  • 53 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 54 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 55 Hartland's invitation

  • 56 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 57 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 58 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 59

    Exhibition of school work
  • 60 New choral society's growing response

  • 61 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 62 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 63

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 64 Artisans' Club

  • 65 All aboard the ark

  • 66

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 67 Traditions and skills still there

  • 68 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 69 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 70 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 71 Cruising down the river

  • 72 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 73 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 74 Penny for the guy

  • 75 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 76 Variety in summer weather

  • 77 From Bobby to Brian

  • 78 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 79 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 80 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 81 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 82 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 83 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 84 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 85 Weare Giffard potato

  • 86 Ships at Bideford

  • 87 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 88 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 89 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 90 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 91 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 92 Devil sent packing

  • 93 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 94 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 95 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 96 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 97 Simple Item 138
  • 98 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 99 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

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

  • 102 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 103 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 104 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 106 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 107 Hartland Dancers
  • 108 For crying out loud!

  • 109 Clovelly custom

  • 110 Bideford computer stars

  • 111 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 112 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 113 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 114

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 115 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 116 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 117 The art of the thatcher

  • 118 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 119 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 121

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 122 Twenty-one yachts

  • 123 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 124 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 125 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 126 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 128

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 129 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 130 Off on a great adventure

  • 131 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 132 Waldon Triplets
  • 133 First ship in 8 years

  • 134 Warmington's garage ad

  • 135 Can spring be far away?

  • 136 Peter poses for TV film

  • 137 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 138 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 139 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 140 It really was the 'last time'

  • 141 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 142 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 143 A story to tell!

  • 144 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 145 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 146 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 147 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 148 No sale of Springfield House

  • 149 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 150

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 151 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 152 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 153 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 154 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 155 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 156 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 157 Hartland postman retires

  • 158 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 159 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 160 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 161 No laughing matter

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

  • 163 A bird of their own!

  • 164 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 165 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 166 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 167 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 168 113 years at Instow

  • 169 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 170 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 171 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 172

    New gateway
  • 173 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 174

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 175 Last train from Torrington

  • 176 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 177 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 178 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 179 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 180 By pony and trap to market

  • 181 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 182

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 183 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 184 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 185 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 186 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 187 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 188 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 189 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 190 Private home for public pump

  • 191 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 192 Finished in 1876

  • 193 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 194 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 195 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 196 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 197 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 198 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 199 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 200 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 201 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 202 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 203 New life for Hartland organ

  • 204 Filming at Hartland

  • 205 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 206 New look in the hayfields

  • 207 Sight of a lifetime

  • 208 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 209 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 210

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 211 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 212 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 213 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 214

    Building works
  • 215

    Married in 1908
  • 216 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 217 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 218 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 219 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 220 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 221 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 223 Torrington in 1967

  • 224 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 225 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 226 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 227 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 228 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 229 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 230 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 231 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 233 Service with a smile

  • 234 Littleham family's five generations

  • 235 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 236 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 237 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 238 Picking the pops

  • 239 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 240 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 241 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 242 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 243 Modern living at Bideford

  • 244 Northam footballers of the future

  • 245 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 246

    First prize
  • 247 Northam's almshouse

  • 248 The cab at the corner>
  • 249 He beat the floods

  • 250

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 251 Six footed lamb

  • 252 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 253 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 255 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 256 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 257 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 258 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 259 School crossing patrol begins

  • 260 When horses score over the tractor

  • 261 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 262 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 263 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 264 New addition to Quay front

  • 265 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 266 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 267 Circus comes to town

  • 268 Some 240 exhibits

  • 269 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 270 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 271 Centenary of Gazette

  • 272 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 273 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 274 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 275 Parkham plan realised

  • 276 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 277 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 278 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 279 The Geneva marionettes

  • 280 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 281 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 282 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 283 Loads of black and white

  • 284 New Lundy stamps

  • 285 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 286 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 287 End of the line

  • 288 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 289 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 290 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 291 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
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    Was a missionary
  • 293 Decontrol of meat

  • 294 Clovelly nightmare

  • 295

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 296 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 297 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 299 Bideford regatta

  • 300 Bideford loses training ship

  • 301 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 302 Recognise this resort?

  • 303 Sweets derationing

  • 304 Bridging the stream

  • 305 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 306 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 307

    Relatives all over the world
  • 308 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 309 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 310 Emergency ferry services

  • 311 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 312 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 313

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 314 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 315 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 316

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 317 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 318 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 319 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 320 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 322 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 323 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 324 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 325 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 326 Some mushroom!

  • 327 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 329 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 330 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 331 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 332 Out of puff!

  • 333

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 334 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 335 They are parted pro-tem

  • 336 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 337 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 338 Life begins at 80

  • 339

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 340 Happy Days!

  • 341 Pannier Market's future?

  • 342 New art gallery opened

  • 343 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 344 Mobile missionary

  • 345 Torrington's new amenity

  • 346 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 347 Riverside mystery

  • 348 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 349 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 350 North Devon Driving School

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 352 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 353 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 354 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 355 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 356 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 357 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 358 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 359 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 360 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 361 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 362 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 363

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 364 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 365 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 366

    Bidefordians
  • 367 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 368 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 369 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 370 Ten year old scrambler

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 372 New civic medallions

  • 373 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 374 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 375 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 376 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 377 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 378 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 379 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 380 A man and his wheel

  • 381 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 382 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 383 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 384 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 385 School's link with cargo ship

  • 386 Capers on the cobbles

  • 387 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 388 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 389 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 390 Appledore's largest

  • 391 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 392 A roof-top view - where?

  • 393 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 394 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 395 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 396

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 397 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 398 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 399 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 400 Police station view of Bideford

  • 401 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 402 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 403 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 404 New shipyard on schedule

  • 405

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 406 In their new robes and hats

  • 407 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 408 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 409 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 410 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 411 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 413

    Successful motor cycling team
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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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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