• 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 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 2 Puppet characters introduced

  • 3 Ten year old scrambler

  • 4 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 5

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 6 What's the time?

  • 7 Service with a smile

  • 8 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 9 Littleham family's five generations

  • 10 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 11 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 12 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 13 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 14 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 16 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 17 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 18 Decontrol of meat

  • 19 Hartland postman retires

  • 20 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 21 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 22

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 23 Parkham plan realised

  • 24 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 25 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 26 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 27 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 28 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 29 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 30 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 31 New look in the hayfields

  • 32 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 33 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 34 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 35 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 36 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 37 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 38 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 40 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 41 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 42 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 43 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 44 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 45 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 46 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 47 A bird of their own!

  • 48 Twenty-one yachts

  • 49 North Devon Driving School

  • 50 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 51 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 52 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 53 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 54 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 55 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 56 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 58 From Bobby to Brian

  • 59 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 60 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 61 All for the love of a lady!

  • 62 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 63 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 64 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 65 113 years at Instow

  • 66 Police station view of Bideford

  • 67 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 68 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 69 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 70 Bideford computer stars

  • 71 Burnard family reunion

  • 72 Bridging the stream

  • 73 Last train from Torrington

  • 74 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 75 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 76

    Exhibition of school work
  • 77 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 78 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 79 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 80 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 81 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 82 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 83 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 84 Traditions and skills still there

  • 85 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 86 Sweets derationing

  • 87 For crying out loud!

  • 88 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 89 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 90 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 91 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 92 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 93 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 95 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 96 New life for Hartland organ

  • 97

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 98 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 99 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 100 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 101 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 102 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 103 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 104 Bideford regatta

  • 105 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 106 Peter poses for TV film

  • 107 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 108 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 109 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 110

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 111 Penny for the guy

  • 112 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 113 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 114 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 115 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 116 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 117 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 118

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 119 New Post Office

  • 120 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 121 First ship in 8 years

  • 122 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 123 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 124 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 125 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 126 Just over a year old

  • 127 In their new robes and hats

  • 128 Warmington's garage ad

  • 129 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 130

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 131 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 132 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 133 When horses score over the tractor

  • 134 Waldon Triplets
  • 135 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 136 The cab at the corner>
  • 137 By pony and trap to market

  • 138 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 139 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 140 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 141 It really was the 'last time'

  • 142 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 143 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 144

    Bidefordians
  • 145 Recognise this resort?

  • 146 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 147 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 148 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 149 Artisans' Club

  • 150 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 151 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 152 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 153 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 154 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 155 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 156 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 157 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 158 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 159 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 160 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 161 Life begins at 80

  • 162

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 163 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 164 Devil sent packing

  • 165 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 166 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 168 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 169

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 170 A man and his wheel

  • 171 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 172 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 173 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 174 Can spring be far away?

  • 175 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 176 Appledore's largest

  • 177 Picking the pops

  • 178 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 179 Hartland's invitation

  • 180 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 181 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 182 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 183 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 184 Finished in 1876

  • 185 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 186 No sale of Springfield House

  • 187 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 188 New addition to Quay front

  • 189 Some mushroom!

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

  • 191 Centenary of Gazette

  • 192 So this is the mainland!

  • 193 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 194

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 195

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 196 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 197 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 198 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 199

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 200 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 202 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 203 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 204

    Building works
  • 205 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 206

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 207 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 208 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 209 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 210 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 212 Clovelly nightmare

  • 213 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 214 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 215 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 216

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 217 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 218 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 219 A roof-top view - where?

  • 220 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 221 New civic medallions

  • 222 Torrington's new amenity

  • 223 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 224 Picking the pops

  • 225 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 226 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 227

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 228 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 229 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 230 Clovelly custom

  • 231

    New gateway
  • 232 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 233 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 234 End of the line

  • 235 Modern living at Bideford

  • 236 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 237 Weare Giffard potato

  • 238 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 239 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 240 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 241 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 242 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 243 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 244 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 245 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 246 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 247 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 248 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 249 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 250 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 251

    Married in 1908
  • 252 Variety in summer weather

  • 253 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 254 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 255 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 256 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 257

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 258 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 259 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 261 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 262 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 263 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 264 Emergency ferry services

  • 265 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 266 Hartland Dancers
  • 267 Filming at Hartland

  • 268 A story to tell!

  • 269 They are parted pro-tem

  • 270 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 271 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 272 Loads of black and white

  • 273 Revenge in style

  • 274 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 275 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 276 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 277 School crossing patrol begins

  • 278 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 279 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 280 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 281 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 282 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 283 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 284 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 285 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 286 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 287 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 288 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 289 Ships at Bideford

  • 290

    Was a missionary
  • 291 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 292 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 293 Private home for public pump

  • 294

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 295 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 296 Riverside mystery

  • 297 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 298 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 299 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 300

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 301 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 302 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 303 Bideford loses training ship

  • 304 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 305 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 306

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 307 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 308 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 309 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 311 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 312 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 313 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 314

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 315 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 316 Some 240 exhibits

  • 317 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 318 All aboard the ark

  • 319

    First prize
  • 320 Torrington children build igloo
  • 321 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 322

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 323 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 324 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 325 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 327 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 328

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 329 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 330 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 331 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 332 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 333 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 334 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 335 The Geneva marionettes

  • 336 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 337 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 338 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 339 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 340 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 341 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 342 He beat the floods

  • 343 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 344 The art of the thatcher

  • 345 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 346 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 347 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 348 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 349 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 350 Off on a great adventure

  • 351 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 352 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 353

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 354 Torrington in 1967

  • 355 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 356 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 357 Capers on the cobbles

  • 358 New choral society's growing response

  • 359 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 360 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 361 No laughing matter

  • 362 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 363

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 364 Six footed lamb

  • 365 Simple Item 138
  • 366 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 367 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 368

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 369 New shipyard on schedule

  • 370 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 371 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 372 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 373 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 374 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 375 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 376 Cruising down the river

  • 377 Northam footballers of the future

  • 378 Mobile missionary

  • 379 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 380 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 381 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 382 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 383 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 384 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 385 Pannier Market's future?

  • 386

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 387 School's link with cargo ship

  • 388 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 389 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 390 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 391 Sight of a lifetime

  • 392 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 393 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 394 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 395 Happy Days!

  • 396 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 397 Out of puff!

  • 398 Northam's almshouse

  • 399 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 401 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 402 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 403 New art gallery opened

  • 404 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 405 New Lundy stamps

  • 406 Jumble sale fever

  • 407 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 408 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 409 Circus comes to town

  • 410

    Relatives all over the world
  • 411 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 412 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 413 Designed and made in Bideford

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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Gift Aid To Cricket Fans

Playing members of Bideford and District Cricket Club

are photographed with their new scoreboard, the gift of Mr John R Gillespie, manager of the Westward Ho! Holiday Centre.

24.8.1951 WHo cricket

The new scoreboard is Mr Gillespie’s answer to the difficulties which hitherto faced visitors and spectators generally who, unless, they asked endless questions, had little idea of the state of the game or even the names of the teams playing.

Those appearing in the photograph are: Mr J R Gillespie, Messrs. A Robinson, A Bidgood, R Parsons, Ray Bird, P Hawke, R Waldon, S Pidler, G Waldon, S Young, R Mills, R Swain and G Bayliss.

Gazette article dated 24 August 1951

Triple New

New strip for a new season in a new league…

and Bideford Blues, busily preparing for their baptism in North Devon’s Junior Division One, find time to pause for a photograph. A memoir, like the runners-up plaques displayed, of their soccer return last season when they won promotion. Average age of the side is just 19.

20.8.1965 Bideford Blues

Photographed are: Dave Butler, Bob Arnold, Ken Taylor, Richard Hookway, Dave Backway, Keith Sowden, Frank Parkhouse, Ivor Jones, Roy Mitchell, Les Braddick, Jack Mitchell, Donald Cawsey, Eddie Shortridge, Bob Barter, Colin Curtis, Freddie Lamey, Chris Sowden.

Gazette article dated 20 August 1965

Peter Bids For Chance To Play World Master

Bideford schoolboy

Peter Gifford will be off to London in 12 days time to compete against 15 other top young darts players in the national finals of the ‘Our Show’ under-16 darts tournament for the Daily Mirror Trophy.

10.3.1978 Darts

Fifteen year old Peter, of 5B Honestone Street, Bideford, was one of two qualifiers at the West of England and Wales regional finals held at Bristol.

Should Peter be lucky enough to win the title he will not only receive the trophy from the reigning World Master and British Open champion Eric Bristow, but will also have the unique opportunity to play against the World’s number one in front of television cameras.

With his father Jack and brothers Paddy and Andy all keen players it was hardly surprising that Peter caught the darts bug at an early age.

The family team up at the Joiners Arms, Bideford.

Gazette article dated 10 March 1978

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