• 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 New art gallery opened

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

  • 3 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 4 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 5 Burnard family reunion

  • 6 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 7 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 9 End of the line

  • 10 Waldon Triplets
  • 11 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 12

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 13 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 14 Torrington children build igloo
  • 15 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 16

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 17

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 18

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 19 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 20 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 21 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 22 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 23 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 24 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 25 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 26 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 27 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 28

    Bidefordians
  • 29 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 30

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 31 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 32

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 33 Bideford regatta

  • 34 Torrington's new amenity

  • 35

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 36 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 37 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 38 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 39 First ship in 8 years

  • 40 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 41 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 42 Can spring be far away?

  • 43 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 44 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 45 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 46 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 47 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 48 Hartland postman retires

  • 49 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 50 Bridging the stream

  • 51 New Lundy stamps

  • 52 Simple Item 138
  • 53 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 55 The art of the thatcher

  • 56

    Relatives all over the world
  • 57 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 58 Sight of a lifetime

  • 59 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 60 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 61 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 62

    First prize
  • 63 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 64 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 65 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 66

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 67 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 68 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 69 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 70 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 71 They are parted pro-tem

  • 72 Some mushroom!

  • 73 When horses score over the tractor

  • 74 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 75 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 76 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 77 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 78 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 79 New choral society's growing response

  • 80 Six footed lamb

  • 81 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 82 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 83 So this is the mainland!

  • 84 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 85 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 86 Torrington in 1967

  • 87 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 88 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 89 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 90 New addition to Quay front

  • 91 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 93 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 94 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 95 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 96 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 97 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 98 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 99 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 101 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 102 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 103 Warmington's garage ad

  • 104 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 105 Recognise this resort?

  • 106 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 107 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 108 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 109 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 110 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 111 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 112 A man and his wheel

  • 113 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 114 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 115 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 116 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 117 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 118 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 119 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 120 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 121 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 123 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 124 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 125 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 126

    New gateway
  • 127 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 128 School's link with cargo ship

  • 129 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 130 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 131 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 132 Variety in summer weather

  • 133 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 134 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 135 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 136 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 137 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 138 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 139 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 140 Revenge in style

  • 141 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 142 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 143 Hartland Dancers
  • 144 Circus comes to town

  • 145 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 146 Police station view of Bideford

  • 147 No sale of Springfield House

  • 148 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 149 In their new robes and hats

  • 150 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 151 Just over a year old

  • 152 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 153 Picking the pops

  • 154 Riverside mystery

  • 155 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 156 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 157 Off on a great adventure

  • 158 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 159 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 161 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 162 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 163 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 164 Weare Giffard potato

  • 165 Twenty-one yachts

  • 166 Cruising down the river

  • 167 Out of puff!

  • 168 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 169 A roof-top view - where?

  • 170 Peter poses for TV film

  • 171 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 172 Clovelly nightmare

  • 173 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 174 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 175 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 176

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 177 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 179

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 180

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 181 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 182 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 183 Hartland's invitation

  • 184 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 185 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 186 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 187 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 188 A story to tell!

  • 189 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 190 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 191 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 192 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 193 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 194 Loads of black and white

  • 195 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 196

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 197 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 198 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 199

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 200 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 201 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 202 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 203

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 204 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 205 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 206 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 207 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 208 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 209 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

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

  • 211 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 212

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 213 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 214 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 215

    Exhibition of school work
  • 216

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 217 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 218 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 219

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 220 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 221 Bideford computer stars

  • 222 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 223

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 224 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 225 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 226 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 227 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 228 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 229 Littleham family's five generations

  • 230 By pony and trap to market

  • 231 The Geneva marionettes

  • 232 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 233 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 234 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 235 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 236 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 237 Northam footballers of the future

  • 238 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 239 Clovelly custom

  • 240 New shipyard on schedule

  • 241 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 242 Artisans' Club

  • 243 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 244 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 245 Picking the pops

  • 246

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 247 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 248 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 249 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 250 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 251 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 252 Private home for public pump

  • 253 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 254 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 255 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 256 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 257 Appledore's largest

  • 258

    Building works
  • 259 Happy Days!

  • 260 Traditions and skills still there

  • 261 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 262 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 263 Centenary of Gazette

  • 264 Life begins at 80

  • 265 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 266 Puppet characters introduced

  • 267 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 268 All aboard the ark

  • 269 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 270 New civic medallions

  • 271 Service with a smile

  • 272 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

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

  • 275

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 276 Some 240 exhibits

  • 277 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 278 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 279 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 280 113 years at Instow

  • 281 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 282 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 283 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 284 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 285 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 286 Mobile missionary

  • 287 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 288 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 289 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 290 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 291 North Devon Driving School

  • 292 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 293 He beat the floods

  • 294 New Post Office

  • 295 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 296

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 297 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 298

    Married in 1908
  • 299 Ships at Bideford

  • 300 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 301

    Was a missionary
  • 302 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 303 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 304 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 305 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 306 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 307 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 308 For crying out loud!

  • 309 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 310 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 311 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 312 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 313 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 314 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 315 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 316 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 317 Bideford loses training ship

  • 318 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 319 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 320 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 321 New life for Hartland organ

  • 322

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 323 What's the time?

  • 324 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 325 Pannier Market's future?

  • 326 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 327 Devil sent packing

  • 328 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 329 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 330 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 331 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 332 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 333 Northam's almshouse

  • 334 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 335 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 336 Modern living at Bideford

  • 337 Ten year old scrambler

  • 338 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 339 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 340 Parkham plan realised

  • 341 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 342 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 343 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 344 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 345 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 346 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 347 Finished in 1876

  • 348 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 349 A bird of their own!

  • 350 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 351

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 352 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

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

  • 354 Penny for the guy

  • 355 Jumble sale fever

  • 356 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 357 Capers on the cobbles

  • 358 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 359 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 360 New look in the hayfields

  • 361 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 362 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 363 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 364 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 365 All for the love of a lady!

  • 366 No laughing matter

  • 367 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 368 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 369 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 370 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 372 Decontrol of meat

  • 373 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 374 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 375 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 376 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 377 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 378 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 379 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 380 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 381 It really was the 'last time'

  • 382 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 383 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 385 Emergency ferry services

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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Father And Son Golf Winners

Record Entry of 104

17.4.1964 golf winners

A father and son, Arnold and Peter Fulford, won the Bideford Bay foursomes golf competition over the weekend. They registered 71 points.

The Stableford bogey event was played over 36 holes – 18 holes at Saunton on Saturday and 18 holes over the Royal North Devon links at Westward Ho! on Sunday.

Results: A A Fulford and P A Fulford, 71 points; G Harris and T H Jones, 69 points; A Hoyle and A W Neve, and P Brennan and C D Squire, 68 points.

Winners at Saunton: A A and P A Fulford, J F Dennis and J E Land.

Winners at Westward Ho!: G Harris and T H Jones, and Mrs I Langdon and Mrs G Thorburn.

Best ladies’ score: Mrs D Jewell and Miss G Lucas, 63 points.

Gazette article dated 17 April 1964

Robins Are Western League Champions

Jubilant player-manager Ken Whitfield

1.5.1964 Robins football

raises his arms in triumph after Bideford’s win over Weston which gave them the points to clinch the Western League championship.

In the photo are: Lol Chappell, Roy Burnett, Tony Long, John Penny, Alan Marsh, Barry Kelland, Peter Bennett, Tony Irons, Derek May and trainer Bill Finn. Kneeling are Graham Bond and John Gauntlett.

Then came toasts in champagne, proposed by the Mayor of Bideford, Lieut-Col R D D Birdwood.

Gazette article dated 1 May 1964

Service With A Smile

Lunches, teas and coffees

17.8.1956 Sport bowling

And once again contributing much behind the scenes to the success and popularity of Bideford’s annual bowling tournament was the band of Bideford Club members’ wives who throughout the week provided lunches, teas and snacks in the adjacent Rugby Club hall. They served an average of about 100 lunches, 135 teas and 100 coffees a day.

They were persuaded to come into the sunshine just as they were finishing the luncheon washing-up and were starting to prepare for tea. The team was led by Mrs Harry Blackmore and Mrs F Horner.

Seen in the photograph are: Mesdames J R Chipman, Harry Blackmore, F Horner, C Fulford, C Mules, L H Gorrell, Elkins, George Blackmore, J P Cleverdon, Hudson, A J Luxton, S R Elliott, Kelly and P Wadey.

Article dated 17 August 1956

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