• 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 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 2 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 3 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 5 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 7 Finished in 1876

  • 8

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 9 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 10 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 11 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 12 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 13 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 14 Simple Item 138
  • 15 New life for Hartland organ

  • 16

    New gateway
  • 17 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 18 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 19 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 20 Life begins at 80

  • 21 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 22 Penny for the guy

  • 23 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 24 Pannier Market's future?

  • 25 Some 240 exhibits

  • 26 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 27 Artisans' Club

  • 28 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 29 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 30 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 31 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 32 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 33

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 34 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 35 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 36 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 37 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 38 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 39 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 40 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 41 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 42

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 43 They are parted pro-tem

  • 44 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 45 Can spring be far away?

  • 46 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 47 Torrington's new amenity

  • 48 Picking the pops

  • 49 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 50 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 51 Decontrol of meat

  • 52 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 53 Jumble sale fever

  • 54 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 55 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 56 Bridging the stream

  • 57 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 58

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 59 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 60 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 61 North Devon Driving School

  • 62 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 63 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 64 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 65

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 66 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 68

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 69 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 70

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 71 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 72

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 73 Traditions and skills still there

  • 74 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 75 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 76 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 77 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 78 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 79 Emergency ferry services

  • 80 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 81 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 82 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 83 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 84 Out of puff!

  • 85 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 86 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 87 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 88 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 89 New choral society's growing response

  • 90 What's the time?

  • 91 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 92 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 93 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 94 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 95 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 96

    Building works
  • 97 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 98 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 99 New Post Office

  • 100 New addition to Quay front

  • 101 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 102 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 103 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 104 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 105 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 106

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 107 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 108 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 110 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 111 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 112 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 113 Police station view of Bideford

  • 114 Bideford computer stars

  • 115 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 116 In their new robes and hats

  • 117 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 118 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 119 The art of the thatcher

  • 120 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 121 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 122 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 123 Warmington's garage ad

  • 124 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 125 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 126 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 127 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 128 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 129 Happy Days!

  • 130 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 131 Cruising down the river

  • 132

    Relatives all over the world
  • 133 Clovelly nightmare

  • 134 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 135 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 136 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 137 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 138

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 139 Just over a year old

  • 140

    Was a missionary
  • 141 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 142 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 143 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 144 Twenty-one yachts

  • 145

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 146 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 147 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 148 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 149 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 150 A man and his wheel

  • 151 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 152 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 153 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 154 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 155 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 156 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 157 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 158 Sight of a lifetime

  • 159 For crying out loud!

  • 160 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 161 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 162

    Exhibition of school work
  • 163 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 164 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 166 It really was the 'last time'

  • 167 Devil sent packing

  • 168 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 169 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 170 Riverside mystery

  • 171 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 172 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 173 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 174 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 175 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 176 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 177 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 178 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 179 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 180 School's link with cargo ship

  • 181 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 182 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 183 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 184 Littleham family's five generations

  • 185 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 186 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 187 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 188

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 189 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 190 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 191 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 192 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 193 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 194

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 195 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 196 Six footed lamb

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

  • 198 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 199 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 200 By pony and trap to market

  • 201 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 202 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 203 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 204 New Lundy stamps

  • 205 The Geneva marionettes

  • 206 No laughing matter

  • 207 When horses score over the tractor

  • 208 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 209 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 210 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 211 Private home for public pump

  • 212 Mobile missionary

  • 213 Recognise this resort?

  • 214

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 215 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 216 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 217

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 218 Loads of black and white

  • 219 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 220 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 221 A bird of their own!

  • 222

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 223 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 224 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 225 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 226 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 227 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 228 Bideford loses training ship

  • 229 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 230 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 231 Some mushroom!

  • 232 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 233 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 234 All aboard the ark

  • 235 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 236 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 237 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 238 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 239 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 240 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 241 Off on a great adventure

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    First prize
  • 243 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 244 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 246 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 247 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 248 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 249 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 250 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 251 Hartland's invitation

  • 252 Variety in summer weather

  • 253 Circus comes to town

  • 254 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 255 New look in the hayfields

  • 256 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 257 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 258 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 259 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 260 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 261 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 262 Modern living at Bideford

  • 263 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 264 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 265 Weare Giffard potato

  • 266 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 267 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 268 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 269 Ships at Bideford

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    Bidefordians
  • 271 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 272 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 274 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 275 Appledore's largest

  • 276 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 277 First ship in 8 years

  • 278

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 279 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 280 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 281 New art gallery opened

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    Married in 1908
  • 283 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 284 Capers on the cobbles

  • 285 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 286 No sale of Springfield House

  • 287 Northam's almshouse

  • 288 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 289 Torrington children build igloo
  • 290 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 291 Service with a smile

  • 292

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 293 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 294 A story to tell!

  • 295 School crossing patrol begins

  • 296 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 297 Bideford regatta

  • 298 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 299 Dismantling of wireless mast

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    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 301 A roof-top view - where?

  • 302 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 303 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 304 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 305 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 306 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 307 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 308 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 309 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 310 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 311

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 312

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 313

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 314 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 315 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 316 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 317 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 318 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 319 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 320 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 321 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 322 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 323 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 324 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 325 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 326 Peter poses for TV film

  • 327 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 328 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 329

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 330 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 331 Waldon Triplets
  • 332 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 333 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 334 End of the line

  • 335 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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

  • 337 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 338 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 339 Hartland Dancers
  • 340 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 341 Clovelly custom

  • 342 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 343 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 344 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 345 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 346 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 347 He beat the floods

  • 348 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 349 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 350 Revenge in style

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

  • 352 New shipyard on schedule

  • 353 All for the love of a lady!

  • 354 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 355 Centenary of Gazette

  • 356 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 357 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 358 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 359 Parkham plan realised

  • 360 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 361 Northam footballers of the future

  • 362 Burnard family reunion

  • 363 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 364 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 365 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 366 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 367 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 368

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 369 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 371 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 372 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 373 Torrington in 1967

  • 374 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 375 New civic medallions

  • 376 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 377 Picking the pops

  • 378 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 379 113 years at Instow

  • 380 Puppet characters introduced

  • 381 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 382 Hartland postman retires

  • 383 Last train from Torrington

  • 384 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 385 Ten year old scrambler

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Championship Trophy For Hartland

The Captain receives the trophy

7.5.1954 Hartland football

On behalf of Hartland AFC, of which he is captain, Ron Watson receives from Mrs Sharley, wife of Mr J H Sharley (secretary of the Kingsley League), the championship trophy for the Kingsley League Division 1. This is the first time Hartland have won this trophy since 1928 although two years ago they shared the trophy with Stratton.

Photo R Gifford, Hartland

Gazette article dated 7 May 1954

Remarkable Record

These Are The Faces That Go With The Feet

5.4.1974 Bideford football

Garry Henry, Leonard Ford, Michael Tithecott, Mark Stevens, Andrew Oake, Andrew Little, Barry Robinson. Missing from the picture are Brian Cox and Jeffery Brown.

Played 47, won 41, drawn 2, lost 4, for 218, against 48 – that is the record of the young football players of Bideford School.

The full Gazette article is dated 5 April 1974

 

Three Young Anglers Land £100 Prizes

Success for Devon Juniors

9.5.1969 Sport Fishing

Three local young fishermen had the time of their lives on Sunday when they travelled to Brixham and landed well over £100 worth of trophies and prizes.

The youngsters took part in Wyvern Division NFSA’s annual shore competition from Brixham breakwater and which this year was coupled with the National Angling championships.

Diane Mitchell of 7 Northdown Road, Bideford, won the Mary Page junior ladies’ trophy and was also awarded a bronze medal from the National Federation of Sea Anglers.

Leslie Malcolm Dennis, of Elemore, Ballards Crescent, Instow, won the Vic Cannon trophy. His prizes included a camera, two fishing reel and two tackle boxes.

Ian Terence Curtis, of 43 Western Avenue, Appledore, was awarded the Wyvern division shield presented by the Watchet SAS and the George Hewlett trophy.

All three young people attend Bideford County Secondary School.

9.5.1969 Sport Fishing1

The full Gazette article is dated 9 May 1969

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