• 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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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 2 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 3 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 4 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 5 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 6 Revived market off to splendid start

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    Relatives all over the world
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    Exhibition of school work
  • 9 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 10 Burnard family reunion

  • 11 Puppet characters introduced

  • 12 Last train from Torrington

  • 13 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 14 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 15 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 16 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 17

    Married in 1908
  • 18 Peter poses for TV film

  • 19 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 20 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 21 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 22 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 23 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 24 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 26 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 27 Hartland postman retires

  • 28 School's link with cargo ship

  • 29 New fire and ambulance stations

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

  • 31 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 32 School crossing patrol begins

  • 33 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 34 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 35 New civic medallions

  • 36 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 37 New Post Office

  • 38 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 39 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 40 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 41 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 42 Bridging the stream

  • 43

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 44 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 45 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 46 113 years at Instow

  • 47 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 48 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 49 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 50 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 51

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 52 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 53 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 54 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 55 Northam's almshouse

  • 56 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 57 In their new robes and hats

  • 58 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 59 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 60 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 61 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 62

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 63 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 64 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 65 Circus comes to town

  • 66 Can spring be far away?

  • 67 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 68 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 69 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 70 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 71 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 72 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 73 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 74 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 75 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 76 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 77 New shipyard on schedule

  • 78 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 79 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 80

    Was a missionary
  • 81 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 82

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 83 Simple Item 138
  • 84

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 85 Variety in summer weather

  • 86 A bird of their own!

  • 87 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 88 Sight of a lifetime

  • 89 For crying out loud!

  • 90 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 91 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 92 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 93 New Lundy stamps

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 95 Torrington children build igloo
  • 96 Torrington in 1967

  • 97 It really was the 'last time'

  • 98 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 99 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 100 New choral society's growing response

  • 101 Weare Giffard potato

  • 102 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 103 Warmington's garage ad

  • 104 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 105 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 106 New art gallery opened

  • 107 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 108

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 109 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 110

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 111 Ten year old scrambler

  • 112 Six footed lamb

  • 113 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 114 New life for Hartland organ

  • 115 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 116 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 117 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 118 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 119 They are parted pro-tem

  • 120 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 121

    Bidefordians
  • 122 Some mushroom!

  • 123 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 124 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 125 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 126 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 127 Off on a great adventure

  • 128 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 129 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 130 Cruising down the river

  • 131 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 133 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 134

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 135 All for the love of a lady!

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

  • 137 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 138 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 139 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 140 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 141 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 142 Some 240 exhibits

  • 143 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 145 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 146 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 147 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 148 Littleham family's five generations

  • 149 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 150 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 151

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 152 Clovelly custom

  • 153 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 154 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 155 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 156 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 157 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 158 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 159 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 160 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 161 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 162 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 163

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 164 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 165 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 166 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 167 Centenary of Gazette

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    First prize
  • 169 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 170 Happy Days!

  • 171

    New gateway
  • 172 Service with a smile

  • 173

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 174 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 175 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 176 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 177 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 178

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 179 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 181 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 182 Just over a year old

  • 183 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 184 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 185

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 186 Private home for public pump

  • 187 Clovelly nightmare

  • 188 New addition to Quay front

  • 189 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 190

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 191

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 192

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 193 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 194 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 196 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 197 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 198 Out of puff!

  • 199 Devil sent packing

  • 200 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 201 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 202 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 203 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 204 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 206 All aboard the ark

  • 207 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 208 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 209 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 210 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 211 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 212 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 213 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 214 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 215 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 216 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 217 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 218 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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    Building works
  • 220 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 221 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 222 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 223 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 224 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 226 Emergency ferry services

  • 227 Northam footballers of the future

  • 228 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 229 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 230 No sale of Springfield House

  • 231 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 232 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 233 No laughing matter

  • 234 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 235 A man and his wheel

  • 236 When horses score over the tractor

  • 237 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 238 Jumble sale fever

  • 239 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 241 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 242 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 243 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 244 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 245 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 246 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 247 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 248 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 249 Picking the pops

  • 250 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 251 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 252 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 253 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 254 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 255 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 256 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 257 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 258 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 259 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 260 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 261 Revenge in style

  • 262 Ships at Bideford

  • 263

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 264

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 265 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 266 Penny for the guy

  • 267 Bideford loses training ship

  • 268 Life begins at 80

  • 269 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 270 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 271 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 273 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 274 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 275 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 276 He beat the floods

  • 277 Loads of black and white

  • 278 Artisans' Club

  • 279 First ship in 8 years

  • 280 Police station view of Bideford

  • 281

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 282 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 283 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 284 By pony and trap to market

  • 285 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 286 Parkham plan realised

  • 287 Torrington's new amenity

  • 288 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 289 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 290 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 291 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 292 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 293 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 294 Bideford computer stars

  • 295 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 296 Appledore's largest

  • 297 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 298 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 299 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 300 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 301 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 302 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 303 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 304 Waldon Triplets
  • 305 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 306 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

  • 308 End of the line

  • 309 Hartland Dancers
  • 310 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 311 Buckland goes to County Show

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 313 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 314 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 315 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 317 Decontrol of meat

  • 318 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 319 Mobile missionary

  • 320 North Devon Driving School

  • 321 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 322 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 323 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 324 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 325 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 326 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 327 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 328 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 329 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 330 They set out for Bideford and became lost

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

  • 332 So this is the mainland!

  • 333 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 334 A story to tell!

  • 335 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 336 A roof-top view - where?

  • 337 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 338 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 339

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 340 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 341 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 342 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 343 The Geneva marionettes

  • 344 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 345 Twenty-one yachts

  • 346 Traditions and skills still there

  • 347 The art of the thatcher

  • 348 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 349 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 350 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 351 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 352 Capers on the cobbles

  • 353 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 354 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 355 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 356 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 357 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 358 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 359 Pannier Market's future?

  • 360 Modern living at Bideford

  • 361 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 362 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 363 Riverside mystery

  • 364 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 365 New look in the hayfields

  • 366 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 367 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 368 What's the time?

  • 369 Recognise this resort?

  • 370 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 371 Picking the pops

  • 372 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 373 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 374 Finished in 1876

  • 375 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 376 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 377 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 378 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 379 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 380 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 381 Bideford regatta

  • 382 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 383 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 384 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 385 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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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Stella Maris Win Netball Championships

Two Championships

14.3.1969 Sport netball

Teams from the Stella Maris School, Bideford, won the senior and intermediate championships at the North Devon Netball rally at Barnstaple's County Secondary School last week.

The teams, are: Mary Patient, Carol Davey, Judith Payne, Elizabeth Adlington, Monique Jackson, Helen Cork, Aphansa Bassipour, Louisa Gollins, Susan Heard, Martine Jackson, Judith Cork, Louisa Brooks and Marilyn Cuthill.

Jane Deacon and Margaret Mortimer, who also took part, are not in the photograph.

Gazette article dated 14 March 1969

 

 

Torrington Minors

North Devon champions

2.5.1969 Sport Torrington minors

Torrington Minors, although ousted by Newton Spurs in the semi-final of Devon Minor Cup, have the consolation of being the North Devon area champions in the competition.

They are: L Jury, S Copp, D Parish, S Hutchings, M Cooke, J Pitts, D Short, P Alexander, R Ayre, M Copp, B Baker, I Baker, G Isaac.

Gazette article dated 2 May 1969

Schools Combine for Athletics Meeting

Three Schools’ Athletics Meeting At Langtree

28.7.1961 Langtree School athletics


At the first athletics meeting to be staged between the county primary schools of Buckland Brewer, Instow and Langtree by invitation of the headmaster, Mr R A Yeo Jenn, the host school won the cup by a substantial margin.

After keenly contested events watched by more than 200 parents and friends, Mr Ken Whitfield (player-manager of Bideford AFC) presented the trophy to Langtree sports captain John Sanders and congratulated those responsible for the excellent organisation.

Langtree school was thanked by headmasters Mr L Beech and Mr A F Levick.

The Winners included

I G Brimacombe, Marion Hancock, C Staddon, G Sutton, C Barnstable, R Law, Sylvia Martin, Margaret Prance, P Mills, Eileen Vanstone, Pamela Fishleigh, R Squires, M Buckley, Winifred Box, Mary Mitchell, John Routley, I Dennis, M Seymour, G Coles, Ann Tym, Janet Sutton, Hermione Dennis, A Elder, P Mills, B Dennis, J Sanders, Jane Foggo, N Griffiths, Angela Tucker, S Ashton, H Nicholls, Pamela Ford, T Nicholls, Barara Ley, Mary Mills, H Tucker, Adrienne Staddon, Richard Law, Marilyn Gerry, Nicola Beck, Shirley Bolt, Susan Barrow, R Down, B Dennis, D Lee, J Gerry, P Parsons, P Dark, Pamela Balkwill, P Heywood, Judith Day, Barbara Ley, Joyce Curtis, Roberta Watson, Leon Dziurzynski, Pamela Daniels, Linda Reynolds, Margaret Beer, D Lee, T Richards, C Bale, Carol Worthing, R Yeo, R Law, Erica Atkins, Kathleen Huntbach, G Brimacombe, Glenys Beer, J Sanders, P Parsons, R Rowland, Nicola Beck, Margaret Prance, Josephine Huxtable, J Nightingale, N Griffiths.

Officials were: Mr K Whitfield, Mr A Edgecombe, Mr W Heywood, Mr A F Levick, Mrs K S Parsons, Mrs M Edgecombe, Mr R H Channon, Mrs R Watson, Mr L Beech, Mrs P Gilbert, Mrs E Stone, Mr J Folland, Mrs J Prance, Mrs W Prance, Mrs M E Baron, Mrs P Staddon, Mrs M Southon, Mr R Dennis, Mr S Fovargue, Mr R A Yeo Jenn

The full Gazette article is dated 28 July 1961

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