• 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 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 2 Picking the pops

  • 3 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 4 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 5 Parkham plan realised

  • 6 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 7 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 8 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 9 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 10 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 11 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 12

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 13

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 14 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 15 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 16 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 17 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 18 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 19 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 20 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 21 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 22 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 23 Traditions and skills still there

  • 24 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 25 Emergency ferry services

  • 26 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 27 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 28 No laughing matter

  • 29 Picking the pops

  • 30

    New gateway
  • 31 Revenge in style

  • 32 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 33 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 34 New life for Hartland organ

  • 35 Peter poses for TV film

  • 36 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 37 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 38

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 39 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 40 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 41 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 42 Some 240 exhibits

  • 43 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 44 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 45 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 46 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 47 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 48

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 49 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 50 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 51 Service with a smile

  • 52 New Lundy stamps

  • 53 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 54 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 55 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 56 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 57

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 58 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 59 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 60 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 61 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 62 Life begins at 80

  • 63 School's link with cargo ship

  • 64 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 65 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 66 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 67 All for the love of a lady!

  • 68 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 69 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 70 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 71 When horses score over the tractor

  • 72 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 73 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 74

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 75 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 76 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 78 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 79 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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

  • 81 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 82

    First prize
  • 83 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 84 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 85 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 86 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 87 Penny for the guy

  • 88

    Relatives all over the world
  • 89 Pannier Market's future?

  • 90

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 91 They are parted pro-tem

  • 92 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 93 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 94 Variety in summer weather

  • 95

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 96 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 97 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 98 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 99 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 100 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 101 Devil sent packing

  • 102 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 103 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 104 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 105 For crying out loud!

  • 106 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 107

    Bidefordians
  • 108 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 109 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 110 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 111 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 112

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 113

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 114 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 115 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 116 First ship in 8 years

  • 117 It really was the 'last time'

  • 118 Jumble sale fever

  • 119 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 120 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 121 Hartland's invitation

  • 122 New Post Office

  • 123 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 124

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 125 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 126 Capers on the cobbles

  • 127 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 128 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 129 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 130

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 131 North Devon Driving School

  • 132 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 133

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 134 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 135 Some mushroom!

  • 136 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 137 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 138 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 139 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 140 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 141 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 142 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 143 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 144 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 145 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 146 Northam's almshouse

  • 147 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 148 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 149 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 150 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 151 The art of the thatcher

  • 152 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 153

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 154 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 155 New shipyard on schedule

  • 156 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 157 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 158 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 159 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 160 Northam footballers of the future

  • 161 Littleham family's five generations

  • 162 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 163 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 164 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 165 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 166 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 167 Ten year old scrambler

  • 168 Artisans' Club

  • 169 Appledore's largest

  • 170 Waldon Triplets
  • 171 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 172 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 173 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 174 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 175

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 176 A story to tell!

  • 177 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 178 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 179 Just over a year old

  • 180 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 181 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 182 Burnard family reunion

  • 183 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 184

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 185 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 186 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 187

    Building works
  • 188 Hartland postman retires

  • 189 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 190 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 191 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 192 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 193 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 194 Riverside mystery

  • 195 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 196 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 197 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 198 The Geneva marionettes

  • 199 He beat the floods

  • 200 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 201 Modern living at Bideford

  • 202 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 203 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 204 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 205 Simple Item 138
  • 206 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 207 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 208 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 209 No sale of Springfield House

  • 210 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 211 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 212 New art gallery opened

  • 213 A bird of their own!

  • 214 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 215 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 216 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 217 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 218 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 219 113 years at Instow

  • 220 Off on a great adventure

  • 221 Can spring be far away?

  • 222 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 223 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 224 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 225 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 226 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 227 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 228 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 229

    Was a missionary
  • 230 New civic medallions

  • 231 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 232 What's the time?

  • 233 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 234 Torrington children build igloo
  • 235 All aboard the ark

  • 236 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 237

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 238 Bideford regatta

  • 239 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 240 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 241 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 242 In their new robes and hats

  • 243 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 244 Torrington's new amenity

  • 245 A roof-top view - where?

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 247 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 249 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 250 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 252 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 253 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 254 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 255

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 256 Recognise this resort?

  • 257 By pony and trap to market

  • 258 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 259 Police station view of Bideford

  • 260 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 261 Last train from Torrington

  • 262 End of the line

  • 263 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 264 Clovelly custom

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

  • 266 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 267 So this is the mainland!

  • 268 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 269 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 270 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 271 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 272 Six footed lamb

  • 273 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 274 Finished in 1876

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

  • 276 School crossing patrol begins

  • 277

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 278 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 279 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 280 Twenty-one yachts

  • 281 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 282 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 283 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 284 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 285 Bideford loses training ship

  • 286 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 288 Bideford computer stars

  • 289 Warmington's garage ad

  • 290 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 291 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 292

    Married in 1908
  • 293 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 294 Bridging the stream

  • 295 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 296 Loads of black and white

  • 297 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 298 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 299 Decontrol of meat

  • 300 Sight of a lifetime

  • 301 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 302 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 303 New look in the hayfields

  • 304 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 305 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 306 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 307 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 308 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 310 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 311 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 312

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 313 Ships at Bideford

  • 314 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 315 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 316 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 317 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 318 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 319 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 320 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 322 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 323 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 324 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 325 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 326 Centenary of Gazette

  • 327 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 328 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 329 Puppet characters introduced

  • 330 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 331 Hartland Dancers
  • 332 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 333 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 334 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 335 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 336 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 337 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 338 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 339 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 341 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 342 New addition to Quay front

  • 343 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 344 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 345 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 346 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 347 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 348

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 349 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 350 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 351 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 352 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 353 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 354 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 355 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 356 Cruising down the river

  • 357 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 358 Mobile missionary

  • 359

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 360 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 361 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 362 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 363 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 365

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 366 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 367 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 368 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 369 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 370 Happy Days!

  • 371 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 372 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 373 Out of puff!

  • 374

    Exhibition of school work
  • 375 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 376

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 377 Torrington in 1967

  • 378 Circus comes to town

  • 379 A man and his wheel

  • 380 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 381 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 382 Private home for public pump

  • 383 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 384 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 385 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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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Sporting Smiles Start The Week

Bideford Regatta Foot and Cycle Sports

14.9.1951 Bideford Regatta

Messrs G W Blackman, P C Fryer, P J V Fulford, D Leftwich, E Tomlinson, E F Ellis and F A Pearson.

Sitting in front is the Mayor of Bideford, Mr W H Copp.

Gazette article dated 14 September 1951

No Wonder They Smiled!

Bideford Blues smile confidently when photographed before their Kingsley League Northern Division game at home to Merton

4.2.1955 Bideford Blues

A few minutes later they were playing with equal confidence and finished the game outstanding winners by 11 goals to 0.

Fine runs in local cup competitions have played havoc with the Blues’ League programme. They have games in hand over all their opponents and, although they are now lying in the second half of the league table, the good brand of football they play should ensure a rapid climb up the ladder. ‘Father’ of the side, Arthur Shute, will see to that!

Front row: Ernie Butler, Derek Kitto, Graham Hoare, John Davies, Tony Backway, Jack Sinclair, Otto Senik, Laurie Gillespie, Arthur Shute, Peter Adams, Ron Cornish, Keith Symons, Peter Willey, George Waters.

The full Gazette article is dated 4 February 1955

Junior Netball Team Beats Its Rivals

Neighbouring Schools Are Rivals At Netball

3.2.1961 netball

As mentioned last week, Torrington County Secondary School junior netball team beat their Bideford County Secondary School counterparts 6-4 when they recently met at Torrington.

The Torrington team was – Rosemary Squire, Pauline Tucker, Pat Parkhouse, Sandra Vanstone, Shirley Hutchings, Janet Tolley, Judith Fisher.

Bideford – Joan Symons, Kay Shute, Sandra Johns, Rosemary Peacham, Sheila Bliman, Lyn Buckley, Barbara Davidson

Gazette article dated 3 February 1961

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