• 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 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 2 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 3 A story to tell!

  • 4 Recognise this resort?

  • 5 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 6 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 7 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 8 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 9 Circus comes to town

  • 10 Bideford computer stars

  • 11 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 12 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 13 Capers on the cobbles

  • 14 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 15 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 16 New civic medallions

  • 17 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 18 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 19

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 20 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 21 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 22 113 years at Instow

  • 23

    Building works
  • 24 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 25 North Devon Driving School

  • 26 Burnard family reunion

  • 27 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 28 School's link with cargo ship

  • 29 A roof-top view - where?

  • 30 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 31 Service with a smile

  • 32 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 33

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 34 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 35

    Relatives all over the world
  • 36 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 37 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 38 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 39 Life begins at 80

  • 40 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 41 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 42 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 43 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 44 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 45

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 46 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 47 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 48 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 49 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 50 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

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

  • 53

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 54 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 55 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 56 Happy Days!

  • 57 Some mushroom!

  • 58 Simple Item 138
  • 59 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 60 Some 240 exhibits

  • 61

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 62 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 63 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 64 A man and his wheel

  • 65 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 66 Ten year old scrambler

  • 67 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 68 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 69 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 70 Riverside mystery

  • 71 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 72 Torrington children build igloo
  • 73 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 74 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 75 Finished in 1876

  • 76 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 77 Six footed lamb

  • 78 Can spring be far away?

  • 79

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
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    First prize
  • 81 Just over a year old

  • 82 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 83 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 84 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 85 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 86 Clovelly custom

  • 87 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 88 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 89 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 91 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 92 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 93 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 94 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 95 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 96 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 97 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 98 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 99 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 100 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 101 Clovelly nightmare

  • 102 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 103 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 104 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 105 He beat the floods

  • 106 For crying out loud!

  • 107 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 108 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 109 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 110

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 111 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 112 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 113 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 114 Northam footballers of the future

  • 115

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 116 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 117 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 118 Warmington's garage ad

  • 119 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 121 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 122 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 123 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 125 Variety in summer weather

  • 126 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 127 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 128 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 129 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 130 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 131 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 132 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 133 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 134 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 135 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 136

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 137 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 138 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 139 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 140 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 141 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 142 Cruising down the river

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

  • 144 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 145 Parkham plan realised

  • 146 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 147 Police station view of Bideford

  • 148 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 149 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 150 The Geneva marionettes

  • 151 Littleham family's five generations

  • 152 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 153 Artisans' Club

  • 154 Out of puff!

  • 155 Peter poses for TV film

  • 156 New shipyard on schedule

  • 157 By pony and trap to market

  • 158 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 159 Jumble sale fever

  • 160 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 161

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 162 Revenge in style

  • 163 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 164 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 165 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 166 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 167

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 168 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 169 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 170 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 171 Hartland's invitation

  • 172 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 173 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 174 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 175 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 176 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 177 School crossing patrol begins

  • 178 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 179 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 180 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 181

    Married in 1908
  • 182 They are parted pro-tem

  • 183

    Was a missionary
  • 184 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 185 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 186 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 187 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 188 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 189 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 190 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 191

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 192 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 193 Appledore's largest

  • 194 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 195 Torrington in 1967

  • 196 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 197 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 198 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 199 Decontrol of meat

  • 200 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 201

    Bidefordians
  • 202 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 203 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 204 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 205 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 206 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 207 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 208 Bideford regatta

  • 209 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 211 New look in the hayfields

  • 212 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 214 Ships at Bideford

  • 215 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 216 Northam's almshouse

  • 217 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 218 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 219 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 220 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 221 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 222

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 223 New Lundy stamps

  • 224 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 225

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 226 Torrington's new amenity

  • 227 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 228 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 229 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 230 New life for Hartland organ

  • 231 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 232 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 233 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 234 Private home for public pump

  • 235 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 236 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 237 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 238 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 239 Hartland postman retires

  • 240 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 241 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 242 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 243 A bird of their own!

  • 244 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 245 Modern living at Bideford

  • 246 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 247 Twenty-one yachts

  • 248 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 249 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 250 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 251 Weare Giffard potato

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

  • 253 When horses score over the tractor

  • 254

    Exhibition of school work
  • 255 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 256 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 257 Picking the pops

  • 258 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 259

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 260 All aboard the ark

  • 261 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 262 Sight of a lifetime

  • 263

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 264 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 265 Loads of black and white

  • 266 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 267 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 268

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 269 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 270 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 271 Off on a great adventure

  • 272 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 273 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 274 New Post Office

  • 275 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 276 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 277 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 278 In their new robes and hats

  • 279 So this is the mainland!

  • 280 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 281 Hartland Dancers
  • 282 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 283 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 284

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 285 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 286

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 287 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 288 Centenary of Gazette

  • 289 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 290 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 291 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 292 Last train from Torrington

  • 293 No laughing matter

  • 294 What's the time?

  • 295

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 296 New art gallery opened

  • 297 New addition to Quay front

  • 298 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 299 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 300 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 301 Penny for the guy

  • 302

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 303 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 304 All for the love of a lady!

  • 305 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 306 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 307 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 308 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 309 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 310 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 311 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 312 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 313 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 314 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 315 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 316 Waldon Triplets
  • 317

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 318 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 320 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 321 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 322 First ship in 8 years

  • 323 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 324 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 325 No sale of Springfield House

  • 326 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 327 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 328 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 329 It really was the 'last time'

  • 330 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 331

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 332 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 333 Picking the pops

  • 334 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 335 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 336 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 337 Puppet characters introduced

  • 338 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 339 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 340

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 341 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 342 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 343 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 344 Pannier Market's future?

  • 345 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 346 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 348 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 349 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 350 Mobile missionary

  • 351 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 352 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 353 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 354

    New gateway
  • 355 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 356 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 357 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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

  • 359 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 360 End of the line

  • 361 Emergency ferry services

  • 362 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 363 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 364

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 365 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 366 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 367 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 368 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 369 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 370 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 371 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 372 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 373 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 374 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 375 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 376 The art of the thatcher

  • 377 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 378 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 379 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 380 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 381 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 382 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 383 Devil sent packing

  • 384 Traditions and skills still there

  • 385 Bridging the stream

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Appledore Carnival Queen Chosen

A 17 year old telephonist-receptionist Miss Pauline Screech,

has been chosen to be Queen of Appledore Carnival on July 31st. She has been an attendant on two previous occasions.

9.7.1954 Appledore Carnival Screech

Pauline was selected from 20 entrants by four judges – Miss J Lomas, Lieut-Com B R Faunthorpe, Mr J McLaren and Mr J Cockerell. Entries were restricted to local residents.

As her attendants, Miss Screech, who lives at 2a Bude Street, Appledore, will have Miss Eunice Sims, a 17 year old chemist’s assistant, 4 Vernons Lane, Appledore, Miss Jean Littlejohns, an 18 year old cler, 19 South Road, Appledore, Miss Marlene Cawsey, 17 year old shop assistant, 22 Meeting Street, Appledore; and Miss Pamela Powe, a 16 year old typist, 107 Irsha Street, Appledore.

The Carnival Queen choosing took place at a dance at the Appledore Hall on Friday evening.

Gazette article dated 9 July 1954

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