• 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 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 2 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 3 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 4 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 5 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 6 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 7 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 8 New civic medallions

  • 9 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 10 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 12 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 13 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 14 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 15 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 16 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 17 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 18 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 19 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 20 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 21 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 23 Peter poses for TV film

  • 24

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 25 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 26 Littleham family's five generations

  • 27 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 28 113 years at Instow

  • 29 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 30 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 31 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 33 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 34 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 35 Jumble sale fever

  • 36 For crying out loud!

  • 37 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 39 End of the line

  • 40 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 41 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 42 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 43 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 44 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 45 Finished in 1876

  • 46

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 47 School's link with cargo ship

  • 48 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 49

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 50

    Was a missionary
  • 51 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 52 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 53 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 54 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 55 All aboard the ark

  • 56 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 57 No laughing matter

  • 58

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 59

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 60

    Bidefordians
  • 61 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 62

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 63 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 64 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 65 Centenary of Gazette

  • 66 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 67 Circus comes to town

  • 68 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 69 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 70 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 71 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 72 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 73 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 74 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 75 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 76 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 77 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 78 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 79 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 80 North Devon Driving School

  • 81 Simple Item 138
  • 82 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 83 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 84 Weare Giffard potato

  • 85 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 86 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 87 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 89 New look in the hayfields

  • 90 Police station view of Bideford

  • 91 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 92 Traditions and skills still there

  • 93 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 94 Northam footballers of the future

  • 95

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 96 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 97

    Building works
  • 98 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 99 All for the love of a lady!

  • 100 Decontrol of meat

  • 101 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 102 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 103 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 104 Clovelly nightmare

  • 105 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 106 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 107 New Post Office

  • 108 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 109 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 110 Some 240 exhibits

  • 111 Six footed lamb

  • 112 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 113 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 114 Can spring be far away?

  • 115 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

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    New gateway
  • 117 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 118 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 119 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 120 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 121 Northam's almshouse

  • 122 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 123 Hartland Dancers
  • 124 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 125 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 126 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 127 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 128 Modern living at Bideford

  • 129

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 130

    Married in 1908
  • 131 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 132 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 133 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 134 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 135 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 136 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 137 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 139

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 140 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 141 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 142 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 143 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 144 Devil sent packing

  • 145 Ships at Bideford

  • 146

    Exhibition of school work
  • 147

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 148 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 149 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 150 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 151 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 152 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 153 Just over a year old

  • 154 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 155 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 156 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 157 Out of puff!

  • 158 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 159 New choral society's growing response

  • 160 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 161 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 162 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 163 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 164 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 165 Off on a great adventure

  • 166 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 167 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 168 A story to tell!

  • 169 By pony and trap to market

  • 170 Bideford loses training ship

  • 171 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 172

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 173 Artisans' Club

  • 174

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 175 Hartland's invitation

  • 176 New shipyard on schedule

  • 177 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 178 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 179 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 180 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 181 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 182 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 183 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 184 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 185 Warmington's garage ad

  • 186 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 187 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 188 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 189 The art of the thatcher

  • 190 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 191 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 192 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 193 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 194 Mobile missionary

  • 195 New addition to Quay front

  • 196 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 197 Loads of black and white

  • 198 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 199 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 200

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 201 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 202

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 203 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 204 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 205 Waldon Triplets
  • 206 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 207 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 208 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 209 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 210 Revenge in style

  • 211 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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    First prize
  • 213 In their new robes and hats

  • 214 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 215 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 216 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 217 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 218 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 219 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 220 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 221 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 222 Life begins at 80

  • 223 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 224 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 225 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 226 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 227 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 228 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 229 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 230 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 231 When horses score over the tractor

  • 232 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 234 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 235 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 236 The Geneva marionettes

  • 237 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 238 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 239 New life for Hartland organ

  • 240 School crossing patrol begins

  • 241 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 242 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 243 Puppet characters introduced

  • 244 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 245 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 246 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 247 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 248 Service with a smile

  • 249 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 250 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 251 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 253 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 254 Penny for the guy

  • 255 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 256 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 257 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 258 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 259 They are parted pro-tem

  • 260 It really was the 'last time'

  • 261 Some mushroom!

  • 262 Sight of a lifetime

  • 263 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 264

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 265 Last train from Torrington

  • 266 Burnard family reunion

  • 267 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 268 Torrington in 1967

  • 269 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 270 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 271 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 272 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 273 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 274 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 275 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 276 Hartland postman retires

  • 277 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 278 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 280 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 281 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 282 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 283 Happy Days!

  • 284 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 285 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 286 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 287 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 288 What's the time?

  • 289 Cruising down the river

  • 290 He beat the floods

  • 291 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 292 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 293 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 294 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 295 New art gallery opened

  • 296 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 297 Emergency ferry services

  • 298 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 299 Recognise this resort?

  • 300 Appledore's largest

  • 301 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 302 A roof-top view - where?

  • 303 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 304 Capers on the cobbles

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 306 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 307 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 308 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 310 Bridging the stream

  • 311 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 312 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 313 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 314 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 315 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 316 Pannier Market's future?

  • 317 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 318 Clovelly custom

  • 319 Picking the pops

  • 320 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 321 Bideford regatta

  • 322 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 323 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 325 No sale of Springfield House

  • 326 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 328 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 329 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 330

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 331 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 332 New Lundy stamps

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 334 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 335 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 336 A bird of their own!

  • 337 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 338 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 339 Torrington children build igloo
  • 340 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 341 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 343 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 344 Twenty-one yachts

  • 345 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 346 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 347 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 348 Bideford computer stars

  • 349 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 351 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 352 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 353 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 354 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 355 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 356 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 357

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 358 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 359

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 360 Riverside mystery

  • 361

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 362 Private home for public pump

  • 363 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 364 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 365 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 366 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 367 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 368 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 369 Ten year old scrambler

  • 370 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 371 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 372 Picking the pops

  • 373 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 374 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 375 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 376 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 377 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 378 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 379 Variety in summer weather

  • 380 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 381 A man and his wheel

  • 382 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 383 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 384 Torrington's new amenity

  • 385 Meredith's ironmongers

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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Dressmaking - Bideford Community College

Dressmaking, Bideford Community College - March 1968

Dressmaking Bideford Community College
 

Members of dressmaking classes at Bideford Community College display outfits they have designed and made at a mannequin parade. This was in the Gazette 29 March 1968.

 

'Mothercraft', Bideford County Secondary School

'Mothercraft', Bideford County Secondary School - March 1968

'Mothercraft', Bideford County Secondary School
 

As a pupil at Bideford County Secondary School, did you take part in ‘mothercraft’ courses? This picture was published in the Gazette on 22 March 1968 and shows fourth year girls learning to bathe a baby with help from Mrs J Davies and Mrs A Godfrey. The girls were also taught to make toys and clothes. Other practical sessions included transforming a classroom into a nursery with up to 20 young children attending.

 

Oak Beam - Bideford Bridge

Oak Beam, Bideford Bridge - March 1968

Oak Beam - Bideford Bridge
 

An eight foot oak beam found in 1968 within a demolished part of Bideford Bridge is thought to have been a bridge support in the original 700 year old structure. In the picture, Mr R Finlayson, Mr Alf Walker and Mr Jim Wickham look on.

 
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