• 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 Devil sent packing

  • 2 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 3 Last train from Torrington

  • 4 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 5 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 6 From Bobby to Brian

  • 7 The Geneva marionettes

  • 8 New shipyard on schedule

  • 9 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 10 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 12 Off on a great adventure

  • 13 A bird of their own!

  • 14 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 15 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 16 113 years at Instow

  • 17 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 18 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 19 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 20 Peter poses for TV film

  • 21 Northam footballers of the future

  • 22 For crying out loud!

  • 23 Bridging the stream

  • 24

    New gateway
  • 25 Waldon Triplets
  • 26 Revenge in style

  • 27 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 28 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 29 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 30 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 31 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 32 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 33 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 34 Weare Giffard potato

  • 35 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 36 Centenary of Gazette

  • 37 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 39 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 40 Simple Item 138
  • 41 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 42 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 43 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 44 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 45 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 46 Picking the pops

  • 47 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 48

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 49 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 50 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 51 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 52 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 53 When horses score over the tractor

  • 54 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 55 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 56 Mobile missionary

  • 57

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 58 Bideford loses training ship

  • 59 Some 240 exhibits

  • 60

    First prize
  • 61 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 63 It really was the 'last time'

  • 64 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 65 Hartland postman retires

  • 66 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 67 New life for Hartland organ

  • 68

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 69 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 70 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 71 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 72 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 73

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 74 So this is the mainland!

  • 75 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 76 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 78 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 79 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 80 Twenty-one yachts

  • 81 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 82 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 83 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 84 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 85

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 86 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 87 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 88 New choral society's growing response

  • 89 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 90 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 91 Happy Days!

  • 92 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 93 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 94 Emergency ferry services

  • 95

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 96 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 97 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 98 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 99 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 100

    Married in 1908
  • 101

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 102 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 103 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 104 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 105 Picking the pops

  • 106

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 107 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 108 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 109 Torrington's new amenity

  • 110 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 111 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 112 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 113

    Was a missionary
  • 114 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 115 End of the line

  • 116 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 117 Bideford computer stars

  • 118 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 119 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 120 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 121 Cruising down the river

  • 122 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 123 Sweets derationing

  • 124 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 125 New Post Office

  • 126 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 127 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 128 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 129 No laughing matter

  • 130 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 131 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 132 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 133 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 134 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 135 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 136 New civic medallions

  • 137 Recognise this resort?

  • 138 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 139 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 140 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 141 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 142 Littleham family's five generations

  • 143 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 144 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 145 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 146 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 147

    Bidefordians
  • 148 Puppet characters introduced

  • 149 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 150 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 151 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 152 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 153 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 154 Torrington in 1967

  • 155 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 156 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 157 Jumble sale fever

  • 158 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 159 Decontrol of meat

  • 160 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 161 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 162 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 163

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 164 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 165

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 166 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 167 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 168 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 169

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 170 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 171 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 172 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 173 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 174 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 175 Ships at Bideford

  • 176 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 177 Life begins at 80

  • 178 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 179 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 180 New look in the hayfields

  • 181 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 182 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 183 Loads of black and white

  • 184 School crossing patrol begins

  • 185 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 186 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 187 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 188

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 189 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 190 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 191 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 192 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 193 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 194 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 195

    Building works
  • 196 Ten year old scrambler

  • 197 Penny for the guy

  • 198 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 199 Clovelly custom

  • 200 Service with a smile

  • 201

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 202 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 203 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 204 Six footed lamb

  • 205 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 206 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 207 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 208 New Lundy stamps

  • 209

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 210 No sale of Springfield House

  • 211 First ship in 8 years

  • 212 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 213 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 215 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 216 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 217 Artisans' Club

  • 218 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 219 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 220 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 221 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 222 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 223 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 224 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 226 Parkham plan realised

  • 227 Riverside mystery

  • 228 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 229 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 230 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 231 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 232 Out of puff!

  • 233 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 234 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 235 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 236 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 237 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 238 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 239 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 240 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 241 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 242 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 243 The cab at the corner>
  • 244 Sight of a lifetime

  • 245

    Relatives all over the world
  • 246 They are parted pro-tem

  • 247

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 248 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 249 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 250 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 252 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 253 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 254 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 255 School's link with cargo ship

  • 256 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 257 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 258 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 259 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 260 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 261 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 262 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 263 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 264 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 265 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 266 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 267

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 268 Just over a year old

  • 269 By pony and trap to market

  • 270 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 271

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 272 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 273 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 274 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 275 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 276 Bideford regatta

  • 277 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 278 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 279 Filming at Hartland

  • 280 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 281 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 282 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 283 Finished in 1876

  • 284 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 285

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 286 All for the love of a lady!

  • 287 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 288 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 289 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 290 Hartland Dancers
  • 291 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 292 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 293 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 294 Private home for public pump

  • 295 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 297 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 298 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 299 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 300 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 301 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 302 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 303 Pannier Market's future?

  • 304 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 305 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 306 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 307 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 308 Some mushroom!

  • 309 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 310 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 311 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 312 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 313 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 314 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 315 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 316 All aboard the ark

  • 317 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 318 A man and his wheel

  • 319 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 320 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 321 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 322 Circus comes to town

  • 323 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 324

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 325 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 326 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 327 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 328 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 329 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 330 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 331 North Devon Driving School

  • 332 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 333 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 334 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 335

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 336 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 337 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 338 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 339 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 340 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 341 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 342 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 343 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 344 Variety in summer weather

  • 345 Can spring be far away?

  • 346 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 347 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 348 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 349 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 350 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 351 Burnard family reunion

  • 352 Police station view of Bideford

  • 353 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 354 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 355 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 356 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 357 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 358 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 359 Northam's almshouse

  • 360 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 361 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 362 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 364 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 365 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 366 Warmington's garage ad

  • 367 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 368

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 369 Traditions and skills still there

  • 370 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 371

    Exhibition of school work
  • 372 New addition to Quay front

  • 373 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 374 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 375 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 376 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 377

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 378 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 379 What's the time?

  • 380 In their new robes and hats

  • 381 Capers on the cobbles

  • 382 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 383 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 384 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 385

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 386 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 387 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 388 Appledore's largest

  • 389 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 390 A story to tell!

  • 391 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 392 Clovelly nightmare

  • 393 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 394 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 395 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 396 Hartland's invitation

  • 397 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 398 New art gallery opened

  • 399 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 400 Torrington children build igloo
  • 401 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 402 He beat the floods

  • 403 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 404 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 406 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 407

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 408 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 409 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 410 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 411 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 413 Bicycle now does donkey work

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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  • 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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  • 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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Bideford’s Bridging Needs Petition

Bideford’s Bridging Needs Petition - February 1968

Bideford’s Bridging Needs Petition
 

On 23 February 1968, the Gazette published a picture of County Councillor Mrs Vivian Patt, accompanied by Mrs Kitty Blackmore, handing a petition about Bideford’s bridging needs to Mr Peter Mills. Over 15,000 signatures had been collected for the petition which went to the Minister of Transport.

 

Bideford Plumber Wins Holiday Prize

Bideford Plumber Wins Holiday Prize - February 1968

Bideford Plumber Wins Holiday Prize
 

Unsure what prize he had won from Nibco Ltd until being called on stage by the compere at the presentation dinner, Mr W Grant, a plumber from Bideford, won an eight-day holiday, by jet, to Majorca. Mr and Mrs Grant live in Meddon Street, Bideford.

 

Wedding of Kenneth Hocking, 1968

Wedding of Kenneth Hocking & Jennifer Rundle - February 1968

Wedding of Kenneth Hocking, 1968
 

In the Gazette on 16 February 1968, there’s a picture and article about the wedding of Mr Kenneth John Hocking of Bideford and Miss Jennifer Rundle from Northam. The wedding cake, made by the bride’s aunt, was decorated with 21 candles as the bride was also celebrating her 21st birthday. The bridesmaids, Misses Dawn Partridge and Ann Govier, wore white velvet dresses with red velvet trimming, and the pageboy, Jeremy Tolley, wore red velvet trousers and waistcoat. After a reception at the Durrant House Hotel, Mr and Mrs Hocking travelled to London for their honeymoon.

 
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