• 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 New shipyard on schedule

  • 2 Life begins at 80

  • 3 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 4 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 5 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 6 Waldon Triplets
  • 7 Circus comes to town

  • 8 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 9 End of the line

  • 10 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 11 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 12 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 13 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 14 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 15 They are parted pro-tem

  • 16 Cruising down the river

  • 17 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 18 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 19 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 20 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 21 It really was the 'last time'

  • 22 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 23 Warmington's garage ad

  • 24 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 25 Burnard family reunion

  • 26 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 27 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 28 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 29 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 31 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 32 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 33 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 34

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 35 Weare Giffard potato

  • 36

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 37 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 38 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 39 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 40 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 41 Clovelly custom

  • 42 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 43 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 44 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 45 Centenary of Gazette

  • 46 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 47 Artisans' Club

  • 48 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 49 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 50 Service with a smile

  • 51 Hartland postman retires

  • 52 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 53 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 54 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 55 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 56 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 57 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 58 North Devon Driving School

  • 59 Riverside mystery

  • 60 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 61 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

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

  • 63 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 64 Ten year old scrambler

  • 65

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 66 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 67 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 68 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 69 Puppet characters introduced

  • 70 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 71 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 72 Hartland Dancers
  • 73 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 74 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 75 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 76 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 77

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 78 East-the-Water's call for new school

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

  • 81 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 82

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 83 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 84 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 85 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 86 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 87 Off on a great adventure

  • 88 Just over a year old

  • 89

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 90 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 91 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 92 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 93 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 94

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 95 Parkham plan realised

  • 96 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 97 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 98 Loads of black and white

  • 99

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 100 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 101 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 102 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 103 Mobile missionary

  • 104 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 105 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 106

    Married in 1908
  • 107 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 108 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 109

    Bidefordians
  • 110 So this is the mainland!

  • 111 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 112 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 113 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 114 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 115 Bideford loses training ship

  • 116 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 117 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 118

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 119 Sight of a lifetime

  • 120 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 121 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 122 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 123 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 124

    Exhibition of school work
  • 125

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 126 Hartland's invitation

  • 127 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 128 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 129 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 130 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 131 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 132 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 133 Torrington children build igloo
  • 134 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 135 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 136 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 137 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 138 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 139 School crossing patrol begins

  • 140 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 142 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 143 A bird of their own!

  • 144 Decontrol of meat

  • 145 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 146 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 147

    Was a missionary
  • 148 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 149 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 150 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 151 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 152 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 153 New life for Hartland organ

  • 154 Pannier Market's future?

  • 155 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 156 New civic medallions

  • 157 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 158 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 159 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 160 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 161 A man and his wheel

  • 162 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 164 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 165 Littleham family's five generations

  • 166 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 167 Northam footballers of the future

  • 168 Bridging the stream

  • 169 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 170 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 171 Penny for the guy

  • 172 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 173 Bideford regatta

  • 174 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 175 What's the time?

  • 176 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 177

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 178 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 179 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 181 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 182 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 183 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 184 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 185 113 years at Instow

  • 186 Recognise this resort?

  • 187 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 188 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 190 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 191 All aboard the ark

  • 192 Variety in summer weather

  • 193 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 194 The Geneva marionettes

  • 195

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 196 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 197 Modern living at Bideford

  • 198 Light reading for the lighthouse

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

  • 200 Torrington's new amenity

  • 201 Devil sent packing

  • 202 Ships at Bideford

  • 203 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 204 Twenty-one yachts

  • 205 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 206 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 208

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 209 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 210

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 211 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 212 Emergency ferry services

  • 213 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 214 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 215 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 216 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 217 Happy Days!

  • 218 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 219 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 220 For crying out loud!

  • 221 A roof-top view - where?

  • 222 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 223 Bideford computer stars

  • 224 Northam's almshouse

  • 225 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 226 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 227

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 228

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 229 School's link with cargo ship

  • 230 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 231 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 232 In their new robes and hats

  • 233 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 234 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 235 Can spring be far away?

  • 236 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 237 New look in the hayfields

  • 238 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 239 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 240 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 241 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 242 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 243 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 244 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 245 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 246 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 247 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 248 New Lundy stamps

  • 249 John Andrew Bread Charity
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 251 Torrington in 1967

  • 252 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 253 Private home for public pump

  • 254 Picking the pops

  • 255 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 256 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 257 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 258 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 259 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 260 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 261 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 262 By pony and trap to market

  • 263 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 264 New art gallery opened

  • 265 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 266

    Relatives all over the world
  • 267 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 268 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 269 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 270 First ship in 8 years

  • 271 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 272 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 273 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 274 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 275 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 276 No laughing matter

  • 277 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 278 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 279 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 280 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 281 Capers on the cobbles

  • 282 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 283 Last train from Torrington

  • 284 Some mushroom!

  • 285 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 286 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 287 New addition to Quay front

  • 288 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Building works
  • 290 Out of puff!

  • 291 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 292 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 293 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 294 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 295 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 296 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 297 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 298 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 299

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 300 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 301 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 302 Some 240 exhibits

  • 303 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 304 All for the love of a lady!

  • 305 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 306 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 307 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 308 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 309 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 310 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 311 Revenge in style

  • 312 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 313 No sale of Springfield House

  • 314 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 315 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 316

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 317 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 318

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 319 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 320 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 321 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 322 Jumble sale fever

  • 323 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 324 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 325 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 326 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 327 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 328 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 329 Safe door weighing two tons

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    New gateway
  • 331 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 332 He beat the floods

  • 333 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 334 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 335 Peter poses for TV film

  • 336 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 337 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 338 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 339 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 340 Police station view of Bideford

  • 341 A story to tell!

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

  • 343 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 344 The art of the thatcher

  • 345 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 346 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 347 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 348

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 349

    First prize
  • 350 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 351 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 352

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 353 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 354

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 355 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 356 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 357 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 358 Appledore's largest

  • 359 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 360 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 361 Six footed lamb

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

  • 363

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 364 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 365 New Post Office

  • 366 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 367 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 368 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 369 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 370 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 371 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 372 Traditions and skills still there

  • 373

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 374 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 375 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 376 Simple Item 138
  • 377 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 378 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 379 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 381 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 382 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 383 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 384 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 385 Finished in 1876

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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  • 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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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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Footballer's Bride At Bideford

Footballer's Bride At Bideford - 1967

1967 Wedding Hare Thomas
 

Bideford Reserves' goalkeeper Mr Michael John Hare, twin son of Mr and Mrs T Hare, 1 Milton Place, Bideford, and Miss Hazel Thomas, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs F J Thomas, 29 Torrington Street, Bideford, were married at the Bethel Free Church, East-the-Water.
Mr Hare plays cricket for Littleham and is a member of Bideford unit of Devon Fire Service. The bride's father is vice-chairman of Bideford A.F.C.
Pastor F J Brignell officiated at the service, only the second, and the first white wedding to be held at the Church. Mr Peter Horn, a family friend lent and played the organ.
The chief bridesmaid was Pat, and the senior bridesmaids, Linda and Ann Thomas, two small attendants, Misses Karen Ivory and Elizabeth Mounce. The best man was the bridegroom's twin brother, David. Following a reception at the Moose Hall, Bideford, Mr and Mrs Hare left for a honeymoon in Weymouth.
Among over 150 presents received were cheques from Bideford Football Club and the Bethel Church, a travelling clock from Littleham Cricket Club, a coffee set and bathroom cabinet from Rock Trading Co. Ltd, the bridegroom's employers.

Bideford Wedding Day

Bideford Wedding Day - 23rd March 1967

23.3.1967 Bideford wedding Day Brown
 

Mr P A E Day And Miss L M Brown

The wedding of Mr Paul Arthur Edward Day, only son of Mr and Mrs K Day of Trafford, Warren Road, Dawlish, and Miss Linda Mary Brown, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs W Brown, 10 Brookfield Street, Bideford, took place at St Mary's Church, Bideford.
The bridegroom is the lead guitarist of the Soul System pop group.
The Rector Rev T Derwent Davies officiated and Mr J R Trigger accompanied at the organ.
The bride was attended by Misses Janice Woodland and Janet Shortridge, and Shaun Payne.

Rugby Chiefs Revenge

Rugby Chiefs Revenge - 14th April 1967

14.4.1967 Bideford Chiefs
 

The Chiefs made amends for their defeat at the hands of Sidmouth when at home they took control from the start and did not let up until they had secured a confident 17-6 victory.
Two first half tries by Roger Green and one from Pete Reveley left the visitors struggling. Mike Grigg was only able to convert one.
Ex-Bideford player Barry Leyland pegged three points with a fine penalty. Barry Davies linked up with Ted Colegate who went over for a superb try.

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