• 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 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 2 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 3 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 4 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 5 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 6 Out of puff!

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

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 9 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 10 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 11 Ships at Bideford

  • 12 Waldon Triplets
  • 13 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 14 Mobile missionary

  • 15 Finished in 1876

  • 16

    New gateway
  • 17 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 18 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 19 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 20 Off on a great adventure

  • 21 Cruising down the river

  • 22 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 24 Decontrol of meat

  • 25 Loads of black and white

  • 26 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 27 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 28 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 29 Service with a smile

  • 30 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 31

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 32 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 33 Devil sent packing

  • 34 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 35 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 36 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 37 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 38 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 39 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 40 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 41 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 42 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 43 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 44 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 45

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 46

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 47 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 48 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 49 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 50 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 51 New life for Hartland organ

  • 52 Burnard family reunion

  • 53 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 54 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 55 Artisans' Club

  • 56 When horses score over the tractor

  • 57 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 58 Sight of a lifetime

  • 59 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 60 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 61 Warmington's garage ad

  • 62 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 63 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 64 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 65 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 66 New look in the hayfields

  • 67 Happy Days!

  • 68 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 69 Riverside mystery

  • 70 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 71 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 72 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 73 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 74 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 75 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 76 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 77 Peter poses for TV film

  • 78 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 79 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 80 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 81 A roof-top view - where?

  • 82 Picking the pops

  • 83 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 84 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 85 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 86 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 87 Hartland's invitation

  • 88 New addition to Quay front

  • 89 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 90 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 91 So this is the mainland!

  • 92 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 93 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 94 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 95 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 96 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 98 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 99 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 100 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 101 Six footed lamb

  • 102 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 103

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 104 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 105 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 106

    Exhibition of school work
  • 107 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 108

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 109 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 110 Pannier Market's future?

  • 111 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 112 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 113 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 114 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 115

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 116 Recognise this resort?

  • 117 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 118 Penny for the guy

  • 119 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 120 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 121 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 122 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 123 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 124 Emergency ferry services

  • 125 New Lundy stamps

  • 126 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 127 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 128 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 130 Littleham family's five generations

  • 131 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 132 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 133 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 134 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 136 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 137 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 138 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 139 Jumble sale fever

  • 140 Some 240 exhibits

  • 141 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 142 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 143 Simple Item 138
  • 144 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 145

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 146 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 147 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 148 Police station view of Bideford

  • 149 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 150 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 151

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 152 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 153 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 154 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 155 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 156 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 157 Bideford loses training ship

  • 158 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 159 Circus comes to town

  • 160 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 161 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 162 By pony and trap to market

  • 163 New choral society's growing response

  • 164 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 165 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 166

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 167 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 168 A man and his wheel

  • 169 In their new robes and hats

  • 170 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 171

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 172 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 173 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 174 For crying out loud!

  • 175

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 176 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 177 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 179 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 180 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 181

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 182 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 183 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 184 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 185 Ten year old scrambler

  • 186 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 187 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 188 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 189 Bideford regatta

  • 190 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 191

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 192 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 193 A story to tell!

  • 194 Northam's almshouse

  • 195 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 196 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 197 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 198 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 200 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 201 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 202 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 203 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 204 New Post Office

  • 205 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 206 Picking the pops

  • 207

    Building works
  • 208 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 209 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 210 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 211 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 212 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 213 Centenary of Gazette

  • 214 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 215 Hartland Dancers
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 217 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 218 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 219 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 220 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 221 A bird of their own!

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

  • 223 113 years at Instow

  • 224 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Bidefordians
  • 226 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 228 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 229 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 230 Capers on the cobbles

  • 231 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 232 It really was the 'last time'

  • 233 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 234 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 235 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 236 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 237 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 238 Twenty-one yachts

  • 239 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 240 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 241 No sale of Springfield House

  • 242 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 243 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 244 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 245 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 246 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 247 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 248 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 249 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 250 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 251 Appledore's largest

  • 252 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 253 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 254 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 255 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 256 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 257 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 258 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 259 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 260 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 261 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 262

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 263 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 264 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 265 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 266 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 267 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 269 Clovelly nightmare

  • 270 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 271 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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    Was a missionary
  • 273 The art of the thatcher

  • 274 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 275 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 276 The Geneva marionettes

  • 277

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 278 No laughing matter

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 280 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 281 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 282 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 283 End of the line

  • 284 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 285 Life begins at 80

  • 286 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 287 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 288 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 289 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 290 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 291 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 292 Some mushroom!

  • 293 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 294 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 295 Just over a year old

  • 296 Torrington in 1967

  • 297 Traditions and skills still there

  • 298 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 299 Northam footballers of the future

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    First prize
  • 301 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 302 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 303 New civic medallions

  • 304 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 305 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 306 Last train from Torrington

  • 307

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 308 North Devon Driving School

  • 309 They are parted pro-tem

  • 310 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 311 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 312 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 313 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 314 Bridging the stream

  • 315 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 316 Modern living at Bideford

  • 317 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 318 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 319 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 320 New art gallery opened

  • 321 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 322 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 323 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 324 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 325 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 326 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 327 Private home for public pump

  • 328 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 330 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 331 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 332 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 333 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 334 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 335

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 336 Hartland postman retires

  • 337 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 338 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 339 Parkham plan realised

  • 340 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 341 Torrington children build igloo
  • 342 All for the love of a lady!

  • 343 He beat the floods

  • 344 Bideford computer stars

  • 345 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 346 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 347 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 349 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 350 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 351 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 352 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 353 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 354 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 355

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 356 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 357 Weare Giffard potato

  • 358

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 359 Clovelly custom

  • 360 Puppet characters introduced

  • 361 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 362 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 363 Torrington's new amenity

  • 364 Meredith's ironmongers

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 366 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 367 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 368 What's the time?

  • 369 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 370 New shipyard on schedule

  • 371 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 372

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 373 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 375 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 376 Revenge in style

  • 377 School's link with cargo ship

  • 378

    Married in 1908
  • 379

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 380 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 381 All aboard the ark

  • 382 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 383 Can spring be far away?

  • 384 First ship in 8 years

  • 385 Bringing shopping home by goat

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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  • 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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  • 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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Smiling Welcome To Festival Visitors

Here, in the smiling greeting of Hartland's Grand Old Man, 91 years old Mr Daniel Headon, better known to many as 'Uncle Dan' is the spirit of the British countryside exemplified. 

26.1.1951 Hartland Daniel Headon

Hardly a day passes, wet or dry, but Uncle Dan can be seen out on the main Bideford-Bude road for this three or four mile walk often carrying a large bundle of firewood as he makes his way home to ‘Highlea’, Baxworthy Corner, Hartland, where he lives with his son and daughter-in-law.
Mr Headon, who enjoys good health and still reads and writes without the aid of glasses, attends the little Church of St Martins-by-Bursdon Moor regularly every Sunday.
January 12th is Mr Headon’s great day; not only is it his own birthday but also that of his small great-grandson, Vernon Henry Keen, so granddaughter Ida, who lives next door, has a small family party for them both.
Gazette article dated 26 January 1951

News By Sledge at Hartland

On Saturday morning Hartland had its daily papers brought in by improvised sledge.

1963 Hartland snow

Early buses from Bideford were unable to reach Hartland owing to icy conditions on steep hills on the last stretch of the journey.
On being informed of this, local newsagent Mr Henry Mitchell went out to bring in the papers. Using a tea chest as a sledge he dragged them the 1 1/2 miles to his shop. It took just over an hour.
Gazette article dated 4 January 1963

Daughters Make Family Christmas Cakes

All these gaily decorated Christmas cakes will be adorning tables in the homes of pupils of Hartland All-age School this year.

20.12.1957 Family Christmas cakes

The cakes were made by girls between the ages of 11-plus and 14 as part of their domestic science and cookery training under their teacher Miss Jill Hopkins. Each year the girls make Christmas cakes which are the envy of the rest of the school.
In the above picture, left to right, back row are: Jane Hooper, Joyce Goaman, Susan Dayman, Nancy Beer, Heather Dayman, Joyce Colwill, Janet Heart, Joyce Pomeroy, Rosemary Vanstone.
Front row: Pauline O’Connell, Rosamund Heard, Brenda Heard, Miss J Hopkins, Judith Fanson, Dorothy Pengilly, Greta Gifford, Margory Heard.

Gazette article dated 20 December 1957

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