• 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 Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 2 Daisy's pride and joy

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 4 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
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    New gateway
  • 6 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 7 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 8 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 9 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 10 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 11 No sale of Springfield House

  • 12 All aboard the ark

  • 13 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 14 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 15 Waldon Triplets
  • 16 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 17 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 18 Six footed lamb

  • 19 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 20 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 21 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 22 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 23 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 24 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 25 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 26 Life begins at 80

  • 27 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 28 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 29 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 30 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 31 Private home for public pump

  • 32 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 33 What's the time?

  • 34 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 35 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 36 Off on a great adventure

  • 37 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 38 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 39 Jumble sale fever

  • 40

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 41 A story to tell!

  • 42 No laughing matter

  • 43 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 44 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 45 Sweets derationing

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

  • 47 The art of the thatcher

  • 48 Hartland postman retires

  • 49 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 50 North Devon Driving School

  • 51 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 52 From Bobby to Brian

  • 53 He beat the floods

  • 54 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 55 Emergency ferry services

  • 56 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 57

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 58 Bideford loses training ship

  • 59 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 60 Capers on the cobbles

  • 61 Service with a smile

  • 62 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 63 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 64 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 65

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 66 New choral society's growing response

  • 67 Hartland's invitation

  • 68 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 69 Modern living at Bideford

  • 70 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 71 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 72 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 73 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

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

  • 76 Circus comes to town

  • 77 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 78

    Was a missionary
  • 79

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

  • 81 Simple Item 138
  • 82 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 83 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 84 New art gallery opened

  • 85 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 86 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 87 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 88 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 89 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 90

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 91 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 92

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 93 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 94 Hartland Dancers
  • 95 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 96 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 97 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 99 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 100 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 101 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 102 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 104 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 105 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 106 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 107 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 108 Burnard family reunion

  • 109 New civic medallions

  • 110 New addition to Quay front

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

  • 112 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 113 The Geneva marionettes

  • 114 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 115 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 116 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 118

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 119 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 120 Torrington children build igloo
  • 121 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 122 Parkham plan realised

  • 123 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 124

    Bidefordians
  • 125 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 126 Mobile missionary

  • 127 When horses score over the tractor

  • 128 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 129 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 130 Picking the pops

  • 131 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 132 Finished in 1876

  • 133 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 134 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 135 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 136 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 137 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 138 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 139 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 140

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 141 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 142 Peter poses for TV film

  • 143 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 144 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 145 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 146

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 147 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 148 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 149 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 150 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 151 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 152 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 153 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 155 They are parted pro-tem

  • 156 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 157 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 158 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 159 Appledore's largest

  • 160

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 161 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 162 Loads of black and white

  • 163 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 164 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 165 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 166 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 167 A bird of their own!

  • 168 Picking the pops

  • 169 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 170 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 171 For crying out loud!

  • 172 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 173 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 174 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 175 Centenary of Gazette

  • 176 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 177

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 178 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 179

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 180 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 181 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 182 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 183 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 184

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 185 The cab at the corner>
  • 186 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 187 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 188 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 189

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 190

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 191 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 192 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 193 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 194 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 195 Some mushroom!

  • 196 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 197 Revenge in style

  • 198 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 199

    Married in 1908
  • 200 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 201 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 202 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 203 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 204 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 205 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 206 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 207 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 208 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 209 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 210

    First prize
  • 211 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 212 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 213

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 214 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 215 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 216 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 217 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 218 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 219

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 220

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 221 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 222 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 223 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 224 Cruising down the river

  • 225 Penny for the guy

  • 226 New life for Hartland organ

  • 227

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 228 New look in the hayfields

  • 229 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 230 Happy Days!

  • 231 Artisans' Club

  • 232 Recognise this resort?

  • 233 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 234 Northam's almshouse

  • 235 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 236 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 237 Last train from Torrington

  • 238 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 239 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 240 First ship in 8 years

  • 241 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 242 Torrington's new amenity

  • 243 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 244 School crossing patrol begins

  • 245 Northam footballers of the future

  • 246 Clovelly nightmare

  • 247 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 248 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 249 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 250 Variety in summer weather

  • 251

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 252 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 253 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 254 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 255 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 256 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 257 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 258 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 259 End of the line

  • 260 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 262 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 263 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 264 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 265 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Building works
  • 267 Riverside mystery

  • 268 Clovelly custom

  • 269 A roof-top view - where?

  • 270 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 271 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 272 In their new robes and hats

  • 273 Weare Giffard potato

  • 274 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 275 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 276 New Lundy stamps

  • 277 Ten year old scrambler

  • 278 Devil sent packing

  • 279 Out of puff!

  • 280 Filming at Hartland

  • 281 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 282 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 283 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 284 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 285 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 286 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 287 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 288 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 289 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 290 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 291

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 292 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 293 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 294 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 295 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 296 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 297 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 298 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 299 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 300 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 301 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 303

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 304 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 305 Just over a year old

  • 306 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 307 Bideford regatta

  • 308 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 309 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 310 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 311 Some 240 exhibits

  • 312 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 313 Littleham family's five generations

  • 314 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 315 Bridging the stream

  • 316 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 317 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 318 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 319 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 320 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 321 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 322 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 323 Ships at Bideford

  • 324 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 325 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 326 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 327 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 328 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 329 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 330 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 331 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 332 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 333 New Post Office

  • 334 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 335 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 336

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 337 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 338 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 339 Warmington's garage ad

  • 340 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 341 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 343 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 344 It really was the 'last time'

  • 345

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 346 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 347 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 348 Decontrol of meat

  • 349 All for the love of a lady!

  • 350 Puppet characters introduced

  • 351 School's link with cargo ship

  • 352 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 353 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 354 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 355 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 356 Torrington in 1967

  • 357 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 358 Police station view of Bideford

  • 359 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 361 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 362 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 363 Twenty-one yachts

  • 364 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 365 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 366 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 367 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 368 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 369 By pony and trap to market

  • 370 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 371 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 372 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 373 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 374 A man and his wheel

  • 375 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 376 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 377 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 378 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 379 Can spring be far away?

  • 380 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 381 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 382

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 383 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 384 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 385 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 386 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 387 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 388 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 389 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 390 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 391 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 392 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 393 New shipyard on schedule

  • 394 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 395 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 396

    Relatives all over the world
  • 397 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 398 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 399 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 400 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 401 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 402 113 years at Instow

  • 403 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 404 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 405 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 406 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 407 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 409 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 410 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 411 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 412 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 413 Traditions and skills still there

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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Laying of Foundation Stone Of Northam’s New School

The foundation stone of Northam’s new junior school, the starting date of which was brought forward to be included in the 1967/68 building programme following pressure about conditions at the existing school, was laid on Tuesday by Mr George Northcott, chairman of the Northam Urban Council, who was a pupil at Northam school over 60 years ago.

12.7.1968 Foundation stone St Margarets

To be known as St Margaret’s and sited in Seaview Road, the new school is expected to be ready by next summer.
The new school will be an educational show piece when completed – “We are thrilled with it” said the headmaster, Mr George Harrison. All the 260 children of the present school were among those assembled for the ceremony on Tuesday. Others present included members of the Urban Council; the Vicar of Northam, Rev J M Lucas, chairman and other School Managers, parents and friends.
Mr Northcott was invited to lay the stone by two pupils of the present school, Alister Whyte and Trudy Hookway, and the Archdeacon of Barnstaple, Ven A F Ward, was asked to bless it by the head pupils, Geoffrey Cloke and Hilary Barber.
The full Gazette article is dated 12 July 1968

http://www.st-margarets-junior.devon.sch.uk/web

£19,500 For Limers Lane Bungalow

Brambleberry, Limers Lane, Northam, a 12 year old four bedroomed detached bungalow, was sold for £19,500 at an auction conducted by Messrs John C Webber and Son. It was bought by Mr H Marsh of Harrow.

12.5.1972 Limers Lane

Bidding for the bungalow, described as having delightful gardens overlooking the Torridge estuary, began at £15,000. The vendor was Miss J E Fulford.
Gazette article dated 12 May 1972

World War 1

Northam

4.5.1918 Northam World War 1

At the King's Head, Northam, on Monday afternoon, Mr A W Cock FAI, sold by auction the dwelling house and garden, cottage and store at the corner of Lennard's Road, as advertised.

Mr W Heaman became the purchaser at £242. Messrs Bazeley, Barnes and Bazeley were the solicitors for the vendor. 

Gazette article dated 4 May 1918

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