• 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 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 2 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 3 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 4 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 5

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 6

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 7 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 8 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 9

    Building works
  • 10 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 11 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 12 End of the line

  • 13

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 14 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 15 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 16 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 17 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 18

    Relatives all over the world
  • 19 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 20 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 21 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 22 Cruising down the river

  • 23 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 24 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 25 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 26 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 27 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 28 New life for Hartland organ

  • 29 Torrington children build igloo
  • 30 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 31 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 32 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 33 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 34 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 35 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 36 The Geneva marionettes

  • 37 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 38 The art of the thatcher

  • 39 North Devon Driving School

  • 40 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 41 Northam's almshouse

  • 42

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 43 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 44 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 45 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 46 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 48 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 49 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 50 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 51 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 53 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 54 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 55 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 56 Simple Item 138
  • 57

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 58 Capers on the cobbles

  • 59 Emergency ferry services

  • 60 Twenty-one yachts

  • 61

    First prize
  • 62 Last train from Torrington

  • 63 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 64 Finished in 1876

  • 65 Police station view of Bideford

  • 66 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 67 Weare Giffard potato

  • 68 Circus comes to town

  • 69 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 70 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 71 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 72 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 73 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 74 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 75

    Exhibition of school work
  • 76 A roof-top view - where?

  • 77 Littleham family's five generations

  • 78 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 79 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 80 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 81 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 82 Traditions and skills still there

  • 83

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 84 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 85 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 86 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 87 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 88 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 89 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 90 Modern living at Bideford

  • 91 Mobile missionary

  • 92 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 93 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 94 Puppet characters introduced

  • 95 Some mushroom!

  • 96 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 97

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 98 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 99 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 100 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 101 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 102 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 103 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 104 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 105 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 106 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 107 Sweets derationing

  • 108 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 110 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 111 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 112

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 113 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 114 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 115 New civic medallions

  • 116

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 117 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 118 Life begins at 80

  • 119 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 120 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 121 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 122 Clovelly custom

  • 123 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 124 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 125 Bideford regatta

  • 126 Picking the pops

  • 127 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 128 Six footed lamb

  • 129 What's the time?

  • 130 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 131 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 132 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 133 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 134 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 135 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 136 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 137 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 138 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 139 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 140 New look in the hayfields

  • 141 They are parted pro-tem

  • 142 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 143

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 144

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 145 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 146 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 147 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 148 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 149 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 150 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 151 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 152 Appledore's largest

  • 153 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 154 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 155 Sight of a lifetime

  • 156 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 157 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 158 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 159 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 160 Variety in summer weather

  • 161 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 162 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 163 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 164 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 166 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 167 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 168 New addition to Quay front

  • 169

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 170 Can spring be far away?

  • 171 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 172 Bideford computer stars

  • 173 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 174 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 175 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 176 Parkham plan realised

  • 177 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 178 New Post Office

  • 179 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 180 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 181 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 182 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 183 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 185 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 186 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 187

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 188 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 189 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 190 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 191 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 192 Riverside mystery

  • 193 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 194 Happy Days!

  • 195 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 196 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 197 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 198 Decontrol of meat

  • 199 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 200 It really was the 'last time'

  • 201 Hartland postman retires

  • 202 Recognise this resort?

  • 203 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 204 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 205 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 206 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 208 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 209 So this is the mainland!

  • 210 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 211 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 212 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 213 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 214 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 215 He beat the floods

  • 216 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 217 Loads of black and white

  • 218 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 219 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 220 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 221 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 222 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 223 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 224 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 225 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 226 Burnard family reunion

  • 227 First ship in 8 years

  • 228 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 229 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 230 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 231 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 232 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 233 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 234 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 235

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 236 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 238 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 239 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 240 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 241

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 242

    New gateway
  • 243 Clovelly nightmare

  • 244

    Married in 1908
  • 245 Off on a great adventure

  • 246 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 247 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 248 No sale of Springfield House

  • 249 Torrington's new amenity

  • 250 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 251 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 252 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 253 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 254 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 255 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 256 Torrington in 1967

  • 257 Bideford loses training ship

  • 258 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 259 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 260 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 261 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 262 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 263 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 264 New shipyard on schedule

  • 265 113 years at Instow

  • 266 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 267 New choral society's growing response

  • 268 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 269 Bridging the stream

  • 270 Hartland Dancers
  • 271 School crossing patrol begins

  • 272 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 273 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 274

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 275 The cab at the corner>
  • 276 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 277

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 278

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 279 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 280 A bird of their own!

  • 281 Out of puff!

  • 282 All aboard the ark

  • 283 Ten year old scrambler

  • 284 Waldon Triplets
  • 285

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 286 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 287 Ships at Bideford

  • 288 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 289 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 291 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 292 Centenary of Gazette

  • 293 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 294 When horses score over the tractor

  • 295 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 296

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 297 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 298

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 299 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 300 No laughing matter

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

  • 302 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 303 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 304 Jumble sale fever

  • 305 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 306 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 307 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 308 For crying out loud!

  • 309 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 310 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 311 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 312 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 313 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 314 Northam footballers of the future

  • 315 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 316

    Bidefordians
  • 317 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 318 All for the love of a lady!

  • 319 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 320 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 321 In their new robes and hats

  • 322 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 323 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 325 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 326 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 327 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 328 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 329 Peter poses for TV film

  • 330 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 331 Artisans' Club

  • 332 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 333

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 334 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 335 Hartland's invitation

  • 336 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 337 Picking the pops

  • 338 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 339 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 340 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 341 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 342 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 343 Just over a year old

  • 344 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 345 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 346 Service with a smile

  • 347 A story to tell!

  • 348 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 349 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 350 School's link with cargo ship

  • 351 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 352 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 353 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 354 From Bobby to Brian

  • 355 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 356 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 357 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 358 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 359 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 360 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 361

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 362 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 363 New art gallery opened

  • 364 A man and his wheel

  • 365 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 366 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 367 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 368 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 369 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 370 Private home for public pump

  • 371 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 372

    Was a missionary
  • 373 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 374 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 375 Pannier Market's future?

  • 376 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 377 Warmington's garage ad

  • 378 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 379 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 380 Devil sent packing

  • 381 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 382 Penny for the guy

  • 383 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 384 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 385 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 386 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 387 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 388 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 389 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 390

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 391 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 392 New Lundy stamps

  • 393 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 394 Some 240 exhibits

  • 395 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 396 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 397 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 398 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 399 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 400 By pony and trap to market

  • 401 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 402 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 404 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 405 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 406 Revenge in style

  • 407 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 408 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 409 Filming at Hartland

  • 410 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 411 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 412 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 413

    Lenwood Squash Club
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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Wedding - 1945

Bideford - Westward Ho! Wedding - 13th February 1945

13.2.1945 wedding
 

L.A.C. David Lang and Miss Daphne Stevens

There was much interest in the wedding on January 30th at the High Street Methodist Church, Bideford, between L.A.C David Charles Blake Lang, R.A.F., eldest son of Mr F G and the late Mrs Lang, of 36 Old Town, Bideford, and Miss Daphne Grace Stevens, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J Stevens, of 2 Eastbourne Terrace, Westward Ho!
The Rev. T E Clarke officiated at the ceremony.
Mrs. Cox presided at the organ, the hymns sung being "The Voice that breathed o'er Eden" and "O Perfect Love".
The bride was given away by her brother, Mr  F A B Stevens, was attired in a dress of white satin, with white satin shoes, and her head-dress was of white feathers with a veil. THe mother of the bride wore a red crepe dress, with a fur coat and brown accessories. 
The duties of the best man were carried out by Mr Frank Babb, uncle.
The reception was held at the Methodist Church Primaary Hall, the honeymoon being spent at Exeter, the bride travelling in a fur coat with dress and hat to match.



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