• 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 In their new robes and hats

  • 2 Hartland Dancers
  • 3 New shipyard on schedule

  • 4 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 5 Bicycle now does donkey work

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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 7 Northam footballers of the future

  • 8 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 9 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 10 113 years at Instow

  • 11 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 12 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 13 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 14 Some mushroom!

  • 15 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 16 Revenge in style

  • 17 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 18 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 19 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 21 Jumble sale fever

  • 22 Sight of a lifetime

  • 23 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 24 Loads of black and white

  • 25 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 26 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 27 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 28 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 29 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 30 Hartland postman retires

  • 31 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 32 Sailing to victory at Appledore

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

  • 34 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 35 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 36 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 37 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 38

    New gateway
  • 39 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 40 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 41 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 42 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 43 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 44 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 45 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 46 New Lundy stamps

  • 47 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 48 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 49 A roof-top view - where?

  • 50

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 51 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 52 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 53 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 55 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 56 New life for Hartland organ

  • 57 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 58 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 59 Clovelly nightmare

  • 60 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 61 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 62

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 63 For crying out loud!

  • 64 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 65 When horses score over the tractor

  • 66

    First prize
  • 67 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 68 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 70 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 71 New look in the hayfields

  • 72 Burnard family reunion

  • 73 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 74 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 75 Littleham family's five generations

  • 76 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 77 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 78 Private home for public pump

  • 79 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 80 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 81 A man and his wheel

  • 82 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 83

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 84 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 85 Traditions and skills still there

  • 86 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 87 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 88 No laughing matter

  • 89 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 90 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 91 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 92 School crossing patrol begins

  • 93 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 94 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 95 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 96 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 97 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 98 Torrington's new amenity

  • 99

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 100 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 101 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 102 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 103

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 104 New art gallery opened

  • 105 Torrington in 1967

  • 106 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 107 Bideford computer stars

  • 108 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 109 He beat the floods

  • 110 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 111 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 112 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 113 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 114 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 115 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 116 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 117

    Was a missionary
  • 118 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 119 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 120 Bideford loses training ship

  • 121

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 122 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 123 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 124 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 125

    Married in 1908
  • 126 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 127 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 128 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 129 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 130 The art of the thatcher

  • 131

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 132 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 133 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 134 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 135 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 136 New Post Office

  • 137 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 138 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 139 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 140 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 141

    Exhibition of school work
  • 142 Some 240 exhibits

  • 143

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 144 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 145

    Relatives all over the world
  • 146 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 147 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 148

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 149 Filming at Hartland

  • 150

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 151 New choral society's growing response

  • 152

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 153 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 154 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 155 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 156 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 157 Clovelly custom

  • 158 Can spring be far away?

  • 159 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 160 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 161 From Bobby to Brian

  • 162 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 163 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 164 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 165 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 166 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 167 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 169 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 170 School's link with cargo ship

  • 171 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 172 Peter poses for TV film

  • 173 Hartland's invitation

  • 174 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 175 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 176 Out of puff!

  • 177 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 178 A story to tell!

  • 179 Devil sent packing

  • 180 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 181 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 182 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 183 Penny for the guy

  • 184 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 185 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 186 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 187 No sale of Springfield House

  • 188 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 189 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 190 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 191 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 192 First ship in 8 years

  • 193 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 194 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 195

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 196 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 197 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 198 A bird of their own!

  • 199 Life begins at 80

  • 200

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 201 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 202 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 203 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 204 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 205 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 206 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 207 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 208 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 209

    Bidefordians
  • 210 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 211 Capers on the cobbles

  • 212 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 213

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 214 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 216 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 217 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 218

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 219

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 220 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 221 Last train from Torrington

  • 222 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 223 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 224 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 225 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 226 New addition to Quay front

  • 227 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 228 Picking the pops

  • 229 What's the time?

  • 230 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 231 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 232 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 233 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 234 Twenty-one yachts

  • 235 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 236 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 237 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 238 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 239 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 240 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 241

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 242 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 243 Recognise this resort?

  • 244 So this is the mainland!

  • 245 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 246 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 247 Ships at Bideford

  • 248 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 249 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 250 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 251 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 252 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 253 Simple Item 138
  • 254 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 255 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 257

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 258 Finished in 1876

  • 259 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 260

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 261 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 262 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 263 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 264 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 265 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 266 Mobile missionary

  • 267 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 268 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 270 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 271 Off on a great adventure

  • 272 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 273 Riverside mystery

  • 274 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 275 Just over a year old

  • 276 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 277 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 278 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 279

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 280 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 281 Northam's almshouse

  • 282 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 283 By pony and trap to market

  • 284 Pannier Market's future?

  • 285 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 286 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 287 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 288 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 289 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 290 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 291 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 292

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 293 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 294 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 296 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 297 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 298 Ten year old scrambler

  • 299 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 300 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 301 The Geneva marionettes

  • 302 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 303 Torrington children build igloo
  • 304 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 305 End of the line

  • 306 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 307 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 308 North Devon Driving School

  • 309 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 310 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 311 Six footed lamb

  • 312 Happy Days!

  • 313 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 314 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 315 Picking the pops

  • 316 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 317 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 318 Centenary of Gazette

  • 319 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 320 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 321 Weare Giffard potato

  • 322 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 323 Modern living at Bideford

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 325 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 326 Emergency ferry services

  • 327 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 328 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 329 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 330 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 331 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 332 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 333 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 334 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 335 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 336 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 337 New civic medallions

  • 338 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 339 Bridging the stream

  • 340 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 341 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 342 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 343 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 344 Puppet characters introduced

  • 345 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 346 Bideford regatta

  • 347 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 348 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 349 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 350 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 351 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 352 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 353 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 354 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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

  • 356 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 357 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 358 It really was the 'last time'

  • 359 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 360 Waldon Triplets
  • 361 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 362 They are parted pro-tem

  • 363 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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    Building works
  • 365 Cruising down the river

  • 366 All aboard the ark

  • 367 All for the love of a lady!

  • 368 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 369 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 370 Warmington's garage ad

  • 371 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 372 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 373 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 374 Sweets derationing

  • 375 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 376

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 377 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 378 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 379 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 380 Parkham plan realised

  • 381 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 382 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 383 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 384

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 385 Circus comes to town

  • 386 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 387 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 388 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 389 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 390 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 391 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 392 The cab at the corner>
  • 393 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 394 Appledore's largest

  • 395 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 396 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 397 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 398 Decontrol of meat

  • 399 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 400 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 401 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 402 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 403 Artisans' Club

  • 404 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 405 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 406 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 408 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 409 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 410 Police station view of Bideford

  • 411 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 412 Service with a smile

  • 413 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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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Pork Prizes At Alwington

A pig was given to be cut up for prizes for a whist drive held at Alwington Village Hall on Friday to aid the village hall repair fund.

7.3.1958 Alwington

There were 25½ tables and the duties of the MC were carried out by Mr L G Elston. Door stewards were Mrs Taylor, Miss M Hillman and Mr T Headon.
Prize winners were: Mrs S Brend; Mrs J L Parsons; Mrs V Headon; Mrs E Metherell; Mrs D Cornish; Mrs C Hedden; Mrs Rawle; Mr K Poole, Mr R Stoneman; Mrs H M Butler; Mr R Poole; Mr P Colwill; Mr E J Grigg; Mr G Lewis; Mr M Curtice; Mr F W Heard; Mrs A C Glover; Mr D R Wickett; Mr W G Tucker; Mr R Cooper; Mr E H Rowbottom; Felix; Mrs E M Cork. Mrs J Bailey was the holder of the lucky number ticket.
The full Gazette article is dated 7 March 1958

World War 1

Alwington

30.7.1918 Alwington Bradworthy

For the four best cottage allotments prizes have been awarded as follows: - Bailey, Woodtown, 1; J Daniel, Spamone, 2; J Beer, Woodtown, 3; T Glover, Woodtown. 4. The scheme was promoted by Major Kirkwood. Mr G Sleep, head gardener at Hartland Abby, was the judge, assisted by Messrs Sherriff and Luxton. Mr Sleep and Mr Sherriff also visited the school garden and commended the boys for their work, which as they said deserved a much better piece of ground.

Gazette article dated 30 July 1918

Alwington Enrols Guides and Brownies

Two mothers of Brownies, who had themselves been Girl Guides in the original Company, were among the many parents and friends attending the first enrolment held by the 1st Alwington Girl Guides and Brownie Company since it was re-formed last December.

2.5.1958 Alwington Girl Guides Brownies


Three members of the 1st Weare Giffard Guide Company formed the colour party and the ceremonies of enrolment were performed by the District Commissioner Mrs Coham-Fleming, assisted by Mrs P Metherell, Guide Captain, and Mrs J Hopper, Brown Owl.
The nine Girl Guides enrolled were Valerie Bailey, Wendy Beer, Janet Daniel, Mary Kay, Rosina Kay, Ann Lewis, Sylvia Martin, Jane Moase and Valerie Smale.
Patricia Daniel, Jill Dyke and Alice Kay were enrolled as Brownies.
Following the enrolments, the District Commissioner talked about the life of Lord Baden Powell and explained how the Guide Movement began.
The full Gazette article is dated 2 May 1958

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