• 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 A bird of their own!

  • 2 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 3 Service with a smile

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 5 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 6 The Geneva marionettes

  • 7 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 8 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 9 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 10 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 11 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 12 Circus comes to town

  • 13 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 14 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 15 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 16

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 17 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 18 Waldon Triplets
  • 19 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 20 Capers on the cobbles

  • 21 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 22 Hartland postman retires

  • 23 Torrington children build igloo
  • 24 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 25

    Married in 1908
  • 26 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 27 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 28 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 29 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 30 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 31 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 32 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 33 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 34 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 35 Bideford computer stars

  • 36 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 37 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 38 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 39 Loads of black and white

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

  • 41 Private home for public pump

  • 42 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 43 Out of puff!

  • 44 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 45 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 46 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 47 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 48 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 49 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 50 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 51 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 52 Pannier Market's future?

  • 53 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 54 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 55 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 56 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 57 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 58 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 59 Hartland Dancers
  • 60

    Building works
  • 61 Mobile missionary

  • 62

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 63 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 64 It really was the 'last time'

  • 65 Clovelly nightmare

  • 66

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 67

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 68 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 69 Recognise this resort?

  • 70 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 71 Bridging the stream

  • 72 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 73 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 74 Happy Days!

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

  • 76 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 77 In their new robes and hats

  • 78 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 79 No sale of Springfield House

  • 80 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 81 All for the love of a lady!

  • 82 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 83 When horses score over the tractor

  • 84 A man and his wheel

  • 85 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 86 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 88 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 89 Hartland's invitation

  • 90 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 91 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 92 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 93

    New gateway
  • 94 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 95 Penny for the guy

  • 96 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 97 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 98 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 99 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 100 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 101 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 103 Peter poses for TV film

  • 104 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 105 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 106

    Bidefordians
  • 107 Weare Giffard potato

  • 108 Torrington in 1967

  • 109 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 110 The art of the thatcher

  • 111 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 112 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 113 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 114 Centenary of Gazette

  • 115 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 116 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 117 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 118 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 119 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 120 New civic medallions

  • 121 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 122 Finished in 1876

  • 123 Picking the pops

  • 124 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 125 New life for Hartland organ

  • 126

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 127

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 128 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 129 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 130 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 131 For crying out loud!

  • 132 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 133 New addition to Quay front

  • 134 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 135 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 136 School's link with cargo ship

  • 137 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 138 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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

  • 140

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 141 End of the line

  • 142

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 143 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 144

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 145 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 146 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 147 Some mushroom!

  • 148

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 149 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 151 Six footed lamb

  • 152 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 153 Picking the pops

  • 154 Ships at Bideford

  • 155

    Exhibition of school work
  • 156 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 157 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 158 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 159 Modern living at Bideford

  • 160 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 161 First ship in 8 years

  • 162 Burnard family reunion

  • 163 Torrington's new amenity

  • 164 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 165 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 166 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 167 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 168 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 169

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 170 Variety in summer weather

  • 171 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 172 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 173 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 175 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 176 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 177 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 178

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 179 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 180 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 181 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 182 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 183 He beat the floods

  • 184 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 185 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 186 New look in the hayfields

  • 187 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 188 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 189 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 190 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 191 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 192 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 193 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 194 Jumble sale fever

  • 195 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 196 Cruising down the river

  • 197 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 198 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 199 A roof-top view - where?

  • 200 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 201 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 202 North Devon Driving School

  • 203 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 204 All aboard the ark

  • 205 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 206 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 207 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 208 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 209

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 210 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 211 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 212 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 213

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 214 By pony and trap to market

  • 215 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 216 Sight of a lifetime

  • 217

    Relatives all over the world
  • 218 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 219 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 220 School crossing patrol begins

  • 221 Littleham family's five generations

  • 222 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 223 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 224 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 225 Appledore's largest

  • 226 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 227 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 228 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 229 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 230 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 231 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 232 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 233 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 234 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 235 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 236 So this is the mainland!

  • 237 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 238 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 239 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 240 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 241 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 242

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 243 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 244 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 245 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 246 Devil sent packing

  • 247 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 248 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 249 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 250 Revenge in style

  • 251 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 252 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 253 Can spring be far away?

  • 254 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 255 New art gallery opened

  • 256 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 257 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 258

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 259 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 260 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 261 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 262

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 263 Decontrol of meat

  • 264

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 265 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 266 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 267 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 268 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 269 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 270 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 271 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 272 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 273 Artisans' Club

  • 274

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 275 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 276 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 277

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 278 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 279

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 280 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 281 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 282 New Post Office

  • 283 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 284 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 285 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 286 No laughing matter

  • 287 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 288 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 290 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 291 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 292 What's the time?

  • 293 Clovelly custom

  • 294 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 295 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 296 Last train from Torrington

  • 297 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 298 Some 240 exhibits

  • 299 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 300 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 301 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 302 A story to tell!

  • 303 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 304 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 305

    Was a missionary
  • 306 Puppet characters introduced

  • 307 113 years at Instow

  • 308 Northam's almshouse

  • 309 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 310 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 311 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 312 They are parted pro-tem

  • 313 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 314 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 315 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 316

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 317 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 318 Off on a great adventure

  • 319 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 320 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 321 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 322 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 323 Bideford regatta

  • 324 Traditions and skills still there

  • 325

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 326 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 327 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 328 Ten year old scrambler

  • 329 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 330 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 331 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 332 Riverside mystery

  • 333 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 334 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 335 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 336 Life begins at 80

  • 337 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 339 Emergency ferry services

  • 340 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 341 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 342 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 343 Simple Item 138
  • 344 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 345 Northam footballers of the future

  • 346 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 347 New Lundy stamps

  • 348 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 349 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 350 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 351 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 352 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 353 New shipyard on schedule

  • 354 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 355 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 356 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 358 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 359 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 360 Twenty-one yachts

  • 361 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 362 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 363 Police station view of Bideford

  • 364 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 365 Bideford loses training ship

  • 366 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 367 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 368 Parkham plan realised

  • 369 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 371 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 372 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 373 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 374 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 375 Just over a year old

  • 376 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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    First prize
  • 378 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 379 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 380 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 381 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 382 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 383 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 384 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 385 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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