• 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 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 2 A bird of their own!

  • 3 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 4 Bideford computer stars

  • 5 Twenty-one yachts

  • 6 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 7 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 8 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 9 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 10 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 11 Jumble sale fever

  • 12 North Devon Driving School

  • 13 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 14 He beat the floods

  • 15 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 16 In their new robes and hats

  • 17 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 18 Torrington in 1967

  • 19 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 20 New shipyard on schedule

  • 21

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 22 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 23 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 24 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 25 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 26 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 27 By pony and trap to market

  • 28 Bideford loses training ship

  • 29 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 30 Waldon Triplets
  • 31 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 32 All for the love of a lady!

  • 33 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 34 For crying out loud!

  • 35 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 36 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 37 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 38

    Relatives all over the world
  • 39 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 40 Police station view of Bideford

  • 41 Simple Item 138
  • 42 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 43

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 44 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 45 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 46 It really was the 'last time'

  • 47 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 48 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 49 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 50 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 51 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 52 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 53 Out of puff!

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

  • 55 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 56 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 57 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 58 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 59 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 60 Penny for the guy

  • 61 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 62 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 63 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 64

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 65 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 66 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 67 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 68 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 69 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 70 Littleham family's five generations

  • 71 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 72

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 73 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 74 Peter poses for TV film

  • 75 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 76 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 77 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 78 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 79 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 80 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 81 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 82 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 83 Six footed lamb

  • 84 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 85 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 87 Northam's almshouse

  • 88 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 90 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 91 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 92 What's the time?

  • 93 Life begins at 80

  • 94 Recognise this resort?

  • 95 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 96 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 97

    Was a missionary
  • 98 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 99 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 100 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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

  • 102

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 103 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 104 New civic medallions

  • 105 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 106 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 107 Sight of a lifetime

  • 108 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 109 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

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

  • 112 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 113 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 114 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 115 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 116 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 117 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 118 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 119 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 120 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 121 A roof-top view - where?

  • 122 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 123 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 124 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 125 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 126 Mobile missionary

  • 127 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 128

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 129 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 130 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 131 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 132 Bideford regatta

  • 133 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 134 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 135 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 136 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 137 Torrington children build igloo
  • 138 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 139 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 140 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 141 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 142 Last train from Torrington

  • 143 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 144 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 145 End of the line

  • 146 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 147 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 148 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 149 Centenary of Gazette

  • 150 Some 240 exhibits

  • 151

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 152 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 153 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 154 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 155 Torrington's new amenity

  • 156 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 157

    Bidefordians
  • 158 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 159 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 160 New Post Office

  • 161 The Geneva marionettes

  • 162 Weare Giffard potato

  • 163 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 164 Variety in summer weather

  • 165 No laughing matter

  • 166 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 167 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 168 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 169 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 170 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 171

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 172 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 173 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 174

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 175 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 176

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 177 Hartland postman retires

  • 178

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 179 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 180 Pannier Market's future?

  • 181 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 182

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 183 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 184 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 185 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 186 Finished in 1876

  • 187 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 188

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 189 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 190 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 191 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 192 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 193 Hartland's invitation

  • 194 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 195 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 196 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 197 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 198 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 199 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 200 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 201 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 202 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 203 New Lundy stamps

  • 204 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 205 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 206

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 207 Emergency ferry services

  • 208

    New gateway
  • 209 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 210 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 211 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 212 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 213 Northam footballers of the future

  • 214 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 215 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 216 Capers on the cobbles

  • 217 Picking the pops

  • 218 Loads of black and white

  • 219 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 220 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 221

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 222 Appledore's largest

  • 223 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 224 Burnard family reunion

  • 225 Liked holidays here - so starts business

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

  • 227 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 228 A story to tell!

  • 229 Childrens' model of Torrington

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    Building works
  • 231 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 233 First ship in 8 years

  • 234 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 235 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 236 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 237 Bridging the stream

  • 238 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 239 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 240 Picking the pops

  • 241 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 242 Clovelly custom

  • 243 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 244 Just over a year old

  • 245 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 246 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 247 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 248 Parkham plan realised

  • 249 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 250 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 251 The art of the thatcher

  • 252 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 253 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 254 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 255

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 256 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 257 Some mushroom!

  • 258 A man and his wheel

  • 259 New life for Hartland organ

  • 260 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 261 Cruising down the river

  • 262 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 263

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 264 Revenge in style

  • 265 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 266 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 267 School's link with cargo ship

  • 268 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 269 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 270 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 271 So this is the mainland!

  • 272 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 273 School crossing patrol begins

  • 274 New addition to Quay front

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

  • 276 113 years at Instow

  • 277 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 278

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 279 Hartland Dancers
  • 280 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 281 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 282 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 283 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 284 Off on a great adventure

  • 285

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 286 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 287 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 288 They are parted pro-tem

  • 289 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 290 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 291 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 292 Can spring be far away?

  • 293 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 294 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 295 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 296 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 297 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 298 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 299 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 300 New look in the hayfields

  • 301

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 302 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 303 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 304 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 305 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 306

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 307 Traditions and skills still there

  • 308 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 309

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 310 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 311

    First prize
  • 312 Modern living at Bideford

  • 313 Ships at Bideford

  • 314 Puppet characters introduced

  • 315 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 316 Happy Days!

  • 317 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 318 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 319 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 320 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 321 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 322 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 324 New art gallery opened

  • 325 Clovelly nightmare

  • 326 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 327 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 328

    Married in 1908
  • 329 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 330 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 331 Private home for public pump

  • 332 When horses score over the tractor

  • 333 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 334

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 335 Warmington's garage ad

  • 336 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 337 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 338 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 339 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 340 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 341 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 343 No sale of Springfield House

  • 344 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 345 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 346 New choral society's growing response

  • 347 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 348 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 349 Decontrol of meat

  • 350 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 351 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 352 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 353 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 354 Circus comes to town

  • 355 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 356 All aboard the ark

  • 357 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 358 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 359 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 360

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 361 Service with a smile

  • 362 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 364 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 365 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 366 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 367 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 368

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 369 Devil sent packing

  • 370 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 372 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 373 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 374 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 375 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 376 Artisans' Club

  • 377 Ten year old scrambler

  • 378 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 379 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 380 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 381 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 382 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 383 Riverside mystery

  • 384 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 385 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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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Littleham Skittlers Miss SW Title by Nine Pins

Only nine pins prevented Littleham A from becoming the skittles champions of the Westcountry.

26.1.1973 Littleham skittlers

Littleham put up a fine performance to reach the championship final from over 300 entries before going down to Watchet All Stars 505-497.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were held at Newton Abbot and Littleham skittled consistently to average 500 a game in their three nine-rub matches.
The team comprised John Hockin, John Palmer, Richard Headon, Lionel Dunn, Anthony Brend, Peter Ellis, Raymond Tremeer and Cyril Lyle. They are the Littleham A team, current leaders of Division 1 of the Bideford and District League, plus two of the B side who are Division 3 leaders.

The full Gazette article is dated 26 January 1973

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