• 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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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 2 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 3 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 4 A roof-top view - where?

  • 5 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 6 By pony and trap to market

  • 7 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 8 Off on a great adventure

  • 9 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 10 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 11 New addition to Quay front

  • 12 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 13 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 14 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 15

    Exhibition of school work
  • 16 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 17 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 18

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 19 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 20 Cruising down the river

  • 21 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 22

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 23 For crying out loud!

  • 24 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 25 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 26 Puppet characters introduced

  • 27 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 28 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 29 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 30 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 31

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 32 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 33 North Devon Driving School

  • 34 Torrington's new amenity

  • 35 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 36 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

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

  • 38 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 39 A man and his wheel

  • 40 Police station view of Bideford

  • 41 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 43 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 44 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 45 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 46 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 47 New life for Hartland organ

  • 48 Hartland postman retires

  • 49 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 50

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 51 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 52 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 53 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 54 New shipyard on schedule

  • 55 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 56 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 57 Modern living at Bideford

  • 58

    Relatives all over the world
  • 59 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 60 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 61 Littleham family's five generations

  • 62

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 63 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 64 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 65 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 66 Riverside mystery

  • 67 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 69 Ships at Bideford

  • 70

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 71 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 72 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 73 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 74 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 75 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 76 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 77 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 78 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 79 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 80 Bideford computer stars

  • 81 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 82 Waldon Triplets
  • 83 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 84 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 85 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 86 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 87 So this is the mainland!

  • 88 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 89 Life begins at 80

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

  • 91

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 92 Revenge in style

  • 93 New Post Office

  • 94 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 95 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 96 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 97 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 98 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 99 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 100 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 101 Emergency ferry services

  • 102

    Married in 1908
  • 103 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 104 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 105 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 106 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 107 No laughing matter

  • 108 Simple Item 138
  • 109 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 110 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 111 New art gallery opened

  • 112 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 113 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 114 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 115 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 116 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 117 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 118 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 119 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 120 Happy Days!

  • 121 Out of puff!

  • 122 Artisans' Club

  • 123 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 124 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 125 Penny for the guy

  • 126 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 127 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 128 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 129 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 130 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 131 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 132 Pannier Market's future?

  • 133 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 134 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 135 A bird of their own!

  • 136 Sight of a lifetime

  • 137 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 138 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 139 Variety in summer weather

  • 140 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 141 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 142 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 143 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 144 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 145 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 146

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 147 Bideford loses training ship

  • 148 Mobile missionary

  • 149

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 150 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 151 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 153 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 154 Finished in 1876

  • 155 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 156 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 157 First ship in 8 years

  • 158 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 159 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 160 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 161 Hartland Dancers
  • 162 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 163 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 164 Traditions and skills still there

  • 165 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 166 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 167 School crossing patrol begins

  • 168 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 169 End of the line

  • 170 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 171 New civic medallions

  • 172 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 173 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 174 Northam's almshouse

  • 175 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 176 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 177 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 178 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 179 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 180 Torrington in 1967

  • 181 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 182 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 183 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 184 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 185 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 186 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 187 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 188 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 189 Some 240 exhibits

  • 190 Clovelly nightmare

  • 191 Jumble sale fever

  • 192 When horses score over the tractor

  • 193 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 194 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 195 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 196 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 197 Last train from Torrington

  • 198 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 199 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 200 Loads of black and white

  • 201

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 202 Parkham plan realised

  • 203 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 204 Devil sent packing

  • 205 Centenary of Gazette

  • 206 Burnard family reunion

  • 207 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 208 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 209 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 210 It really was the 'last time'

  • 211 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 212 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 213 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 214 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 215 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 216

    New gateway
  • 217 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 218 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 219 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 220 Picking the pops

  • 221 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 222 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 223 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 224 New look in the hayfields

  • 225

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 226 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 227 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 228 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 229 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 230 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 231 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 233 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 234 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 235 Ten year old scrambler

  • 236 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 237 Service with a smile

  • 238 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 239 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 240

    Was a missionary
  • 241 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 242 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 243 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 244 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 245 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 246 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 248 Torrington children build igloo
  • 249 Clovelly custom

  • 250 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 251 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 252 Twenty-one yachts

  • 253 All aboard the ark

  • 254 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 255 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 256 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 257 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 258 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 259 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 260 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 261 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 262 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 263 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 264 Circus comes to town

  • 265 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 266 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 267 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 268 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 269 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 270 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 271 Can spring be far away?

  • 272 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 273 Hartland's invitation

  • 274 Private home for public pump

  • 275 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 276 Bideford regatta

  • 277 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 279 In their new robes and hats

  • 280 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 281 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 282 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 283 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 284 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 285 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 286 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 288 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 289 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 290 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 291

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 292 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 294 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 295 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 296 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 297 New choral society's growing response

  • 298 What's the time?

  • 299

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 300 Weare Giffard potato

  • 301 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 302 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 303 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 304

    Bidefordians
  • 305 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 306 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 307 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 308 The Geneva marionettes

  • 309

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 310 School's link with cargo ship

  • 311 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 312 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 313

    First prize
  • 314 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 315 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 316 Just over a year old

  • 317 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 318

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 319

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 320 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 321 He beat the floods

  • 322

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 323 No sale of Springfield House

  • 324 All for the love of a lady!

  • 325 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 326

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 327 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 328 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 329 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 330 Appledore's largest

  • 331 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 332 New Lundy stamps

  • 333 Decontrol of meat

  • 334 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 335 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 336 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 338 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 339 Picking the pops

  • 340 Peter poses for TV film

  • 341 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 342 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 343

    Building works
  • 344 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 345 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 346 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 347

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 348 Warmington's garage ad

  • 349

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 350 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 351 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 352 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 353

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 354 Some mushroom!

  • 355

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 356 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 357 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 358 A story to tell!

  • 359 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 360 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 361 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 362 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 363 Recognise this resort?

  • 364 The art of the thatcher

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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Wed at Appledore

Mr James Michael Walsh, only son of Mr and Mrs J Walsh, 9 Greysands Crescent, Appledore, and Miss Marilyn Rose Jewell, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs J Jewell, 25 Tomouth Road, Appledore, were married at St Mary’s Church, Appledore, on Saturday. 

5.4.1968 Walsh Jewell

The Vicar, Rev R C Dixon, officiated at the service and the organist Mrs Parks accompanied the hymns. The matron of honour was the bride’s sister, Mrs Jennifer White, and the senior bridesmaid, Miss Sonia Miles, a friend. Best man was Mr Leslie Pike. Following a reception at the Rose of Torridge Cafe, Bideford, Mr and Mrs Walsh left for a honeymoon in Torquay. 

The full Gazette article is dated 5 April 1968

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