• 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 New shipyard on schedule

  • 2 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 4 Emergency ferry services

  • 5

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 6 Ten year old scrambler

  • 7 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 8 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 9 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 10 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 11 Clovelly custom

  • 12 Jumble sale fever

  • 13 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 14 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 15 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 16 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 17 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 19 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 20 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 21 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 22 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 23 Torrington's new amenity

  • 24 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 25 All aboard the ark

  • 26 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 27

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 28 End of the line

  • 29 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 30 Simple Item 138
  • 31 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 32 Private home for public pump

  • 33 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 34

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 35 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 36 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 37 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 38 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 39

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 40

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 41 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 42 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 43 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 44 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 45 Variety in summer weather

  • 46 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 47

    Building works
  • 48 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 49 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 50

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 51 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 52 Peter poses for TV film

  • 53 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 54 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 55 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 56 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 57 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 58 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 59 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 60 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 61 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 62 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 64 Northam footballers of the future

  • 65 Out of puff!

  • 66 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 67 Bideford loses training ship

  • 68 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 69 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 70 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 71 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 72 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 73 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 74 Traditions and skills still there

  • 75 Northam's almshouse

  • 76 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 77 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 78 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 79 Waldon Triplets
  • 80 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 81 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 82 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 83 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 84 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 85 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 86 Mobile missionary

  • 87 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 88 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 90

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 91 Burnard family reunion

  • 92 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 93 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 94 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 95 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 96 Capers on the cobbles

  • 97 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 98 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 99 Some mushroom!

  • 100 New civic medallions

  • 101 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 102 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 103 Clovelly nightmare

  • 104 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 105

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 106 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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

  • 108 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 109 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 110 Bridging the stream

  • 111

    Married in 1908
  • 112 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 113 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 114 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 115 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 116 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 117 Twenty-one yachts

  • 118 Modern living at Bideford

  • 119 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 120 Happy Days!

  • 121

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 122 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 123

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 124 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 125 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 126 Last train from Torrington

  • 127

    First prize
  • 128 By pony and trap to market

  • 129 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 130 Picking the pops

  • 131 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 132 Sight of a lifetime

  • 133 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 134 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 135 The Geneva marionettes

  • 136 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 137 Six footed lamb

  • 138 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 139 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 140 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 141 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 142 Littleham family's five generations

  • 143 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 144 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 145 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 146 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 147 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 148 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 149 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 150

    Was a missionary
  • 151 He beat the floods

  • 152 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 153 It really was the 'last time'

  • 154 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 155 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 156

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 157 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 158 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 159 Revenge in style

  • 160 Bideford computer stars

  • 161 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 162 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 163 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 164 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 165 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 166 Service with a smile

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

  • 168 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 169 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 170 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 171 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 172 When horses score over the tractor

  • 173 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 174 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 175 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 176 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 177 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 178 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 179 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 180 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 181 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 182 No sale of Springfield House

  • 183 Hartland postman retires

  • 184 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 185 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 186 So this is the mainland!

  • 187 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 188 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 189 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 190 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 191 New look in the hayfields

  • 192 No laughing matter

  • 193 Finished in 1876

  • 194 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 195

    Bidefordians
  • 196 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 197 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 198 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 199 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 200 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 201 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 202 Torrington children build igloo
  • 203 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 204

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 205 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 206 Just over a year old

  • 207 Police station view of Bideford

  • 208

    New gateway
  • 209 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 210 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 211 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 212

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 213 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 215 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 216 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 217 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 218 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 219 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 220 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 221 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 222 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 223 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 224 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 225 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 226 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 228 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 229 Devil sent packing

  • 230 Cruising down the river

  • 231 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 232 Warmington's garage ad

  • 233 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 234 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 235 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 236 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 237 All for the love of a lady!

  • 238 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 239 Parkham plan realised

  • 240 Weare Giffard potato

  • 241 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 243 Pannier Market's future?

  • 244 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 245 Off on a great adventure

  • 246 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 247 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 248 Puppet characters introduced

  • 249 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 251 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 252 Artisans' Club

  • 253 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 254 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 255 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 256 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 257 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 258 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 259 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 260 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 261 Hartland's invitation

  • 262 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 263 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 264 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 265 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 267 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 268 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 269 First ship in 8 years

  • 270 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 271 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 272 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 273 Hartland Dancers
  • 274 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 275 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 276 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 277 113 years at Instow

  • 278 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 279 Bideford regatta

  • 280 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 281 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 282 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 283 Picking the pops

  • 284 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 285 New addition to Quay front

  • 286 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 287 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 288 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 290 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 291 A bird of their own!

  • 292 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 293 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 294 Can spring be far away?

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 296 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 297 New art gallery opened

  • 298 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 299 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 300 New Lundy stamps

  • 301 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 302 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 303 Some 240 exhibits

  • 304 Ships at Bideford

  • 305 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 306 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 307

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 308 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 309 Circus comes to town

  • 310

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 311 The art of the thatcher

  • 312 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 313 Loads of black and white

  • 314 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 315 Riverside mystery

  • 316 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 318 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 319 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 320 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 321 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 322 Torrington in 1967

  • 323 For crying out loud!

  • 324 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 325 A roof-top view - where?

  • 326

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 327

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 328 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 329 School crossing patrol begins

  • 330

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 331 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 332

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 333 Appledore's largest

  • 334 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 335 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 336 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 337 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 338 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 339 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 340 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 341 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 342 Allhalland Street - then and now

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 344 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 345 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 346 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 347 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 348 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 349 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 350 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 351

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 352 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 353 New life for Hartland organ

  • 354 New Post Office

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

  • 356 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 357 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 358 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 359 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 360 Life begins at 80

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

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 363 Penny for the guy

  • 364 A story to tell!

  • 365 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 366 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 367 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 368 In their new robes and hats

  • 369 North Devon Driving School

  • 370

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 371 School's link with cargo ship

  • 372 Recognise this resort?

  • 373 A man and his wheel

  • 374 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 375 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 377 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 378 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 379 New choral society's growing response

  • 380 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 381 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 382 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 383 Centenary of Gazette

  • 384 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 385 Decontrol of meat

  • 386 What's the time?

  • 387 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 388 Ship-in-bottle world record

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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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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