• 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 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 2 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 3 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 4 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 5 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 6 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 7 Waldon Triplets
  • 8 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 9 For crying out loud!

  • 10 What's the time?

  • 11 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 12

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 13 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 14 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 15 School's link with cargo ship

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

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

  • 18

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

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

  • 21 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 22 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 23 Hartland postman retires

  • 24 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 25 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 26

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 27 Picking the pops

  • 28 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 29 End of the line

  • 30 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 31 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 32 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 33 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 34 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 35

    New gateway
  • 36 Appledore's largest

  • 37 Clovelly nightmare

  • 38 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 39 Traditions and skills still there

  • 40 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 41 From Bobby to Brian

  • 42 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 43 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 44 Twenty-one yachts

  • 45 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 46 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 47 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 48 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 49 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 50 Northam's almshouse

  • 51 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 52 Bideford loses training ship

  • 53 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 54 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 55 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 56 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 57 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 58 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 59 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 60 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 61 Warmington's garage ad

  • 62 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 63 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 64 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 65 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 66 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 67 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 68 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 69 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 70 New Lundy stamps

  • 71 Weare Giffard potato

  • 72 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 73 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 74 A story to tell!

  • 75 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 76 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 77 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 78 New choral society's growing response

  • 79 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 80 Born 1883 - still going strong

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

  • 82 North Devon Driving School

  • 83 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 84 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 85

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 86 Hartland Dancers
  • 87 New addition to Quay front

  • 88 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 89 Six footed lamb

  • 90 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 91 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 92 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 93 Devil sent packing

  • 94 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 95 They are parted pro-tem

  • 96 Picking the pops

  • 97

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 98

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 99 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 100 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 101 Parkham plan realised

  • 102

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 103 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 104 Mobile missionary

  • 105

    Married in 1908
  • 106 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 108 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 109 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 110 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 111 A bird of their own!

  • 112 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 113 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 114 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 115

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 116 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 117 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 118 Service with a smile

  • 119 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 120 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 121

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 122 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 123 Last train from Torrington

  • 124 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 125 Out of puff!

  • 126 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 127 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 128 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 129 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 130 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 131 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 132 Penny for the guy

  • 133 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 134 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 135 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 136 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 137 Peter poses for TV film

  • 138 New civic medallions

  • 139 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 140

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 141

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 142

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 143 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 144 Some 240 exhibits

  • 145 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 146 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 148 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 149 A roof-top view - where?

  • 150 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 151 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 152 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 153 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 154 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 155 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 156

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 157 New life for Hartland organ

  • 158 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 159 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 160 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 161 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 162 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 163 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 164 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 165 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 166 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 167

    Exhibition of school work
  • 168 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 169 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 170 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 171 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 172

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 173 Sweets derationing

  • 174 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 175 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 176 New art gallery opened

  • 177

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 178 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 179 Variety in summer weather

  • 180 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 181 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 182 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 183 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 184 Private home for public pump

  • 185 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 186 By pony and trap to market

  • 187 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 188 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 189 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 190 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 191 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 192 All for the love of a lady!

  • 193 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 194 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 195 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 196 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 197 New shipyard on schedule

  • 198 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 199 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 200

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 201 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 202 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 203 So this is the mainland!

  • 204 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 206 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 207 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 208 113 years at Instow

  • 209 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 210 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 211 Happy Days!

  • 212 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 213 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 214 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 216 Puppet characters introduced

  • 217 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 218 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 219 When horses score over the tractor

  • 220 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 221 Some mushroom!

  • 222 Decontrol of meat

  • 223 Circus comes to town

  • 224 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 225 Hartland's invitation

  • 226 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 227 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 228 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 229 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 231

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

  • 233 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 234 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 235 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 236 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 237 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 238 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 239 Sight of a lifetime

  • 240 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 241

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 242 Capers on the cobbles

  • 243 Torrington children build igloo
  • 244 He beat the floods

  • 245 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 246 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 247 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 248 Emergency ferry services

  • 249 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 250 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 251 Ten year old scrambler

  • 252 Recognise this resort?

  • 253 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 254 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 255 A man and his wheel

  • 256 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 257 Pannier Market's future?

  • 258

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 259 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 260 Jumble sale fever

  • 261 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 262 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 263 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 264 Ships at Bideford

  • 265 Simple Item 138
  • 266 In their new robes and hats

  • 267 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 268 New Post Office

  • 269 Police station view of Bideford

  • 270

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 271 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 272 School crossing patrol begins

  • 273 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 274 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 275 The cab at the corner>
  • 276 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 277 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 278 All aboard the ark

  • 279 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 280 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 281 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 282 Revenge in style

  • 283 Just over a year old

  • 284 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 285 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 286 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 287 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 288 New look in the hayfields

  • 289 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 290 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 291 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 292 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 293 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 294 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 295 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 296 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 297 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 298 Clovelly custom

  • 299 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 300 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 301 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 302 Torrington in 1967

  • 303 Bridging the stream

  • 304 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 305 Riverside mystery

  • 306 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 307 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 308 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 309 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 310

    Relatives all over the world
  • 311 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 312 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 313 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 314 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 315 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 316 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 317 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 318 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 319 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 320 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 321 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 322 No laughing matter

  • 323

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 324

    Was a missionary
  • 325 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 326

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 327 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 328 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 329 Artisans' Club

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

  • 331 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 332 New look for Torrington Lane

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 334 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 335 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 336 Life begins at 80

  • 337 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 338

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 339 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 340 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 341 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 342 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 343 Off on a great adventure

  • 344 Can spring be far away?

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

  • 346 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 347 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 348 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 349 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 350 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 351 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 352

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 353 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 354

    First prize
  • 355 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 356 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 357 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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

  • 359 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 360 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 361 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 362 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 363 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 364 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 365 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 366 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 367 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 368 Cruising down the river

  • 369 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 370 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 371 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 372 Bideford computer stars

  • 373 Finished in 1876

  • 374 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 375 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 376 It really was the 'last time'

  • 377 The Geneva marionettes

  • 378 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 379 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 380 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 381 Bideford regatta

  • 382 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 383 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 384 First ship in 8 years

  • 385 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 387 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 388 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 389 Burnard family reunion

  • 390 The art of the thatcher

  • 391 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 392 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 393 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 394 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 395 Northam footballers of the future

  • 396 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 397 Loads of black and white

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    Building works
  • 399 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 400 Littleham family's five generations

  • 401 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 402 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 403 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 404 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 405 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 406 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 407 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 408 Torrington's new amenity

  • 409 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 410 Centenary of Gazette

  • 411 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 412 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 413 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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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Births

30 December 1960

30.12.1960 Births

Garnsey: On December 23rd,1960, at ‘Crofton’ North View Avenue, Bideford, to John and Jennifer, God’s gift of a son (Stephen John).
Harrison: On December 25th 1960, at Gravesend and North Kent Hospital, to Monica (nee Cook) and Cyril, a daughter.
Hillman: On December 29th 1960, at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Sheila (nee Granger) and Trevor, a son (Stephen Andrew).
Marshall: On December 26th, 1960 at 16 Hyfield Place, Bideford, to Sylvia (nee Sanders) and Bill, a daughter (Sandra).
Money: On December 24th 1960, at 1 Oxman’s Cottages, Westleigh, to Heather (nee Martin) and John, a daughter (Jacqueline Fay), sister for Alan. Grateful thanks to all concerned.
Pascoe: At the North Devon Infirmary, Barnstaple, to Doreen (nee Elsey) and Martyn, a boy, 10lbs 4oz.

Births

16 December 1960

16.12.1960 Births

Jaggard: On December 14th 1960, at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Joyce (nee Baldock) and David, a daughter (Dawn Sandra). Grateful thanks to all concerned.
Powell: On December 7th 1960, to Janet (nee Anscombe) and Kenneth, of Empire House, Westward Ho! a daughter (Julia).
Simpson: On December 11th, 1960, to Susanna (nee Cowell), wife of Dr J.H. Simpson, of Exeter, a son.

Births

9 December 1960

Births 9 December 1960

Beer: On December 6th, 1960, at 15 Royston Road, Bideford, to Jacqueline (nee Guy) and Kenneth. God’s gift of a daughter, Jeanette. Thanks to all concerned.
Branch: On November 24th 1960 at North Devon Infirmary, to Betty (nee Clark) and Clifford, a son (David Allan).
Easterbrook: On December 8th, 1960, at the Grenville Nursing home, to Douglas and Jean (nee Prouse) a son, Robert James, a brother for Kenneth and Peter.
Hookway: On December 2nd, 1960, at 22 Brookfield Street, Bideford, to Victor and Jennifer (nee Fulford), a son (Kevin Victor). Grateful thanks to doctor and nurse.
Westlake: On November 21st, 1960, 1960 to Doreen and John Westlake was born Stephanie, sister to David and Denise. Grateful thanks to doctor and nurse.

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