• 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 Lundy stamps

  • 2 Puppet characters introduced

  • 3 By pony and trap to market

  • 4 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 5 New art gallery opened

  • 6 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 7 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 8 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 9 Traditions and skills still there

  • 10 New civic medallions

  • 11 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 12

    New gateway
  • 13 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 14 Picking the pops

  • 15 Six footed lamb

  • 16 School crossing patrol begins

  • 17 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 18 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 19

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 20 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 21 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 22 When horses score over the tractor

  • 23 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 24 Just over a year old

  • 25 Mobile missionary

  • 26 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 27 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 28 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 29 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 30

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 31 New choral society's growing response

  • 32 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 33 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 34 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 35 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 36

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 37 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 38 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 39 Last train from Torrington

  • 40 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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

  • 42 Riverside mystery

  • 43 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 44

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 45 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 46

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 47 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 48 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 49

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 50 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 51 North Devon Driving School

  • 52 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 53 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 54 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 55 School's link with cargo ship

  • 56 Modern living at Bideford

  • 57 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 58 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 59 In their new robes and hats

  • 60 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 61 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 62 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 63 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 64 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 65 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 66 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 67 Revenge in style

  • 68 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 69 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 70 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 71 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 72 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 73 He beat the floods

  • 74 New life for Hartland organ

  • 75 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 76 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 77 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 78 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 79 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 80 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 81 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 82 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 83 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 85 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 86 Torrington in 1967

  • 87 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 88 A bird of their own!

  • 89 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 90 For crying out loud!

  • 91 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 92 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 93 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 94 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 95 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 96 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 97 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 98 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 99 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 100 Parkham plan realised

  • 101

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 102 Loads of black and white

  • 103 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 104

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 105 Warmington's garage ad

  • 106 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 107 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 108 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 109 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 110

    Was a missionary
  • 111 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 112 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 113 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 114 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 115 Finished in 1876

  • 116 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 117 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 118 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 119 New Post Office

  • 120 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 121 Peter poses for TV film

  • 122 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 123 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 124 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 125 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 126

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 127 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 128 Burnard family reunion

  • 129 Recognise this resort?

  • 130 Penny for the guy

  • 131 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 132 No sale of Springfield House

  • 133 All for the love of a lady!

  • 134 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 135 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 136 Waldon Triplets
  • 137 Clovelly nightmare

  • 138 Service with a smile

  • 139 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 140 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 141 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 142 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 143 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 144 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 145

    Bidefordians
  • 146 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 147 New look in the hayfields

  • 148 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 149 Sight of a lifetime

  • 150 Police station view of Bideford

  • 151 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 152 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 153 The Geneva marionettes

  • 154 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 155 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 156 They are parted pro-tem

  • 157 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 158 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 159 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 160 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 161 Northam's almshouse

  • 162 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 163 Meredith's ironmongers

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

  • 165 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 166

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 167 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 168 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 169 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 170 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 171 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 172

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 173 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 174 The art of the thatcher

  • 175 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 176 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 177 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 178 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 179 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 180 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 181 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 182 Devil sent packing

  • 183 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 184 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 185 Hartland postman retires

  • 186 Cruising down the river

  • 187 Private home for public pump

  • 188 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 189 Northam footballers of the future

  • 190 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 191 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 192 Weare Giffard potato

  • 193 New shipyard on schedule

  • 194 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 195 Variety in summer weather

  • 196 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 197 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 198 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 199 Happy Days!

  • 200 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 201 Centenary of Gazette

  • 202 Bideford loses training ship

  • 203 New addition to Quay front

  • 204 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 205 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 206 Clovelly custom

  • 207 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 208 A roof-top view - where?

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

  • 210 Torrington's new amenity

  • 211 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 212

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 213

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 214 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 215 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 216 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 217 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 218 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 219 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 220 Ships at Bideford

  • 221 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 222 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 223 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 224

    First prize
  • 225 Some mushroom!

  • 226 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 227 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 228 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 229 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 230 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 231 Torrington children build igloo
  • 232 Ten year old scrambler

  • 233 Can spring be far away?

  • 234 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 235 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 236 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 237 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 238 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 239 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 240

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 241 Simple Item 138
  • 242 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 243 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 244 No laughing matter

  • 245 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 247 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 248 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 249 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 250 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 251

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 252 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 253 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 254 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 255 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 256 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 257 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 258 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 259 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 260 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 261 Artisans' Club

  • 262 Emergency ferry services

  • 263 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 264 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 265 Twenty-one yachts

  • 266 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 267 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 268 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 269 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 270 113 years at Instow

  • 271 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 272 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 273 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 274 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 275 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 276 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 277 Life begins at 80

  • 278 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 279 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 280 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 281 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 282 Hartland's invitation

  • 283 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 284 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 285 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 286 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 287 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 288 Appledore's largest

  • 289 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 290 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 291 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 292 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

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

  • 295 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 296 What's the time?

  • 297 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 298 Littleham family's five generations

  • 299 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 300 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 301 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 302 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 303 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 304 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 305 So this is the mainland!

  • 306 Bridging the stream

  • 307 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 308 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 309 Bideford regatta

  • 310 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 311 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 312 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 313 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 314 Pannier Market's future?

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 316 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 318

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 319 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 320 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 321 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 322

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 323 All aboard the ark

  • 324

    Exhibition of school work
  • 325 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 326 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 327 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 328 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 330 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 331 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 332 A story to tell!

  • 333 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 334 Hartland Dancers
  • 335 Out of puff!

  • 336

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 337 It really was the 'last time'

  • 338 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 339

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 340 Picking the pops

  • 341

    Relatives all over the world
  • 342 Capers on the cobbles

  • 343

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 344 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 345 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 346 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 347 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 348 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 349 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 350 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 351 A man and his wheel

  • 352 Some 240 exhibits

  • 353 Off on a great adventure

  • 354 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 355 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 356

    Building works
  • 357 End of the line

  • 358 Circus comes to town

  • 359 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 360 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 361 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 362 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 363 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 365 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 367 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 368 Jumble sale fever

  • 369 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 370

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 371 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 372 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 373 Decontrol of meat

  • 374 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 375

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 376 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 377 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 378 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 379 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 380 First ship in 8 years

  • 381 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 382

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 383

    Married in 1908
  • 384 Bideford computer stars

  • 385

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
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 and Marriages

3 April 1945

3.4.1945

 

Spry – March 26 1945 at the North Devon Infirmary, Barnstaple, to Gwyneth, wife of Mr George Spry, a daughter

Uglow – March 22 1945, to Olive (nee Vigers), wife of Philip L Uglow, 41 Ashleigh Crescent, a sister for Margaret, Helen

Hall-Fulford – March 31 1945 at High Street Methodist Church, Bideford, by the Rev T E Clarke, Richard Orson, son of the late Mr and Mrs F Harold Hall, Holford, Somerset, to Daisy Mary, daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Fulford, Southcott, Bideford

Smith-Titley – March 29 1945, quietly in London, Major Ralph M Smith, Devonshire Regt, son of Mr Cecil A Smith CIE, and the late Mrs Smith, The Flagstaff, Northam, to Dorothy L (Dodo) Titley, of Cleave Barton, Northam, widow of Flight-Lieut E G Titley and daughter of Mr S Whipp and of Mrs Whipp

Births And Ruby Wedding

 1 April 1977

1.4.1977 bmd

Chopping – On March 22 1977 at the Torbay Hospital, Torquay, to David and Janet (nee Smith), a daughter, Anna.

Gordon – On March 24 1977 at Penrice Maternity Unit, St Austell, to Janet and John, a daughter, Cheryl. Smith – On March 25 1977 at the NDDHMU, to Peter and Linda (nee Lamey), a son, Andrew Frederick, brother for Michelle.

Hockridge – On March 11 1937 at Alwington Methodist Church, by the Rev John Ford Reed, Stanley to Winifred. Present address St Crispins, 33 Glenfield Road, Bideford.

Births, Engagements and Marriages

1 February 1963

1.2.1963

Evans - January 27 1963 at the Grenville Nursing Home to June (nee Screech) and Carey, a son, Mark Carey

Luck-Vicary - engagement is announced between Mr D Luck, of Bournemouth, and Pamela, daughter of Mr and Mrs Percy Vicary, Morvic, Bideford

Sayer-Searle - engagement is announced of Thora Edith, only daughter of the late Seymour Searle, and step-daughter of Mrs Searle, Littleham, and Harry Winstanley Sayer, Hoop's Cottage, Littleham, son of the late Mr and Mrs James Sayer, Burnley

Curtis-Twose - January 26 1963 at Northam Methodist Church, John Arthur, son of Mrs and the late Mr B Curtis, 51 High Street, Bideford, and Doreen Mary, daughter of Mr and Mrs F C Twose, 1 Nelson Road, WHo!

Cook-Lyle - January 29 1938 at St Swithin's Church, Littleham, by the Rev A J Clarke, Enid Lyle to Charles Cook. Present address: Council Cottage, Littleham.

 

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