• 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 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 2 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 3 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 4 Appledore's new lifeboat

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 6 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 7 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 8 Ten year old scrambler

  • 9 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 10 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 11 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 12 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 13 New civic medallions

  • 14 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 15 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 16 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 17 End of the line

  • 18 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 19 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 20 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 21 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 22 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 23 Sweets derationing

  • 24 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 26 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 27 A bird of their own!

  • 28 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 29 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 30 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 31 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 32 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 33 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 34 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 35 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 36 A roof-top view - where?

  • 37 Happy Days!

  • 38 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 39 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 40 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 41 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 42 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 43 All for the love of a lady!

  • 44 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 45 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 46 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 47 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 48 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 49 So this is the mainland!

  • 50 Torrington's new amenity

  • 51 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 52 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 53 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 54 Waldon Triplets
  • 55 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 56

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 57 For crying out loud!

  • 58 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 59 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 60 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 61

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 62 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 63 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 64 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 65 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 66 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 67 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 68 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 69 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 71 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 72 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 73 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 74 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 75 Can spring be far away?

  • 76 New Post Office

  • 77 Weare Giffard potato

  • 78

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 79 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 80 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 81 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 82 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 83 A story to tell!

  • 84 Appledore's largest

  • 85 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 86 Emergency ferry services

  • 87

    Was a missionary
  • 88 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 89 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 90 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 91 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 92 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 93 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 95 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 96 Torrington children build igloo
  • 97 Littleham family's five generations

  • 98 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 99 Penny for the guy

  • 100 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 101 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 103 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 104 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 105

    Bidefordians
  • 106 Just over a year old

  • 107 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 108 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 109 A man and his wheel

  • 110

    Married in 1908
  • 111 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 112 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 113 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 114 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 115

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 116 The art of the thatcher

  • 117 Simple Item 138
  • 118 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 119 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 120

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 121

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 122 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 123 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 124 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 125 Some 240 exhibits

  • 126 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 127 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 128 New art gallery opened

  • 129 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 130 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 131 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 133 New addition to Quay front

  • 134 Out of puff!

  • 135 They are parted pro-tem

  • 136 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 137 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 138 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 139 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 140 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 141 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 142 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 143 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 144 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 145 Last train from Torrington

  • 146 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 147 Decontrol of meat

  • 148 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 149 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 150

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 151 Devil sent packing

  • 152 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 153 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 154 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 155 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 156 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 157 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 158 New Lundy stamps

  • 159 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 160 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 161 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 162

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 163 Northam's almshouse

  • 164 First ship in 8 years

  • 165

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 166 When horses score over the tractor

  • 167 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 168 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 169 Some mushroom!

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

  • 171 Bideford loses training ship

  • 172 Clovelly custom

  • 173 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 174 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 175 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 176 Loads of black and white

  • 177 Parkham plan realised

  • 178 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 179 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 180 Service with a smile

  • 181 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 182 Private home for public pump

  • 183

    Building works
  • 184 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 185 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 186 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 187 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 188 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 189 Off on a great adventure

  • 190 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 191 Finished in 1876

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

  • 193 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 194

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 195 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 196 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 197 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 198 New life for Hartland organ

  • 199 Sight of a lifetime

  • 200 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 201 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 202 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 203

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 204 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 205 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 206 No sale of Springfield House

  • 207 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 208 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 209 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 210 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 211 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 212 113 years at Instow

  • 213

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 214 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 215 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 216 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 217 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 219 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 220 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 221 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 222 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 223 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 224 Capers on the cobbles

  • 225 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 226 Peter poses for TV film

  • 227 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 228 It really was the 'last time'

  • 229 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 230 Ships at Bideford

  • 231 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 232 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 233 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 234 Riverside mystery

  • 235 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 236 Life begins at 80

  • 237 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 238 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 239 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 240 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 241 Northam footballers of the future

  • 242 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 243 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 244 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 245 Circus comes to town

  • 246 School's link with cargo ship

  • 247 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 248 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 249 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 250 Hartland postman retires

  • 251 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 252 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 253 New look in the hayfields

  • 254

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 255 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 256 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 257 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 258 From Bobby to Brian

  • 259 Six footed lamb

  • 260 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 261 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 262 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 263 Modern living at Bideford

  • 264 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 265

    New gateway
  • 266 Bideford regatta

  • 267 Pannier Market's future?

  • 268

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 269 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 270 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 271 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 272 Hartland's invitation

  • 273 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 274 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 275 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 276 Centenary of Gazette

  • 277 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 278 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 279 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 280 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 281 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 282 Mobile missionary

  • 283

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

  • 285 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 286 Jumble sale fever

  • 287 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 288 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 289 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 290 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 291 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 292 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 293

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 294 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 295 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 296 What's the time?

  • 297 The Geneva marionettes

  • 298 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 299 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 301 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 302

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 303 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 304 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 305 Revenge in style

  • 306 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 307 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 308 Twenty-one yachts

  • 309 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 310 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 311 Picking the pops

  • 312 Variety in summer weather

  • 313 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 314 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 315 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 316 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 317 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 318 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 319 Artisans' Club

  • 320 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 321 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 322 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 323 Puppet characters introduced

  • 324 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 325 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 326 All aboard the ark

  • 327 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 328

    First prize
  • 329 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 330 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 331 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 332

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 333 New shipyard on schedule

  • 334 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 335 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 336 No laughing matter

  • 337 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 338 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 339 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 340 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 341 He beat the floods

  • 342 In their new robes and hats

  • 343 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 344 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 345 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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

  • 347

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 348 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

  • 350 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 351 Recognise this resort?

  • 352 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 353

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 354 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 355 New choral society's growing response

  • 356 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 357 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 358 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 359 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 361 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 362 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 363 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 364 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 365 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 366 Burnard family reunion

  • 367 Cruising down the river

  • 368 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 369 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 370 Torrington in 1967

  • 371 Picking the pops

  • 372 Bideford computer stars

  • 373

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 374 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 375 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 376 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 377 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 378 Hartland Dancers
  • 379 Traditions and skills still there

  • 380 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 381 Bridging the stream

  • 382 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 383 Clovelly nightmare

  • 384 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 385 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 386 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 387

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 388 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 389 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 390 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 391 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 392 School crossing patrol begins

  • 393 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 394 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 395 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 396 The cab at the corner>
  • 397 By pony and trap to market

  • 398 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 399 Police station view of Bideford

  • 400 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 401 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 402

    Relatives all over the world
  • 403

    Exhibition of school work
  • 404

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 405 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 406 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 407 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 408 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 409 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 410

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 411 Warmington's garage ad

  • 412 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 413 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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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  • 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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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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Married at St Mary's Church, Bideford

Mr Keith William Eldridge, second son of Mr and Mrs G Eldridge, 58 St Nicholas Road, Wallingford, and his bride, Miss Jean Margaret Badcock, only child of Mr and Mrs A C Badock, 21 Coldharbour, Bideford. 

11.4.1968 Eldridge Badcock

They were married at St Mary's Church, Bideford, a report appearing in an earlier issue. 

Gazette dated 11 April 1968

Marriages - Gazette 11 April 1968

Marriages

11.4.1968 bmd

Ford-Boswell – on April 2 1968 at Fladbury, Worcestershire, Colin Michael, elder son of Mr and Mrs M Ford, of Frithelstock, to Sarah Ellen, daughter of Mr and Mrs L S Boswell, of Evesham.

Luke-Coles – on April 2 1968, at St Nectan’s Church, Hartland, Robert James Luke, of Plymouth, to Margaret Joan Coles, of New Inn, Hartland. 

Mitchell-Haywood – on 30 March 1968 at St Mary’s Church, Bideford, by Rev T Derwent Davies, Andrew, only son of Mr and Mrs J H Mitchells, 119 Clovelly Road, Bideford, to Patricia, only daughter of Mr and Mrs T L Haywood, 92 Clovelly Road, Bideford. 

Palmer-Bliman – on March 23 1968 at St Mary’s Church, Bideford, Clifford, eldest son of Mr and Mrs A Palmer, 2 Stanhope Terrace, Bideford, and Sheila, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs D J Bliman, 3 Barton Tors, Bideford.  

 

Mr E J Beer and Miss M E Weeks

A playing member of the Torrington Football Club, Mr Eric John Beer, eldest son of Mrs and the late Mr A Beer, 130 New Street, Torrington, and Miss Margaret Elizabeth Weeks, only daughter of Mr and Mrs N G Weeks, 8 Potacre Street, Torrington, have been married at Torrington Parish Church.

11.4.1968 Beer Weeks

The Vicar, Rev P G Harrison, officiated. The bridesmaids were Miss Judith Beer and Miss Jayne Edgecombe. Best man was Mr Michael Tyler. After the reception at the Globe Hotel, Torrington, the couple left for a honeymoon touring Berkshire and Oxfordshire. 

The full Gazette article is dated 11 April 1968

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