• 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 Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 2 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 3 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 4 New life for Hartland organ

  • 5 A story to tell!

  • 6 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 8 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 9 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 10 Riverside mystery

  • 11 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 12 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 13 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 14 Decontrol of meat

  • 15 Waldon Triplets
  • 16 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 17 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 18 Twenty-one yachts

  • 19 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 20 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 21 End of the line

  • 22 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 23

    Was a missionary
  • 24 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 25 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 26 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 27 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 28 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 29

    New gateway
  • 30 Ships at Bideford

  • 31 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 32 Puppet characters introduced

  • 33 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 34 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 35 Emergency ferry services

  • 36 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 37 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 38

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 39 Parkham plan realised

  • 40 Filming at Hartland

  • 41 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 42 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 43 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 44 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 45 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 46 Circus comes to town

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

  • 48 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 49

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 50 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 51 New Post Office

  • 52 He beat the floods

  • 53 It really was the 'last time'

  • 54 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 55 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 56

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 57

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 58 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 59 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 60

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 61 Happy Days!

  • 62 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 63 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 64 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 65 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 66 New art gallery opened

  • 67 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 68 When horses score over the tractor

  • 69 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 70

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 71 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 72

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 73 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 74 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 75 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 76 No laughing matter

  • 77 New look in the hayfields

  • 78 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 79 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 80 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 81 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 82 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 83 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 84

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 85 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 86 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 87 Clovelly custom

  • 88 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 89

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 90 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 91

    Married in 1908
  • 92 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 93 Some 240 exhibits

  • 94 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 95

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 96 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 97 Jumble sale fever

  • 98 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 99 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 100 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 101 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 102 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 103 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 104

    Building works
  • 105 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 107

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 108 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 109 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 110 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 111 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 112 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 113 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 114 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 115 New addition to Quay front

  • 116 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 117 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 118

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 119 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 120 Just over a year old

  • 121 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 122 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 123 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 124 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 125 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 126 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 127 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 128 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 129 Private home for public pump

  • 130 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 131 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 132 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 133 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 134 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 135 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 136 What's the time?

  • 137 Hartland postman retires

  • 138 The Geneva marionettes

  • 139 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 140 Out of puff!

  • 141 New civic medallions

  • 142 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 143 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 144 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 145

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 146 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 147 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 148 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 149 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 150 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 151

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 152 Ten year old scrambler

  • 153 Police station view of Bideford

  • 154 School crossing patrol begins

  • 155 Can spring be far away?

  • 156 Weare Giffard potato

  • 157 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 158 Sweets derationing

  • 159 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 160 The art of the thatcher

  • 161 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 162 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 163 Appledore's largest

  • 164 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 165 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 166 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 167

    Exhibition of school work
  • 168 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 169 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 170 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 171 The cab at the corner>
  • 172 Service with a smile

  • 173 Some mushroom!

  • 174 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 175 All aboard the ark

  • 176 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 177 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 178 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 179 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 180 Burnard family reunion

  • 181 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 183

    Relatives all over the world
  • 184 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 185 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 186 A man and his wheel

  • 187 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 188 Northam footballers of the future

  • 189 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 190 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 191 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 192 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 193 Torrington children build igloo
  • 194 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 195 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 196 Bridging the stream

  • 197 Warmington's garage ad

  • 198 Sight of a lifetime

  • 199 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 200 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 201 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 202 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 203 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 204 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 205 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 206 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 207 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 208 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 209 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 210 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 211 Last train from Torrington

  • 212 Hartland Dancers
  • 213 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 214 Floral dancing at Appledore

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

  • 216 For crying out loud!

  • 217 Penny for the guy

  • 218 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 219 School's link with cargo ship

  • 220

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 221 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 222 First ship in 8 years

  • 223 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 224 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 225

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 226 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 227 In their new robes and hats

  • 228 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 229 Picking the pops

  • 230 So this is the mainland!

  • 231 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 232 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 233 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 234 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 235 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 236

    Bidefordians
  • 237 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 238 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 239 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 240 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 241 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 242 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 243 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 244 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 245 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 246 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 247

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 248 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 249 Six footed lamb

  • 250 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 251 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 252 Life begins at 80

  • 253 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 254 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 255 Bideford loses training ship

  • 256 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 257 Northam's almshouse

  • 258 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 259

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 260 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 261 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 262 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 263 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 264 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 265 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 266 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 267 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 268 Bideford regatta

  • 269 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 270 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 271 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 272 Traditions and skills still there

  • 273

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 274

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 275 North Devon Driving School

  • 276 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 277 Mobile missionary

  • 278 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 279 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 280

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 281 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 282 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 283 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 284 Torrington in 1967

  • 285 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 286 No sale of Springfield House

  • 287 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 288 Recognise this resort?

  • 289 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 290

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 291 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 292 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 293 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 294 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 296 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 297 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 298 Revenge in style

  • 299 113 years at Instow

  • 300 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 301 Bideford computer stars

  • 302 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 303 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 304 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 305 New Lundy stamps

  • 306 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 307 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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    First prize
  • 309 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 310 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 311 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 312 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 313 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 314 Simple Item 138
  • 315 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 316 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 317 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 318 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 319 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 320 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 321 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 322 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 323 All for the love of a lady!

  • 324 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 325 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 326 By pony and trap to market

  • 327 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 328 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 329 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 330 Finished in 1876

  • 331 Torrington's new amenity

  • 332 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 333 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 334 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 335 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 336 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 337 Artisans' Club

  • 338 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 339 Devil sent packing

  • 340 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 341 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 342 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 343 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 345 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 346 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 347 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 348 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 349 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 350 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 351 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 352 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 353

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 354 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 355 They are parted pro-tem

  • 356 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 357 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 358 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 359 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 360 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 362 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 363 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 364 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 365

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 366 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 367 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 368 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 369 A roof-top view - where?

  • 370 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 371 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 373 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 374 Loads of black and white

  • 375 Modern living at Bideford

  • 376 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 377 New choral society's growing response

  • 378 Centenary of Gazette

  • 379 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 380 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 381

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 382 Picking the pops

  • 383 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 384 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 385 From Bobby to Brian

  • 386 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 387 Off on a great adventure

  • 388 Hartland's invitation

  • 389 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 391 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 392 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 393 Clovelly nightmare

  • 394 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 395 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 396 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 397 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 398 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 399 A bird of their own!

  • 400 Pannier Market's future?

  • 401 Cruising down the river

  • 402 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 403 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 404 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 405 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 406 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 407 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 408 Peter poses for TV film

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

  • 410 Variety in summer weather

  • 411 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 412 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 413 Capers on the cobbles

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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  • 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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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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Taught At Appledore For Many Years

Miss Lily Ford

A teacher at Appledore Council School for more than 35 years, Miss Lily Ford, of Taw View, Appledore, has died at her sister’s home after a long illness. She was 73.

6.4.1973 Lily Ford Appledore

The Rev G H Watkeys officiated at the funeral with Mr J Dalby as organist.

Mourners attending were: Mr J Evans; Mr and Mrs Horace Ford, Mr and Mrs G Tiffen (also representing Mrs L T Ford), Mr and Mrs P Ford, Mr and Mrs Harold Ford, Mr and Mrs S Ford, Mr and Mrs Anthony Ford (also representing Mrs F Ford); Mrs F M Petley, Mrs L Lloyd, Mrs T S Lamey, Capt and Mrs R Scilly, Mr T Smith, Capt V Harris, Mr J Williams, Mr C Day.

Unavoidably absent were: Miss O Ford and Mrs J Evans.

Funeral arrangements were by Messrs H Ford and Sons, Appledore.

The full Gazette article is dated 6 April 1973

Triplets are Bridesmaids

Wedding of Mr Frank Bowes and Miss Hazel Stevens

4.11.1966 triplets1

Pictured above are the Waldon triplets Jackie, Donna and Tracey (Tracie), who were three of the six bridesmaids at the wedding of Mr Frank Bowes and Miss Hazel Stevens, at St Mary’s Church, Bideford.

The triplets are the daughters of Mr and Mrs Brian Waldon, 18 Barton Tors, Bideford. They were in apricot brocade dresses with matching apricot headdresses and carried baskets of yellow and white chrysanthemums.

Gazette article dated 4 November 1966

Hartland-Shebbear Wedding

Bride Sunday School Teacher

3.10.1958 Shebbear Hartland wedding

The wedding took place at the Hartland Methodist Church of Miss Greta Mary Slee, daughter of Mr and Mrs T N Slee, Highford, Higher Clovelly, and Mr Sercombe Mason Skinner, son of Mr and Mrs R Skinner, Allacott, Shebbear.

The bride is a Sunday School teacher at the Bradford Methodist Church and the bridegroom is a former hon. secretary of the Shebbear Young Farmers’ Club. The service was conducted by the Minister, the Rev D Crisp and Mr Wesley Heard was at the organ. The bridesmaids were: Miss Marlene Curtis, Miss Kathryn Bray and Miss Marguerite Smale. Master Peter May acted as page boy. The best man was Mr M Brown.

On leaving the church the bride received two lucky tokens from Master Ian Slee and Master Nigel Cox. A reception was held in the Church Hall, Hartland, after which the couple left for a touring honeymoon.

The full Gazette article is dated 3 October 1958

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