• 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 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 2 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 4 Last train from Torrington

  • 5 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 6 Jumble sale fever

  • 7 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 8 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 9

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 10 Decontrol of meat

  • 11 Recognise this resort?

  • 12 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 13 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 14 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 15 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 16 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 17 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 18 Pannier Market's future?

  • 19 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 20 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 21 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 22 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 23 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 24 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 25

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 26 Weare Giffard potato

  • 27 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 28

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 29

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 30 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 31 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 32 North Devon Driving School

  • 33 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 34 Private home for public pump

  • 35 Torrington in 1967

  • 36 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 37 End of the line

  • 38 Can spring be far away?

  • 39 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 40 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 42 Capers on the cobbles

  • 43 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 44 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 45 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 46 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 47 Littleham family's five generations

  • 48 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 49 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 50

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

  • 52 New Post Office

  • 53 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 54 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 55 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 56 Circus comes to town

  • 57 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 58 Just over a year old

  • 59 New shipyard on schedule

  • 60 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 61 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 62 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 63 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 64 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 65 A story to tell!

  • 66 What's the time?

  • 67 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 68 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 69 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 70 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 71 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 72 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 73 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 74 First ship in 8 years

  • 75 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 76 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 77 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 78 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 79 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 80 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 81 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 82

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 83 Finished in 1876

  • 84 A man and his wheel

  • 85 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 86 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 87 Clovelly nightmare

  • 88 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 89

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 90 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 91 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 92 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 93 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 94 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 95 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 96 A roof-top view - where?

  • 97 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 98 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 99 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 100 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 101 New civic medallions

  • 102 Some 240 exhibits

  • 103 All for the love of a lady!

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

  • 105 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 106 By pony and trap to market

  • 107

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 108 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 109

    First prize
  • 110 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 111

    Bidefordians
  • 112 Life begins at 80

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

  • 114 Picking the pops

  • 115 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 116 Riverside mystery

  • 117 Parkham plan realised

  • 118 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 119 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 120 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 121 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 122 New addition to Quay front

  • 123 New art gallery opened

  • 124 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 125 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 126 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 127 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 128

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 129 When horses score over the tractor

  • 130 Ships at Bideford

  • 131 Hartland Dancers
  • 132 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 133 Emergency ferry services

  • 134 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 135

    Building works
  • 136 Some mushroom!

  • 137 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 138 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 139 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 140 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 141 Bridging the stream

  • 142 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 143 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 144 No sale of Springfield House

  • 145 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 146

    Exhibition of school work
  • 147 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 148 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 149 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 150 They are parted pro-tem

  • 151 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 152 Cruising down the river

  • 153 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 154 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 155 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 156 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 157 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 158 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 159 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 160 Torrington's new amenity

  • 161 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 162 Sight of a lifetime

  • 163 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 164 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 165 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 166 Six footed lamb

  • 167 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 168

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 169 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 170 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 171 Variety in summer weather

  • 172 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 173 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 174 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 175 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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

  • 177 New Lundy stamps

  • 178 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 180 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 182 No laughing matter

  • 183 Loads of black and white

  • 184 Torrington children build igloo
  • 185 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 186 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 187 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 188 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 189 Police station view of Bideford

  • 190 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 191 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 192 Centenary of Gazette

  • 193 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 194

    Married in 1908
  • 195 Hartland postman retires

  • 196 Artisans' Club

  • 197 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 198 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 199 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 200 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 201 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 202 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 203 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 204 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 205 Bideford loses training ship

  • 206 Hartland's invitation

  • 207 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 208 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 210 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 211 Off on a great adventure

  • 212 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 213 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 214 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 215 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 216 Puppet characters introduced

  • 217 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 218 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 219 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 220 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 221 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 222 Happy Days!

  • 223 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 224 Bideford computer stars

  • 225 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 226 The cab at the corner>
  • 227 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 228

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 229 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 230 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 231

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 232 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 233 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 234 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 235 Out of puff!

  • 236 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 237 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 238 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 239 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 240 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 241 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 242 Northam's almshouse

  • 243 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 244 Filming at Hartland

  • 245 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 247 Clovelly custom

  • 248

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 249 He beat the floods

  • 250 It really was the 'last time'

  • 251

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 252 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 253 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 254 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 255 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 256 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 257 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 258 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 259

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 260 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 262 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 263 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 264 Mobile missionary

  • 265 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 266 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 267 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 268

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 269 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 270 For crying out loud!

  • 271 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 272 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 273 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 274 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 275 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 276 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 277 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 278 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 279 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 280 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 281 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 282 Revenge in style

  • 283 So this is the mainland!

  • 284 From Bobby to Brian

  • 285 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 286 All aboard the ark

  • 287 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 288 Peter poses for TV film

  • 289 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 290 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 291 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 292 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 293 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 294 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 295 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 296 New life for Hartland organ

  • 297

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 298 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 299 A bird of their own!

  • 300 Sweets derationing

  • 301 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 302 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 303 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 304 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 305 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 306 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 307 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 308 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 309 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 310 Bideford regatta

  • 311 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 312 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 313 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 314 113 years at Instow

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

  • 316 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 317 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 318 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 319 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 320 Traditions and skills still there

  • 321 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 322 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 323 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 324 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 325 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 327 School crossing patrol begins

  • 328 Burnard family reunion

  • 329 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 330 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 331 The Geneva marionettes

  • 332 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 333 Appledore's largest

  • 334 In their new robes and hats

  • 335

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 336 Northam footballers of the future

  • 337 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 338 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 339 Waldon Triplets
  • 340 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 341 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 342 Modern living at Bideford

  • 343 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 344 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 345 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 346 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 347 School's link with cargo ship

  • 348 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 349 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 350 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 351 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 352 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 353 Simple Item 138
  • 354 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 355 New choral society's growing response

  • 356 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 357 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 358 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 359 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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    New gateway
  • 361 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 362

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 363 Penny for the guy

  • 364 Service with a smile

  • 365 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 366 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 367 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 368 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 369 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 370 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 371 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 372 Picking the pops

  • 373

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 374 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 375 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 376

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 377 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 378 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 379 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 380 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 381 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 382 Devil sent packing

  • 383 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 384 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 385

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 386 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 387 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 388 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 389 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 390 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 391 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 392

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 393 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 394 Twenty-one yachts

  • 395

    Relatives all over the world
  • 396 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 397 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 398 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 399 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 400 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 401 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 402 The art of the thatcher

  • 403 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 404

    Was a missionary
  • 405 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 406 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 407 Warmington's garage ad

  • 408 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 410 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 411 Ten year old scrambler

  • 412 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 413 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

30 October 1945

30.10.1945

Fagan – October 24 1945 at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford, to Joyce (nee Harris), wife of SPO Fagan, RN, a son, David, lived 6½ hours
Gore – October 25 1945 at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford, to Mary, wife of Petty Officer H Gore, a son, David Charles
James – October 28 1945 at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford, to Dora, wife of Frank James, a brother for Alwyn and Derek

Daley-Ford – October 22 1945 at the Methodist Church, Appledore, by the Rev S M Pillinger, Gunner G Daley, RA, son of Mr and Mrs Daley, Walthamstow, London, to Elsie Christine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ford, 19 One End Street, Appledore
Piper-Richards – October 20 1945 at St Mary’s Church, Appledore, by the Rev R W Robinson, Gordon L Piper, Corporal, Royal Corps of Signals, son of Mrs W J Walters of Westleigh, to Elsie Doreen Richards, daughter of Mr and Mrs W Richards, Dock Cottage, Appledore

Births

5 November 1954

5 November 1954 births

Lewis – On November 1st 1954, at 14 Lancaster Avenue, Fakenham, Norfolk, to Ruth (nee Nethercott), wife of R H Lewis, a son (Geoffrey Dennis Bruce), a brother for Terrence.
Newcombe – On November 2nd 1954, at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Ruth (nee Kelly) and William, a son (Andrew Granville).
Rimmer – On November 3rd 1954, at Hakin, Milford Haven, to Doreen (nee Squires) and Gerald, the gift of a son. Both well.
Swain – On November 1st 1954, at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Phyllis (nee Fulford) and John, a daughter, sister for Anthony.

Births, Engagement and Marriage

4 December 1945

4.12.1945

Eastman – November 29 at The Nursing Home, Torrington, to Margaret (nee Stacey), wife of Dvr J H Eastman, sister for Sheila, Jean Margaret
Purcell – November at 7 Joy Street, Barnstaple, to Lavinia (nee Vaughan, wife of Cpl J Purcell, RAF, a daughter

Clark-Usher – engagement is announced between Victor, son of Mr and Mrs E J M Clark, Dalhousie, Chudleigh Avenue, Bideford, and Edna, daughter of PC and Mrs Usher, Avalon, Alcombe, Minehead

Moody-Hallett – December 4 1920 at St Mary’s Church, Appledore, by the Rev J S Shenton, Hector O’S Moody, Marine Parade, to K Hallet, South Street, Newport, Barnstaple. Present address: Richmond Park Road, East…., London

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