• 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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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 2 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 3 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 4 North Devon Driving School

  • 5 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 6 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 7 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 8 New addition to Quay front

  • 9 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 10 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 11 Capers on the cobbles

  • 12 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 13 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 14 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 15 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 16 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 17 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 18 End of the line

  • 19 Picking the pops

  • 20 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 21 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 22 Bideford regatta

  • 23 Circus comes to town

  • 24 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 25 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 26 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 27 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 28 Burnard family reunion

  • 29 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 30 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 31 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 32 In their new robes and hats

  • 33 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 34

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 35 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 36 Torrington children build igloo
  • 37 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 39 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 40 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 41 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 42 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

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

  • 44 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 45 When horses score over the tractor

  • 46 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 47 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 48 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 49 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 50 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 51 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 52 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 53 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 54 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 55 Cruising down the river

  • 56 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 57 School's link with cargo ship

  • 58

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 59 Emergency ferry services

  • 60 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 61 New Post Office

  • 62 Devil sent packing

  • 63 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 64 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 65 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 66 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 68 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 69 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 70 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 71 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 73 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 74 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 75 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 77 The cab at the corner>
  • 78 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 79 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 80 113 years at Instow

  • 81 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 82 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 83 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 84

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 85

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 86 First ship in 8 years

  • 87 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 88 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 90 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 91 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 92 Recognise this resort?

  • 93 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 94 Picking the pops

  • 95 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 96 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 97 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 98 New life for Hartland organ

  • 99 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 100 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 101 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 102

    Married in 1908
  • 103 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 104 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 105 Hartland's invitation

  • 106 Filming at Hartland

  • 107 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 108 Six footed lamb

  • 109 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 110 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 111 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 112

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 113 Happy Days!

  • 114

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 115 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 116 Artisans' Club

  • 117 A bird of their own!

  • 118 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 119 What's the time?

  • 120 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 121 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 122 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 123 Twenty-one yachts

  • 124 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 125 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 126 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 127 Torrington in 1967

  • 128 They are parted pro-tem

  • 129 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 130 Centenary of Gazette

  • 131 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 132 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 133 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 134 Peter poses for TV film

  • 135

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 136 A man and his wheel

  • 137 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 138 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 139 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 140 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 141 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 142

    Bidefordians
  • 143 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 144 Clovelly nightmare

  • 145 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 146 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 147 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 148 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 149 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 150 Littleham family's five generations

  • 151 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 152 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 153 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 154 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 155 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 156 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 157 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 158 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 159 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 160 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 161 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 162 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 163 All aboard the ark

  • 164 Private home for public pump

  • 165 Mobile missionary

  • 166

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 167 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 168 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 169 Out of puff!

  • 170 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 171 Penny for the guy

  • 172 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 173 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 174 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 175 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 176 Service with a smile

  • 177 Parkham plan realised

  • 178 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 180 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 181 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 182 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 183 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 184 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 185 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 186 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 187 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 188

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 189 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 190 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 191 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 192 Decontrol of meat

  • 193

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 194 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 195 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 196 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 197 Weare Giffard potato

  • 198 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 199 Variety in summer weather

  • 200 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 201 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 202 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 203 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 204 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 205 Bideford computer stars

  • 206 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 207 Ten year old scrambler

  • 208 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 209

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

  • 211 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 213 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 214 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 215 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 216

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 217 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 218 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 219 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 220 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 221 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 222 Some mushroom!

  • 223 It really was the 'last time'

  • 224 Appledore's largest

  • 225 Hartland postman retires

  • 226 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 227

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 228 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 229 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 230 Finished in 1876

  • 231 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 232 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 233 Simple Item 138
  • 234 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 235 Waldon Triplets
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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 237 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 238 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 239 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 240 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 241 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 242 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 243

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 244 Jumble sale fever

  • 245 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 246 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 247 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 248 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 249 Can spring be far away?

  • 250 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 251 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 252

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 253 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 254

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 255 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 256 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 257

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 258 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 259 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 260 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 261 From Bobby to Brian

  • 262 A story to tell!

  • 263 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 264 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 265 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 266 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 267 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 268 The Geneva marionettes

  • 269 Ships at Bideford

  • 270 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 271 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 272 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 273 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 274 Police station view of Bideford

  • 275 Some 240 exhibits

  • 276 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 277 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 278 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 279 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 280 School crossing patrol begins

  • 281 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 282 Sight of a lifetime

  • 283 New civic medallions

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 285 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 286 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 288 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 289 Bridging the stream

  • 290 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 291 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 292 No laughing matter

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 294 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 295 Pannier Market's future?

  • 296 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 297 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 298 New art gallery opened

  • 299 By pony and trap to market

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    New gateway
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    First prize
  • 302 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 303 Revenge in style

  • 304 New choral society's growing response

  • 305 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 306 No sale of Springfield House

  • 307 Clovelly custom

  • 308 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 309 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 310 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 311 For crying out loud!

  • 312 Watch the dicky bird!

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    Was a missionary
  • 314 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 315 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 316 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 317 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 318 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 319 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 320 He beat the floods

  • 321 Just over a year old

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

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

  • 324 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 325 Hartland Dancers
  • 326 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 327

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 328 New shipyard on schedule

  • 329 New look in the hayfields

  • 330

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 331 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 332 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 333 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 334 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 335 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 336 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 337 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 338 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 339 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 340 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 341 Sweets derationing

  • 342 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 343 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 344 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 345 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 346 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 347 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 348 Torrington's new amenity

  • 349 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 350 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 351 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 352 Last train from Torrington

  • 353 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 354 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 355 Northam footballers of the future

  • 356 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 357 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 358 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 359 A roof-top view - where?

  • 360 Life begins at 80

  • 361

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 362 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 363 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 364

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 365 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 366 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 367 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 368 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 369 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 370 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 371 So this is the mainland!

  • 372 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 373 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 374 The art of the thatcher

  • 375 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 376 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 377 Off on a great adventure

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    Building works
  • 379 Modern living at Bideford

  • 380 Puppet characters introduced

  • 381 Loads of black and white

  • 382 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 383 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 384 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 385 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 386 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 387 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 388 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 389 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 390 Riverside mystery

  • 391 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 392 Warmington's garage ad

  • 393 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 394 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 395 Northam's almshouse

  • 396 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 397 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 398 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 399

    Exhibition of school work
  • 400 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 401 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 402 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 403 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 404 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 405 All for the love of a lady!

  • 406 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 407 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 408 Bideford loses training ship

  • 409 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 410 New Lundy stamps

  • 411 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 412 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 413 Found the answer waiting for him>
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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Holiday in Sardinia

Win ‘Passport To The Sun’

6.4.1973 Royal Mail Inn1

Among 22 licensees of Watney Mann (West) who were guests of the company at a gathering at Congresbury to receive their ‘passports to the sun’ from the regional chairman, Mr Alan Seaward, were Mr and Mrs T W Sleigh, tenants of the Royal Mail Inn, Bridge Street, Bideford.

They will be among more than 200 Watney Mann licensees who early in May will enjoy a five day holiday in Sardinia. This is their prize in an incentive scheme to increase beer sales during the period April-September last.

Gazette article dated 6 April 1973

To married men who have yet to open a banking account

When you become responsible

31.12.1954 bank account Lloyds

for the well being of others besides yourself it is time to consider the advantages of a banking account.

The bank is quite the safest place in which to keep your money. The most convenient method of paying bills is by cheques. The use of an account is an encouragement to save. There there are some valuable services which Lloyds Bank can put at your disposal; for example, the Bank will arrange to pay, on your behalf, regularly recurring expenses such as rent or insurance premiums.

Finally, Lloyds Bank is always ready to assist customers with information and advice when financial problems occur.

Lloyds Bank Limited

Opening Ceremony By Television Personality

Remembering the success of the last Exhibition in 1958, even greater interest is centred on the Bideford and District Traders’ Exhibition which is to be held at Bideford Sports Ground all next week.

14.6.1963 Bideford Exhibition2

14.6.1963 Bideford Exhibition1

The Exhibition will be opened by Alan Taylor, the TWW television personality, the ‘Try for Ten’ Question master.
The Committees are as follows:
Management Committee - Messrs G Maddock, B Pidgeon, R Chope, E Blanchard, W R Downing, C C Prust.
Ground Committee – Messrs B Pidgeon, B Cording, R J Harding, C J E Petherick, C Coates, F Colwill, J Lewington, J Williams.
Entertainment Committee – Messrs R Chope, S G Heywood, D Lang, P Trapnell.
Advertising and Publicity Committee – Messrs E Blanchard, R G Balsdon, W G Couch, T Derrigan.
Hon treasurer – Mr W R Downing.
Joint Secretaries – Messrs D J Moyse and B Vanstone.
Gazette article dated 14 June 1963

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