• 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 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 3 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 4 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 6 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 7 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 9 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 10 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 11 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 12 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 13 Clovelly nightmare

  • 14 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Bidefordians
  • 16 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 17 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 18 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 19 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 20 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 21 For crying out loud!

  • 22 Mobile missionary

  • 23 Some 240 exhibits

  • 24 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 25 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 26 Pannier Market's future?

  • 27 Just over a year old

  • 28 Can spring be far away?

  • 29 Puppet characters introduced

  • 30 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 31 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 32

    First prize
  • 33 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 34 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 35 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 36 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 37 The cab at the corner>
  • 38 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 39 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 40

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 41 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 42 Bideford computer stars

  • 43 All aboard the ark

  • 44 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 45 Decontrol of meat

  • 46 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 47 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 48 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 49 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 50 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 51 Service with a smile

  • 52 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 53 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 54 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 55 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 56 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 57 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 58 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 59 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 60 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 61 New shipyard on schedule

  • 62 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 63 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 64 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 65 A story to tell!

  • 66 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 67 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 68 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 69 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 70 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 71 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 72 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 73 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 74 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 75 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 76 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 77 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 79 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 80 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 81 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 82 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 83 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 84 Littleham family's five generations

  • 85

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 86 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 87 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 88 Devil sent packing

  • 89

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 90 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 91 113 years at Instow

  • 92 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 93 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 94 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 95 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 96 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 97 Ten year old scrambler

  • 98 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 99 New civic medallions

  • 100 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 101 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 102 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 103 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 104 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 105 A man and his wheel

  • 106 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 107 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 108 New choral society's growing response

  • 109 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 110 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 111 Variety in summer weather

  • 112 Loads of black and white

  • 113 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 114

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 115 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 116 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 117 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 118

    New gateway
  • 119 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 120

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 121 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 122 New art gallery opened

  • 123 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 124 New look in the hayfields

  • 125

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 126 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 127 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 128 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 129 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 130 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 131 Northam footballers of the future

  • 132 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 133 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 134 No sale of Springfield House

  • 135 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 136 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 137 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 138 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 139

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 140 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 141 North Devon Driving School

  • 142 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 143 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 144 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 145 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 146 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 147 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 148 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 149 Filming at Hartland

  • 150 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 151 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 152 Penny for the guy

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

  • 154 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 155 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 156 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 157 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 158 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 159 Finished in 1876

  • 160 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 161 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 162 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 163 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 164 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 165 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 166 Life begins at 80

  • 167

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 168 In their new robes and hats

  • 169 Ships at Bideford

  • 170 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 171 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 172 Northam's almshouse

  • 173 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 174 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 175 Bridging the stream

  • 176 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 177 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 178 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 179 Parkham plan realised

  • 180 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 181 The Geneva marionettes

  • 182

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 183 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 184 School crossing patrol begins

  • 185 New life for Hartland organ

  • 186 Capers on the cobbles

  • 187 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 188 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 189 Weare Giffard potato

  • 190 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 191 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 192 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 193 By pony and trap to market

  • 194 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 195

    Exhibition of school work
  • 196 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 197 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 198 All for the love of a lady!

  • 199 Last train from Torrington

  • 200 Waldon Triplets
  • 201 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 202 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 203

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 204 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 205 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 206 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 207

    Building works
  • 208 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 209 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 210 Hartland Dancers
  • 211 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 212 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 213 Down at the dump something stirs

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

  • 215 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 216 Cruising down the river

  • 217 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 218

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 219 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 220 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 221 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 222 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 223 School's link with cargo ship

  • 224 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 225 Bideford regatta

  • 226

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 227 Police station view of Bideford

  • 228 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 229 Torrington's new amenity

  • 230 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 231 Jumble sale fever

  • 232 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 233 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 234 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 235 Peter poses for TV film

  • 236 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 237 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 238 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 239 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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    Married in 1908
  • 241 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 242 Picking the pops

  • 243 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 244 Private home for public pump

  • 245

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 246 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 247 Riverside mystery

  • 248 A bird of their own!

  • 249 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 250 Happy Days!

  • 251 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 252 Simple Item 138
  • 253 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 254 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 255 Revenge in style

  • 256 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 257 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 258 When horses score over the tractor

  • 259 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 261

    Was a missionary
  • 262 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 263 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 264 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 265 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 266 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 267 Six footed lamb

  • 268 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 269 First ship in 8 years

  • 270 Circus comes to town

  • 271

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 272 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 273 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 274 Hartland postman retires

  • 275 From Bobby to Brian

  • 276 No laughing matter

  • 277 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 278 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 279 Traditions and skills still there

  • 280 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 281 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 282 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 283 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 284 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 285 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 286 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 287 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 288 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 289 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 290 Burnard family reunion

  • 291 Artisans' Club

  • 292 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 293 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 294 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 295 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 296 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 297 Warmington's garage ad

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 299 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 300 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 301 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 302 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 303 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 304 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 305 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 306 New Post Office

  • 307 Twenty-one yachts

  • 308 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 309 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 310 A roof-top view - where?

  • 311 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 313 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 314 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 315 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 316 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 317 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 318 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 319 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 320 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 321 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 322 Sweets derationing

  • 323 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 324 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 325 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 326 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 327 Clovelly custom

  • 328 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 329 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 331 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 332 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 333 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 334 Practical sympathy at Northam

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 336 Hartland's invitation

  • 337 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 338 Designed and made in Bideford

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

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 341 So this is the mainland!

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 343 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 344 Torrington in 1967

  • 345 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 346 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 347 Torrington children build igloo
  • 348 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 349 It really was the 'last time'

  • 350 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 351 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 352 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 353 Bideford loses training ship

  • 354

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 355 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 356 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 357 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 358 Appledore's largest

  • 359 New addition to Quay front

  • 360 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 361 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 362 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 363 Sight of a lifetime

  • 364 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 365 Picking the pops

  • 366 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 367 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 368 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 369 They are parted pro-tem

  • 370 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 371 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 372 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 373 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 374

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 375 End of the line

  • 376

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 377 He beat the floods

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 379 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 380 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 381 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 383 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 384 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 385 Centenary of Gazette

  • 386 Emergency ferry services

  • 387 Recognise this resort?

  • 388 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 389 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 390 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 391 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 392 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 393 What's the time?

  • 394 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 395

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 396 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 397 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 398 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 399 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 400 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 401 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 402 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 403 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 406 Out of puff!

  • 407 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 408 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 409 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 410 Some mushroom!

  • 411 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 412 The art of the thatcher

  • 413 Off on a great adventure

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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Prince Charles to visit Appledore to name Scillonian 07.04.1977

Prince Charles to visit Appledore to name Scillonian 07.04.1977 - Royalty

Prince Charles to visit AppledoreHis Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is to visit Appledore on May 17th to name the £2 million M/V Scillonian which is now under construction at the yard of Appledore Shipbuilders.

The Prince will visit Appledore Shipbuilders during what is understood will be a short Westcountry helicopter tour which will include a stop at the Scillies.

The Prince of Wales will literally be following in the footsteps of his father for Prince Philip visited the Appledore shipyard in November 1971 after he had seen work on the replica of the Golden Hinde which was being constructed at the yard of Messrs J Hinks and Son.

Souvenir Key 31st October 1952 - Royalty

Souvenir Key 31st October 1952 - Royalty

Souvenir KeyPictured above is the silver key with which His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh unlocked the memorial entrance gates to King George's Field, Bideford.

The key which was made by Mr W J A Corke, Principal of Bideford School of Art, was presented to His Royal Highness as a memento of the occasion.

H.R.H. Princess Margaret 24th August 1951

H.R.H. Princess Margaret 24th August 1951 - Royalty

H.R.H. Princess MargaretFrom the far corners of the Commonwealth came loyal greetings and best wishes to H.R.H. Princess Margaret on her 21st Birthday.  Above is a photo taken by Mr Cecil Beaton, and which had royal approval, to celebrate the occasion.

Among the messages of greeting received by the Princess was a telegram from the Mayor of Bideford, Mr W H Copp, which read: "Inhabitants of ancient Borough, Manor and Port of Bideford, Devon, offer warm and respectful congratulations on this auspicious anniversary. - Copp, Mayor."

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