• 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 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 2 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 4 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 5 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 6 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 7 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 8 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 9 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 10 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 11 Torrington in 1967

  • 12 Weare Giffard potato

  • 13 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 14 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 15 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 16 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 17 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 18 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 19 Bideford computer stars

  • 20 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 21 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 22 Clovelly custom

  • 23 Just over a year old

  • 24

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 25 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 26 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 27 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 28 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 29 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 30 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 31 Modern living at Bideford

  • 32 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 33 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 34 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 35 Circus comes to town

  • 36 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 37 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 38 New Lundy stamps

  • 39 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 40 Bridging the stream

  • 41 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 42 It really was the 'last time'

  • 43 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 44 Finished in 1876

  • 45 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 46 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 47 Mobile missionary

  • 48 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 49 Some 240 exhibits

  • 50

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 51 Warmington's garage ad

  • 52 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

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

  • 54 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 55

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 56 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 57 Pannier Market's future?

  • 58 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 59

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 60 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 61 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 62 Recognise this resort?

  • 63 Private home for public pump

  • 64 Picking the pops

  • 65

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 66 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 67 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 68 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 69 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 70 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 71 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 72 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 73 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 74 Burnard family reunion

  • 75 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 76

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 77 A bird of their own!

  • 78 End of the line

  • 79 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 81 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 82 Police station view of Bideford

  • 83 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 84 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 85

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 86 Some mushroom!

  • 87 Last train from Torrington

  • 88 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 89

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 90 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 91 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 92 School's link with cargo ship

  • 93 New Post Office

  • 94 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 95 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 97 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 98

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 99 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 100 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 101 Ships at Bideford

  • 102 Bideford loses training ship

  • 103 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 104 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 105 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 106 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 107 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 108 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 109 A roof-top view - where?

  • 110 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 111 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 112 New art gallery opened

  • 113 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 114 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 115 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 116

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 117 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 118 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 119 Sight of a lifetime

  • 120 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 121 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 122 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 123 Off on a great adventure

  • 124 A story to tell!

  • 125 The art of the thatcher

  • 126 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 127 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 128 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 129 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 130

    Building works
  • 131 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 132 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 133 Decontrol of meat

  • 134 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 135

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 136 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 137 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 138 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 139

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 140 North Devon Driving School

  • 141 By pony and trap to market

  • 142

    New gateway
  • 143 Hartland postman retires

  • 144

    Relatives all over the world
  • 145 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 146 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 147 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 148

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 149 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 150 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 151 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 152 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 153 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 154 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 155 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 156 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 157 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 158 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 159 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 160 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 161

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 162 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 163 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 164 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 165 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 166 All aboard the ark

  • 167

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 168 Northam's almshouse

  • 169 Jumble sale fever

  • 170 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 171 A man and his wheel

  • 172 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 173 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 174 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 176 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 178 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 179 New addition to Quay front

  • 180 Artisans' Club

  • 181 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 182 Hartland Dancers
  • 183 New look in the hayfields

  • 184 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 185 Variety in summer weather

  • 186 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 187 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 188 He beat the floods

  • 189 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 190 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 191 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 192 First ship in 8 years

  • 193 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 194 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 195 New choral society's growing response

  • 196 Parkham plan realised

  • 197

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 198 Cruising down the river

  • 199 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 200

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 201 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 202 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 203 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 204 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 205 Northam footballers of the future

  • 206 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 207 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 208 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 209 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 210 Happy Days!

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

  • 212 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 213 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 214 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 215 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 216 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 217 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 218 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 219 When horses score over the tractor

  • 220 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 221 Ten year old scrambler

  • 222 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 223 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 224 Torrington children build igloo
  • 225 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 226 Littleham family's five generations

  • 227 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 228 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 229 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 230 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 231 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 232 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 233

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 234 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 235 Waldon Triplets
  • 236 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 237 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 238 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 239 New civic medallions

  • 240 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 242 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 243 No laughing matter

  • 244 Torrington's new amenity

  • 245 The Geneva marionettes

  • 246 Appledore's largest

  • 247 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 248 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 249 No sale of Springfield House

  • 250 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 251 All for the love of a lady!

  • 252

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 253 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 254 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 255 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 256 113 years at Instow

  • 257 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 258

    First prize
  • 259 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 260

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 261 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 262 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 263

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 264 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 266 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 267 Hartland's invitation

  • 268 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 270 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 271 Puppet characters introduced

  • 272 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 273 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 274 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 275

    Was a missionary
  • 276 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 277 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 278 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 279 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 280 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 281 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 282 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 283 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 284 They are parted pro-tem

  • 285 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 286 Devil sent packing

  • 287 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 288 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 289 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 290 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 291 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 292 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 293 So this is the mainland!

  • 294 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 295 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 296

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 297 Twenty-one yachts

  • 298 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 299 Service with a smile

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

  • 301 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 302 What's the time?

  • 303 Capers on the cobbles

  • 304 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 305 New shipyard on schedule

  • 306 Picking the pops

  • 307 Traditions and skills still there

  • 308 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 309 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 310 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 311 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 312

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 313 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 314 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 315 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 316 New life for Hartland organ

  • 317

    Bidefordians
  • 318 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 319 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 320 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 321 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 322 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 323 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 324 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 325 Penny for the guy

  • 326 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 327 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 328 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 329 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 330 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 331 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 332 Centenary of Gazette

  • 333 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 334 Out of puff!

  • 335 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 336 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 337 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 338 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 339 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 340 Clovelly nightmare

  • 341 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 342 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 343 Riverside mystery

  • 344 Revenge in style

  • 345 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 346 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 347 Six footed lamb

  • 348 For crying out loud!

  • 349 Simple Item 138
  • 350 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 351 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 352 Emergency ferry services

  • 353 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 354 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 355 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 356 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 357 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 358 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 360 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 361 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 362 School crossing patrol begins

  • 363 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 364 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 365 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 366

    Married in 1908
  • 367 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 368 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 369 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 370 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 371 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 372 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 373 In their new robes and hats

  • 374 Loads of black and white

  • 375 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 376 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 377 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 378 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 379 Bideford regatta

  • 380 Peter poses for TV film

  • 381

    Exhibition of school work
  • 382 Can spring be far away?

  • 383 Life begins at 80

  • 384

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 385 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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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  • 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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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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Big Housing Estate Planned

Plans of R Pope Properties (Clapton) Ltd to build 111 houses and bungalows at Ford Farm, New Road, Bideford, were revealed at Monday’s meeting of the Town Council.

23.6.1972 housing estate Bideford



The divisional planning officer’s views were awaited, members were told, on a plan by the Baptist Men’s Movement Housing Association Ltd to demolish the schoolroom and erect 20 flatlets adjacent to the Baptist Church in Mill Street.
The Borough Surveyor had drawn attention to the reduction in the number of flatlets from 33, but had recommended refusal on sewerage grounds.
The full Gazette article is dated 23 June 1972

New Bridge In Six Years Says Report On Town Centre

Bideford’s new river bridge is expected to be completed by 1979.

25.5.1973 new bridge Bideford1

And the Bridge Street multi-storey car park for which the Town Council has pressed for so long, and about which a Department of the Environment inquiry has been sought, should not be built until after then. This is suggested by the county planning officer in his report on the long awaited Bideford town centre plan.
Part of Bridgeland Street and the Quay are show for office purposes and in order to preserve the character of these areas changes of use that would require alterations to their external appearances should be resisted, it is contended.
Traffic restriction to service and residents’ vehicles and others with particular business is advocated for an area covering the High Street, Alhalland Street, Grenville Street, Market Place, Mill Street and Cooper Street. This would involve changes to the one-way system.
The report says there is a need initially for about 400 vehicles at the northern end of the central area by 1979. Suggested alternative sites for a multi-storey car park are the waterfront and land to the south of Pill Road.

25.5.1973 new bridge Bideford2

25.5.1973 new bridge Bideford3
The full Gazette article is dated 25 May 1973

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