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

  • 2 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 3 New civic medallions

  • 4 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 5 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 6 Some 240 exhibits

  • 7 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 8 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 9 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 10 The Geneva marionettes

  • 11 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 12 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 13 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 14 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 15 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 16 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 18 Sight of a lifetime

  • 19 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 20 Simple Item 138
  • 21 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 22 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 23 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 24 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 25 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 26 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 27 All for the love of a lady!

  • 28 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 29 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 30 Weare Giffard potato

  • 31 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 32 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 33 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 34 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 35 First ship in 8 years

  • 36 Picking the pops

  • 37 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 38

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 39 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 40 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 41 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 42 Just over a year old

  • 43 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 44 A bird of their own!

  • 45 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 46 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 47 Waldon Triplets
  • 48 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 49 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 50 School's link with cargo ship

  • 51 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 52 End of the line

  • 53 New look in the hayfields

  • 54 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 56 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 57 Loads of black and white

  • 58 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 59 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 60 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 61 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 62 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 63 Revenge in style

  • 64 When horses score over the tractor

  • 65 What's the time?

  • 66 They are parted pro-tem

  • 67

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 68 Clovelly custom

  • 69 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 70

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 71 Appledore's largest

  • 72 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 73 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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

  • 75 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 76 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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

  • 78 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 79 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 81 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 82

    Bidefordians
  • 83 Out of puff!

  • 84

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 85 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 86 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 88

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 89 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 90 Traditions and skills still there

  • 91

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 92 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 93 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 94 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 95 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 96 Finished in 1876

  • 97 In their new robes and hats

  • 98 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 100 Artisans' Club

  • 101 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 102 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 103 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 104 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 105 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 106 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 107

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 108 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 109 Private home for public pump

  • 110 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 111 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 112

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 113 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 114 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 115 Last train from Torrington

  • 116 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 117 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 118 No laughing matter

  • 119 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 120

    Was a missionary
  • 121 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 122 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 123 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 124 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 125 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 126 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 127 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 128 A man and his wheel

  • 129 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 130 Emergency ferry services

  • 131 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 132 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 133 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 134 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 135 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 136 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 137 Northam's almshouse

  • 138 All aboard the ark

  • 139 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 140 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 141 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 142 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 143 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 144 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 145 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 146 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 147 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 148 Off on a great adventure

  • 149 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 150 School crossing patrol begins

  • 151 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 152

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 153

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 154 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 155 Decontrol of meat

  • 156 Parkham plan realised

  • 157 Warmington's garage ad

  • 158

    Exhibition of school work
  • 159 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 160 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 161 Modern living at Bideford

  • 162 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 163 Penny for the guy

  • 164 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 165 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 166

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 167 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 168 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 169 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 170

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 171 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 172 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 173 Bideford loses training ship

  • 174 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 175 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 176 Riverside mystery

  • 177 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 178 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 179 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 180

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 181 Some mushroom!

  • 182 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 183 It really was the 'last time'

  • 184

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 185 Hartland Dancers
  • 186 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 187 Northam footballers of the future

  • 188

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 189 New addition to Quay front

  • 190

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 191 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 192 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 193 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 194 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 195 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 196 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 197 Can spring be far away?

  • 198 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 199

    New gateway
  • 200 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 201 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 203 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 204 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 205 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 206 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 207 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 208 Life begins at 80

  • 209 New Post Office

  • 210 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 211

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 212 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 213 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 214 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 215 Ten year old scrambler

  • 216 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 217 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 218 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 219 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 220 Recognise this resort?

  • 221 New shipyard on schedule

  • 222 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 223 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 224 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 225 Centenary of Gazette

  • 226 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 227 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 228 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 229 So this is the mainland!

  • 230 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 231 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 232 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 233 The art of the thatcher

  • 234 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 235 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 236 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 237 Police station view of Bideford

  • 238 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 239 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 240 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 241 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 242 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 243 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 244 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 245 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 246 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 247 Pannier Market's future?

  • 248 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 249 North Devon Driving School

  • 250 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 251 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 252

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 253 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 254 New choral society's growing response

  • 255 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 256 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 257 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 258 By pony and trap to market

  • 259 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 260 Variety in summer weather

  • 261 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 262 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 263 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 265 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 266 Hartland's invitation

  • 267 New life for Hartland organ

  • 268 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 269 New art gallery opened

  • 270 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 271 Twenty-one yachts

  • 272 Mobile missionary

  • 273 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 274 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 275 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 276 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 277 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 278 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 279 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 280 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 281 113 years at Instow

  • 282 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 283 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 284 Torrington in 1967

  • 285 A story to tell!

  • 286 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 287 Burnard family reunion

  • 288 Puppet characters introduced

  • 289

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 290

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 291 Cruising down the river

  • 292 A roof-top view - where?

  • 293 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 294 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 295 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 296 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 297 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 298 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 299 Devil sent packing

  • 300 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 301 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 302 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 303 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 305 Bideford regatta

  • 306 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 307 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 308 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 309 Peter poses for TV film

  • 310 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 311 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 312 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 313 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 314 No sale of Springfield House

  • 315 Torrington children build igloo
  • 316

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 317 Happy Days!

  • 318 Jumble sale fever

  • 319 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 320 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 321 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 322 Bideford computer stars

  • 323 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 325 Ships at Bideford

  • 326 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 328 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 329 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 330

    Building works
  • 331

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 332

    Married in 1908
  • 333 Hartland postman retires

  • 334 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 335 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 336 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 337 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 338 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 339 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 341 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 342 For crying out loud!

  • 343 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 344 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 345 Circus comes to town

  • 346 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 347 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 348 He beat the floods

  • 349 Bridging the stream

  • 350 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 351 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 352 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 353 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 354 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 355 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 356

    First prize
  • 357 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 358 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 359 New Lundy stamps

  • 360

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 361 Clovelly nightmare

  • 362 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 363 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 364 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 365 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 366 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 367

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 368 Littleham family's five generations

  • 369 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 370 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 371 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 372 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 373 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 374 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 375 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 376 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 377 Service with a smile

  • 378 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 379 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 380 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 381 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 382 Picking the pops

  • 383 Six footed lamb

  • 384 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 385 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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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  • 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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  • 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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Dial A Band

Dial A Band Christmas Is Near

12.12.1975 Appledore Band

and if it's Carols you're hoping to hear we'll all do our best to turn out one night and play you a tune to make Christmas bright, so don't get downhearted
whatever you do. If you're housebound we'll do our utmost for you.
The Appledore Band send greetings sincere and wishing you well in the coming New Year

Gazette article dated 12 December 1975

16 Year Old Brunette Is Carnival Queen

Bideford choice

12.8.1955 Bideford Carnival Queen Colome

Bideford’s Carnival Queen this year is Miss Pamela Colome, a 16 year old brown eyed brunette, who was chosen from 22 entries for the competition.
Pamela, who lives at 111 Lime Grove, is a clerk with Messrs E W S Bartletts (Devon) Ltd.
Of her four attendants, Ann Cole, 3 Kenwith Terrace, works in the same office as the Carnival Queen. Another, Molly Wrey, Birch Bungalow, Yelland Road, Fremington, was Carnival Queen last year.
Also chosen were Glynis Tythcott, 25 Higher Gunstone, Bideford, and Alison Beer, 6 Chantry Avenue. This year there war two junior train-bearers, Gillian Pope, Devonia, Bideford East, and Caroline Fisher, 48 High Street.
Miss Colome was crowned and invested with the robe by the Mayoress of Bideford, the Hon. Mrs D F B Stucley. The judging had been carried out by visitors, Mrs S Guest and Messrs C T Marsdon and J Bartlett.
Music for the dance was played by the Silver Chords band.

12.8.1955 Bideford Carnival Queen Colome1

The full Gazette article is dated 12 August 1955

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