• 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 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 2 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 3 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 4 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 5 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 6 Filming at Hartland

  • 7 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 8

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 9 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 10 Ships at Bideford

  • 11 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 13 Last train from Torrington

  • 14 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 15 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 16

    New gateway
  • 17 Weare Giffard potato

  • 18

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 19 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 20 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 21 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 22 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 23 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 24 Bridging the stream

  • 25 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 26 For crying out loud!

  • 27

    Was a missionary
  • 28 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 29 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 30 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 31

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 32 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 33 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 34 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 35 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 36 By pony and trap to market

  • 37 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 39 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 40 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 41 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 42 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 43 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 44 Torrington in 1967

  • 45 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 46 Police station view of Bideford

  • 47 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 48 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 49

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 50 113 years at Instow

  • 51 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 52 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 53 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 54 Mobile missionary

  • 55 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 56

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 57 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 58 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 59 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 60 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 61 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 62 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 63 Picking the pops

  • 64 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 65 Torrington's new amenity

  • 66 Clovelly nightmare

  • 67 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 68 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 69 School's link with cargo ship

  • 70 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 71 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 72 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 73 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 74 Bideford loses training ship

  • 75 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 76 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 77 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 78 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 79

    Bidefordians
  • 80 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 81 Picking the pops

  • 82 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 83 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 84 Circus comes to town

  • 85 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 86 Littleham family's five generations

  • 87 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 88 Twenty-one yachts

  • 89 Peter poses for TV film

  • 90 Modern living at Bideford

  • 91 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 93

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 94 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 95 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 96 In their new robes and hats

  • 97 Pannier Market's future?

  • 98 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 99 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 100 Some mushroom!

  • 101 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 103 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 104 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 105 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 106 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 107 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 108 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 109 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 110 Off on a great adventure

  • 111 Clovelly custom

  • 112 Devil sent packing

  • 113

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 114 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 115 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 116 New shipyard on schedule

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

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

  • 119 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 120 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 121 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 122 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 123 So this is the mainland!

  • 124 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 125 New Lundy stamps

  • 126 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 127 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 128 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 129 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 130

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 131 Sight of a lifetime

  • 132 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 133 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 135 Centenary of Gazette

  • 136 New civic medallions

  • 137 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 138 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 139 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 140 Finished in 1876

  • 141 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 142 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 143 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 144 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 145 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 146 All aboard the ark

  • 147 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 148 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 149 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 150 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 151 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 152 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 153 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 154 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 155 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 156 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 157 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 158 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 159 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 160 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 161 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 162 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 163 New addition to Quay front

  • 164 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 165 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 166 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 167 Bideford computer stars

  • 168 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 169 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 170 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 171

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 172 The cab at the corner>
  • 173 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 174

    Married in 1908
  • 175 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 177 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 178 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 179 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 180 North Devon Driving School

  • 181 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 182 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 183 Recognise this resort?

  • 184 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 185 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 186 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 187 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 188 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 189 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 190 Happy Days!

  • 191

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 192 Capers on the cobbles

  • 193 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 194 No sale of Springfield House

  • 195 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 196 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 197 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 198 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 199 Bideford regatta

  • 200 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 201 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 202 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 203 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 204 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 205 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 206 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 207 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 208 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 209

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 210 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 211 New look in the hayfields

  • 212 End of the line

  • 213 They are parted pro-tem

  • 214 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 215 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 216 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 217 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 218 Jumble sale fever

  • 219 The Geneva marionettes

  • 220 Some 240 exhibits

  • 221 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 222 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 223 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 224 Appledore's largest

  • 225 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 226 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 227 Riverside mystery

  • 228 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 230 Northam footballers of the future

  • 231 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 232 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 233 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 234 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 235 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 236 Puppet characters introduced

  • 237 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 238 Northam's almshouse

  • 239 Simple Item 138
  • 240 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 241 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 242 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 243

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 244 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 245 Life begins at 80

  • 246 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 247

    Relatives all over the world
  • 248 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 249 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 250 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 251 Warmington's garage ad

  • 252

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 253 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 254 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 255 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 256 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 257

    Building works
  • 258 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 260 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 261 Loads of black and white

  • 262 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 263 What's the time?

  • 264 Just over a year old

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 266 Revenge in style

  • 267 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 268 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 269 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 270 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 271 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 272

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 273 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 274 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 275 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 276 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 277 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 278 From Bobby to Brian

  • 279 Out of puff!

  • 280 Cruising down the river

  • 281 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 282 Artisans' Club

  • 283 Hartland's invitation

  • 284 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 285 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 286 Waldon Triplets
  • 287 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 288 No laughing matter

  • 289 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 290 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 291 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 292 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 293 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 294 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 295 New art gallery opened

  • 296 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 297 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 298 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 299 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 300 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 301 A man and his wheel

  • 302 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 303 Penny for the guy

  • 304

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 305

    Exhibition of school work
  • 306 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 307 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 308 Sweets derationing

  • 309 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 310 Private home for public pump

  • 311 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 312 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 313 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 314 Six footed lamb

  • 315 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 316 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 317 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 318 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 319 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 320

    First prize
  • 321 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 322

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 323 Decontrol of meat

  • 324 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 325 Can spring be far away?

  • 326 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 327 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 328 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 329 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 330 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 331 A bird of their own!

  • 332 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 333

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 334 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 335 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 337 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 338 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 339 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 340 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 342 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 343 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 345 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 346 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 347 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 348

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 349 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 350 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 351 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 352 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 353 New Post Office

  • 354 A story to tell!

  • 355 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 356 Hartland Dancers
  • 357

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 358 Service with a smile

  • 359 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 360 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 361 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 362

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 363 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 364 New life for Hartland organ

  • 365 The art of the thatcher

  • 366

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 367 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 368 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 369 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 370 Parkham plan realised

  • 371 Variety in summer weather

  • 372 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 373

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 374 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 375 First ship in 8 years

  • 376 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 377 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 378 School crossing patrol begins

  • 379 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 380 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 381 Hartland postman retires

  • 382 Burnard family reunion

  • 383 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 384 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 385 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 386 He beat the floods

  • 387 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 388 It really was the 'last time'

  • 389 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 390

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 391 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 392 Torrington children build igloo
  • 393 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 395 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 396 A roof-top view - where?

  • 397 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 398 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 399 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 400 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 401 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 402 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 403 All for the love of a lady!

  • 404 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 405 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 406 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 407 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 408 Traditions and skills still there

  • 409 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 410 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 411 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 412

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 413 Appledore Juniors Football
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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  • 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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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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