• 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 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 2 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 3 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 4 Police station view of Bideford

  • 5 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 6 The cab at the corner>
  • 7 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 8 Some 240 exhibits

  • 9 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 10 A man and his wheel

  • 11 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 12 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 14 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 15 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 16 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 18 First ship in 8 years

  • 19 Service with a smile

  • 20 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 21

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 22 Some mushroom!

  • 23 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 24 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 25 Traditions and skills still there

  • 26 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 27 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 28 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 30 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 31 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 32

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 33 Last train from Torrington

  • 34

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 35 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 36 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 37

    Relatives all over the world
  • 38 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 39 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 40 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 41 New look in the hayfields

  • 42 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 44 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 45 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 46 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 47 Loads of black and white

  • 48 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 49 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 50 Hartland Dancers
  • 51 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 52 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 53 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 54 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 55 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 56 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 57 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 58 Out of puff!

  • 59 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 60 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 61 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 62

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 63 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 64 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 65 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 66 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 67 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 68 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 69 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 70 Can spring be far away?

  • 71 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 72 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 73 Twenty-one yachts

  • 74 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 75 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 76 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 77 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 78 113 years at Instow

  • 79 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 80 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 81 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 82 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 83 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 84 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 85

    New gateway
  • 86 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 87 Finished in 1876

  • 88 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 89 New civic medallions

  • 90 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 91 Just over a year old

  • 92 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 93 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 94

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 95 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 96 Picking the pops

  • 97 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 98 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 99 School's link with cargo ship

  • 100 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 101 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 102 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 103 Artisans' Club

  • 104 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 105 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 106 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 108 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 109 Off on a great adventure

  • 110 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 111 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 112 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 113 New life for Hartland organ

  • 114 Bridging the stream

  • 115 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 116 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 117 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 118

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 119 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 120 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 121 Torrington children build igloo
  • 122 A story to tell!

  • 123 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 124 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 125 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 126 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 127 Waldon Triplets
  • 128 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 129 Torrington's new amenity

  • 130 A roof-top view - where?

  • 131 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 132 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 133 Clovelly custom

  • 134 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 135 Happy Days!

  • 136 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 137 Hartland postman retires

  • 138 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 139 No laughing matter

  • 140 Littleham family's five generations

  • 141 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 142 In their new robes and hats

  • 143 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 144 Clovelly nightmare

  • 145 From Bobby to Brian

  • 146

    Married in 1908
  • 147 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 148 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 149 What's the time?

  • 150 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 151 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 152 Cruising down the river

  • 153 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 154 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 155 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 156

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 157 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 158 Private home for public pump

  • 159 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 160 A bird of their own!

  • 161 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 162 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 163 Hartland's invitation

  • 164 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 165 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 166 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 167 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 168 They are parted pro-tem

  • 169 End of the line

  • 170 New choral society's growing response

  • 171 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 172 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 173 Jumble sale fever

  • 174 Ships at Bideford

  • 175 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 176 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 177 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 178 Blanchards ad.>
  • 179 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 180 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 181 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 182 Pannier Market's future?

  • 183 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 184 Sweets derationing

  • 185 Northam footballers of the future

  • 186 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 187 Emergency ferry services

  • 188 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 189 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 190 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 191 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 192 Decontrol of meat

  • 193 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 194 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 195 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 196 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 197 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 198 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 199 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 200 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 201 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 203

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 204 North Devon Driving School

  • 205 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 206 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 207 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 208 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 209 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 210 Filming at Hartland

  • 211 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 212 Over the bank together>
  • 213 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 214 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 215

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 216 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 217 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 218 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 219

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 220 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 221 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 222 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 223 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 224 Circus comes to town

  • 225

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 226 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 227 Sight of a lifetime

  • 228 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 229 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 230 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 231

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 232 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 233 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 234 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 236 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 237 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 238 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 239 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 240 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 241 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 242 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 243 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 244 He beat the floods

  • 245 Appledore's largest

  • 246 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 247 Life begins at 80

  • 248 Devil sent packing

  • 249 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 250 New Post Office

  • 251 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 252 Burnard family reunion

  • 253 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 254 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 255 Bideford loses training ship

  • 256 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 257 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 258 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 259 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 260 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 261 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 262 Bideford regatta

  • 263 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 264 Picking the pops

  • 265 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 266 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 267 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 268 Peter poses for TV film

  • 269 Capers on the cobbles

  • 270 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 271 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 272 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 273 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 274 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 275 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 276 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 277 So this is the mainland!

  • 278 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 279 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 280

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 281

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 282

    Building works
  • 283 Weare Giffard potato

  • 284 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 285

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 286 When horses score over the tractor

  • 287 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 288 New shipyard on schedule

  • 289

    Was a missionary
  • 290 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 291 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 292 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 293 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 294 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 295 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 296

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 297 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 299

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 300 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 301 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 303 Six footed lamb

  • 304 Warmington's garage ad

  • 305 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 306 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 307 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 308 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 309 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 310 Revenge in style

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    First prize
  • 312 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 313 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 314 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 315

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 316 No sale of Springfield House

  • 317 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 318 Penny for the guy

  • 319 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 320

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 321 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 322 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 323

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 324

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 325 Northam's almshouse

  • 326 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 327 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 328 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 329 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 330 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 331 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 332 School crossing patrol begins

  • 333 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 334 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 335 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 336 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 337 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 338 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 339 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 340 Recognise this resort?

  • 341 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 342 Ten year old scrambler

  • 343 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 344

    Bidefordians
  • 345 Simple Item 138
  • 346 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 347 By pony and trap to market

  • 348 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 349 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 350 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 351 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 352 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 353 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 354 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 355 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 356 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 357 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 358

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 359 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 360 Parkham plan realised

  • 361 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 362 Puppet characters introduced

  • 363 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 364

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 365 The art of the thatcher

  • 366 All for the love of a lady!

  • 367 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 368 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 369 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 370 Modern living at Bideford

  • 371 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 372 All aboard the ark

  • 373 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 374 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 375

    Exhibition of school work
  • 376 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 377 Down at the dump something stirs

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

  • 379 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 380 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 381

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 382 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 383 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 384 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 385 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 386 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 387 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 388 New art gallery opened

  • 389 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 390 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 391 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 392 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 393 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 394 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 395 Caught in the act>
  • 396 Mobile missionary

  • 397 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 398 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 400 The Geneva marionettes

  • 401 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 402 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 403 For crying out loud!

  • 404 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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

  • 406 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 407 Centenary of Gazette

  • 408 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 410 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 411 Riverside mystery

  • 412 Variety in summer weather

  • 413 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 414

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 415 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 416 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 417 It really was the 'last time'

  • 418 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 419 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 420 Torrington in 1967

  • 421 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 422 New addition to Quay front

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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Bideford Amateur Dramatic Society Notes

The Bideford Amateur Dramatic Society has always made a practice of taking its productions to neighbouring towns and villages and has recently completed a successful ‘season’ with its latest three-act production, Kenneth Horne’s ‘Yes and No’.

Besides two presentations in Bideford, the play has been given at Torrington, Hartland and Westward Ho! and enthusiastically received in each place.
Next week the Society will break new ground and present a programme of one-act plays in conjunction with the Barnstaple Dramatic and Operatic Society. This follows an invitation by the Barnstaple Society to participate in a joint programme which was given at the Foresters Hall, Barnstaple, on March 2nd.

3.3.1950 Bideford Am Dram

The full Gazette article is dated 3 March 1950

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