• 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 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 2 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 3 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 4 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 5 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 6 Waldon Triplets
  • 7 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 8 Last train from Torrington

  • 9 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 10 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 11 Puppet characters introduced

  • 12 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 13 He beat the floods

  • 14 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 15 Off on a great adventure

  • 16 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 17 Twenty-one yachts

  • 18 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 19 New Post Office

  • 20 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 21 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 22 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 23 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 24 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 25 Finished in 1876

  • 26 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 27 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 28 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 29 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 31 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 32 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 33 New look in the hayfields

  • 34 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 35 A roof-top view - where?

  • 36 Northam's almshouse

  • 37 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 38 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 39 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 40

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 41 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 42 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 43 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 44

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 45 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 46 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 47 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 48 Torrington children build igloo
  • 49 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 50 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 51 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 52 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 53

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 54 Ten year old scrambler

  • 55 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 56 A lost Bideford 'island'

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

  • 58 When horses score over the tractor

  • 59 In their new robes and hats

  • 60 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 61 Picking the pops

  • 62

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 63 Warmington's garage ad

  • 64 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 65 Some mushroom!

  • 66 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 67 Peter poses for TV film

  • 68 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 69 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 70 Caught in the act>
  • 71 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 72 Clovelly custom

  • 73 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 74 Private home for public pump

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

  • 76 Blanchards ad.>
  • 77 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 78 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 79 Picking the pops

  • 80 Hartland Dancers
  • 81 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 82 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 83 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 84 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 85 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 87 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 88 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 89 New art gallery opened

  • 90 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 91 Northam footballers of the future

  • 92 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 93 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 94 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 95 Mobile missionary

  • 96 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 97 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 98 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 99 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 100

    Married in 1908
  • 101 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 102 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 103 Ships at Bideford

  • 104 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 105 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 106 Littleham family's five generations

  • 107 What's the time?

  • 108 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 109 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 110 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 111 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 112 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 113 Sweets derationing

  • 114 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 115 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 116 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 118 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 119 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 120 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 121 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 122 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 123 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 124 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 125

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 126 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 127 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 128

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 129 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 130 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 131

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 132

    Bidefordians
  • 133 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 134 Police station view of Bideford

  • 135 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 136 Torrington's new amenity

  • 137

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 138 New civic medallions

  • 139 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 140 Out of puff!

  • 141 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 142 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 143 Hartland's invitation

  • 144 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 145 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 146 The art of the thatcher

  • 147 Artisans' Club

  • 148 Parkham plan realised

  • 149 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 150 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 151

    Relatives all over the world
  • 152 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 153 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 154 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 155 New addition to Quay front

  • 156 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 157 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 158

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 159 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 160 A story to tell!

  • 161 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 162

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

  • 164 The cab at the corner>
  • 165 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 166 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 167 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 168 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 169 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 170 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 171 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 172 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 173 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 174 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 175 Decontrol of meat

  • 176 For crying out loud!

  • 177 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 178 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 179 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 180

    Was a missionary
  • 181 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 182 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 183 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 184

    New gateway
  • 185 By pony and trap to market

  • 186 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 187 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 188

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 189 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 190 Happy Days!

  • 191 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 192 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 193 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 194 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 195

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 196 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 197 No sale of Springfield House

  • 198 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 199 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 200 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 201 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 202 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 203 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 204 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 205 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 206 Clovelly nightmare

  • 207 School crossing patrol begins

  • 208 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 209 First ship in 8 years

  • 210 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 211 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 212 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 213 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 214 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 215 Bideford loses training ship

  • 216 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 217 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 218 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 219 Some 240 exhibits

  • 220 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 221 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 222 Devil sent packing

  • 223 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 224 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 225 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 226 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 227 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 228 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 229 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 230 Loads of black and white

  • 231 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 232 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 233

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 234 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 235 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 236 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 237 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 238 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 239 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 240 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 241 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 242 New choral society's growing response

  • 243 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 244 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 245 Sight of a lifetime

  • 246 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 247 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 248 Cruising down the river

  • 249 Pannier Market's future?

  • 250 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 251 Just over a year old

  • 252 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 253 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 254 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 255 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 256 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 257 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 258 Torrington in 1967

  • 259

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 260 New Lundy stamps

  • 261 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 262 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 263 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 265 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 266 All aboard the ark

  • 267 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 268 The Geneva marionettes

  • 269 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 270 Variety in summer weather

  • 271 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 272 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 273 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 274 End of the line

  • 275 Life begins at 80

  • 276 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 277 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 278

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 279 Weare Giffard potato

  • 280 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 281 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 282 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 283 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 284 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 285 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 286 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 287 Revenge in style

  • 288 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 289

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 290 New shipyard on schedule

  • 291

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 292 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 293 Appledore's largest

  • 294

    First prize
  • 295 School's link with cargo ship

  • 296 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 297

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 298 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 299 A man and his wheel

  • 300 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 301 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 302 Hartland postman retires

  • 303

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 304

    Exhibition of school work
  • 305 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 306 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 307 So this is the mainland!

  • 308 Centenary of Gazette

  • 309 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 310 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 311 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 312 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 313 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 314 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 315 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 316 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 317

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 318 Jumble sale fever

  • 319 Modern living at Bideford

  • 320 Can spring be far away?

  • 321 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 322 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 323 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 324 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 325 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 326 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 327 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 328 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 329 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 330

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 331 113 years at Instow

  • 332 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 333 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 334 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 335 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 336 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 337 Over the bank together>
  • 338 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 339 Filming at Hartland

  • 340 All for the love of a lady!

  • 341 No laughing matter

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

  • 343 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 344 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 345 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 346 Simple Item 138
  • 347 Emergency ferry services

  • 348 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 349 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 350 Burnard family reunion

  • 351 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 352 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 353 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 354 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 356 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 357 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 358 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 359

    Building works
  • 360 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 361 From Bobby to Brian

  • 362 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 363 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 364 Circus comes to town

  • 365 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 366 Bideford computer stars

  • 367 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 368 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 369 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 370 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 371

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 372 A bird of their own!

  • 373 Bideford regatta

  • 374 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 375 Penny for the guy

  • 376 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 377 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 379 Bicycle now does donkey work

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 381 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 382 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 383

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 384

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 385 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 386 Capers on the cobbles

  • 387 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 388 Traditions and skills still there

  • 389 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 390 It really was the 'last time'

  • 391 North Devon Driving School

  • 392 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 393 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 394 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 395 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 396 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 398 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 399 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 400 Six footed lamb

  • 401 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 402 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 403 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 404 Recognise this resort?

  • 405 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 406 Riverside mystery

  • 407 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 408 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 409 New life for Hartland organ

  • 410 Bridging the stream

  • 411 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 413 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 414 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 415 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 416 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 417 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 418 Service with a smile

  • 419 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 420 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 421 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 422 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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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River scenes that enchant the visitors

All eyes on the Torridge river

Mr G.H. Jolliffe has given us permission to reproduce one of his pictures which shows a typical Bideford quayside departure of the Bristol Queen. The beauty of the Quay-side promenade with its shopping frontage flanked by the line of shipping and avenues of trees has been much commented upon by visitors and residents alike.

6 September 1957 River scenes that enchant the visitors

Gazette article 6 September 1957

 

Spray dodging – the new pastime

Stormy seas at Westward Ho!

High tides whipped by gale-force winds provided visitors and residents alike with a new source of entertainment during the early days of this week.

30 August 1957 Spray dodging the new pastime

Spray was being flung high inshore over the roofs of Springfield Terrace and Westbourne Terrace. The tips of the spray waves reached 15 feet above the roofs of the houses before they broke.

Gazette article 30 August 1957

 

Puzzle corner at Bideford

Whose right of way?

The four way road junction at the east end of Bideford Bridge poses a puzzle in arriving at a system of satisfactory control. One of the problems is that of crossing the heavy stream of traffic coming round the Barnstaple Street corner onto the bridge. Bideford Town Council recently decided to ask Devon County Council to consider providing traffic lights or a roundabout or a traffic controller there.

30 August 1957 Puzzle corner at Bideford

Gazette article 30 August 1957

 

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