• 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 Simple Item 138
  • 2 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 3 Appledore's largest

  • 4 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 5 Littleham family's five generations

  • 6 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 7 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 8 No laughing matter

  • 9 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 10 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 11 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 12 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 13 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 14 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 15 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 16 Variety in summer weather

  • 17 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 18 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 19 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 20 Recognise this resort?

  • 21 Capers on the cobbles

  • 22 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 23 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 24 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 25 Pannier Market's future?

  • 26 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 27 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 28 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 29 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 30 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 31 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 32 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 33 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 34 A story to tell!

  • 35 Private home for public pump

  • 36 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 37 Hartland Dancers
  • 38 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 39 In their new robes and hats

  • 40 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 41 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 42 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 43 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 44 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 45 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 46 By pony and trap to market

  • 47 Warmington's garage ad

  • 48 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 49 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 50 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 51

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 52 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 53 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 54 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 55 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 56 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 57 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 58 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 60 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 61 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 62 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 63 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 64 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 65 Some 240 exhibits

  • 66 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 67 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 68 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 69 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 70 From Bobby to Brian

  • 71 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 72

    Was a missionary
  • 73 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 74 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 76

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 77 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 78 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 79 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 80 Puppet characters introduced

  • 81 Off on a great adventure

  • 82 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 83 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 84 A man and his wheel

  • 85 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 86 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 87 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 88

    Building works
  • 89 New look in the hayfields

  • 90 Ships at Bideford

  • 91 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 92 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 93

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 94 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 95 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 96 Bideford regatta

  • 97 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 98

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 99 Northam footballers of the future

  • 100 It really was the 'last time'

  • 101 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 102 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 103 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 104 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 105 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 106 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 107 All for the love of a lady!

  • 108

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 109 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 110 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 111 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 112 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 113

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 114 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 115 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 116 Waldon Triplets
  • 117 Penny for the guy

  • 118 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 119 Twenty-one yachts

  • 120 Finished in 1876

  • 121 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 122 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 123 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 124 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 125 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 126 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 127 Cruising down the river

  • 128 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 129 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 130 For crying out loud!

  • 131 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 132 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 133

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 134 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 135 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 136 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 137 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 138 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 139 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 140 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 141 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 142 School crossing patrol begins

  • 143 Ten year old scrambler

  • 144 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 146 Filming at Hartland

  • 147 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 148 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 149 Just over a year old

  • 150 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 151 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 152 Decontrol of meat

  • 153 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 154

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 155 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 156 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 158

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 159 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 160 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 161 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 162 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 163 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 164 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 165 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 166 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 167 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 168 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 169 Clovelly nightmare

  • 170 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 171 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 172 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 173

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 174 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 175

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 176 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 177 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 178

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 179 Over the bank together>
  • 180 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 181

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 182 Parkham plan realised

  • 183 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 184 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 185 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 186 No sale of Springfield House

  • 187

    First prize
  • 188 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 189 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 190 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 191 Mobile missionary

  • 192 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 193 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 195 New art gallery opened

  • 196 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 197 New Lundy stamps

  • 198 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 199 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 200 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 201 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 202 New life for Hartland organ

  • 203 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 204 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 205 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 206

    New gateway
  • 207

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 208 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 209

    Exhibition of school work
  • 210 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 211 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 212 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 213 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 214 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 215 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 216 He beat the floods

  • 217 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 219 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 220 Burnard family reunion

  • 221 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 222 New choral society's growing response

  • 223 Service with a smile

  • 224 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 225

    Married in 1908
  • 226 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 227 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 228 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 229 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 230 Centenary of Gazette

  • 231 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 232 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 233 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 234 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 235 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 236 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 237 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 238 Hartland's invitation

  • 239 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 240 Bridging the stream

  • 241 Six footed lamb

  • 242 113 years at Instow

  • 243 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 244 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 245 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 246 All aboard the ark

  • 247 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 248 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 249 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 250 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 251 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 252 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 253 Riverside mystery

  • 254 First ship in 8 years

  • 255 Caught in the act>
  • 256 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 257 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 258 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 259 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 260 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 261 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 262 Picking the pops

  • 263 End of the line

  • 264 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 265

    Bidefordians
  • 266 Down at the dump something stirs

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

  • 268 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 269 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 270 Circus comes to town

  • 271 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 272 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 273 So this is the mainland!

  • 274 New Post Office

  • 275 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 276 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

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

  • 278 Peter poses for TV film

  • 279 Some mushroom!

  • 280 Torrington children build igloo
  • 281 School's link with cargo ship

  • 282 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 283 Sweets derationing

  • 284 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 285 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 286 Artisans' Club

  • 287 Clovelly custom

  • 288 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 290 North Devon Driving School

  • 291 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 292 New civic medallions

  • 293 Hartland postman retires

  • 294 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 295 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 296 Last train from Torrington

  • 297 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 298 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 299

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 300 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 301 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 302 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 303 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 304 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 305 The cab at the corner>
  • 306 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 307 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 308 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 309 Picking the pops

  • 310 New addition to Quay front

  • 311 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 312 Emergency ferry services

  • 313 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 314 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 315 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 316

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 317 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 318 The Geneva marionettes

  • 319 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 320 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 321

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 322

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 323 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 324 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 325 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 326 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 327 When horses score over the tractor

  • 328 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 329

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 330 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 331 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 332 Happy Days!

  • 333 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 334 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 335 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 336 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 337 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 338 Sight of a lifetime

  • 339 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 340 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 341 Bideford computer stars

  • 342 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 343 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 344 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 345 A bird of their own!

  • 346

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 347 Out of puff!

  • 348 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 349 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 350 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 351 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 352 Weare Giffard potato

  • 353 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 354 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 355 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 356 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 357 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 358 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 359 Devil sent packing

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 361

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 362 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 363 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 364 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 365 Blanchards ad.>
  • 366 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 367 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 368

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 369 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 370 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 371 Bideford loses training ship

  • 372 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 373 New shipyard on schedule

  • 374 Revenge in style

  • 375 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 376 They are parted pro-tem

  • 377 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 378 Loads of black and white

  • 379 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 380 What's the time?

  • 381 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 382 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 383 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 385 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 386

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 387 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 388 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 389 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 390

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 391 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 392 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 393 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 394 Jumble sale fever

  • 395 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 396 Life begins at 80

  • 397 Torrington's new amenity

  • 398 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

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

  • 400 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 401 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 402

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 403 Torrington in 1967

  • 404 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 405 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 406 Traditions and skills still there

  • 407 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 408 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 409 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 410 Can spring be far away?

  • 411 The art of the thatcher

  • 412 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 413 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 414 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 415 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 416 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 417 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 418 A roof-top view - where?

  • 419 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 420 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 421 Northam's almshouse

  • 422 Children's procession with foxgloves

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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School crossing patrol begins

Bideford children safely cross busy road

These children from the infants and junior schools in Coronation Road, Bideford, can now feel quite safe as they cross the busy main Bideford-Clovelly road four times a day.

30 June 1961 School crossing patrol begins

After five years’ advocacy a Clovelly road crossing patrol has been sanctioned by the County Council . Mrs E. Scoines of Grenville Estate has been appointed warden, competently taking charge of the children.

‘I like my work very much – especially when it is fine. In wet weather she has been supplied with wellington boots and a thick raincoat. ‘The only trouble is my hat,’ she added. ‘It’s far too big!’

Gazette article 30 June 1961

 

School crossing patrol begins

Bideford children safely cross busy road

These children from the infants and junior schools in Coronation Road, Bideford, can now feel quite safe as they cross the busy main Bideford-Clovelly road four times a day.

30 June 1961 School crossing patrol begins

After five years’ advocacy a Clovelly road crossing patrol has been sanctioned by the County Council . Mrs E. Scoines of Grenville Estate has been appointed warden, competently taking charge of the children.

‘I like my work very much – especially when it is fine. In wet weather she has been supplied with wellington boots and a thick raincoat. ‘The only trouble is my hat,’ she added. ‘It’s far too big!’

Gazette article 30 June 1961

 

Circus comes to town

Elephants cross Bideford Bridge

Not Hannibal crossing the Torridge but one of the features of Chipperfield’s circus arriving on Sunday and greeted by large crowds along the route to the circus site in Victoria Park.

23 June 1961 Circus comes to town

Cameras were clicking like ‘silenced’ machine guns.

Gazette article 23 June 1961

 

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