• 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 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 2 Life begins at 80

  • 3 Weare Giffard potato

  • 4 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 5 The Geneva marionettes

  • 6 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 7 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 8 Burnard family reunion

  • 9 Emergency ferry services

  • 10 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 11 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 12 Torrington in 1967

  • 13 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 14 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 15 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 16 Police station view of Bideford

  • 17 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 18 From Bobby to Brian

  • 19 No laughing matter

  • 20 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 21 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 22 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 23 Pannier Market's future?

  • 24 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 25 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 26 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 27 Puppet characters introduced

  • 28 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 29 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 30 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 31 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 32 Sight of a lifetime

  • 33 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 34 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 35 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 36 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 37 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 38 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 39 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 40 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 41 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 42 A man and his wheel

  • 43 The cab at the corner>
  • 44 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 45 He beat the floods

  • 46 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 47 Some 240 exhibits

  • 48 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 49 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 50 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 51 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 52 Traditions and skills still there

  • 53 So this is the mainland!

  • 54 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 56 New Post Office

  • 57 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 58

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 59 School crossing patrol begins

  • 60 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 61 113 years at Instow

  • 62 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 63 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 64 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 65 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 66 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 67

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 68 Mobile missionary

  • 69 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 70 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 71 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 72 Cruising down the river

  • 73 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 74 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 75 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 76 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 77 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 78 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 79 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 80 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 81

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 82 Appledore's largest

  • 83

    Exhibition of school work
  • 84 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 85 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 86 Twenty-one yachts

  • 87 Some mushroom!

  • 88

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 89 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 90 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 91 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 92 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 93 Warmington's garage ad

  • 94 Blanchards ad.>
  • 95 The art of the thatcher

  • 96 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 97

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 98 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 99 A bird of their own!

  • 100 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 101 New art gallery opened

  • 102 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 103 Recognise this resort?

  • 104 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 105 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 106 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 107 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 108 Can spring be far away?

  • 109 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 110 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 111 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 112 New civic medallions

  • 113 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 114 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 115 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 116 Revenge in style

  • 117 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 118 Bideford loses training ship

  • 119

    Was a missionary
  • 120 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 121

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 122 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 123 Bridging the stream

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

  • 125 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 126 Service with a smile

  • 127

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 128 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 129 All for the love of a lady!

  • 130 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 131 All aboard the ark

  • 132 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 133 Out of puff!

  • 134 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 135 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 136 Clovelly nightmare

  • 137 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 138 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 139 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 140 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 141 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 142 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 143

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 144 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 145 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 146 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 147 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 148 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 149

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 150 Picking the pops

  • 151 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 152 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 153 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 154 For crying out loud!

  • 155 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 156

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 157 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 158

    New gateway
  • 159 First ship in 8 years

  • 160 Artisans' Club

  • 161 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 162 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 163 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 164 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 165 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 166 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 167 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 168 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 169 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 170 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 171 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 172 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 173 Happy Days!

  • 174 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 175 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 176 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 177

    Bidefordians
  • 178

    Married in 1908
  • 179 North Devon Driving School

  • 180 Northam's almshouse

  • 181 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 182 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 183 A story to tell!

  • 184 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 185 Over the bank together>
  • 186 Torrington's new amenity

  • 187

    First prize
  • 188 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 189 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 190 Hartland's invitation

  • 191 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 193 They are parted pro-tem

  • 194 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 196 Last train from Torrington

  • 197 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 198 By pony and trap to market

  • 199 Off on a great adventure

  • 200 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 202 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 203 Bideford computer stars

  • 204 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 205 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 206 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 207 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 208 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 209 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 210

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 211 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 212 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 213 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 214 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 215 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 216 New shipyard on schedule

  • 217 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 218 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 219 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 221 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 222 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 223 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 224 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 225 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 226 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 227 Just over a year old

  • 228

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 229

    Building works
  • 230 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 231 Circus comes to town

  • 232 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 233

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 234

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 235 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 236 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 237 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 238 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 239 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 240 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 241 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 242 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 244 Decontrol of meat

  • 245 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 246 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 247 Private home for public pump

  • 248 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 249 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 250 Variety in summer weather

  • 251 Picking the pops

  • 252 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 253 Finished in 1876

  • 254 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 255 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 256 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 257

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 258 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 259 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 260 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 261 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 262 Parkham plan realised

  • 263 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 264 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 265

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 266 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 267 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 268 Centenary of Gazette

  • 269 No sale of Springfield House

  • 270 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 271

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 272 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 273 Capers on the cobbles

  • 274 Northam footballers of the future

  • 275 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 277 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 278 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 279

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 280 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 281 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 282 Loads of black and white

  • 283 Hartland postman retires

  • 284 New look in the hayfields

  • 285 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 286 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 287 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 288 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 289 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 290 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 291 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 292 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 293 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 294 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 296 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 297 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 298 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 299 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 300 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 301 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 302 Waldon Triplets
  • 303 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 304 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 305 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 306 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 307 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 308 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 309 Jumble sale fever

  • 310 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 311 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 312 Simple Item 138
  • 313 Caught in the act>
  • 314 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 315 Devil sent packing

  • 316 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 317 When horses score over the tractor

  • 318

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 319 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 320 A roof-top view - where?

  • 321 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 322 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 323 Clovelly custom

  • 324 Hartland Dancers
  • 325 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 326 It really was the 'last time'

  • 327 Penny for the guy

  • 328 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 329 Torrington Church's new organ

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

  • 331 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 332 Ten year old scrambler

  • 333 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 334 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 335 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 337 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 338 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 339 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 340 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 341 Modern living at Bideford

  • 342 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 343 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 344 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 345 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 346 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 348 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 349 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 350 New life for Hartland organ

  • 351 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 352 Peter poses for TV film

  • 353 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 354 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 355 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 356 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 357 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 358 Six footed lamb

  • 359 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 360 Torrington children build igloo
  • 361

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 362 School's link with cargo ship

  • 363 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 364 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 365 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 366 Bideford regatta

  • 367 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 369 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 370 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 371 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 372 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 373 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 374 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 375 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 376 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 377 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 378 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 379 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 380 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 381

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 382 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 383 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 384 Riverside mystery

  • 385 Sweets derationing

  • 386 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 387 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 388 What's the time?

  • 389 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 390 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 391 Ships at Bideford

  • 392 New choral society's growing response

  • 393 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 394 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 395 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 396 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 397 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 398 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 399 New addition to Quay front

  • 400 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 401 In their new robes and hats

  • 402 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 403 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 404 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 405 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 406 Littleham family's five generations

  • 407 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 408 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 409

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 410 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 411 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 412 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 413 New Lundy stamps

  • 414

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 415

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 416 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 417

    Relatives all over the world
  • 418 End of the line

  • 419 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 420 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 421 Filming at Hartland

  • 422

    Hamburger is part of modern life
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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  • 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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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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Littleham family’s five generations

Visitors around the chair

of 96-year-old Mrs Eliza Wise, a patient at the Torridge Hospital, Bideford, represent, with her, five generations of a Littleham family.

Littleham familys five generations

Mrs Wise will be 97 next month, is enjoying life and possesses all her faculties.

Her daughter is Mrs Mary Ann Beer of Mouth Pleasant, Littleham, who is 77. She and her husband John celebrated their golden wedding last April. Their son, 46 year old Mr Arthur Beer also lives at Mount Pleasant and has a daughter Mrs Margaret Ann Smale of the same address, who a month ago gave birth to a daughter, Mrs Wise’s great-great-grand-daughter, christened Mandy Sylvia Mary.

Gazette article 16 February 1962

 

Bideford country dancers on TV

Bideford country dancers ‘came to life’ on Westward Television in a recent programme.

Left is Mr Peter Trapnell with Mrs Jo Trapnell; in the centre is a dancer from Okehampton, whose partner is Miss Frances Turner of Bideford. On the right in the foreground are two dancers from Exeter and behind them is Mr Michael Gentry (Barnstaple) dancing with his partner (obscured) Miss Andy Thurston (Bideford).

Bideford country dancers on TV

Gazette article 19 January 1962

 

The battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

The dramatic scene on Friday morning,

shortly after the discovery of the breach in the Pebble Ridge near Sandymere, as bulldozers sought to narrow, if not close, the gap as the high tide whipped by gales, punched away all along the line.

Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

At Westward Ho! after a night which brought gusts of over 100 m.p.h. huts next to the cricket fields have been swept away and large pebbles thrown about like marbles.

Gazette article 19 January 1962

 

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