• 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 New civic medallions

  • 2 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 3 Six footed lamb

  • 4 Holiday scene near Sandymere

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 6 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 7 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 8 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 9 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 10 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 11 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 13 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 14 New addition to Quay front

  • 15 Clovelly nightmare

  • 16 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 17 Picking the pops

  • 18 Some 240 exhibits

  • 19 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 20 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 21 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 22 Circus comes to town

  • 23 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 24 In their new robes and hats

  • 25 Northam footballers of the future

  • 26 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 27 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 28 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 29 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 30 Blanchards ad.>
  • 31 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 32 Clovelly custom

  • 33 Filming at Hartland

  • 34 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 35 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 36 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 37

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 38 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 39 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 40 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 41 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 42 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 43 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 44

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 45 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 46 Modern living at Bideford

  • 47 End of the line

  • 48 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 49 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 50 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 51 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 53 Puppet characters introduced

  • 54 Bideford regatta

  • 55

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 56 Waldon Triplets
  • 57 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 58 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 59 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 60

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 61 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 62 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 63 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 64 Life begins at 80

  • 65 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 66 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 67 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 68 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 69 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 70

    Was a missionary
  • 71 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 72 Mobile missionary

  • 73 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 74 Bideford computer stars

  • 75 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 76 For crying out loud!

  • 77 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 78 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 79 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 80 Appledore's largest

  • 81 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 82 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 83 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 84 New Post Office

  • 85 Out of puff!

  • 86 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 87 Recognise this resort?

  • 88 A roof-top view - where?

  • 89 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 90 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 91

    Married in 1908
  • 92 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 93 Simple Item 138
  • 94 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 95 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 96 Off on a great adventure

  • 97 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 98 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 99 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 100 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 101 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 102 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 103 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 104 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 105 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 106 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 107 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 108 By pony and trap to market

  • 109

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 110 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 111 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 112

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 113

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 114 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 116 Torrington in 1967

  • 117 Sweets derationing

  • 118 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 119 Centuries old but today busier than ever

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

  • 121 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 122 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 123 113 years at Instow

  • 124 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 125 A man and his wheel

  • 126

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 127 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 128 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 129 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 130 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 131 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 132 Ships at Bideford

  • 133

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 134

    New gateway
  • 135 It really was the 'last time'

  • 136 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 137 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 138 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 139 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 140 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 141 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 142 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 143 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 144 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 145 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 146 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 147 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 148 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 149 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 150 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 151 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 152 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 154 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 155 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 156 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 157 School's link with cargo ship

  • 158 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 159 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 160 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 161 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 162 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 163 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 164 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 165 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 166 New look in the hayfields

  • 167

    First prize
  • 168 Pannier Market's future?

  • 169

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 170 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 171 Capers on the cobbles

  • 172 Torrington children build igloo
  • 173 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 174

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 175 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 177 Riverside mystery

  • 178 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 179 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 180 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 181 Peter poses for TV film

  • 182 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 183 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 184 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 185 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 186 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 187 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 188 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 189 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 190 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 191 Caught in the act>
  • 192 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 193 From Bobby to Brian

  • 194 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 195 What's the time?

  • 196 First ship in 8 years

  • 197 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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

  • 199 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 200

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 201 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 202 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 203 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 204 He beat the floods

  • 205 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 206 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 207 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 208 Emergency ferry services

  • 209 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 210 New shipyard on schedule

  • 211 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 212 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 213 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 214 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 215 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 216 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 217 Variety in summer weather

  • 218

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 219 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 220 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 221 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 222 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 223 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 224 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 225 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 226 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 227 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 228

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 229 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 230 A story to tell!

  • 231

    Bidefordians
  • 232 Picking the pops

  • 233 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 234

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 235

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 236 Hartland postman retires

  • 237 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 238 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 239

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 240 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 241 Weare Giffard potato

  • 242 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 243 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 244 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 245 Over the bank together>
  • 246 Ten year old scrambler

  • 247 The cab at the corner>
  • 248 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 249 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 250 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 251 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 252 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 254 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 255 Parkham plan realised

  • 256 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 257 School crossing patrol begins

  • 258 All aboard the ark

  • 259 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 260 North Devon Driving School

  • 261 Finished in 1876

  • 262 New life for Hartland organ

  • 263 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 264 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 265 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 266 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 267 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 268 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 269 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 270 They are parted pro-tem

  • 271 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 272 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 273 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 274 Revenge in style

  • 275 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 276 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 277 New Lundy stamps

  • 278 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 279 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 280 Hartland's invitation

  • 281 New art gallery opened

  • 282 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 283 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 284 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 285 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 286 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 287 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 288 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 289 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 290 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 291 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 292 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 293 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 294 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 295 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 296 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 297 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 298 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 299 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 300 Torrington's new amenity

  • 301 No laughing matter

  • 302 All for the love of a lady!

  • 303

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 304 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 305 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 306 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 307 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 308 Just over a year old

  • 309 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 310 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 311 Artisans' Club

  • 312 Service with a smile

  • 313 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 314 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 315 Sight of a lifetime

  • 316 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 317 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 318 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 319 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 320 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 321 The art of the thatcher

  • 322 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 323 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 324 Warmington's garage ad

  • 325 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 326

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 327 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 328 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 329 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 330 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 331 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 332 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 333 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 334 Bridging the stream

  • 335

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 336 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 337 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 338 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 339 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 340 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 341 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 342 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 343 Burnard family reunion

  • 344

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 345 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 346

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 347 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 348 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 349 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 350 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 351 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 352 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 353 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 354 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 355 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 356 Private home for public pump

  • 357 So this is the mainland!

  • 358 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 359 Northam's almshouse

  • 360 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 361 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 362 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 363 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 364 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 365 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 366 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 367 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 369 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 370 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 371 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 372 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 373 New choral society's growing response

  • 374

    Relatives all over the world
  • 375 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 376 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 377 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 378 Happy Days!

  • 379 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 380 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 381 Cruising down the river

  • 382 The Geneva marionettes

  • 383 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 384 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 385 Decontrol of meat

  • 386 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 387 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 388 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 389 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 390 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 391 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 392 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 393 Penny for the guy

  • 394 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 395 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 396 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 397 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 398 Hartland Dancers
  • 399 Last train from Torrington

  • 400 Can spring be far away?

  • 401 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 402 Bideford loses training ship

  • 403 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 404 No sale of Springfield House

  • 405 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 406 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 407 A bird of their own!

  • 408 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 409 Devil sent packing

  • 410

    Exhibition of school work
  • 411

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 412 Loads of black and white

  • 413 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 414 When horses score over the tractor

  • 415 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 416 Jumble sale fever

  • 417

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 418 Twenty-one yachts

  • 419

    Building works
  • 420 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 421 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 422 Some mushroom!

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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Wynne Olley Hair-styling Demonstration

Wynne Olley Hair-styling Demonstration

Wynne Olley hairdressing demo photo

Local women impress International World-cup Winning Hair-stylist

Martin Hurst, International Hair Fashion Designer, and member of the British World Cup Squad, spent a day in Bideford training local hair dressers at Wynne Olley's salon. He demonstrated up-to-the-minute techniques to 20 hair stylists, and commented how impressed he was at the styles he saw worn by women in the town.

 

Bideford Reds Womens Team First to Compete Throughout Whole Season

Bideford Reds Womens Team First to Compete Throughout Whole Season 4th August 1978

Bideford Reds Womens Team Photo

Although the local womens team have taken part in occasional races in the past, this women's rowing team are the first to have competed for the entire season. The crew were Linda Fishleigh, Beverley Paddon, Diane Hooper and Margaret Hutchings. 

Girls Lead in Bideford School's Play

 Girls Lead in Bideford School's Play 17th March 1978

Girls Lead photo

 

First Girls to Attend Bideford Grammar School Girls take part in a 'I Have Five Daughters' 17 March 1978

A cast including Alisabeth Hesketh, Sarah Elliot, Beverly Tutton, Deborah Clyde and Julia Copp, some of the first girls to attend at Bideford Grammar School take part in a rehearsal for 'I Have Five Daughters', which is an adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'.  James Lloyd takes one of the male roles. Mr Robert Clyde is the producer.

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