• 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 Six footed lamb

  • 2 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 3 Steep street of old Bideford

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 5 Revenge in style

  • 6 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 7 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 8 Unique holiday adventure!

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

  • 10 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 11 Picking the pops

  • 12 Over the bank together>
  • 13 Weare Giffard potato

  • 14 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 15 A man and his wheel

  • 16 Finished in 1876

  • 17 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 18 Hartland Dancers
  • 19 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 20 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 21 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 22 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 23 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 24 Bideford regatta

  • 25 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 26 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 27 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 28 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 29 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 30 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 31

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 32 Penny for the guy

  • 33 For crying out loud!

  • 34 New shipyard on schedule

  • 35 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 36 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 37 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 38 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 39 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 40 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 41 Variety in summer weather

  • 42 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 43 In their new robes and hats

  • 44 Burnard family reunion

  • 45 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 46 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 47 Northam footballers of the future

  • 48 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 49 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 50 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 51 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 52 Hartland postman retires

  • 53 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 54

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 55 From Bobby to Brian

  • 56 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 57 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 58 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 59 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 60 Happy Days!

  • 61 Torrington in 1967

  • 62 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 63 A story to tell!

  • 64 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 65 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 66 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 67 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 68 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 69 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 70 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 71

    Exhibition of school work
  • 72 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 73 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 74 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 75 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 76 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 77 Picking the pops

  • 78 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 79 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 80 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 81 Decontrol of meat

  • 82 Bridging the stream

  • 83 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 84 Capers on the cobbles

  • 85 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 86 Riverside mystery

  • 87 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 88 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 89 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 90 Ten year old scrambler

  • 91 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 92 What's the time?

  • 93

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 94 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 95 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 96 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 97 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 98 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 99

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 100 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 101 Littleham family's five generations

  • 102 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 103 They are parted pro-tem

  • 104 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 106 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 107 So this is the mainland!

  • 108 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 109 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 110 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 111 113 years at Instow

  • 112 Ships at Bideford

  • 113

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 114 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 115 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 116 Filming at Hartland

  • 117 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 118

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 119 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 120 Torrington's new amenity

  • 121 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 122 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 123 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 124 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 125 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 126 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 127 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 128

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 129 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 130 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 131 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 132

    First prize
  • 133 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 134 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 135 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 136 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 137 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 138 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 139 He beat the floods

  • 140 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 141

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 142 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 143 Just over a year old

  • 144 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 145 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 146 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 147 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 148 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 149 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 150 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 151 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 152 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 153 New choral society's growing response

  • 154 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 155 Emergency ferry services

  • 156 School crossing patrol begins

  • 157 Police station view of Bideford

  • 158 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 159 It really was the 'last time'

  • 160 Service with a smile

  • 161 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 163 Northam's almshouse

  • 164 A roof-top view - where?

  • 165 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 166 Mobile missionary

  • 167 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 168 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 170 Artisans' Club

  • 171 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 172

    Relatives all over the world
  • 173 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 174 Clovelly nightmare

  • 175 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 176 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 177 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 178 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 179

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 180 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 181 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 182 Warmington's garage ad

  • 183 End of the line

  • 184 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 185 Modern living at Bideford

  • 186

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 187 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 188 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 189 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 190 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 191 When horses score over the tractor

  • 192

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 193 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 194 Caught in the act>
  • 195 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 196 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 197 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 198 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 199 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 200 First ship in 8 years

  • 201 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 202 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 203 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 204 Last train from Torrington

  • 205 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 206 Clovelly custom

  • 207 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 208 The Geneva marionettes

  • 209 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 210 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 211 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 212 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 213

    Married in 1908
  • 214 Can spring be far away?

  • 215 Sight of a lifetime

  • 216 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 217 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 218 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 219 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 220 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 221 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 222 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 223 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 224 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 225 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 226 Jumble sale fever

  • 227 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 228 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 229 New Lundy stamps

  • 230 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 231 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 232 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 233 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 234 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 235

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 236 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 237

    Was a missionary
  • 238 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 239 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 240 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 241 Hartland's invitation

  • 242 By pony and trap to market

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

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

  • 245 New Post Office

  • 246 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 247 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 248 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 249 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 250 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 251 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 252 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 253 Puppet characters introduced

  • 254 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 255 The cab at the corner>
  • 256 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 257 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 258 School's link with cargo ship

  • 259 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 260 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 261 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 262 Centenary of Gazette

  • 263 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 264 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 265 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 266 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 267 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 268 Pannier Market's future?

  • 269 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 270 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 271 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 272 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 273 New life for Hartland organ

  • 274 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 275

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

  • 277 Parkham plan realised

  • 278 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 279 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 280

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 281 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 282 New look in the hayfields

  • 283 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 284 Recognise this resort?

  • 285 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 286 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 287 Peter poses for TV film

  • 288 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 289 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

  • 291 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 292 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 293 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 294 A bird of their own!

  • 295 No sale of Springfield House

  • 296 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 297 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 298 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 299 Some mushroom!

  • 300 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 301 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 302 Loads of black and white

  • 303 New addition to Quay front

  • 304 No laughing matter

  • 305 New civic medallions

  • 306

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 307 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 308 Traditions and skills still there

  • 309 North Devon Driving School

  • 310

    New gateway
  • 311 Private home for public pump

  • 312 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 313 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 314 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 315 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 316 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 317 Off on a great adventure

  • 318 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 319

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 320 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 321 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 322 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 323 Bideford loses training ship

  • 324 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 325 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 326 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 327 Out of puff!

  • 328

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 329 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 330 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 331 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 332 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 333 Circus comes to town

  • 334 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 335 Sweets derationing

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

  • 337 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 338 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 339 All aboard the ark

  • 340 Life begins at 80

  • 341 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 342 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 343 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 344 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 345 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 346 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 347 Waldon Triplets
  • 348 Devil sent packing

  • 349 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 350 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 351 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 352 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 353 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 354 Blanchards ad.>
  • 355 Bideford computer stars

  • 356 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 358 Appledore's largest

  • 359 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 360 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 361 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 362 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 363 The art of the thatcher

  • 364 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 365 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 366 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 367 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 368 New art gallery opened

  • 369 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 370 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 371 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 372 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 374 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 375 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 376 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 378 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 379

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 380

    Building works
  • 381 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 382 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 383 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 384 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 385 All for the love of a lady!

  • 386 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 387 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 388 Twenty-one yachts

  • 389 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 390 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 391 Torrington children build igloo
  • 392 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 393 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 394

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 395 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 396 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 397 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 398 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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

  • 400 Cruising down the river

  • 401 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 402 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 403 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 405

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 406

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 407 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 408 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 409

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 410 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 411

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 412 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 413 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 414 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 415

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 416 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 417

    Bidefordians
  • 418 Simple Item 138
  • 419 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 420 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 421 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 422 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Shopper Finds Ferret in Bridgeland Street

Ferret found in Bridgeland Street 14th January 1972

Housewife finds ferret 14 Jan 1972

Mrs A Whapham picked up a friendly ferret while shopping in Bideford.

"It had beautiful fur and was in fine condition and quite tame" so Mrs Whapham borrowed a box from a shopkeeper and took it home, while the police located the owner. Mrs Whapham said that her two sons, Paul (3) and Mark (8) would have loved to have kept the ferret, but the family already had a cat and a dog.  The ferret's owner reported that the ferret, who was used to children despite being a working animal, had nibbled its way out of a sack to freedom while on the back of a lorry in the centre of town.

Mums bar cars from Coronation Road school playground

Mums bar cars from school playground 9th June 1972

Angry Mums Bar Cars from School Playground 9 June 1972

Mums Bar Cars from School Playground at Pynes Infants and Westcroft Junior in Coronation Road 9th June 1972

About 30 to 40 placard-carrying mums bar the entrance to the children's school playground to stop other parents, in about 60 cars each morning, turning around their cars there and putting children in danger as they walk to school. 

Mrs P Fishleigh said that when a five year old child was hit by a car a couple of weeks ago, it had 'really set the cat among the pigeons' so the parents were taking action in the mornings and afternoons.  Their petition to the council bears over 500 signatures and they have the support of the heads of both schools, Mr Molesorth and Miss Durant.  Later, the blockade was extended to cover the lunchtime period during which time cars were also using the full children's playground to reverse.

 

Appledore Primary School Boys Football Team Play Mums

Appledore Primary School Boys Football Team Play Mums, 19th May 1972

Appledore Primary Boys beat Mums team 31 26 May 1972

Schoolboys beat their mums at football 19 May 1972

Appledore Primary School's boys football team take on the mums team . . . and beat them 3:1.

 

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