• 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 A bird of their own!

  • 2 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 3 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 4 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 5 New shipyard on schedule

  • 6 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 7 By pony and trap to market

  • 8 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 9 Cruising down the river

  • 10 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 11 Bideford loses training ship

  • 12 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 13 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 14 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 15 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 17 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 18 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 19 The art of the thatcher

  • 20 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 21 School crossing patrol begins

  • 22

    Bidefordians
  • 23 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 24 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 25 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 26 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 27 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 28 New civic medallions

  • 29 Just over a year old

  • 30 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 31 Twenty-one yachts

  • 32 A story to tell!

  • 33 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 34 Off on a great adventure

  • 35 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 36 Service with a smile

  • 37 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 38 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 39 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 40 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 41 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 42 Torrington's new amenity

  • 43

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 44 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 45 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 46 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 47 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 48 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 49 New life for Hartland organ

  • 50 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 51 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 52

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 53 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 54 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 55 No sale of Springfield House

  • 56 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 57 Capers on the cobbles

  • 58 All aboard the ark

  • 59 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 60 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 61 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 62 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 63 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 64 Simple Item 138
  • 65 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 66 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 67

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 68 New look in the hayfields

  • 69 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 70 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 71 Artisans' Club

  • 72 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 73 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 74 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 75 Hartland Dancers
  • 76 Floral dancing at Appledore

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

  • 78

    Married in 1908
  • 79 Life begins at 80

  • 80

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 81 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 82 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 83 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 84 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 85 New addition to Quay front

  • 86 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 87 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 88

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 89 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 90 Caught in the act>
  • 91 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 92 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 93 Torrington in 1967

  • 94 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 95 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 96

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 97 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 98 Some 240 exhibits

  • 99 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 100 Six footed lamb

  • 101 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 102 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 103 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 104 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 105 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 106 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 107 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 108

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 109 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 110 First ship in 8 years

  • 111 Over the bank together>
  • 112 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 113 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 114 New art gallery opened

  • 115 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 116 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 117 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 118 School's link with cargo ship

  • 119 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 120 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 121 He beat the floods

  • 122

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 123 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 124 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 125 Peter poses for TV film

  • 126 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 127 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 128 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 129 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 130 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 131 Northam's almshouse

  • 132 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 133 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 134 Blanchards ad.>
  • 135 Appledore's largest

  • 136 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 137 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 138 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 139 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 140 So this is the mainland!

  • 141 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 142 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 143 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 144 Modern living at Bideford

  • 145 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 146 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 147 Sweets derationing

  • 148 Can spring be far away?

  • 149

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 150

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 151 Finished in 1876

  • 152

    Relatives all over the world
  • 153

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 154 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 155 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 156 Emergency ferry services

  • 157 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 158 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 159 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 160 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 161 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 162 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 163 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 165 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 166 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 167 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 168 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 169 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 170 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 171 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 172

    New gateway
  • 173 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 174 Recognise this resort?

  • 175 Hartland postman retires

  • 176 Littleham family's five generations

  • 177 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 178 No laughing matter

  • 179 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 180 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 181 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 182 Mobile missionary

  • 183

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 184 Clovelly nightmare

  • 185 Circus comes to town

  • 186 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 187 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 188 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 189 Decontrol of meat

  • 190 New choral society's growing response

  • 191 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 192 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 193 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 194 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 195 Torrington children build igloo
  • 196 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 197 Filming at Hartland

  • 198 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 199 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 200 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 201 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 202 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 203 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 204 Happy Days!

  • 205 Jumble sale fever

  • 206 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 207 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 208 The cab at the corner>
  • 209 For crying out loud!

  • 210 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 211 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 212 It really was the 'last time'

  • 213 New Lundy stamps

  • 214 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 215 Warmington's garage ad

  • 216 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 217 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 218 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 219

    Exhibition of school work
  • 220 When horses score over the tractor

  • 221 Last train from Torrington

  • 222 Out of puff!

  • 223

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 224 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 225 End of the line

  • 226

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 227 Bideford regatta

  • 228 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 229 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 230 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 231 Police station view of Bideford

  • 232 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 233 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 234 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 235 Parkham plan realised

  • 236 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 237 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 238 Devil sent packing

  • 239 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 240 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 241 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 242 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 243 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 244 Centenary of Gazette

  • 245 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 246 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 248 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 249 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 250 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 251 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 252 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 253 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 254 Bideford computer stars

  • 255 Record player of 80 years ago

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

  • 257 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 258 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 259 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 260 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 261 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 263 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 264 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 265 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 266

    Building works
  • 267

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 268 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 269 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 270 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 271 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 272 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 273 Ships at Bideford

  • 274 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 275 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 276 Penny for the guy

  • 277 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 278 Clovelly custom

  • 279 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 280 Ten year old scrambler

  • 281 Northam footballers of the future

  • 282 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 283 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 284 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 285 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

  • 287 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 288 Pannier Market's future?

  • 289 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 290 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 291 In their new robes and hats

  • 292 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 293 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 295 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 296

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 297 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 298 A man and his wheel

  • 299

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 300 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 301 Weare Giffard potato

  • 302 New Post Office

  • 303 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 304 Variety in summer weather

  • 305 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 306 Picking the pops

  • 307 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 308 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 309 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 310 Traditions and skills still there

  • 311 Waldon Triplets
  • 312 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 313 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 314 Bridging the stream

  • 315 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 317 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 318 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 319 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 320

    Was a missionary
  • 321 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 322 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 323 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 324 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 325 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 326 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 327 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 328 Puppet characters introduced

  • 329 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 330 Hartland's invitation

  • 331

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 332 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 333 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 334

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 335 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 336 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 337 They are parted pro-tem

  • 338 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 340

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 341 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 342 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 343 From Bobby to Brian

  • 344 All for the love of a lady!

  • 345 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 346 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 347 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 348 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 349 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 350 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 352 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 353 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 354

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 355 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 356 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 357 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 358 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 359 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 360 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 361 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 362 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 363 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 364 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 365 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 366 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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

  • 368 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 369 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 370

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 371 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 372 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 373 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 375 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 376 Some mushroom!

  • 377

    First prize
  • 378 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 379 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 380 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 381 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 382 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 383 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 384 What's the time?

  • 385 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 386 The Geneva marionettes

  • 387 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 388 Private home for public pump

  • 389

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 390 Picking the pops

  • 391 A roof-top view - where?

  • 392 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 393 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 394 Burnard family reunion

  • 395 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 396 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 397 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 398 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 399 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 400 Loads of black and white

  • 401 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 402 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 403 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 404 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 405 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 406 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 407 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 408 Sight of a lifetime

  • 409

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 410 Riverside mystery

  • 411 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 412 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 413 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 414 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 415 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 416 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 417 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 418 North Devon Driving School

  • 419 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 420

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 421 113 years at Instow

  • 422 Revenge in style

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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  • 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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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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Gus Honeybun meets local children at Bideford Sports Ground

Gus Honeybun meets local children at Bideford Sports Ground 12th May 1972

Gus Honeybun visit 12 May 1972

Gus Honeybun meets local children at charity soccer match, 12th May 1972.

Puppet TV star, Gus Honeybun, meets some local children at Bideford Sports Ground where a charity football match between Westward TV and Appledore Shipbuilders took place.

Two Double Baptisms On River Torridge

Two Double Baptisms On River Torridge 10 March 1978

Two Double Baptisms On River Torridge

River Torridge Double Baptisms

10 March 1978

On a boat alongside Appledore Quay, with a borrowed ship's bell, a baptism was conducted by Rev. Donald Peyton Jones, including the baptism of Faye Edwards and Mathew Roy.

Bideford School Choir Perform in France at Landivisiau Twinning Ceremony

Bideford School Choir Perform in France at Landivisiau Twinning Ceremony, 6 June 1977

School Choir Sing in Landivisiau

Bideford-Landivisiau Twinning Ceremony in France

Bideford School Junior Choir

In France, at the Landivisiau war memorial site, a twinning ceremony was held at which Bideford School Junior Choir sang Bideford’s own song, ‘The little white town’, following the signing of the twinning charter.  The young choir went on to entertain residents at a local old people’s home and sang at Mass in the parish church. Bideford Town Council later sent a letter of appreciation to Bideford School congratulating the choir on the way that they conducted themselves during the visit.

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