• 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 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 2 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 3 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 4 Picking the pops

  • 5

    Exhibition of school work
  • 6 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 7

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 8 Artisans' Club

  • 9 Caught in the act>
  • 10 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 12 Mobile missionary

  • 13

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 14 Bideford regatta

  • 15 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 16 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 17 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 18 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 19 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 20 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 21 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 22 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 23 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 24 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 25 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 26 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 27 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 28 School's link with cargo ship

  • 29 For crying out loud!

  • 30 Northam footballers of the future

  • 31 Police station view of Bideford

  • 32 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 34

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 35 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 36 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 37 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 38

    Relatives all over the world
  • 39 Off on a great adventure

  • 40 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 41

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 42 Torrington in 1967

  • 43 New life for Hartland organ

  • 44 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 45 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 46 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 47 Puppet characters introduced

  • 48 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 49 New shipyard on schedule

  • 50 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 51 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 52 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 53 Jumble sale fever

  • 54 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 55 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 56 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 57 Life begins at 80

  • 58 New art gallery opened

  • 59 Bideford loses training ship

  • 60 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 61 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 62 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 63

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 64 A bird of their own!

  • 65 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 66 No sale of Springfield House

  • 67 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 68 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 69 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 70 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 71 Private home for public pump

  • 72 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 73 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 74 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 75 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 76 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 77 Blanchards ad.>
  • 78 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 79 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 80 Out of puff!

  • 81 By pony and trap to market

  • 82 Clovelly nightmare

  • 83 New choral society's growing response

  • 84 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 85 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 86

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 87

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 88 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 89 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 90 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 91 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 92 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 93 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 94 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 95 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 96 Modern living at Bideford

  • 97 The cab at the corner>
  • 98 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 99 Six footed lamb

  • 100 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 101 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 102 Hartland postman retires

  • 103

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 104 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 105 Circus comes to town

  • 106 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 107 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 108 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 109 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 110 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 111 School crossing patrol begins

  • 112 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 113 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 114

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 115 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 116 He beat the floods

  • 117 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 118 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 119

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 120 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 121

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 122 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 123 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 124 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 125 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 126 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 127 Twenty-one yachts

  • 128 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 129 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 130 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 131 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 132 Pannier Market's future?

  • 133 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 134 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 135 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 136

    First prize
  • 137 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 138 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 139 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 140 New Post Office

  • 141 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 142 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 143 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 144 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 145 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 146

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 147 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 148 A story to tell!

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

  • 150 All aboard the ark

  • 151 When horses score over the tractor

  • 152 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 153 Ten year old scrambler

  • 154 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 155 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 156

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 157 Centenary of Gazette

  • 158 Hartland's invitation

  • 159 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 160 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 161 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 162

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 163 Riverside mystery

  • 164 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 165 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 166 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 167

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 168 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 169 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 170 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 171 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 172 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 173 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 174

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 175 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 176 Clovelly custom

  • 177 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 179 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 180 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 181

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 182 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 183 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 184 It really was the 'last time'

  • 185 So this is the mainland!

  • 186 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 187 North Devon Driving School

  • 188 Peter poses for TV film

  • 189 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 190

    Married in 1908
  • 191 Torrington children build igloo
  • 192 Torrington's shelter for the aged

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

  • 194

    New gateway
  • 195 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 196 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 197 The art of the thatcher

  • 198 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 199 Bridging the stream

  • 200 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 201 113 years at Instow

  • 202 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 203 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 204 A man and his wheel

  • 205 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 206 Last train from Torrington

  • 207 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 208 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 209 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 210 Sight of a lifetime

  • 211 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 212 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 213 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 214 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 215 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 216 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 217 Loads of black and white

  • 218 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 219 Warmington's garage ad

  • 220 Ships at Bideford

  • 221 Variety in summer weather

  • 222

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 223 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 224 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 225 New addition to Quay front

  • 226 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 227 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 228 In their new robes and hats

  • 229 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 230 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 231 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

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

  • 233 Waldon Triplets
  • 234 Decontrol of meat

  • 235 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 236 Over the bank together>
  • 237 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 238 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 239 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 240 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 241 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 242 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 243 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 244 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 245 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 246 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 247 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 248 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 249 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 250 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 251 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 252 Emergency ferry services

  • 253 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 254 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 255

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 256

    Bidefordians
  • 257 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 258 Cruising down the river

  • 259 Traditions and skills still there

  • 260 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 261 Burnard family reunion

  • 262

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 263 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 264 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 265 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 266 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 267 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 268

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 269 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 270 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 271 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 272 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 273 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 274 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 275 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 276 Torrington's new amenity

  • 277 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 278 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 280 Littleham family's five generations

  • 281 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 282 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 283 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 284 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 285 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 286 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 287 Penny for the guy

  • 288 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 289 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 290 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 291 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 292 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 293

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 294 Sweets derationing

  • 295 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 296 Can spring be far away?

  • 297 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 298 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 299 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 300 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 301 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 302 Some 240 exhibits

  • 303 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 304 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Building works
  • 306

    Was a missionary
  • 307 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 308 Simple Item 138
  • 309 What's the time?

  • 310 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 311 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 312 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 313 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 314 Weare Giffard potato

  • 315 A roof-top view - where?

  • 316 Some mushroom!

  • 317 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 318 Hartland Dancers
  • 319 Revenge in style

  • 320 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 321 The Geneva marionettes

  • 322 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 323 End of the line

  • 324 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 325 Picking the pops

  • 326 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 327 Parkham plan realised

  • 328 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 329 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 330 They are parted pro-tem

  • 331 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 332 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 333 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 334 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 335 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 337 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 338 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 339 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 340 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 341 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 342 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 343 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 344 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 345 All for the love of a lady!

  • 346 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 347 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 348 Recognise this resort?

  • 349 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 350 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 351 Service with a smile

  • 352 Northam's almshouse

  • 353 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 354 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 355 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 356 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 357 Just over a year old

  • 358 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 359 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 360 No laughing matter

  • 361 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 362 From Bobby to Brian

  • 363 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 364 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 365 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 366 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 367 First ship in 8 years

  • 368 Happy Days!

  • 369 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 371 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 372 Finished in 1876

  • 373 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 374 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 375 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 376

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 377 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 378 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 379 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 380 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 381 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 383 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 384 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 386

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 387 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 388 New civic medallions

  • 389 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 390 Appledore's largest

  • 391 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 392 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 393 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 394 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 395 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 396 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 397 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 398 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 399 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 400 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 401 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 402 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 403

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 404 Landmark at Bradworthy

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

  • 406 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 407 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 408 Capers on the cobbles

  • 409 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 410 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 411 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 412 Devil sent packing

  • 413 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 414 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 415 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 416 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 417 Bideford computer stars

  • 418 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 419 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 420 New Lundy stamps

  • 421 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 422 Up-to-date Bideford!

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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  • 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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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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Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

Barley for Scottish distillery

A race to load the m.v. Saint Angus with barley for Scotland so that she could leave on the next evening’s tide.

9 June 1950 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

With overtime the job was finished in a day and a half. She left Bideford with over 400 tons of barley for the Isle of Islay distillery.

Gazette article 9 June 1950

Bridging the stream

Elmdale acknowledges work of 81 year old resident

Built one ended, Elmdale Terrace opens on to the old Northam road. A stream bars the direct route to the Kingsley Road and bus stops. For those on the other side of the stream a visit to the sub-post office at Stanhope Terrace on the old Northam road meant a roundabout journey.

2 June 1950 Bridging the stream

But through the persistence of residents and the work of 81 year old Mr Harry Verren of 15 Elmdale Terrace, the obstacle of the stream was removed when the Mayor of Bideford (Cllr. W.H. Short) opened and christened the ‘Verren footbridge’ which gives direct access from Elmdale Terrace to Kingsley Road.

Mr Verren’s work in building the bridge was praised and as a cabinet maker he had been using woodwork tools since he was 14 and was happy to be able to use them still today. At last, after some years of pressing for it, they had got the bridge but he had never thought he would be the one to build it.

Gazette article 2 June 1950

 

Not what it appears to be

Puzzle house in Victoria Park

Erection of the ‘house’ inside the main gates of Victoria Park, Bideford, has aroused a certain amount of speculation as to its purpose.

21 April 1950 Not what it appears to be

It is actually a most effective camouflage for the screening apparatus of the new sewerage system.

Gazette article 21 April 1950

 

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