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    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 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 3 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 4 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 5 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 6

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 7 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 8

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 9 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 10 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 11 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 12 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 13 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 14 Northam's almshouse

  • 15 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 16 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 17 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 18

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 19 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 21 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 22 The cab at the corner>
  • 23 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 24 All aboard the ark

  • 25 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 26 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 27 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 28 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 29 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 30 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 31 Twenty-one yachts

  • 32 School crossing patrol begins

  • 33 A roof-top view - where?

  • 34 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 35 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 36 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 37 Service with a smile

  • 38 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 39

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 40 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 41 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 42 Modern living at Bideford

  • 43 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 44 New civic medallions

  • 45 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 46 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 47 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 48

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 49 By pony and trap to market

  • 50 Bideford loses training ship

  • 51 Bridging the stream

  • 52 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 53 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 54

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 55 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 56 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 57 New addition to Quay front

  • 58 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 59 From Bobby to Brian

  • 60 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 61 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 62 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 63 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 64 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 65 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 66

    First prize
  • 67

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 68

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 69 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 70 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 71 A man and his wheel

  • 72 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 73 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 74 Devil sent packing

  • 75 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 76 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 77 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 78 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 79

    Was a missionary
  • 80 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 81 Six footed lamb

  • 82 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 83 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 84 The Geneva marionettes

  • 85 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 86 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 87 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 88 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 89

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 90 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 91 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 92 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 93 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 94 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 95 For crying out loud!

  • 96 Warmington's garage ad

  • 97 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 98 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 99 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 100 Some mushroom!

  • 101 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 103 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 104 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 105 Appledore's largest

  • 106 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 107 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 108 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 109 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 110 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 111 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 112 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 113 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 114

    Married in 1908
  • 115 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 116

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 117 Finished in 1876

  • 118 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 119 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 120 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 121 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 122 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 123 Variety in summer weather

  • 124 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 125 What's the time?

  • 126

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 127 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 128 Parkham plan realised

  • 129 New shipyard on schedule

  • 130 New Lundy stamps

  • 131 Ten year old scrambler

  • 132 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 133 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 134 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 135 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 136 Weare Giffard potato

  • 137 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 138 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 139 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 140 New choral society's growing response

  • 141 Cruising down the river

  • 142 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 143

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 144 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 145 Peter poses for TV film

  • 146 Bideford computer stars

  • 147 All for the love of a lady!

  • 148 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 149 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 150 Torrington children build igloo
  • 151 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 152 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 153 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 154 Blanchards ad.>
  • 155 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 156 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 157 The art of the thatcher

  • 158 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 159 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 160 No laughing matter

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

  • 162 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 163 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 165 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 166 Police station view of Bideford

  • 167 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 168 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 169 Some 240 exhibits

  • 170 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 171 Caught in the act>
  • 172 Revenge in style

  • 173 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 175

    Building works
  • 176 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 177 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 178 Sweets derationing

  • 179 Hartland Dancers
  • 180 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 181 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 182 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 183 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 184 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 185 Traditions and skills still there

  • 186 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 187 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 188 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 189 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 190 Filming at Hartland

  • 191 Emergency ferry services

  • 192 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 193 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 194 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 195 Waldon Triplets
  • 196 Decontrol of meat

  • 197 Burnard family reunion

  • 198

    Relatives all over the world
  • 199

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 200 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 201 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 202 So this is the mainland!

  • 203 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 204

    Exhibition of school work
  • 205 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 206 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 207 Pannier Market's future?

  • 208 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 209 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 210 New Post Office

  • 211 Northam footballers of the future

  • 212 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 213

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 214 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 215 Life begins at 80

  • 216 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 217 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 218 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 219 Capers on the cobbles

  • 220 Sight of a lifetime

  • 221 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 222 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 223 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 224

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 225 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 226 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 227 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 228 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 229 Just over a year old

  • 230 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 231 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 232 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 233 Loads of black and white

  • 234 Can spring be far away?

  • 235 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 236 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 237 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 238 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 239 First ship in 8 years

  • 240 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 241 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 242 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 243 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 244 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 245 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 246 New art gallery opened

  • 247 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 248 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 249 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 250 End of the line

  • 251 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 252 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 253 Recognise this resort?

  • 254

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 255

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 256 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 257 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 258 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 259 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 260 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 261 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 262 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 263 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 264 Picking the pops

  • 265 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 266 He beat the floods

  • 267 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 269 In their new robes and hats

  • 270

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 271 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 272 Circus comes to town

  • 273 When horses score over the tractor

  • 274 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 275 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 276 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 277 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 278 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 279 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 281 Ships at Bideford

  • 282 Hartland postman retires

  • 283 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 284 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 285 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 286 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 287 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 288 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 289 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 290 Torrington's new amenity

  • 291 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 292 New life for Hartland organ

  • 293

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 294 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 295 A story to tell!

  • 296 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 297 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 298 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 299 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 300 Private home for public pump

  • 301 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 302 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 303 Puppet characters introduced

  • 304 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 305 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 306 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 307 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 308 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 309 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 310 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 311 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 312 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 313 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 314 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 315 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 316 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 317 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 318 Off on a great adventure

  • 319 Penny for the guy

  • 320 Simple Item 138
  • 321 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 322 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 323

    Bidefordians
  • 324 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 325

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 326 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 327 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 328 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 329 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 330

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 331 School's link with cargo ship

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

  • 333 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 334 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 335 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 336 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 337

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 338 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 339 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 340 Out of puff!

  • 341 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 342 Artisans' Club

  • 343 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 344 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 345 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 346

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 347 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 348 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 349 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 350 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 351 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 352 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 353 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 354 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 355 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 356 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 357 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 358 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 359 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 360 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 361

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 362 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 363 Picking the pops

  • 364 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 365 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 366 Hartland's invitation

  • 367 Torrington in 1967

  • 368 Clovelly custom

  • 369 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 370 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 371 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 372 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 373 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 374 Bideford regatta

  • 375 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 376 They are parted pro-tem

  • 377 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 378 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 379 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 380 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 381 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 382 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 383 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 384 Clovelly nightmare

  • 385 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 386 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 387

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 388 Riverside mystery

  • 389 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 390 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 391 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 392 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 393 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 394 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 395 No sale of Springfield House

  • 396 Happy Days!

  • 397 Over the bank together>
  • 398 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 399 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 400 Jumble sale fever

  • 401 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 402 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 403 113 years at Instow

  • 404 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 405 Littleham family's five generations

  • 406 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 408

    New gateway
  • 409 Mobile missionary

  • 410 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 411 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 412 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 413 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 414 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 416 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 417 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 418 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 419 It really was the 'last time'

  • 420 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 422 New look in the hayfields

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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WI Limericks At Parkham

An amusing limerick about the WI was the competition subject at this month’s meeting of Parkham institute.

30.3.1972 Parkham WI

Winners were: Mrs S Dwight; Mrs P Priest; Mrs E Lang; Mrs E Ford; Mrs S Pickard.
Visiting speaker was Mr Mounce who showed coloured slides of crests and of familiar places in the Bideford area, which members were invited to name.
Mrs E Rowe thanked Mr Mounce for an enjoyable evening.
Draw winners were Mesdames P Dunn, Smart, Heywood and M George, and Mrs Heywood won the penny bag competition.
Tea hostesses were Mesdames H George and M Pickard.
The Gazette article is dated 30 March 1972

Holiday Preparations at Westward Ho!

June thoughts in January: At Westward Ho! Holiday Centre they are preparing for the summer season.

1959 holiday preparations

The picture shows the construction of the new sun-lounge extension to the ballroom. It will have sliding plate-glass windows and will include a cafeteria and milk-bar. The work is expected to be completed by mid-March.
Elsewhere, the route to the sea known as the zig-zag path is being improved with the cutting of steps, which will be filled in with concrete to provide a more convenient access down the steep slope. To the club lounge is being added an extra bar counter, shaped like the poop end of a ship, in maritime style.
The outside chalets, previously of a uniform colour, are being repainted in a variety of contemporary pastel shades. A hundred other chalets are having interior renovation with hardboard and a new decoration scheme. ‘After a succession of indifferent summers as regards weather’ says Mr Mitchell, ‘we feel we must be prepared for the worst. Therefore we are replanning our programme and facilities so that, if the weather is inclement, our visitors are fully catered for’.
Summer bookings are again very good. All family chalets are already booked for the August holiday week, and no double chalets are now available for that week or the following one.
The Tors Guest House is already fully booked for all July and August.
The full Gazette article is dated 2 January 1959.

Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners from Stella Maris Convent

Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners from Stella Maris Convent 30 March 1972

Stella Maris Convent Road Safety Quiz Champions 30 mar 1972

Members of the Stella Maris Convent Junior and Senior Cup Winning Teams of the Inter-school Road Safety Quiz 30 March 1972

 

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