• 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 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 2 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 3 Appledore's largest

  • 4 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 5 From Bobby to Brian

  • 6 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 7 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 8 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 9 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 10

    Exhibition of school work
  • 11 Bideford loses training ship

  • 12 Centenary of Gazette

  • 13 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 14 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 15 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 16 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 17 Jumble sale fever

  • 18 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 19 New art gallery opened

  • 20 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 21 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 22 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 23 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 24 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 25 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 26 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 27 Hartland postman retires

  • 28 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 29 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 30 Private home for public pump

  • 31 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 32 Off on a great adventure

  • 33 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 34 113 years at Instow

  • 35 In their new robes and hats

  • 36 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 37 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 38 Torrington in 1967

  • 39 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 40 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 41 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 42 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 43 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 45 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 46 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 47 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 48 Over the bank together>
  • 49 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 50 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 51 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 52 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 53 New Lundy stamps

  • 54 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 55 The art of the thatcher

  • 56 The Geneva marionettes

  • 57 Clovelly custom

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

  • 59 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 60 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 61 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 62 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 63 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 64 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 65 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 66 Sweets derationing

  • 67 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 68 Some 240 exhibits

  • 69 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 70 Twenty-one yachts

  • 71 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 72 Burnard family reunion

  • 73 Circus comes to town

  • 74 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 75 Six footed lamb

  • 76 So this is the mainland!

  • 77 Variety in summer weather

  • 78 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 79 Waldon Triplets
  • 80 By pony and trap to market

  • 81 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 82 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 83 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 84 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 85 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 86 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 87 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 88 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 89 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 90 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 91 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 92 Emergency ferry services

  • 93 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 95

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 96 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 97

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 98 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 99 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 100 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 101 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 102 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 103 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 104 Picking the pops

  • 105 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 107 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 108 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 109 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 110 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 111 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 112 No sale of Springfield House

  • 113 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 114 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 115 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 116 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 117 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 118 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 119 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 120 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 121 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 122 Police station view of Bideford

  • 123 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 124 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 125 No laughing matter

  • 126 Revenge in style

  • 127

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 128 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 129 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 130 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 131

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 132 A roof-top view - where?

  • 133 Some mushroom!

  • 134

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 135 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 136 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 137 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 138 Hartland Dancers
  • 139 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 141 Can spring be far away?

  • 142 Warmington's garage ad

  • 143 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 144 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 145 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 146 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 147 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 148 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 149 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 150

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 151 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 152 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 153 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 154 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 155 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 156 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 157 Happy Days!

  • 158 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 159 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 160

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 161 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 162 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 163 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 164 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 165 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 166 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 167 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 168 Traditions and skills still there

  • 169 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 170 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 171 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 172 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 173 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 174 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 176 Loads of black and white

  • 177 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 178

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 179 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 180 For crying out loud!

  • 181 Ten year old scrambler

  • 182 Ships at Bideford

  • 183 New addition to Quay front

  • 184 It really was the 'last time'

  • 185 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 186 What's the time?

  • 187 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 188 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 189

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 190 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 191 Hartland's invitation

  • 192 New choral society's growing response

  • 193 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 194 When horses score over the tractor

  • 195 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 196 Caught in the act>
  • 197 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 198 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 199 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 200 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 201 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 202 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 203 A story to tell!

  • 204 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 206 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 207 Capers on the cobbles

  • 208 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 209 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 210 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 211 Bridging the stream

  • 212 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 213 Bideford computer stars

  • 214 New shipyard on schedule

  • 215 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 216 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 217 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 218 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 219 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 220 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 221

    Relatives all over the world
  • 222 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 223 Bideford regatta

  • 224 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 225 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 226

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 227 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 228 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 229 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 230 School crossing patrol begins

  • 231 Penny for the guy

  • 232 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 233 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 234 He beat the floods

  • 235 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 236 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 237 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 238 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 239

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 240 Littleham family's five generations

  • 241 Recognise this resort?

  • 242 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 243 Puppet characters introduced

  • 244 Northam's almshouse

  • 245 First ship in 8 years

  • 246 Clovelly nightmare

  • 247 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 248 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 249 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 250 Blanchards ad.>
  • 251 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 252 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 253 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 254 End of the line

  • 255 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 256 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 257 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 258 Mobile missionary

  • 259 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 260 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 261 Cruising down the river

  • 262 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 263 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 264 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 265 Devil sent packing

  • 266 Filming at Hartland

  • 267 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 268 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 269 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 270 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 271 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 272 All for the love of a lady!

  • 273 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 274 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 275 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 276

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 277 Torrington's new amenity

  • 278

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 279 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 280 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 281 Picking the pops

  • 282 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 283 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 284 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 285 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 286 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

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

  • 288 School's link with cargo ship

  • 289 Simple Item 138
  • 290 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 291 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 292 Life begins at 80

  • 293 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 294 Parkham plan realised

  • 295 Modern living at Bideford

  • 296

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 297 Peter poses for TV film

  • 298 Decontrol of meat

  • 299 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 300 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 301 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 302

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 303 The cab at the corner>
  • 304

    First prize
  • 305 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 306 North Devon Driving School

  • 307 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 308 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 309 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 310 Sight of a lifetime

  • 311 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 312 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 313 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 314 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 315

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 316 Last train from Torrington

  • 317

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 318 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 319 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 320 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 321 A man and his wheel

  • 322

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 323 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 324 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 325 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 326 Service with a smile

  • 327 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 328 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 329 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 330 New life for Hartland organ

  • 331 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 332 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 333 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 334 Torrington children build igloo
  • 335 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 336 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 337 Weare Giffard potato

  • 338 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 339 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 340 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 341 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 342 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 343 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 344 A bird of their own!

  • 345 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 347 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 348 They are parted pro-tem

  • 349 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 350 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

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    New gateway
  • 352 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 353 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 354 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 355 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 356 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 357 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 358 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 359 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 360 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 361 All aboard the ark

  • 362 Pannier Market's future?

  • 363 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 364

    Married in 1908
  • 365 New Post Office

  • 366 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 367 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 368 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 369 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 371 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 372 Out of puff!

  • 373 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 374 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 375 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 376 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 377

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 378 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 379 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 380 New look in the hayfields

  • 381 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 382 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 383 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 384 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 385 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 386

    Building works
  • 387 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 388 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 389 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 390

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 391 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 392 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 393

    Was a missionary
  • 394 New civic medallions

  • 395 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 396 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 397 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 398

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 399 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 400 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 401 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 402 Just over a year old

  • 403 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 404 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 406 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 407

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 408 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 409 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 410 Artisans' Club

  • 411 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 412 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 413 Riverside mystery

  • 414

    Bidefordians
  • 415

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 416 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 418 Finished in 1876

  • 419

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 420 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 421 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 422 On her 'maiden' trip from 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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Bideford Licenses.

Four referred for compensation

9.3.1918 Bideford licences

At Bideford Borough adjourned Brewster Sessions yesterday, the renewal of the nine licenses, notices of objection to which n the ground of redundancy had been served by the police at the instance of the Licensing Justices, came on for consideration. The magistrates in attendance were the Mayor, Mr A R Adams, in the chair, and Messrs J Cock, J Heywood, A G Duncan, J M Metherll, S R Chope, W T Goaman and G Boyle. Solicitors present representing owners and licensees were Messrs W B Seldon and H R Bazeley (Bideford) and Thomas and McGahey (Exeter). At the outset Mr Seldon suggested that a conference of the Magistrates and Solicitors would probably save time, and this course was adopted. Subsequently five of the cases were gone into publicly. PS Doidge stated that the population of the borough at the 1911 census was 9,078 and there were 35 licensed houses, giving one house to 259 people.
Gazette article dated 9 March 1918

'Royal' Mail Motor Service to Clovelly and Hartland.

Leaves Bideford Post Office at 8.35am each week day only. Returning from Hartland for Bideford at 4.25pm.

5.3.1918 Motor service

Fares: Bucks Cross, 1/9; Clovelly Cross, 2/-; Hartland 2/-
Return tickets issued at double the Single Fare.
Seats must be booked at the Office,
Proprietors: R Dymond & Son, Mill Street, Bideford
Gazette article dated 5 March 1918

Milliner

War Bonds are a good investment.

2.3.1918 Mrs Shorts hats

A hat well chosen is also a good investment.
For advise on suitability and durability of all millinery for all occasions, also good taste and skill, call on
Mrs W H Short's Milliner, etc.
10 Allhalland Street, Bideford
Gazette article dated 2 March 1918

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