• 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 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 2 School's link with cargo ship

  • 3 Simple Item 138
  • 4 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 5

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

  • 7 Picking the pops

  • 8 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 9 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 10 113 years at Instow

  • 11

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 12 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 13 The art of the thatcher

  • 14

    Building works
  • 15

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 16 They are parted pro-tem

  • 17 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 18

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 19 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 20 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 21 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 23 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 24 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 25 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 26 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 27 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 28

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 29 Bideford regatta

  • 30 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 31 First ship in 8 years

  • 32

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 33 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 34

    Relatives all over the world
  • 35 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 36 Waldon Triplets
  • 37 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 38 What's the time?

  • 39 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 40 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 41 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 42 Six footed lamb

  • 43 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 44 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 45 When horses score over the tractor

  • 46 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 47

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 48

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 49 New look in the hayfields

  • 50 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 51 Decontrol of meat

  • 52 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 53 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 54 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 55 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 56 Riverside mystery

  • 57 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 58 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 59 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 60 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 61 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 62 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 63 Loads of black and white

  • 64 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 65 North Devon Driving School

  • 66 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 67 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 68 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 69 Devil sent packing

  • 70 Capers on the cobbles

  • 71 New shipyard on schedule

  • 72 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 73 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 74 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 75 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 76 Just over a year old

  • 77 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 78 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 79 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 80 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 82 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 83 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 84

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 85 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 86 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 87 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 88 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 89 Over the bank together>
  • 90 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 91 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 92 New Lundy stamps

  • 93 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 94 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 95 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 96 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 97 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 98 Some mushroom!

  • 99 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 100 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 101 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 102 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 103 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 104 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 105 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 106 New choral society's growing response

  • 107 Modern living at Bideford

  • 108 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 110 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 111 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 112 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 113 Finished in 1876

  • 114 Northam footballers of the future

  • 115 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 116 No sale of Springfield House

  • 117

    Exhibition of school work
  • 118 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 120 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 121 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 122 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 124 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 125 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 126 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 127 It really was the 'last time'

  • 128 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 129 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 130 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 131 Some 240 exhibits

  • 132

    Married in 1908
  • 133 Caught in the act>
  • 134 Clovelly custom

  • 135 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 136 Can spring be far away?

  • 137 Hartland postman retires

  • 138 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 139 A bird of their own!

  • 140

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 141 All for the love of a lady!

  • 142

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 143 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 144 Recognise this resort?

  • 145 Littleham family's five generations

  • 146 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 147 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 148 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 149 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 150 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 151 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 152 Variety in summer weather

  • 153 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 154

    New gateway
  • 155 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 156

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 157 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 158 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 159 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 160 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 161 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 162 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 163 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 164 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 165 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 166 Twenty-one yachts

  • 167 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 168 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 169 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 170 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 171 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 172 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 173

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 174 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 175 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 176 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 177 Weare Giffard potato

  • 178 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 179 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 181 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 182 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 183 Filming at Hartland

  • 184 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 185 The cab at the corner>
  • 186 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 187 A man and his wheel

  • 188 Happy Days!

  • 189 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 190 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 191 Service with a smile

  • 192 Torrington's new amenity

  • 193 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 194 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 195

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 196 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 197 Traditions and skills still there

  • 198 Life begins at 80

  • 199 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 200 Out of puff!

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

  • 202 Ships at Bideford

  • 203 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 204 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 205 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 206 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 207 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 208 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 209 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 210 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 211 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 212 Cruising down the river

  • 213 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 214 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 215 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 216 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 217 Hartland Dancers
  • 218 A roof-top view - where?

  • 219 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 220 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 221 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 222 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 223 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 224 Northam's almshouse

  • 225 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 226 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 227 Bideford computer stars

  • 228 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 229 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 230 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 231 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 232 Artisans' Club

  • 233 New addition to Quay front

  • 234 He beat the floods

  • 235 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 236 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 237 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 238 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 239 Bridging the stream

  • 240 Torrington in 1967

  • 241 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 242 New Post Office

  • 243

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 244 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 245 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 246 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 247 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 248 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 249 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 250 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 251 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 252 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 253 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 254 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 255 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 256

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 257 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 258 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 259 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 260

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 261 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 262 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 263 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 264 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 265 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 266 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 267 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 268 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 269 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 270 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 271 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 272 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 273 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 274 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 275 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 276 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 277

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 278 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 279 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 280 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 281 Blanchards ad.>
  • 282 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 283 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 284 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 285 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 286 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 287 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 288 Revenge in style

  • 289 Centenary of Gazette

  • 290 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 291 Off on a great adventure

  • 292

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 293 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 294 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 295

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 296 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 297 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 298 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 299 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 300 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 301 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 302 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 304 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 305 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 306 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 307

    Was a missionary
  • 308 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 309 For crying out loud!

  • 310 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 311 Parkham plan realised

  • 312 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 313 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 314

    First prize
  • 315 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 316 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 317 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 318 Mobile missionary

  • 319 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 320 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 321 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 322 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 324 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 325 Penny for the guy

  • 326 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 327

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 328 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 329 New art gallery opened

  • 330 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 331 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 332 So this is the mainland!

  • 333 New civic medallions

  • 334 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 335 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 336

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 337 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 338 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 339 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 340 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 341 End of the line

  • 342 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 343 Last train from Torrington

  • 344 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 345 Pannier Market's future?

  • 346 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 347 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 348 Appledore's largest

  • 349 In their new robes and hats

  • 350 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 351 New life for Hartland organ

  • 352 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 353 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 354 All aboard the ark

  • 355 Hartland's invitation

  • 356 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 357 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 358 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 359 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 360 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 361 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 362 No laughing matter

  • 363 Private home for public pump

  • 364 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 365 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 366 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 367

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 368 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 369 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 370 Peter poses for TV film

  • 371 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 372 From Bobby to Brian

  • 373 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 374 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 375 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 376

    Bidefordians
  • 377 Jumble sale fever

  • 378 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 379 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 381 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 382 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 383 A story to tell!

  • 384 School crossing patrol begins

  • 385 Circus comes to town

  • 386 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 387 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 388 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 389 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 390

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 391 Sight of a lifetime

  • 392 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

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

  • 394 Warmington's garage ad

  • 395

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 396 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 397 Emergency ferry services

  • 398 Bideford loses training ship

  • 399 Puppet characters introduced

  • 400 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 401 Picking the pops

  • 402 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 403 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 404 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 405 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 406 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 407 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 408 Police station view of Bideford

  • 409 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 410 Ten year old scrambler

  • 411 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 412 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 413 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 414 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 415 Sweets derationing

  • 416 Burnard family reunion

  • 417 Torrington children build igloo
  • 418 By pony and trap to market

  • 419 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 420 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 421 The Geneva marionettes

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

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Three Times Asked - Three Times Refused

Chips paper on pavement

Three times he had asked a fairground attendant to pick up a fish and chips bag the man had thrown onto the pavement in Allhalland Street and each time the request was refused,
Police Constable G Thrupp told Bideford magistrates on Tuesday.

13.9.1957 Hugh Henny fined

Before the court was Hugh Henny, whose address was given as c/o F Whitelegg's, The Fairground, Bideford, who pleaded 'guilty' to depositing litter on the highway in contravention of a Borough bye-law.

Henny, who told the magistrates he had nothing to say, was fined £2 with the alternative of 14 days' imprisonment. He said he earned £6 a week and was paid on Sundays. He was allowed until September 23rd to pay.

Gazette article dated 13 September 1957

Drove tractor at Parkham without licence

When a police officer stopped Gerald Braund

driving a tractor through Parkham village and asked him to produce his driving licence, he replied “I haven’t got one but I would like to learn to drive as soon as I know if I am being kept on in this job or not.”

Braund was told by the Chairman of the Bench, Mr R B Blackmore, “We do not want to jeopardise your work so we have decided not to disqualify you as we could have done or perhaps we should have done.”

He was fined £7.

16.5.1958 Parkham Braund

Full article dated 16 May 1958

Detective's Jump From Window

Chasing Bideford Shop Intruder

21.2.1958 Tamplin Bideford

Answering a call, Detective-Constable E J Tamplin went to the shop owned by Miss F Hicks. Someone was heard making escape through the building and into the garden and Detective-Constable Tamplin jumped from the bathroom window at the rear of the building to the ground, but the intruder managed to escape.

Police Inspector W Bond said "We are hoping that inquiries will lead to the matter being satisfactorily settled."

Full article dated 21 February 1958

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