• 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 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 2 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 3 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 4 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 5 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 6 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 7 New choral society's growing response

  • 8 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 9 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 10 It really was the 'last time'

  • 11 A bird of their own!

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    Building works
  • 13 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 14 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 15 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 16 Cruising down the river

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

  • 18 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 19 Some 240 exhibits

  • 20

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 21

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 22 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 23 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 24 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 25 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 26 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 27 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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    Bidefordians
  • 29 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 30 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 31 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 32 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 33 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 34 Warmington's garage ad

  • 35 For crying out loud!

  • 36 Circus comes to town

  • 37 Can spring be far away?

  • 38 Emergency ferry services

  • 39 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 40 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 41 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 42 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 44 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 45 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 46 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 47 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 48 Torrington children build igloo
  • 49

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 50 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 51 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 52 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 53

    Married in 1908
  • 54

    Exhibition of school work
  • 55 Decontrol of meat

  • 56 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 57 Mobile missionary

  • 58 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 60 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 61 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 62 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 63 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 64 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 65 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 66 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 67 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 68 No laughing matter

  • 69 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 70 So this is the mainland!

  • 71 Simple Item 138
  • 72 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 73 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 74 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 75 Clovelly nightmare

  • 76 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 77 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 78 113 years at Instow

  • 79 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 80 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 81 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 82 New Post Office

  • 83 Just over a year old

  • 84

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 85

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 86 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 87 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 88 Police station view of Bideford

  • 89 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 91 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 92 Bideford computer stars

  • 93 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 94 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 96 Private home for public pump

  • 97 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 98 From Bobby to Brian

  • 99 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 100 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 101 Sweets derationing

  • 102 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 103 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 104 Out of puff!

  • 105 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 106

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 107 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 108 Traditions and skills still there

  • 109 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 110 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 111 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 112 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 113 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 114 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 115 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 116 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 118 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 119 In their new robes and hats

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

  • 121 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 122 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 123 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 124 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 125 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 126 Riverside mystery

  • 127 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 128 Centenary of Gazette

  • 129 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 130 Modern living at Bideford

  • 131 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 132 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 133 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 134 They are parted pro-tem

  • 135 Revenge in style

  • 136 Bridging the stream

  • 137 Hartland's invitation

  • 138 First ship in 8 years

  • 139 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 140 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 141 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 142 Hartland Dancers
  • 143 Artisans' Club

  • 144 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 145 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 146 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 147

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 148 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 149 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 150 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 151 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 152 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 153 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 154 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 155 New life for Hartland organ

  • 156 Happy Days!

  • 157 Pannier Market's future?

  • 158 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 159 Appledore's largest

  • 160 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 161 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 162 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 163 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 164 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 165 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 166 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 167 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 168 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 169 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 170 Weare Giffard potato

  • 171 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 172 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 173 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 174 Clovelly custom

  • 175 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 176 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 177 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 178 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 179 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 180 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 181 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 182 Bideford loses training ship

  • 183 Jumble sale fever

  • 184 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 185 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 186 Twenty-one yachts

  • 187 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 188 Life begins at 80

  • 189 When horses score over the tractor

  • 190 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 191 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 192

    Relatives all over the world
  • 193

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 194 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 195 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 196 New look in the hayfields

  • 197 Picking the pops

  • 198 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 199 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 200 Ten year old scrambler

  • 201 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 202 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 203 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 204 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 205 Six footed lamb

  • 206 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 207 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 208 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 209 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 210

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 211 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 212 Recognise this resort?

  • 213 Puppet characters introduced

  • 214 The art of the thatcher

  • 215 A story to tell!

  • 216 A roof-top view - where?

  • 217 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 218 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 219 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 220

    Was a missionary
  • 221 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 222

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 223 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 224 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 225 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 226 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 227 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 228 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 229 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 230 Caught in the act>
  • 231 Northam footballers of the future

  • 232 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 233 By pony and trap to market

  • 234 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 235 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 236 The cab at the corner>
  • 237 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 238 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 239 Some mushroom!

  • 240

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 241 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 242 Filming at Hartland

  • 243 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 244 No sale of Springfield House

  • 245

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 246 Variety in summer weather

  • 247

    New gateway
  • 248 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 249 Capers on the cobbles

  • 250 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 251 What's the time?

  • 252 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 253 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 254 Finished in 1876

  • 255 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 256 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 257 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 258 Hartland postman retires

  • 259 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 260 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 261 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 262 Waldon Triplets
  • 263 All for the love of a lady!

  • 264 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 265 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 266 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 267 Burnard family reunion

  • 268 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 269 End of the line

  • 270 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 271 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 272 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 273 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 274

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 275 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 276 New addition to Quay front

  • 277 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 278 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 279 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 280 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 281 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 282 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 283 Penny for the guy

  • 284 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 285 School's link with cargo ship

  • 286 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 287 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 288 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 289 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 290 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 291 East-the-Water sets town an example

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

  • 293 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 294 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 295

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 296 Off on a great adventure

  • 297 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 298 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 299 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 300 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 301 New Lundy stamps

  • 302 A man and his wheel

  • 303 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 304 Devil sent packing

  • 305 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 306 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 307

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 308 Service with a smile

  • 309 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 310 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 311 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 312 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 313 He beat the floods

  • 314 Torrington's new amenity

  • 315 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 316 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 318 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 319

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 320 New art gallery opened

  • 321

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 322 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 323

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 324 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 325 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 326 All aboard the ark

  • 327 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 328 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 329 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 330 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 331 Littleham family's five generations

  • 332 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

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

  • 335 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 336 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 337

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 338 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 339 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 340 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 341 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 342 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 343 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 344 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 345 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 346 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 347

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 348 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 349 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 350 New civic medallions

  • 351 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 352

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 353 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 354 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 355 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 356

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 357 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 358 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 359 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 360 Northam's almshouse

  • 361 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 362 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 363

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 364 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 365 Over the bank together>
  • 366 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 367 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 368 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 369 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 370 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 371 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 372 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 373 Picking the pops

  • 374 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 375 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 376 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 377 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 378 New shipyard on schedule

  • 379 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 380 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 381 Peter poses for TV film

  • 382 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 383 Ships at Bideford

  • 384 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 386 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 387 Bideford regatta

  • 388 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 389 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 390 The Geneva marionettes

  • 391 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 392 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 393 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 394 Last train from Torrington

  • 395 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 396 North Devon Driving School

  • 397 Torrington in 1967

  • 398 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 399 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 400 Blanchards ad.>
  • 401 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 402 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 403 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 405 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 406 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 407 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 408 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 409

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 410 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 411 School crossing patrol begins

  • 412

    First prize
  • 413 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 414

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 415 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 416 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 417 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 418 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 419 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 420 Loads of black and white

  • 421 Parkham plan realised

  • 422 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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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Woolsery children's Coat of Arms in Sea-shells 12.07.1961

Woolsery children's Coat of Arms in Sea-shells 12.07.1961

Woolsery childrens coat of arms in sea shellsEach summer term children at Woolsery Primary School make a study of various kinds of sea shells and sea weeds.  Mr C B Griffiths headmaster had a brainwave - "a picture of Bideford's Coat of Arms made from sea shells and painted, would be a good idea."

Children seen in the picture, left to right are Michael Andrew, Michael Dark, Ann Piper, Joan Gorrell, Susan Bond, Pauline Gilbert and Sylvia Braund.  They are all aged 10.

Boarder still critical 25th June 1982

Boarder still critical 25th June 1982

Boarder still critical

A Grenville College boarder who fell 60 feet down cliffs at Hartland was still critically ill in Freedom Fields Hospital, Plymouth.

Julian Bairstow, 12, sustained serious head and internal injuries when he plunged on to rocks near Blagdon Farm west of Hartland Point.  Pupils Ashley Gray, Shaun Robins and Tim Leech kept him breathing until he could be stretchered aboard a helicopter from RAF Chivenor and airlifted to the North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple.

The three boys were later praised by the Chivenor winchman.  He told the College's headmaster Mr David Powell-Price: "They did everything they could have done and they did it right."

Massive shooting trophy is back at Grenville College 3rd July 1970

Massive shooting trophy is back at Grenville College 3rd July 1970

Massive shooting trophy is back at Grenville CollegeSecond time in 3 years the magnificent 'News of the World' shooting trophy, open to competition by Army Cadet Forces throughout the country, is lodged at Grenville College, Bideford.  Mr Crabbe is headmaster of Grenville College.

The trophy was presented by Major General J Douglas-Withers, General Officer Commanding South Western District.  The man behind the eight was again Company Sergeant Major Gerald Beer, of "E" Company, Wessex Volunteers.

The eight comprised Sergeant Ronald Harris; Cadet Charles Cross; Lance Coproral John Treffry; Lance Corporal Simond Gifford; Cadet Adrian Forbes; Cadet John Westcott and Cadet Karibu Dantata.

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