• 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 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 2 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 3 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 4 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 5 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 6 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 7 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 8 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 9 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 10 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 12 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 13 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 14 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 15 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 16 Simple Item 138
  • 17 Off on a great adventure

  • 18 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 19 Modern living at Bideford

  • 20 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 21

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 22 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 23 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 24 Parkham plan realised

  • 25 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 26

    First prize
  • 27 Six footed lamb

  • 28 Twenty-one yachts

  • 29 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 30 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 31 Bridging the stream

  • 32 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 33 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 34 New choral society's growing response

  • 35

    Was a missionary
  • 36 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 37 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 38 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 39 Clovelly nightmare

  • 40 Some mushroom!

  • 41 New Post Office

  • 42 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 43

    Relatives all over the world
  • 44 Traditions and skills still there

  • 45

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 46 Riverside mystery

  • 47 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 48 Jumble sale fever

  • 49 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 50 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 51 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 52 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 53 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 54 Picking the pops

  • 55 A man and his wheel

  • 56

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 57 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 58 A roof-top view - where?

  • 59 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 60 What's the time?

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

  • 62 Northam footballers of the future

  • 63 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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

  • 65 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 66 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

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

  • 68 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 69 New addition to Quay front

  • 70 Private home for public pump

  • 71 Warmington's garage ad

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

  • 73 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 74 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 75 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 76 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 77 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 78 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 79 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 80 New art gallery opened

  • 81 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 82 Some 240 exhibits

  • 83 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 84 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 85 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 87 School crossing patrol begins

  • 88 The Geneva marionettes

  • 89

    New gateway
  • 90 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 91 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 92 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 93 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 94 From Bobby to Brian

  • 95 Blanchards ad.>
  • 96 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 97 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 98 Littleham family's five generations

  • 99 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 100 Artisans' Club

  • 101 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 102 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 103 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 104 Service with a smile

  • 105 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 106 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 107 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 108 Clovelly custom

  • 109 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 110 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 111 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 112 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 113 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 114 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 115 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 116 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 117 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 118 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 119 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 120 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 121 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 122 The cab at the corner>
  • 123 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 124 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 125 He beat the floods

  • 126 Out of puff!

  • 127 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 128 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 129 Bideford loses training ship

  • 130 No sale of Springfield House

  • 131 Hartland Dancers
  • 132 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 133 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 134

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 135

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 136 Happy Days!

  • 137 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 138 Finished in 1876

  • 139 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 140 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 141 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 142 Decontrol of meat

  • 143 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 144

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 145 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 146 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 147 For crying out loud!

  • 148 Burnard family reunion

  • 149 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 150 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 151 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 152 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 153 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 154 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 155 Recognise this resort?

  • 156 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 157 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 158 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 159 Loads of black and white

  • 160 A story to tell!

  • 161 New civic medallions

  • 162 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 163 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 164 New life for Hartland organ

  • 165 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 166 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 167 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 168 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 169 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 170 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 171 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 172 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 173 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 174 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 175 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 176 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 177 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 178 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 179 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 180 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 181 Filming at Hartland

  • 182 Torrington children build igloo
  • 183 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 184 The art of the thatcher

  • 185

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 186 Hartland's invitation

  • 187 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 188 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 189 Capers on the cobbles

  • 190 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 191 Just over a year old

  • 192 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 193

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 194 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 195 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 196 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 197 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 198

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 199 Pannier Market's future?

  • 200 Can spring be far away?

  • 201 By pony and trap to market

  • 202 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 203 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 204 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 205 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 206 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 207 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 208 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 209 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 210 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 212 So this is the mainland!

  • 213 Over the bank together>
  • 214 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 215 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 216 School's link with cargo ship

  • 217 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 218 Cruising down the river

  • 219 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 220 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 221 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 222 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 223 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 224 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 225 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 226 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 227 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 228 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 229 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 230 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 231 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 232 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 233 Penny for the guy

  • 234

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 235 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 236 Mobile missionary

  • 237 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 238 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 239 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 240 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 241 New shipyard on schedule

  • 242 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 243 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 244

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 245 Waldon Triplets
  • 246 First ship in 8 years

  • 247 Bideford regatta

  • 248 Ships at Bideford

  • 249 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 250 Police station view of Bideford

  • 251 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 252 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 253 Centenary of Gazette

  • 254 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 255 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 256 Weare Giffard potato

  • 257 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 258 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 259 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 260 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 261 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 262 When horses score over the tractor

  • 263 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 264 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 266 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 267 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 268 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 270 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 271 Variety in summer weather

  • 272

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
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    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 274 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 275

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 276

    Exhibition of school work
  • 277 Ten year old scrambler

  • 278 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 279 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 280 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 281 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

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

  • 284 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 285 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 286 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 287 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 288 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 290 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 291 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 292 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 293 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 294 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 295 A bird of their own!

  • 296 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 297 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 298 Torrington in 1967

  • 299 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 300 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 301 It really was the 'last time'

  • 302 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 303 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 304 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 305

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 306 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 307 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 308 Puppet characters introduced

  • 309 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 310 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 311 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 312

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 313 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 314 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 315 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 316 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 317 They are parted pro-tem

  • 318 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 319 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 320 Revenge in style

  • 321 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 322 Peter poses for TV film

  • 323 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 324 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 325 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 326 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 327 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 328 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 329

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 330 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 331 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 332 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 333 All aboard the ark

  • 334 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 335 Devil sent packing

  • 336 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 337 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 338 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 339 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 340 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 341 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 342 Caught in the act>
  • 343 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 344 Appledore's largest

  • 345 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 346 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 347 Life begins at 80

  • 348 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 349 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 350 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 351 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 352 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 353 In their new robes and hats

  • 354 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 355

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 356 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 357 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 358 No laughing matter

  • 359 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 360

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 361 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 362 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 363 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 364

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 365 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 366 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 367 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 368 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 369 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 370 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 372 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 374 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 375 All for the love of a lady!

  • 376 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 377 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 378 Hartland postman retires

  • 379 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 380 North Devon Driving School

  • 381 New Lundy stamps

  • 382 End of the line

  • 383 Bideford computer stars

  • 384 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 385 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 386 Last train from Torrington

  • 387 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 388 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 389 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 390 Northam's almshouse

  • 391 Emergency ferry services

  • 392 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 393

    Bidefordians
  • 394 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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    Building works
  • 396 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 398 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 399 Sweets derationing

  • 400 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 401 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 402 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 403 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 404 Picking the pops

  • 405 113 years at Instow

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

  • 407 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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

  • 409 Circus comes to town

  • 410 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 411 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

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    Married in 1908
  • 413 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 414 Torrington's new amenity

  • 415 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 416 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 417

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 418 New look in the hayfields

  • 419 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 420 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 421 Sight of a lifetime

  • 422 Yelland potter's exhibition at 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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  • 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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  • 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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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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New school for boys at Bideford 16th July 1954

New school for boys at Bideford 16th July 1954

new school for boys at bidefordGrenville College is the name of a new independent boarding school and day school for boys between the ages of 9 and 17 announced as taking over premises being vacated at the end of this Summer term by West Bank School for girls which is moving to Sidmouth.  The headmistress is Miss Hewlett.

Mr N. A. Dromgoole as headmaster.  He was a former headmaster of Belmont College, was educated at Dulwich College St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he gained his B.A. (Hons.) degree.

 

Schoolgirls from many lands

Schoolgirls from many lands

schoolgirls from many landsThe above charming group of girls from many lands was taken the other day at the Stella Maris Convent School, Bideford, on the occasion of the feast day held in honour of the Reverend Mother.

Girls starting at the back with Marion Pringle; Emma Ritter; Munira Gatami; Yvette Stragier; Felicity Baker; Beatrice Van Waes; Maria Massaquoi; Cecelia de Yanes; Suzanne Froozan; Brenda Alcala; Danielle Caproni; Rositta Aidinzantz; Sylvia Sagrario; Frieda Diponogoro; Jessie Dreyfuss; Cynthia Behnan and Ajibabi Dekalu.

 

Stella Maris third in S.W. catholic schools' swimming 28.6.1968

 Stella Maris third in S.W. catholic schools' swimming 28.6.1968

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stella maris third in s.w. catholic schools swimming

Seen above before a training session are the swimming team from Bideford's Stella Maris School.  After winning the North Devon area title of the Catholics schools' Swimming Federation, they competed at the South West area finals at Charlton Park, Cheltenham.

Swimmers taking part.  Elizabeth Adlington; Linda Locke; Helen Cooper; Joanne Payne; Marilyn Cuthill; Karen Locke; Jean Cooper; Carol Booth;  Prudence Murray; Hilary Shaw; Kathrine Payne and Karen Cummings.

 

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