• 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 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 2 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 3 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 4 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 5 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 6 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 7 Revenge in style

  • 8

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 9 Finished in 1876

  • 10 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 11 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 12 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 13 Hartland Dancers
  • 14 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 15 The art of the thatcher

  • 16 Bideford computer stars

  • 17 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 18 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 19 For crying out loud!

  • 20

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 21 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 22 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 23 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 24 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 25

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 26 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 27 New Post Office

  • 28 Northam footballers of the future

  • 29 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 30 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 31 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 32 Blanchards ad.>
  • 33 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 34 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 35

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 36 Simple Item 138
  • 37 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 38 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 39 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 40 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 41 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 43 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 44 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 45 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 46 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 47 Out of puff!

  • 48 What's the time?

  • 49 Hartland postman retires

  • 50 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 51 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 52 Sight of a lifetime

  • 53

    Exhibition of school work
  • 54 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 55 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 56 Traditions and skills still there

  • 57 Bideford regatta

  • 58 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 59 The cab at the corner>
  • 60 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 61 From Bobby to Brian

  • 62 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 63 Decontrol of meat

  • 64

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 65 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 66 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 67 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 68 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 69

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 70 New choral society's growing response

  • 71

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 72 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 73 Service with a smile

  • 74 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 75 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 76 New look in the hayfields

  • 77

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 78 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 79 Northam's almshouse

  • 80 A bird of their own!

  • 81 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 82 By pony and trap to market

  • 83 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 84 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 85 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 86 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 88 Life begins at 80

  • 89 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 90 Clovelly nightmare

  • 91 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 92

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 93 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 94 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 95 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 96 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 97 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 98 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 99 Variety in summer weather

  • 100 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 101 Pannier Market's future?

  • 102 A story to tell!

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

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

  • 105 Mobile missionary

  • 106 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 107 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 108 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 109 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 110 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 111 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 112

    First prize
  • 113 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 114 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 115 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 116 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 117 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 118 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 119 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 120

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 121 So this is the mainland!

  • 122 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 123 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 124 Picking the pops

  • 125 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 126 Torrington in 1967

  • 127 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 128

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 129 Weare Giffard potato

  • 130 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 131 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 132 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 133 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 134 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 135 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 136 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 137

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 138 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 139 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 140 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 141 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 142 Just over a year old

  • 143 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 144 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 145 New life for Hartland organ

  • 146 Ten year old scrambler

  • 147 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 148 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 149 Bridging the stream

  • 150 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 151 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 152 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 153 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 154 Centenary of Gazette

  • 155

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 156 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 157 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 158 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 159 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 160 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 161 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 162 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 163 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 164 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 165 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 166 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 168 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 169 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 170 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 171 Littleham family's five generations

  • 172 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 173 All for the love of a lady!

  • 174 Burnard family reunion

  • 175 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 177 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 178 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 179 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 181 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 182 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 183 Sweets derationing

  • 184 When horses score over the tractor

  • 185 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 186 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 187 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 188

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 189 Hartland's invitation

  • 190 Warmington's garage ad

  • 191 Some 240 exhibits

  • 192 The Geneva marionettes

  • 193 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 194 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 195 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 196 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 197 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 198 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 199 Some mushroom!

  • 200 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 201 Capers on the cobbles

  • 202 North Devon Driving School

  • 203 Modern living at Bideford

  • 204 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 205 Picking the pops

  • 206 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 207 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 208 They are parted pro-tem

  • 209 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 210 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 211 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 212

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 213 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 214 Ships at Bideford

  • 215 Six footed lamb

  • 216

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 217 Loads of black and white

  • 218 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 219 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 220 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 221 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 223 New civic medallions

  • 224 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 225 Private home for public pump

  • 226

    Was a missionary
  • 227 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 228 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 229

    New gateway
  • 230 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 231 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 232 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 233 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 234 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 235 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 237 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 238 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 239 Torrington's new amenity

  • 240 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 241 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 242 Happy Days!

  • 243 Peter poses for TV film

  • 244

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 245 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 246

    Relatives all over the world
  • 247 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 248 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 249

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 250 Caught in the act>
  • 251 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 252 Jumble sale fever

  • 253 New shipyard on schedule

  • 254 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 255 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 256 First ship in 8 years

  • 257 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 258 Twenty-one yachts

  • 259

    Building works
  • 260 A man and his wheel

  • 261 Artisans' Club

  • 262 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 263 Recognise this resort?

  • 264 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 265 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 266 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 267 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 268 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 269 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 270 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 271 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 272 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 273 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 274 113 years at Instow

  • 275 Off on a great adventure

  • 276 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 278 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 279 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 280 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 281 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 282 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 283 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 284 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 285 Emergency ferry services

  • 286 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 287 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 288 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 289 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 290 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 291 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 292 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 293 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 294 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 295 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 296 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 297 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 298 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 299 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 300 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 301 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 302

    Married in 1908
  • 303 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 304 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 305 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 306 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 307 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 308 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 309 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 310 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 311 End of the line

  • 312 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 313 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 314 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 315 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 316 Can spring be far away?

  • 317 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 318 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 319 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 320

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 321 A roof-top view - where?

  • 322 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 323 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 324 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 325 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 326 Devil sent packing

  • 327 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 328 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 329 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 330 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 331 It really was the 'last time'

  • 332 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 333 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 334 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 335 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 336 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 337 Penny for the guy

  • 338

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 339 Appledore's largest

  • 340

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 341 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 342 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 343 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 344 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 345 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 346 No laughing matter

  • 347 New art gallery opened

  • 348 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 349 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 350 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 351 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 352 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 353 He beat the floods

  • 354 Filming at Hartland

  • 355 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 356 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 357 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 358 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 359 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 360 Cruising down the river

  • 361 New addition to Quay front

  • 362 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 363 School crossing patrol begins

  • 364 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 365 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 366 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 367 Circus comes to town

  • 368 Torrington children build igloo
  • 369 Last train from Torrington

  • 370 Waldon Triplets
  • 371 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 372 Puppet characters introduced

  • 373 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 374 In their new robes and hats

  • 375 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 376 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 377 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 378 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 379 School's link with cargo ship

  • 380 New Lundy stamps

  • 381 All aboard the ark

  • 382 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 383 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 384 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 385 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 387 Over the bank together>
  • 388

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

  • 390 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 391 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 392 Police station view of Bideford

  • 393 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 394 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 395 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 396 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 397 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 398 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 399 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 400

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 401 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 402 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 403

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 404 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 405 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 406 Parkham plan realised

  • 407 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 408 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 409 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 410 Riverside mystery

  • 411 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 412 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 413 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 414 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 415 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 416 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 417 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 418 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 419 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 420 Clovelly custom

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    Bidefordians
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    Birgitta Whittaker
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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  • 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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  • 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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Edgehill College Junior Sports

Edgehill College Junior Sports - 19th June 1959

19.6.1959 Edgehill
 

Dr R A Cooper wins the sack race for fathers and Mrs Dorothy Cleaver won the obstacle race for mothers. The headmistress, Miss A M Shaw, distributed the prizes and was presented with a bouquet by Elizabeth Coham-Fleming.
Highest number of points: 11 years - Ann Vince, Penelope Mole. 10 years - Jane Bush, Margaret Heywood. 9 years - Celia Barfoot, Sally Doe. 8 years - Janine Trapnell, Elizabeth Cleaver. 7 years - Belinda Cross, Sarah Vincent. 6 years - Richard McKean, Elizabeth Spinks. 5 years - Robin Trapnell, Philip Cleaver.
Little visitors' race - Ann Stanbury.

Girls' College To Have Headmaster

Girls' College To Have Headmaster - 12th December 1975

12.12.1975 Edgehill
 

For the first time since it was founded at Bideford 91 years ago Edgehill College is to have a man in charge.
When the present headmistress, Miss A Mary Shaw, retires at the end of the summer term she will be suceeded by Mr Joseph Shepherd, 46, of Wolverhampton.

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