• 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 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 2 Bideford loses training ship

  • 3 End of the line

  • 4 Sight of a lifetime

  • 5 A roof-top view - where?

  • 6 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 7 Mobile missionary

  • 8 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 9

    Bidefordians
  • 10 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 12 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 13 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 14 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 16 Clovelly nightmare

  • 17 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 18 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 19

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 20 Private home for public pump

  • 21

    New gateway
  • 22 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 23 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 24 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 25 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 26 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 27 What's the time?

  • 28 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 29 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 30 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 31 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 32 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 34 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 35 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 36 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 37 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 38 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 39 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 40 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 41 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 42 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 43 For crying out loud!

  • 44 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 45 Some mushroom!

  • 46 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 47 Northam's almshouse

  • 48 Circus comes to town

  • 49

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 50 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 51 Torrington's new amenity

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

  • 53 Some 240 exhibits

  • 54 School crossing patrol begins

  • 55 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 56 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 57 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 58 Artisans' Club

  • 59 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 60 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 61 In their new robes and hats

  • 62 Hartland postman retires

  • 63 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 64 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 65 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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

  • 67 New addition to Quay front

  • 68 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 69 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 70 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 71

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 72 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 73 Bridging the stream

  • 74 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 75 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 76 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 77 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 78 113 years at Instow

  • 79 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 80 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 81

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 82 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 83 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 84 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 85 Emergency ferry services

  • 86 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 87 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 88 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 89 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 90 Picking the pops

  • 91 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 92 Riverside mystery

  • 93 Devil sent packing

  • 94 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 95 Over the bank together>
  • 96 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 97 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 98 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 99 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 100

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 101 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 102 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 103 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 104 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 105 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 106

    Relatives all over the world
  • 107 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 108 New art gallery opened

  • 109 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 110 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 111 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 112 Simple Item 138
  • 113 Variety in summer weather

  • 114

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 115 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 116 Capers on the cobbles

  • 117 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 118 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 119 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 120 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 121 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 122 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 123 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 124 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 125 New Post Office

  • 126 North Devon Driving School

  • 127 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 128 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 129 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 130 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 131 Service with a smile

  • 132 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 133 Modern living at Bideford

  • 134 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 135 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 136 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 137 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 138 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 139 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 140 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 141

    Exhibition of school work
  • 142 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 143 Light reading for the lighthouse

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

  • 145 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 146 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 147 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 148 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 150 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 151 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 152 Torrington in 1967

  • 153 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 155 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 156 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 157 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 158 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 159 Decontrol of meat

  • 160 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 161 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 162 Blanchards ad.>
  • 163 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 164 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 165 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 167 Recognise this resort?

  • 168 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 169

    Building works
  • 170 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 171 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 172 They are parted pro-tem

  • 173 Just over a year old

  • 174 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 175 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 176 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 177 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 178 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 180 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 181 Weare Giffard potato

  • 182 New civic medallions

  • 183 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 184 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 185 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 186 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 187 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 188

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 189

    Married in 1908
  • 190 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 191 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 192 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 193 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 194

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 195 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 196 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 197 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 198 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 199

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 200 Traditions and skills still there

  • 201 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 202 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 203 By pony and trap to market

  • 204 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 205 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 206 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 207 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 208 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 209 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 210 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 211 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 212 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 213 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 214 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 215 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 216 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 217 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 218 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 219 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 220 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 221 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 222

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 223 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 224 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 225 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 226 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 227 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 228 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 229 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 230 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 231 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 232 Off on a great adventure

  • 233 A bird of their own!

  • 234

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 235 Cruising down the river

  • 236 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 237 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 238 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 239 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 240 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 241 Penny for the guy

  • 242

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 243 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 244 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 245 He beat the floods

  • 246 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 247 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 248

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 249 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 250 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 251 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 252 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 253 The Geneva marionettes

  • 254 Burnard family reunion

  • 255

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 256 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 257 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 258 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 259 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 260 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 261 New choral society's growing response

  • 262

    First prize
  • 263 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 264 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 265 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 266 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 267 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 268 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 269 A story to tell!

  • 270 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 271 Six footed lamb

  • 272 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 273 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 274 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 275 Littleham family's five generations

  • 276

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 277 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 278 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 279 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 280 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 281 Revenge in style

  • 282 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 283 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 284 Caught in the act>
  • 285 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 286 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 287 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 288 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 289 It really was the 'last time'

  • 290 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 291 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 292 Hartland Dancers
  • 293 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 294 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 295 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 296 Parkham plan realised

  • 297 Peter poses for TV film

  • 298 Puppet characters introduced

  • 299 All aboard the ark

  • 300 Out of puff!

  • 301 Clovelly custom

  • 302 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 303 No laughing matter

  • 304 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 305 Picking the pops

  • 306 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 307

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 308 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 309 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 310

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 311 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 312 School's link with cargo ship

  • 313 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 314 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 315 Warmington's garage ad

  • 316 From Bobby to Brian

  • 317 Last train from Torrington

  • 318 New shipyard on schedule

  • 319 Torrington children build igloo
  • 320 Filming at Hartland

  • 321

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

  • 323 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 324 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 325

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 326 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 327 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 328

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 329 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 330 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 331 New life for Hartland organ

  • 332 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 333 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 334 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 335 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 336 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 337 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 338 Jumble sale fever

  • 339 First ship in 8 years

  • 340 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 341 Hartland's invitation

  • 342 Bideford regatta

  • 343 The art of the thatcher

  • 344 No sale of Springfield House

  • 345 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 346 A man and his wheel

  • 347 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 348

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 349 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 350 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 351 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 352 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 353 New look in the hayfields

  • 354 Northam footballers of the future

  • 355 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 356

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 357 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 358 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 359 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 360 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 361 Appledore's largest

  • 362 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 363 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 364 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 365 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 366 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 367 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 368 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 369 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 370 The cab at the corner>
  • 371 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 372 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 373 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 374 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 375 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 376 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 377 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 378 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 379

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 380 Sweets derationing

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

  • 382 Centenary of Gazette

  • 383 Finished in 1876

  • 384 All for the love of a lady!

  • 385

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 386 Twenty-one yachts

  • 387 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 388 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 389

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 390 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 391 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 392 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 393 Pannier Market's future?

  • 394 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 395 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 396 Waldon Triplets
  • 397 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 398 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 399 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 400 Police station view of Bideford

  • 401 Loads of black and white

  • 402 Life begins at 80

  • 403 Can spring be far away?

  • 404 Happy Days!

  • 405 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 406 Ships at Bideford

  • 407 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 408 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 409 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 410 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 411 Bideford computer stars

  • 412

    Was a missionary
  • 413 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 414 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 415 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 416 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 417 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 418 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 419 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 420 When horses score over the tractor

  • 421 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

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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  • 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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  • 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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Fleet of Foot and Fair of Face

Some of the local girl footballers who tonight are competing for the title of North Devon Soccer Personality Girl.

15.2.1974 ladies football1


With the title goes a prize valued at £10.
The occasion is the first annual dinner of the Legs Eleven ladies FC of Appledore, at the Westward Ho! Holiday Centre. An attendance of 450 is expected.
In the picture are: Barbara Riley, Liz Lawrence and Diane Moore, who play for the Shammy Tigers; Rosalind Smale and Christine Hale, from Bell Bombers; Janet Pearson, Liza Stanbury and Anne Powe, of the Legs Eleven team. Another entrant, Juliet John, of Legs Eleven, was unable to be present when the photograph was taken.
These girls will be joined tonight by two entrants representing Clarke’s Shoes and three from the North Devon College. The panel of judges will be: Mrs Sandra Isaac, Mr Alan Higgins (Westcountry Inn, Hartland), Mrs Sheila Starke (manageress of the Durrant House Hotel), and Mr Phil Day, Editor of the Bideford Gazette. Compere will be Mr Hugh Mortimer.
Full article is dated 15 February 1974

A Squash Champion

Mr Andrew Joynson, son of Col and Mrs N H W Joynson, of Yatton Court, Beaford, is seen above with the Michelmore Challenge Cup which he won when he retained the title of the Devon Junior Squash Champion.

21.1.1955 Andrew Joynson

Gazette article dated 21 January 1955

Equalising Goal In Last Seconds Of Netball Game

With a goal in the dying seconds Bideford County Secondary School senior netball team managed to make it an 8-8 draw when, at Torrington County Secondary School, they met Torrington seniors.

1961 netball

The teams seen in the accompanying photographs comprised:
Torrington – Marion Curtis, Valerie Tyler, Nina Rookes, Gillian Cox, Pat Van Laneker, Pauline Balkwill, Gillian Copp
Bideford – Susan Hillman, Wendy Harris, Pat Rogers, Sandra Miles, Maureen Tithecott, Susan Slade, Sally Holliman.
The full Gazette article is dated 27 January 1961

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