• 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 No laughing matter

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 3 Some 240 exhibits

  • 4 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 5 Twenty-one yachts

  • 6 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 7 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 8 A man and his wheel

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

  • 10 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 11 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 12 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 13 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 14 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 15 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 16 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 17 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 18 A roof-top view - where?

  • 19 Ships at Bideford

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

  • 21 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 22 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 23 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 24 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 25 Filming at Hartland

  • 26 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 27 Cruising down the river

  • 28 New Lundy stamps

  • 29 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 30 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 31 In their new robes and hats

  • 32 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 33 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 34 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 35 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 36 Private home for public pump

  • 37 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 38 Waldon Triplets
  • 39 Bridging the stream

  • 40 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 41 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 42 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 43 Hartland Dancers
  • 44 Puppet characters introduced

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

  • 46 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 47 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 48 Some mushroom!

  • 49

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 50 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 51 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 52 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 53 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 54 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 55 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 56 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 57 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 58 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 59 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 60 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 61 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 62 Modern living at Bideford

  • 63

    New gateway
  • 64 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 65 Blanchards ad.>
  • 66 113 years at Instow

  • 67 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 68

    First prize
  • 69 Littleham family's five generations

  • 70 Capers on the cobbles

  • 71 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 72 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 73 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 74 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 75 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 76

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 77 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 78 Loads of black and white

  • 79 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 80 Service with a smile

  • 81 Simple Item 138
  • 82

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 83 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 84 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 86 Picking the pops

  • 87 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 88

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 89 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 90 Northam footballers of the future

  • 91 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 92

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 93 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 94

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 95 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 97 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 98 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 99 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 100 Happy Days!

  • 101 Decontrol of meat

  • 102 For crying out loud!

  • 103 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 104

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 105 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 106 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 107 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 108 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 109 Jumble sale fever

  • 110 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 111 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 112 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 113 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 114 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 115 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 116 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 117 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 118 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 119 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 120

    Was a missionary
  • 121 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 122 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 123 Passing of a Torrington landmark

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

  • 125 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 126 Emergency ferry services

  • 127 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 128 A bird of their own!

  • 129

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 130 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 131 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 132 It really was the 'last time'

  • 133 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 134 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 135 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 136 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 137 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 138 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 139 Bideford regatta

  • 140 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 141

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 142 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 143 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 144 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 145 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 146 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 147 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 148 Bideford loses training ship

  • 149 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 150 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 151 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 152 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 153 Sweets derationing

  • 154

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 155 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 156 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 157 Can spring be far away?

  • 158 North Devon Driving School

  • 159 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 160 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 161 Revenge in style

  • 162 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 163 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 164 New civic medallions

  • 165 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 166 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 167 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 168 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 169 Finished in 1876

  • 170 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 171

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 172 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 173 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 174

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 175 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 176 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 177 Torrington Church's new organ

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

  • 179 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 180 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 181 Hartland postman retires

  • 182 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 183

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 184 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 185 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 186 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 187 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 188 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 189 Devil sent packing

  • 190 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 191 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 192 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 193 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 194 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 195 Artisans' Club

  • 196

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 197 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 198 Clovelly nightmare

  • 199 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 200 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 201 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 202 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 203 School crossing patrol begins

  • 204 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 205 New life for Hartland organ

  • 206 Out of puff!

  • 207 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 208

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 209 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 210 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 211

    Married in 1908
  • 212 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 213 Mobile missionary

  • 214 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 215 He beat the floods

  • 216 Last train from Torrington

  • 217 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 218 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 219 Riverside mystery

  • 220 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 221 Ten year old scrambler

  • 222 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 223 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 224 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 225 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 226 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 227 All for the love of a lady!

  • 228 Torrington in 1967

  • 229 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 230 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 231 By pony and trap to market

  • 232 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 233 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 234 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 235 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 236 New choral society's growing response

  • 237 Police station view of Bideford

  • 238 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 239 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 240 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 242 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 243 Sight of a lifetime

  • 244 Recognise this resort?

  • 245 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 246 Appledore's largest

  • 247 Torrington children build igloo
  • 248 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 249 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 250 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 251 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 252 Caught in the act>
  • 253 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 254 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 255 Northam's almshouse

  • 256 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 258 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 259 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 260 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 261 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 262 What's the time?

  • 263 Peter poses for TV film

  • 264 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 265 Traditions and skills still there

  • 266 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 267 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 268 New addition to Quay front

  • 269 No sale of Springfield House

  • 270 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 271 From Bobby to Brian

  • 272 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 273 Warmington's garage ad

  • 274 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 275 New look in the hayfields

  • 276 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 277 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 278 First ship in 8 years

  • 279 Circus comes to town

  • 280 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 281 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 282 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 283 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 284 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 285

    Bidefordians
  • 286 New look for Torrington Lane

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

  • 288 Just over a year old

  • 289 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 290 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 291 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 292 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 293

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 294 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 295 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 296 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 297

    Relatives all over the world
  • 298 Picking the pops

  • 299 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 300 Clovelly custom

  • 301

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 302 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 303 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 304 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 305 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 306 Over the bank together>
  • 307 The Geneva marionettes

  • 308 Penny for the guy

  • 309 New Post Office

  • 310 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 311 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 312 Centenary of Gazette

  • 313

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 314 All aboard the ark

  • 315 When horses score over the tractor

  • 316 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 317 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 318 End of the line

  • 319 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 320 A story to tell!

  • 321 Burnard family reunion

  • 322 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 323 New art gallery opened

  • 324 Life begins at 80

  • 325 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 326 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 327

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 328 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 329 Variety in summer weather

  • 330 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 331 Off on a great adventure

  • 332 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 333 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 334 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 335 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 336 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 337 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 338 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 339 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 340 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 341 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 342 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 343 Six footed lamb

  • 344 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 345 Bideford computer stars

  • 346 Parkham plan realised

  • 347 School's link with cargo ship

  • 348 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 349

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 350 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 351 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 352 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 353 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 354

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 355 The cab at the corner>
  • 356 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 357 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 358

    Building works
  • 359 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 360 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 361 They are parted pro-tem

  • 362 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 363 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 364 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 365 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 366 Weare Giffard potato

  • 367 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 368 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 369 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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

  • 371 Pannier Market's future?

  • 372 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 373 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 374 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 375 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 376 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 377 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 378 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 379 So this is the mainland!

  • 380 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 381

    Exhibition of school work
  • 382 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 383 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 384 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 385 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 386 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 387 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 388 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 389 Torrington's new amenity

  • 390 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 391 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 392 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 393 Hartland's invitation

  • 394 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 395 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 396 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 397 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 398

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 399 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 400 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 401 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 402 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 403 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 405 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 406

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 407 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 408 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 409 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 410 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 411 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 412 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 413 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 414

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 415 The art of the thatcher

  • 416 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 417 New shipyard on schedule

  • 418 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 419 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 420 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 421 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 422 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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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Despite the Easter snow

 the cricket season is just around the corner

and during the winter months coaching sessions have been held regularly at Bideford Sports Hall.

April 1975 Cricket Bird Shepherd

Receiving advice from Gloucestershire cricketer David Shepherd, whose home is at Instow, is young Lester Bird - a member of a family which has given many years service to Bideford Cricket Club.

Looking on - Lester's father Mervyn and grandfather Cecil, who although in his seventies will be umpiring once again next season.

April 1975 Gazette article

It’s Appleblossom Time At Bideford

Outstanding individual displays

by Kim Metherell of the Ship-on-Launch and Elizabeth Copp of Appledore British Legion were features of the annual finals night of Bideford Ladies’ Darts League.

On her way to the pairs championship with Jill Bale, Mrs Copp defeated her mother Henrietta Brennan and partner Doris Hare. Kim Metherell beat fellow player Christine Hill.

March 1975 Bideford darts Appleblossoms

The Appleblossom team – Mesdames Jenny Cawsey, Audrey Andrews, Jean Eldidge, Sylvia Sanders, Mary Collings and Nesta Tucker

March 1975

A tennis double for Bideford

Twenty of North Devon’s most promising girl tennis players

took part in a match between Bideford and Barnstaple Junior Tennis Schools at Westward Ho!

The under-14 section was closely contested with the Bideford girls winning 4-3 with three drawn. The more experienced Bideford under-16 team romped to a 4-0 win with one match drawn.

February 1975 Tennis matches

Bideford Junior Tennis School provides all-the-year-round coaching for 40-50 local youngsters at Edgehill College, Bideford Sports Hall and the Westward Ho! courts under the guidance of Mr Bob Clarke.

Players of the matches included – Julie Bowden, Debbie Sharpe, Elizabeth Hussell, Tessa Dean, Mandy Poyndon, Jennie Edgecombe, Judith Furnell, Carol Thorne, Elizabeth Warrener, L Roper, Wendy Macuauley-Black, Julia Snell. Mary Johns, Jane Simmonds, Sally Edgecombe, and Kate Sweenie.

February 1975

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