• 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 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 2 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 4 Life begins at 80

  • 5 Traditions and skills still there

  • 6 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 7

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 8 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 9 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 10 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 11 They are parted pro-tem

  • 12 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 13 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 14 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 15 Service with a smile

  • 16 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 17 Riverside mystery

  • 18 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 19 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 20 Appledore's largest

  • 21 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 22 Hartland postman retires

  • 23 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 24 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 25 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 26 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 27

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 28 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 29 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 30 New civic medallions

  • 31 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 32

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 33 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 34 New life for Hartland organ

  • 35 New Lundy stamps

  • 36 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 37 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 38 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 39 Capers on the cobbles

  • 40 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 41 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 42 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 43 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 44 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 45 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 46 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 47 Ten year old scrambler

  • 48 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 49 Clovelly custom

  • 50 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 51 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 52 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 53 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 54 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 55 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 56 Some mushroom!

  • 57 Artisans' Club

  • 58 Centenary of Gazette

  • 59 Emergency ferry services

  • 60 The Geneva marionettes

  • 61 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 62 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 63 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 64 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 65 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 66 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 67 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 68 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 69 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 70 Finished in 1876

  • 71 Puppet characters introduced

  • 72 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 73 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 74 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 75 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 76 The cab at the corner>
  • 77 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 78 Sight of a lifetime

  • 79 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 80 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 81 Mobile missionary

  • 82 Ships at Bideford

  • 83 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 84 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 85 Decontrol of meat

  • 86 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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

  • 88 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 89

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 90 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 92 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 93 Some 240 exhibits

  • 94 From Bobby to Brian

  • 95 In their new robes and hats

  • 96 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 97 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 98 Picking the pops

  • 99

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 100 New Post Office

  • 101 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 102 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 103 Police station view of Bideford

  • 104 Sweets derationing

  • 105 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 106 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 107 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 108 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 109 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 110 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 111 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 113 North Devon Driving School

  • 114 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 115 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 116 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 117 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 118 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 119 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 120 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 122 A roof-top view - where?

  • 123 When horses score over the tractor

  • 124 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 125 Torrington in 1967

  • 126 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 127 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 128 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 129 Torrington's new amenity

  • 130

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 131 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 132 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 133 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 134 Recognise this resort?

  • 135 By pony and trap to market

  • 136 Littleham family's five generations

  • 137 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 138 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 139 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 140 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 141 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 142 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 143 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 144 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 145 Variety in summer weather

  • 146 Northam footballers of the future

  • 147 New fire and ambulance stations

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

  • 149 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 151 Hartland Dancers
  • 152 Just over a year old

  • 153 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 154 Can spring be far away?

  • 155 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 156 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 157

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 158 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 159

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 160 What's the time?

  • 161

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 162 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 163

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 164 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 165 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 166 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 167 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 168 Twenty-one yachts

  • 169 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 170 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 171 For crying out loud!

  • 172 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 173 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 174 Cruising down the river

  • 175 The art of the thatcher

  • 176 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 177 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 178 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 179 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 180 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 181 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 182 Loads of black and white

  • 183 School's link with cargo ship

  • 184 Picking the pops

  • 185

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 186 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 187 End of the line

  • 188 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 189 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 190 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 191

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 192 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 193 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 194 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 195 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 196 No sale of Springfield House

  • 197 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 198 A story to tell!

  • 199 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 200 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 201 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 202 Clovelly nightmare

  • 203 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 204 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 205 It really was the 'last time'

  • 206 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 207 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 208 Waldon Triplets
  • 209 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 210 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 211 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 212 All for the love of a lady!

  • 213 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 214 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 215 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 216

    Bidefordians
  • 217 Blanchards ad.>
  • 218 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 219 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 220 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 221 Bideford computer stars

  • 222 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 223 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 224 Warmington's garage ad

  • 225 Bideford regatta

  • 226

    New gateway
  • 227 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 228 A man and his wheel

  • 229 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 231 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 232 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 233 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 234 New addition to Quay front

  • 235 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 236 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 237 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 238 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 239 Bideford loses training ship

  • 240 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 241 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 242 Last train from Torrington

  • 243 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 244 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 245 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 246 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 247 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 248 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 249 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 250 New shipyard on schedule

  • 251 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 252

    Exhibition of school work
  • 253

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 254 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 255 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 256 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 257 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 258 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 259 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 260 New art gallery opened

  • 261 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 263 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 264 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 265 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 266 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 267 Private home for public pump

  • 268 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 269 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 270 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 271 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 272 Bridging the stream

  • 273 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 274 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 275 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 276 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 277 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 278 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 279 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 280 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 281 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 282 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 283 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 284 Parkham plan realised

  • 285 113 years at Instow

  • 286 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 287 Caught in the act>
  • 288 Afternoon tea in the park

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

  • 290

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 291 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 292 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 293 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 294 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 295 No laughing matter

  • 296 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 297 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 298 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 299

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 300 School crossing patrol begins

  • 301 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 302 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 303 All aboard the ark

  • 304

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 305 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 306 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 307 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 308 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 309 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 310 Northam's almshouse

  • 311 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 312

    Married in 1908
  • 313 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 314 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 315 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 316

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 317 Torrington children build igloo
  • 318 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 319 Jumble sale fever

  • 320 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 321 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 322 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 324 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 325 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 326 Burnard family reunion

  • 327 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 328 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 329 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 330

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 331 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 332 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 333 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 334 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 335 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 336 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 337 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 338 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 339 Six footed lamb

  • 340 Devil sent packing

  • 341 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 342

    Building works
  • 343 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 344 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 345 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 346 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 347 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 348 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 349 First ship in 8 years

  • 350 Peter poses for TV film

  • 351 New look in the hayfields

  • 352 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 353

    First prize
  • 354 New choral society's growing response

  • 355 Out of puff!

  • 356 A bird of their own!

  • 357 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 358 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 359 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 360 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 361 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 362 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 363 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 364 Over the bank together>
  • 365 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 366 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 367 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 368 Happy Days!

  • 369 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 370 He beat the floods

  • 371 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 372 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 373 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 374 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 375 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 376 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 377 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 379 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 380 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 381

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 382 Circus comes to town

  • 383 Hartland's invitation

  • 384 Weare Giffard potato

  • 385 Revenge in style

  • 386 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 387 Pannier Market's future?

  • 388 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 389 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 390

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 391 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 392 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 393 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 394

    Relatives all over the world
  • 395

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 396

    Was a missionary
  • 397

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 398 Off on a great adventure

  • 399 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 400 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 401 So this is the mainland!

  • 402 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 403 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 404

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 405 Simple Item 138
  • 406 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 407 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 408 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 409

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 410 Modern living at Bideford

  • 411 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 412 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 413 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 414 Penny for the guy

  • 415 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 416 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 417 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 418 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 419 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 420 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 421 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 422 Filming at Hartland

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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A battle of the sexes

Local Skittles Challenge Match

A challenge match between the champion team of Bideford and District Skittles League and the champion team of Bideford Women’s Skittles League resulted in a win for the men by 27 pins.

Representing the ladies were the Charrington Charlies team for whom M Kinsman was top scorer. Representing the men were Bideford British Legion, with A Williams making the highest contribution.

20.6.1969 Bideford skittles challenge

The Charrington Charlies team: H Oke, L Jenkins, J Moase, M Kinsman, N Cann, M Yeo

20.6.1969 Bideford skittles challenge 2

The British Legion team: G Cole, A Williams, R Stanbury, F Sines, I Shortridge, K Gist

Gazette edition dated 20 June 1969

They Won Every Match!

Torrington Blue Coat School’s football team

went through in the recent season unbeaten in their matches with neighbouring schools.

6.6.1969 Torrington Blue Coat football

Adrian Darch, Roy Allen, Tommy Webber, Stephen Pearson, Terry Down, Paul Wheeler and Graham Reed. Substitute is Stephen Frey

The team has won all 10 of their matches, scoring 49 goals and conceding only five.

Gazette article dated 6 June 1969

They Coast to Success!

Six of the best in skittles!

6.5.1969 Bideford Skittles Coasters Ladies

Coasters = Jennifer Copp, Dorothy Copp, Gladys Redclift, Violet Headon, Florence Copp and Doreen Wooldridge

The Coasters, of Division 1 of Bideford and District Ladies' Skittles League, this season won two trophies for the second year in succession and another for the third successive year. The trophies are the League Cup, Mothers' Pride cup and the highest aggregate away score cup.

In fact, the Coasters have been the only winners of the aggregate cup introduced three years ago.

Gazette article dated 6 May 1969

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