• 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 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 2 New art gallery opened

  • 3 Life begins at 80

  • 4

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 5

    Bidefordians
  • 6 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 7

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 8 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 9 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 10 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 11 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 12 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 13 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 14 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 15 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 16 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 18 So this is the mainland!

  • 19 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 20 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 21 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 22 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 23 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 24 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 25 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 26 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 27 First ship in 8 years

  • 28 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 29 Caught in the act>
  • 30 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 31 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 32 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 33 Picking the pops

  • 34 Out of puff!

  • 35 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 36 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 37

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 38 Police station view of Bideford

  • 39 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 40 New choral society's growing response

  • 41 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 42 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 43 Twenty-one yachts

  • 44 Filming at Hartland

  • 45 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 46 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 47 Pannier Market's future?

  • 48 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 49 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 50 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 51 Capers on the cobbles

  • 52 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 53 Torrington's new amenity

  • 54 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 55 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 56 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 57 Sweets derationing

  • 58 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 59 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 60 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 61 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 62 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 63 Jumble sale fever

  • 64 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 65 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 66 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 67 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 68 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 69 Loads of black and white

  • 70 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 71 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 72 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 74 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 75 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 76 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 78 For crying out loud!

  • 79 Bridging the stream

  • 80 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 81 Devil sent packing

  • 82 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 83 Six footed lamb

  • 84 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 85 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 86 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 87 What's the time?

  • 88 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 89 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 90 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 91 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 92 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 93 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 94 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 95 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 96

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 97 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 98 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 99 Warmington's garage ad

  • 100 Mobile missionary

  • 101

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 102 Picking the pops

  • 103 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 104 Blanchards ad.>
  • 105 New addition to Quay front

  • 106 Hartland's invitation

  • 107 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 108 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 109 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 110 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 111 Parkham plan realised

  • 112 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 113

    Relatives all over the world
  • 114 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 115 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 116 Puppet characters introduced

  • 117 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 118 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 119 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 120 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 121 Simple Item 138
  • 122 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 123 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 124 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 125 Decontrol of meat

  • 126 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 127 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 128 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 129

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 130 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 131 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 132

    Married in 1908
  • 133 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 134

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 135 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 136 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 137 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 138 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 139 Just over a year old

  • 140 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 141 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 142 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 143 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 144 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 145 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 146 New civic medallions

  • 147 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 148 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 149 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 150 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 151 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 153 Off on a great adventure

  • 154 Clovelly nightmare

  • 155 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 156 Modern living at Bideford

  • 157 Waldon Triplets
  • 158 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 159 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 160 Northam footballers of the future

  • 161 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 162 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 163 New shipyard on schedule

  • 164 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 165 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 166 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 167 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 168 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 169 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 170 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 171 When horses score over the tractor

  • 172 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 173 Revenge in style

  • 174 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 175 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 176 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 177 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 178 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 179 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 180 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 181 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 182 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 183 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 184 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 185 The art of the thatcher

  • 186 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 187 No sale of Springfield House

  • 188 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 189 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 191 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 192 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 193 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 194

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 195 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 196 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 197 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 198 New Lundy stamps

  • 199 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 200 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 201 They are parted pro-tem

  • 202 Peter poses for TV film

  • 203 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 204 Can spring be far away?

  • 205 Hartland Dancers
  • 206 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 207

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 208 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 209 Littleham family's five generations

  • 210 Sight of a lifetime

  • 211 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 212

    New gateway
  • 213 By pony and trap to market

  • 214 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 215 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 216 Over the bank together>
  • 217 In their new robes and hats

  • 218 Hartland postman retires

  • 219 School's link with cargo ship

  • 220 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 221 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 222 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 223 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 224 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 225 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 226 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 227 School crossing patrol begins

  • 228 Appledore's largest

  • 229 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 230 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 231 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 232 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 233 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 234

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 235 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 236

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 237 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 238 Artisans' Club

  • 239

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 240 From Bobby to Brian

  • 241 Ships at Bideford

  • 242 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 243 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 244

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 245 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 246 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 247 Happy Days!

  • 248 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 249 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 250 A story to tell!

  • 251 Torrington children build igloo
  • 252 Penny for the guy

  • 253 Recognise this resort?

  • 254 Variety in summer weather

  • 255 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 256 Riverside mystery

  • 257 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 258 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 259 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 260 Service with a smile

  • 261 The cab at the corner>
  • 262 Private home for public pump

  • 263

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 264 He beat the floods

  • 265 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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

  • 267 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 268 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 269 Bideford regatta

  • 270 North Devon Driving School

  • 271 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 272 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 274 All for the love of a lady!

  • 275 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 276 Circus comes to town

  • 277

    Was a missionary
  • 278 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 279 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 280 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 281 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 282 New gateway to King George's Fields

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

  • 284 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 285 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 287 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 288 Cruising down the river

  • 289 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 290 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 291 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 292 The Geneva marionettes

  • 293 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 294 Traditions and skills still there

  • 295 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 296 Centenary of Gazette

  • 297 Ten year old scrambler

  • 298 Last train from Torrington

  • 299 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 300 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 301 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 303 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 304 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 305 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 306 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 307 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 308 All aboard the ark

  • 309 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 310

    Building works
  • 311 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 312 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 313 113 years at Instow

  • 314

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 315 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 316 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 317 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 318 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 319

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 320 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 321 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 322 No laughing matter

  • 323 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 324 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 325 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 326 New Post Office

  • 327 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 328 Torrington in 1967

  • 329 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 330 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 331 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 332 It really was the 'last time'

  • 333 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 334 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 335

    Exhibition of school work
  • 336 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 337 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 338

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 339 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 340 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 341

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 342 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 343 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 344 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 345 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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    First prize
  • 347 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 348 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 349 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 350 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 351 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 352 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 353 Bideford computer stars

  • 354 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 355 End of the line

  • 356 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 357 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 358 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 359 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 360 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 361 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 362 New look in the hayfields

  • 363 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 364 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 366 A bird of their own!

  • 367

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 368 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 369 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 370 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 371 Burnard family reunion

  • 372 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 373 Emergency ferry services

  • 374 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 375 Some mushroom!

  • 376 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 377 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 378 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 379 Clovelly custom

  • 380 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 381 New life for Hartland organ

  • 382 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 383 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 384 Weare Giffard potato

  • 385

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 386 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 387 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 388 Bideford loses training ship

  • 389 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 390 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 391 Finished in 1876

  • 392 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 393 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 394 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

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

  • 396 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 397 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 398 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 399 Westward Ho! combined op

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 401 Northam's almshouse

  • 402 A man and his wheel

  • 403 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 404 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 405 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 406

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 407 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 408 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 409 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 410 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 411 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 412

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 413 A roof-top view - where?

  • 414 Some 240 exhibits

  • 415 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 416 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 417 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 418

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 419 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 420 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 421 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 422 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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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Dressmaking - Bideford Community College

Dressmaking, Bideford Community College - March 1968

Dressmaking Bideford Community College
 

Members of dressmaking classes at Bideford Community College display outfits they have designed and made at a mannequin parade. This was in the Gazette 29 March 1968.

 

'Mothercraft', Bideford County Secondary School

'Mothercraft', Bideford County Secondary School - March 1968

'Mothercraft', Bideford County Secondary School
 

As a pupil at Bideford County Secondary School, did you take part in ‘mothercraft’ courses? This picture was published in the Gazette on 22 March 1968 and shows fourth year girls learning to bathe a baby with help from Mrs J Davies and Mrs A Godfrey. The girls were also taught to make toys and clothes. Other practical sessions included transforming a classroom into a nursery with up to 20 young children attending.

 

Oak Beam - Bideford Bridge

Oak Beam, Bideford Bridge - March 1968

Oak Beam - Bideford Bridge
 

An eight foot oak beam found in 1968 within a demolished part of Bideford Bridge is thought to have been a bridge support in the original 700 year old structure. In the picture, Mr R Finlayson, Mr Alf Walker and Mr Jim Wickham look on.

 
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