• 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 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 2 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 3 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 4 Traditions and skills still there

  • 5 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 6 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 7 Sight of a lifetime

  • 8 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 9

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 10 Devil sent packing

  • 11 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 12 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 13 Recognise this resort?

  • 14 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 15 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 16

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 17 No laughing matter

  • 18 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 19 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 20 Just over a year old

  • 21 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 22 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 23 New civic medallions

  • 24 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 25 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 26 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 27 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 28 Puppet characters introduced

  • 29 Sweets derationing

  • 30 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 31 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 32 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 33

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 34 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 35 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 36 He beat the floods

  • 37 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 38 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 39 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 40 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 41 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 42 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 43 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 44 The Geneva marionettes

  • 45

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 46 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 47 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 48 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 49 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 50 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 51 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 52 Over the bank together>
  • 53 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 54 From Bobby to Brian

  • 55 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 56 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 57 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 58

    New gateway
  • 59 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 60 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 61 113 years at Instow

  • 62 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 63 Variety in summer weather

  • 64 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 65 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 66 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 67 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 68 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 69 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 70 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 71 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 72 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 73 The art of the thatcher

  • 74 Emergency ferry services

  • 75

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 76 So this is the mainland!

  • 77 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 78 Picking the pops

  • 79 Artisans' Club

  • 80 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 81 North Devon Driving School

  • 82

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 83 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 84 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 85 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 86 Ships at Bideford

  • 87 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 88 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 89 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 90 Twenty-one yachts

  • 91 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 92

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 93 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 94 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 95 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 96 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 97 Last train from Torrington

  • 98 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 99 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 100 Simple Item 138
  • 101 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 102 Hartland Dancers
  • 103 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 104 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 105 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 106 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 107 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 108 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 109 Torrington children build igloo
  • 110 Picking the pops

  • 111 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 112 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 113 Off on a great adventure

  • 114 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 115 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 116 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 117 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 118

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 119 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 120 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 121

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 122 Service with a smile

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

  • 124 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 125 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 126 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 127 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 128

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 129 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 130 First ship in 8 years

  • 131 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 132 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 133 Some 240 exhibits

  • 134 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 135 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 136 Loads of black and white

  • 137 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 138 Hartland postman retires

  • 139 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 140 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 141 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 142 Waldon Triplets
  • 143 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 144 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 145 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 147 All aboard the ark

  • 148 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 149 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 150 For crying out loud!

  • 151 Warmington's garage ad

  • 152 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 153 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 154 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 155 New Lundy stamps

  • 156 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 157 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 158 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 159 Happy Days!

  • 160 New shipyard on schedule

  • 161 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 162 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 163 Filming at Hartland

  • 164 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 165 Northam's almshouse

  • 166 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 167 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 168 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 169 Mobile missionary

  • 170 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 171 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 172 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 173 Littleham family's five generations

  • 174 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 175 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 176 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 177 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 178

    Exhibition of school work
  • 179 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 180 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 181 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 182

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 183 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 184 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 185 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 186 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 187 Torrington in 1967

  • 188 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 189 New life for Hartland organ

  • 190 Ten year old scrambler

  • 191 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 192 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 193 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 194 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 195 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 197 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 198 A story to tell!

  • 199 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 200 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 201 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 202 A roof-top view - where?

  • 203 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 204 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 205 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 206 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 207 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 208 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 209 Hartland's invitation

  • 210 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 211 Bideford regatta

  • 212 They are parted pro-tem

  • 213

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 214 School crossing patrol begins

  • 215 Some mushroom!

  • 216 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 217

    Relatives all over the world
  • 218 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 219

    Bidefordians
  • 220 Life begins at 80

  • 221 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 222 Decontrol of meat

  • 223 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 224 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 225

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 226 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 227 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 228 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 229 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 230 Torrington's new amenity

  • 231 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 232 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 233 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 234 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 235

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 236 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 237 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 238 Burnard family reunion

  • 239 Bridging the stream

  • 240

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 241 Bideford computer stars

  • 242 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 243

    Married in 1908
  • 244 All for the love of a lady!

  • 245 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 246 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 247 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 248 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 249 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 250 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 251 End of the line

  • 252 When horses score over the tractor

  • 253 Appledore's largest

  • 254 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 255 New Post Office

  • 256 Caught in the act>
  • 257

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 258 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 259 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 260 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 261 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 263

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 264

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 265 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 266 In their new robes and hats

  • 267 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 268 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 269 Clovelly custom

  • 270 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 271 A bird of their own!

  • 272 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 273 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 274 By pony and trap to market

  • 275 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 276 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 277 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 278 Riverside mystery

  • 279 Blanchards ad.>
  • 280 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 281 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 282 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 284 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 285 New addition to Quay front

  • 286 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 287

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 288 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 289 It really was the 'last time'

  • 290 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 291 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 292 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 293 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 294 Bideford loses training ship

  • 295 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 296 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 297 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 298 Peter poses for TV film

  • 299 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 300 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 301 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 302 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 303 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 304 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 305 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 306 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 307

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 308 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 309 Circus comes to town

  • 310 Parkham plan realised

  • 311

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 312 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 314 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 315 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 316 New look in the hayfields

  • 317 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 318 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 319 Revenge in style

  • 320 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 321 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 322 Cruising down the river

  • 323 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 324 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 325 New choral society's growing response

  • 326 Northam footballers of the future

  • 327 Can spring be far away?

  • 328

    First prize
  • 329 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 330

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 331 Modern living at Bideford

  • 332 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 333 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 334 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 335 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 336 Finished in 1876

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

  • 338 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 339 Clovelly nightmare

  • 340 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 341 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 342 Six footed lamb

  • 343 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 344 Pannier Market's future?

  • 345 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 346 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 347

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 348

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 349 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

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

  • 352 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 353 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 354 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 355 Centenary of Gazette

  • 356 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

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

  • 358 Capers on the cobbles

  • 359 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 360 School's link with cargo ship

  • 361 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 362 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 363 Private home for public pump

  • 364 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 366 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 367

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 368 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 369 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 370 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 371 A man and his wheel

  • 372 The cab at the corner>
  • 373 Weare Giffard potato

  • 374 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 375 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 376 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 377 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 378 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 379 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 380 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 381 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 382 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 383 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 384 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 385 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 386 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 387

    Building works
  • 388 Out of puff!

  • 389 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 390 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 391 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 392 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 394 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 395 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 396 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 397 Jumble sale fever

  • 398 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 399 Penny for the guy

  • 400 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 401 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 402 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 403 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 404 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 405 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 406 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 407

    Was a missionary
  • 408 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 409 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 410 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 411 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 412 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 413 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 414 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 415 New art gallery opened

  • 416 What's the time?

  • 417 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 418 No sale of Springfield House

  • 419 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 420 Police station view of Bideford

  • 421 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 422 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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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Wedding - 1945

Bideford - Westward Ho! Wedding - 13th February 1945

13.2.1945 wedding
 

L.A.C. David Lang and Miss Daphne Stevens

There was much interest in the wedding on January 30th at the High Street Methodist Church, Bideford, between L.A.C David Charles Blake Lang, R.A.F., eldest son of Mr F G and the late Mrs Lang, of 36 Old Town, Bideford, and Miss Daphne Grace Stevens, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J Stevens, of 2 Eastbourne Terrace, Westward Ho!
The Rev. T E Clarke officiated at the ceremony.
Mrs. Cox presided at the organ, the hymns sung being "The Voice that breathed o'er Eden" and "O Perfect Love".
The bride was given away by her brother, Mr  F A B Stevens, was attired in a dress of white satin, with white satin shoes, and her head-dress was of white feathers with a veil. THe mother of the bride wore a red crepe dress, with a fur coat and brown accessories. 
The duties of the best man were carried out by Mr Frank Babb, uncle.
The reception was held at the Methodist Church Primaary Hall, the honeymoon being spent at Exeter, the bride travelling in a fur coat with dress and hat to match.



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