• 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 School's link with cargo ship

  • 2 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 3 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 4 Torrington children build igloo
  • 5 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 6 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 7 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 8 New life for Hartland organ

  • 9 Hartland postman retires

  • 10 Puppet characters introduced

  • 11 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 12 End of the line

  • 13 Finished in 1876

  • 14 Service with a smile

  • 15 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 16

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 17 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 18 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 19 Ten year old scrambler

  • 20 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 21 Twenty-one yachts

  • 22 First ship in 8 years

  • 23 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 24 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 25 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 26 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 27

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 28 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 29 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 30 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 31 Torrington in 1967

  • 32 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 34 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 35 A roof-top view - where?

  • 36 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 37

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 38 New art gallery opened

  • 39 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 40 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 41 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 42 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 43 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 44 New Post Office

  • 45

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 46 Riverside mystery

  • 47 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 48 Just over a year old

  • 49 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 50 From Bobby to Brian

  • 51 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 52 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 53 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 54 Jumble sale fever

  • 55 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 56 Blanchards ad.>
  • 57 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 58

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 59 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 60 Warmington's garage ad

  • 61 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 62 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 63

    First prize
  • 64 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 65 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 66 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 67 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 68 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 69 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 70 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 71 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 72 New choral society's growing response

  • 73 Happy Days!

  • 74

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 75 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 76 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 77 Hartland Dancers
  • 78 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 79 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 81 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 82 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 83 They are parted pro-tem

  • 84 Picking the pops

  • 85 A story to tell!

  • 86 Northam footballers of the future

  • 87 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 88

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 89

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 90 Last train from Torrington

  • 91 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 92 Sight of a lifetime

  • 93 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 95 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 96 Police station view of Bideford

  • 97 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 98 Pannier Market's future?

  • 99 It really was the 'last time'

  • 100 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 101 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 102 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 103 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 104 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 105 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 106 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 107 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 108 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 109 Variety in summer weather

  • 110 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 111

    Relatives all over the world
  • 112 Life begins at 80

  • 113 The cab at the corner>
  • 114 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 115

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 116 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 117 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 118 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 119 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 120 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 121 By pony and trap to market

  • 122 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 123 Bridging the stream

  • 124 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 125 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 126 Weare Giffard potato

  • 127 Bideford loses training ship

  • 128 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 129 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 130 Hartland's invitation

  • 131 New shipyard on schedule

  • 132 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 133 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 134 Decontrol of meat

  • 135 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 136 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 137 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 138 So this is the mainland!

  • 139 New look in the hayfields

  • 140 The art of the thatcher

  • 141 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 142 Cruising down the river

  • 143 Torrington's new amenity

  • 144 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 145 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 146 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 148

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 149 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 150 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 151 All for the love of a lady!

  • 152 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 153 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 154 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 155 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 156 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 157 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 158 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 159 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 160

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 161 Can spring be far away?

  • 162 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 163 Littleham family's five generations

  • 164 Daisy's pride and joy

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

  • 166 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 167 Parkham plan realised

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

  • 169

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 170 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 171 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 172 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 173 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 174 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 175 Picking the pops

  • 176 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 177 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 178 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 179 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 180 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 181 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 182 No sale of Springfield House

  • 183 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 184 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 185 Revenge in style

  • 186 A bird of their own!

  • 187 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 188 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 189 Artisans' Club

  • 190 A man and his wheel

  • 191 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 192 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 193 Filming at Hartland

  • 194 Devil sent packing

  • 195 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 197 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 198 Ships at Bideford

  • 199 Clovelly nightmare

  • 200

    Building works
  • 201 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 202 Some 240 exhibits

  • 203 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 204 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 205 All aboard the ark

  • 206 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 207 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 208 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 209 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 210 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 211 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 213 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 214 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 215 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 216 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 217

    Exhibition of school work
  • 218 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 219 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 220 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 221 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 222 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 223 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 224 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 225 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 226 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 227 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 228 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 229

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 230 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 231

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 232

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 233 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 234

    Was a missionary
  • 235 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 236

    New gateway
  • 237 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 238 Centenary of Gazette

  • 239 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 240 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 241 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 242 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 243 New civic medallions

  • 244 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 245 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 246 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 247

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 248 Over the bank together>
  • 249 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 250 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 251 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 252 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 253 When horses score over the tractor

  • 254 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 255 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 256 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 257

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 258 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 259 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 260 Appledore's largest

  • 261 Bideford regatta

  • 262 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 263 What's the time?

  • 264 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 265

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 266 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 267 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 268 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 269 Modern living at Bideford

  • 270 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 271 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 272 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 273 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 274

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 275 Emergency ferry services

  • 276 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 277 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 278

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 279 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 280 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 281 Penny for the guy

  • 282 New addition to Quay front

  • 283 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 284 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 285 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 286 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 287 Some mushroom!

  • 288 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 289 Northam's almshouse

  • 290 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 291 113 years at Instow

  • 292 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 293 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 294 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 295 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 296 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 297 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 298 Simple Item 138
  • 299 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 300 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 301 Six footed lamb

  • 302

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 303 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 304 Off on a great adventure

  • 305 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 306 Clovelly custom

  • 307 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 308 Capers on the cobbles

  • 309 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 310 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 311 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 312 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 313 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 314 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 315 Recognise this resort?

  • 316 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 317 Peter poses for TV film

  • 318 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 320 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 321 Out of puff!

  • 322 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 323 Loads of black and white

  • 324 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 325 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 326 Private home for public pump

  • 327 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 328 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 329 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 330 Bideford computer stars

  • 331 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 333 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 334 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 335 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 336 North Devon Driving School

  • 337 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 338 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 339 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 340 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 341 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 342 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 343 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 344 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 345 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 346 For crying out loud!

  • 347 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 348 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 349 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 351 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 352 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 353 The Geneva marionettes

  • 354

    Bidefordians
  • 355 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 356 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 357

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 358 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 359 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 360 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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

  • 362 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 363 Circus comes to town

  • 364 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 365 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 366 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 367 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 368 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 369 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 370 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 371 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 372 In their new robes and hats

  • 373

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 374 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 375 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 376 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 377 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 378 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 379 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 380 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 381 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 382

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 383 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 384 Mobile missionary

  • 385 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 386 Burnard family reunion

  • 387 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 388

    Married in 1908
  • 389 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 390 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 391 School crossing patrol begins

  • 392 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 393 No laughing matter

  • 394 Caught in the act>
  • 395 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 396 Waldon Triplets
  • 397 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 398 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 399 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 400 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 401 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 402 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 403 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 404 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 405 Traditions and skills still there

  • 406 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 407 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 408 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 409 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 410 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 411 He beat the floods

  • 412 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 413 Sweets derationing

  • 414 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 415

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 416 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 417 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 418 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 419 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 420 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 421 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 422 New Lundy stamps

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Births

30 December 1960

30.12.1960 Births

Garnsey: On December 23rd,1960, at ‘Crofton’ North View Avenue, Bideford, to John and Jennifer, God’s gift of a son (Stephen John).
Harrison: On December 25th 1960, at Gravesend and North Kent Hospital, to Monica (nee Cook) and Cyril, a daughter.
Hillman: On December 29th 1960, at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Sheila (nee Granger) and Trevor, a son (Stephen Andrew).
Marshall: On December 26th, 1960 at 16 Hyfield Place, Bideford, to Sylvia (nee Sanders) and Bill, a daughter (Sandra).
Money: On December 24th 1960, at 1 Oxman’s Cottages, Westleigh, to Heather (nee Martin) and John, a daughter (Jacqueline Fay), sister for Alan. Grateful thanks to all concerned.
Pascoe: At the North Devon Infirmary, Barnstaple, to Doreen (nee Elsey) and Martyn, a boy, 10lbs 4oz.

Births

16 December 1960

16.12.1960 Births

Jaggard: On December 14th 1960, at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Joyce (nee Baldock) and David, a daughter (Dawn Sandra). Grateful thanks to all concerned.
Powell: On December 7th 1960, to Janet (nee Anscombe) and Kenneth, of Empire House, Westward Ho! a daughter (Julia).
Simpson: On December 11th, 1960, to Susanna (nee Cowell), wife of Dr J.H. Simpson, of Exeter, a son.

Births

9 December 1960

Births 9 December 1960

Beer: On December 6th, 1960, at 15 Royston Road, Bideford, to Jacqueline (nee Guy) and Kenneth. God’s gift of a daughter, Jeanette. Thanks to all concerned.
Branch: On November 24th 1960 at North Devon Infirmary, to Betty (nee Clark) and Clifford, a son (David Allan).
Easterbrook: On December 8th, 1960, at the Grenville Nursing home, to Douglas and Jean (nee Prouse) a son, Robert James, a brother for Kenneth and Peter.
Hookway: On December 2nd, 1960, at 22 Brookfield Street, Bideford, to Victor and Jennifer (nee Fulford), a son (Kevin Victor). Grateful thanks to doctor and nurse.
Westlake: On November 21st, 1960, 1960 to Doreen and John Westlake was born Stephanie, sister to David and Denise. Grateful thanks to doctor and nurse.

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