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    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 For crying out loud!

  • 2 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 3 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 4 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 5

    New gateway
  • 6 Out of puff!

  • 7 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 8 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 9 Northam's almshouse

  • 10 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 11

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 12 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 13 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 14 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 15

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 16 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 17 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 18 Little 'Big Ben'

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

  • 20 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 22 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 23 School's link with cargo ship

  • 24 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 25 Northam footballers of the future

  • 26 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 27 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 28 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 29 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 30 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 31 So this is the mainland!

  • 32 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 33 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 34 By pony and trap to market

  • 35 Mobile missionary

  • 36 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 37 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 38 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 39 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

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

  • 41 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 42 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 43 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 44 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 45 Hartland's invitation

  • 46 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 47 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 48 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 49 Burnard family reunion

  • 50 A story to tell!

  • 51 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 52 What's the time?

  • 53 Artisans' Club

  • 54 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 55 New Post Office

  • 56

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 57 Service with a smile

  • 58 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 59 113 years at Instow

  • 60 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 61 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 62 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 63 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 64 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 66

    Was a missionary
  • 67 Jumble sale fever

  • 68 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 69 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 71 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 72 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 73 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 74 The cab at the corner>
  • 75 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 76 All for the love of a lady!

  • 77 A bird of their own!

  • 78 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 79 Bideford loses training ship

  • 80 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 81 First ship in 8 years

  • 82 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 83 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 84 Over the bank together>
  • 85 New look in the hayfields

  • 86 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 87 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 88

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 89 Modern living at Bideford

  • 90 Torrington children build igloo
  • 91 Hartland Dancers
  • 92

    First prize
  • 93 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 94 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 95 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 96 New addition to Quay front

  • 97 New Lundy stamps

  • 98 Some mushroom!

  • 99 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 100 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 101

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 102 Recognise this resort?

  • 103 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 104 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 105 Penny for the guy

  • 106 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 107 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 108 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 109 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 110

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 111

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 112 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 113 New civic medallions

  • 114 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 115 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 116 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 117 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 118 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 119

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 120

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 121 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 122 The Geneva marionettes

  • 123 Simple Item 138
  • 124 Happy Days!

  • 125 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 126 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 127 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 128 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 129 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 130 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 131 Can spring be far away?

  • 132 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 133 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 134 Decontrol of meat

  • 135 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 136 Parkham plan realised

  • 137 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 138 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 139 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 140

    Bidefordians
  • 141 New art gallery opened

  • 142 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 143 Devil sent packing

  • 144 New life for Hartland organ

  • 145 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 146 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 148 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 149 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 151 When horses score over the tractor

  • 152 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 153 Littleham family's five generations

  • 154 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 155 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 156 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 157 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 158 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 159 New choral society's growing response

  • 160 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 161

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 162 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 163 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 164 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 165 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 166 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 167 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 168 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 169 No sale of Springfield House

  • 170 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 171 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 172 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 173 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 174 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 175 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 176 Circus comes to town

  • 177 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 178

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 179 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 180 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 181 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 182 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 183 Torrington's new amenity

  • 184 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 186 Bideford regatta

  • 187 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 188 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 189 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 190 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 191 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 192 Picking the pops

  • 193 Police station view of Bideford

  • 194 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 195 Ten year old scrambler

  • 196 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 197 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 198 Capers on the cobbles

  • 199 Revenge in style

  • 200 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 201 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 202 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 203 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

  • 205 Loads of black and white

  • 206 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 207 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 208 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 209 Blanchards ad.>
  • 210 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 211 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 212 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 213 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 214 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 215 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 216 Clovelly nightmare

  • 217 Six footed lamb

  • 218 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 219 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 220 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 221 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 222 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 223 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 224 Centenary of Gazette

  • 225 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 226 North Devon Driving School

  • 227 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 228 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 229 Variety in summer weather

  • 230 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 231 Appledore's largest

  • 232 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 233 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 234 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 235 Picking the pops

  • 236 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 237 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 238 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 239

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 240 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 241 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 242 The art of the thatcher

  • 243 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 244 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 245 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 246 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 247 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 248 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 249 Caught in the act>
  • 250 They are parted pro-tem

  • 251 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 252

    Exhibition of school work
  • 253 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 254 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 255 Riverside mystery

  • 256 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 257 Private home for public pump

  • 258 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 259 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 260 Finished in 1876

  • 261 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 262 Warmington's garage ad

  • 263 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 264 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 265 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 266

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 267 Bridging the stream

  • 268 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 269 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 270 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 271 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 272 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 273 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 274 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 275 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 276

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 277 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 278 He beat the floods

  • 279 Off on a great adventure

  • 280 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 281 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 282 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 283

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 284

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 285 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 286 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 287 A roof-top view - where?

  • 288 Torrington in 1967

  • 289 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 290 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 291 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 292 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 293 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 294 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 295 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 296 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 298 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 299 Bideford computer stars

  • 300 Pannier Market's future?

  • 301 Ships at Bideford

  • 302 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

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

  • 304 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 305 Sight of a lifetime

  • 306 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 307 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 308 Huntshaw TV mast

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

  • 310 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 311 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 312 Traditions and skills still there

  • 313 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 314 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 315 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 316

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 317 In their new robes and hats

  • 318 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 319 Emergency ferry services

  • 320 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 321 Twenty-one yachts

  • 322 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 323 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 324

    Building works
  • 325 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 326 A man and his wheel

  • 327 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 328 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 329 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 330 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 331 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 332

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 333 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 334 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 335 End of the line

  • 336 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 338 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 339 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 340 New shipyard on schedule

  • 341 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 342

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 343 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 344 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 345 Just over a year old

  • 346 Sweets derationing

  • 347 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 348 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 349 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 350 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 351 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 352 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 353 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 354 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 355 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 356 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

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

  • 358 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 359 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 360 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 361 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 362 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 363 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 364

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 365 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 366 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 367 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 368

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 369 Clovelly custom

  • 370 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 371 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 372 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 373 Some 240 exhibits

  • 374

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 375 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 376 All aboard the ark

  • 377 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 378 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 379 No laughing matter

  • 380 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 381 Cruising down the river

  • 382

    Relatives all over the world
  • 383 Filming at Hartland

  • 384

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 385 It really was the 'last time'

  • 386 Waldon Triplets
  • 387 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 388 Puppet characters introduced

  • 389 From Bobby to Brian

  • 390 Weare Giffard potato

  • 391 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 392

    Married in 1908
  • 393 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 394 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 395 School crossing patrol begins

  • 396 Last train from Torrington

  • 397 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 398 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 399 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 400 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 401 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 402 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 403 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 404 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 405 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 406 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 407 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 408 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 409 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 410 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 411

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 412 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 413 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 414

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 415 Peter poses for TV film

  • 416 Hartland postman retires

  • 417 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 418 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 419 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 420 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 421 Life begins at 80

  • 422 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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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Married at St Mary's Church, Bideford

Mr Keith William Eldridge, second son of Mr and Mrs G Eldridge, 58 St Nicholas Road, Wallingford, and his bride, Miss Jean Margaret Badcock, only child of Mr and Mrs A C Badock, 21 Coldharbour, Bideford. 

11.4.1968 Eldridge Badcock

They were married at St Mary's Church, Bideford, a report appearing in an earlier issue. 

Gazette dated 11 April 1968

Marriages - Gazette 11 April 1968

Marriages

11.4.1968 bmd

Ford-Boswell – on April 2 1968 at Fladbury, Worcestershire, Colin Michael, elder son of Mr and Mrs M Ford, of Frithelstock, to Sarah Ellen, daughter of Mr and Mrs L S Boswell, of Evesham.

Luke-Coles – on April 2 1968, at St Nectan’s Church, Hartland, Robert James Luke, of Plymouth, to Margaret Joan Coles, of New Inn, Hartland. 

Mitchell-Haywood – on 30 March 1968 at St Mary’s Church, Bideford, by Rev T Derwent Davies, Andrew, only son of Mr and Mrs J H Mitchells, 119 Clovelly Road, Bideford, to Patricia, only daughter of Mr and Mrs T L Haywood, 92 Clovelly Road, Bideford. 

Palmer-Bliman – on March 23 1968 at St Mary’s Church, Bideford, Clifford, eldest son of Mr and Mrs A Palmer, 2 Stanhope Terrace, Bideford, and Sheila, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs D J Bliman, 3 Barton Tors, Bideford.  

 

Mr E J Beer and Miss M E Weeks

A playing member of the Torrington Football Club, Mr Eric John Beer, eldest son of Mrs and the late Mr A Beer, 130 New Street, Torrington, and Miss Margaret Elizabeth Weeks, only daughter of Mr and Mrs N G Weeks, 8 Potacre Street, Torrington, have been married at Torrington Parish Church.

11.4.1968 Beer Weeks

The Vicar, Rev P G Harrison, officiated. The bridesmaids were Miss Judith Beer and Miss Jayne Edgecombe. Best man was Mr Michael Tyler. After the reception at the Globe Hotel, Torrington, the couple left for a honeymoon touring Berkshire and Oxfordshire. 

The full Gazette article is dated 11 April 1968

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