• 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 New Post Office

  • 2 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 3 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 4 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 5 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 6 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 7 Clovelly custom

  • 8 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 9 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 10 The cab at the corner>
  • 11 Bideford regatta

  • 12 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 13 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 14 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 15 Out of puff!

  • 16 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 17 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 18 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 19 Bridging the stream

  • 20 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 21 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 22 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 23 Clovelly nightmare

  • 24 Water Board mains spread through villages

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

  • 26 Just over a year old

  • 27 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 28 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 29 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 30 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 31 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 32 Can spring be far away?

  • 33 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 34 Ten year old scrambler

  • 35 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 36 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 37 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 38 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 39 Sweets derationing

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

  • 41 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 42 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 43 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 44 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 45

    First prize
  • 46 Off on a great adventure

  • 47 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 48 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 49 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 50 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

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

  • 53 Bideford loses training ship

  • 54 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 55 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 56 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 57 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 58 The art of the thatcher

  • 59 Service with a smile

  • 60 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 61 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 62 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 63 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 64 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 65 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 66

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 67 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 68 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 69 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 70 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 71 Twenty-one yachts

  • 72 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 73 Puppet characters introduced

  • 74 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 75 So this is the mainland!

  • 76 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 77 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 78 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 79 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 80 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 81 Hartland postman retires

  • 82 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 83 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 84 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 85 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 86 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 87 School's link with cargo ship

  • 88 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 89 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 90 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 91 Six footed lamb

  • 92 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 93 Blanchards ad.>
  • 94 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 95 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 96 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 97 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 98 Happy Days!

  • 99 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 100 Simple Item 138
  • 101 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 102 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 103 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 104 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 105 When horses score over the tractor

  • 106 Picking the pops

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

  • 108 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 109 Appledore's largest

  • 110 Northam's almshouse

  • 111 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 112 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 113 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 114

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 115 Traditions and skills still there

  • 116 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 117 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 118 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 119 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 120 Torrington in 1967

  • 121 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 122 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 123 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 124 Hartland's invitation

  • 125 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 126 113 years at Instow

  • 127

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 128 First ship in 8 years

  • 129 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 130 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 131 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 132 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 133 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 134 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 135 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 136 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 137 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 138 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 139

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 140

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 141

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 142

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 143 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 144

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 145

    Relatives all over the world
  • 146 Capers on the cobbles

  • 147

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 148

    Bidefordians
  • 149 For crying out loud!

  • 150 Caught in the act>
  • 151 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 152 All aboard the ark

  • 153 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 154 Torrington's new amenity

  • 155 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 156 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 157 North Devon Driving School

  • 158 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 159 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 160 He beat the floods

  • 161 A man and his wheel

  • 162 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 163 Pannier Market's future?

  • 164 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 165 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 166 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 167 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 168 New life for Hartland organ

  • 169 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 170 Circus comes to town

  • 171 From Bobby to Brian

  • 172 Finished in 1876

  • 173 Ships at Bideford

  • 174 Sight of a lifetime

  • 175 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 176 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 177

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 178 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 179 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 180 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 181 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 182 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 183 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 184 New look in the hayfields

  • 185 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 186 Modern living at Bideford

  • 187

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 188 A roof-top view - where?

  • 189 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 190 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 191

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 192 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 193 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 194 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 195 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 196 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 198 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 199 School crossing patrol begins

  • 200 Littleham family's five generations

  • 201 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 202 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 203 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 204 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 205 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 206 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 207 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 208 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 209 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 210 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 211

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 212 Emergency ferry services

  • 213 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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

  • 215 What's the time?

  • 216 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 217 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 218 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 219

    New gateway
  • 220 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 221 Artisans' Club

  • 222 Weare Giffard potato

  • 223 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 224 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 225 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 226 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 227 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 228 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 229 Over the bank together>
  • 230 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 231

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 232 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 233

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 234 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 235 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 236 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 237

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 238 Burnard family reunion

  • 239 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 240

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 241 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 242 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 243

    Building works
  • 244 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 245 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 246 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 247 Some mushroom!

  • 248 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 249 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 250 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 251 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 252 A bird of their own!

  • 253 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 254 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 255 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 256 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 257 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 258 Life begins at 80

  • 259 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 260 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 261 Devil sent packing

  • 262 Filming at Hartland

  • 263 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 264 New addition to Quay front

  • 265 Loads of black and white

  • 266

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 267 Some 240 exhibits

  • 268 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 269 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 270

    Was a missionary
  • 271 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 272 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 273 New civic medallions

  • 274 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 275 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 276

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 277 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 278 Hartland Dancers
  • 279 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 280 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 282 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 283 Cruising down the river

  • 284 Picking the pops

  • 285 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 286 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 287 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 288 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 289 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 290 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 291 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 292 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 293 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 294 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 295 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 296 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 297 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 298 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 299 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 300 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 301 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 302 New choral society's growing response

  • 303 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 304 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 305 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 306 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 307 New shipyard on schedule

  • 308

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 309 Police station view of Bideford

  • 310 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 311 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 312 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 313 Northam footballers of the future

  • 314 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 315 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 316 Penny for the guy

  • 317 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 318 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 319 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 320 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 321 Bideford computer stars

  • 322 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 323 A story to tell!

  • 324 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 325 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 326 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 327

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 328 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 330 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 331 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 332 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 333 Variety in summer weather

  • 334 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 335 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 336 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 337

    Married in 1908
  • 338 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 339 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 340 By pony and trap to market

  • 341 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 342 Decontrol of meat

  • 343 No laughing matter

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

  • 345 New art gallery opened

  • 346 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

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

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

  • 350 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 351 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 352 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 353 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 354 New Lundy stamps

  • 355 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 356 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 357

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 358 Torrington children build igloo
  • 359 Recognise this resort?

  • 360 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 361 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 362 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 363 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 364 It really was the 'last time'

  • 365 Mobile missionary

  • 366 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 367 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 368 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 369 Peter poses for TV film

  • 370 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 371 Parkham plan realised

  • 372 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 373 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 374 Riverside mystery

  • 375 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 376 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 377 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 378 Last train from Torrington

  • 379 Jumble sale fever

  • 380 They are parted pro-tem

  • 381 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 382

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 383 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 384 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 385 Revenge in style

  • 386

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 387 End of the line

  • 388 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 389 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 390 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 391 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 392 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 393 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 394 The Geneva marionettes

  • 395 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 396 No sale of Springfield House

  • 397 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 398 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 399

    Exhibition of school work
  • 400 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 401 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 402 Warmington's garage ad

  • 403 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 404 Private home for public pump

  • 405

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 406 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 407 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 408 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 409 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 410 In their new robes and hats

  • 411 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 412 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 413 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 414 Waldon Triplets
  • 415 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 416 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 417 All for the love of a lady!

  • 418 Centenary of Gazette

  • 419 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 420 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 421 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 422 Bringing shopping home by goat

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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  • 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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  • 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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Holiday in Sardinia

Win ‘Passport To The Sun’

6.4.1973 Royal Mail Inn1

Among 22 licensees of Watney Mann (West) who were guests of the company at a gathering at Congresbury to receive their ‘passports to the sun’ from the regional chairman, Mr Alan Seaward, were Mr and Mrs T W Sleigh, tenants of the Royal Mail Inn, Bridge Street, Bideford.

They will be among more than 200 Watney Mann licensees who early in May will enjoy a five day holiday in Sardinia. This is their prize in an incentive scheme to increase beer sales during the period April-September last.

Gazette article dated 6 April 1973

To married men who have yet to open a banking account

When you become responsible

31.12.1954 bank account Lloyds

for the well being of others besides yourself it is time to consider the advantages of a banking account.

The bank is quite the safest place in which to keep your money. The most convenient method of paying bills is by cheques. The use of an account is an encouragement to save. There there are some valuable services which Lloyds Bank can put at your disposal; for example, the Bank will arrange to pay, on your behalf, regularly recurring expenses such as rent or insurance premiums.

Finally, Lloyds Bank is always ready to assist customers with information and advice when financial problems occur.

Lloyds Bank Limited

Opening Ceremony By Television Personality

Remembering the success of the last Exhibition in 1958, even greater interest is centred on the Bideford and District Traders’ Exhibition which is to be held at Bideford Sports Ground all next week.

14.6.1963 Bideford Exhibition2

14.6.1963 Bideford Exhibition1

The Exhibition will be opened by Alan Taylor, the TWW television personality, the ‘Try for Ten’ Question master.
The Committees are as follows:
Management Committee - Messrs G Maddock, B Pidgeon, R Chope, E Blanchard, W R Downing, C C Prust.
Ground Committee – Messrs B Pidgeon, B Cording, R J Harding, C J E Petherick, C Coates, F Colwill, J Lewington, J Williams.
Entertainment Committee – Messrs R Chope, S G Heywood, D Lang, P Trapnell.
Advertising and Publicity Committee – Messrs E Blanchard, R G Balsdon, W G Couch, T Derrigan.
Hon treasurer – Mr W R Downing.
Joint Secretaries – Messrs D J Moyse and B Vanstone.
Gazette article dated 14 June 1963

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