• 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 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 2 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 3 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 4 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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    Bidefordians
  • 6 School crossing patrol begins

  • 7 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 8 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 9 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 10 A bird of their own!

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

  • 12 Burnard family reunion

  • 13 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 14

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 15 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 16

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 17 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 18 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 19 New Post Office

  • 20 Northam footballers of the future

  • 21 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 22 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 23 Warmington's garage ad

  • 24 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 25 It really was the 'last time'

  • 26 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 27 New choral society's growing response

  • 28 Hartland postman retires

  • 29 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 30 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 32

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 33 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 34

    Was a missionary
  • 35 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 36 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 37

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 38 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 39 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 40 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 41 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 42 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 43 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 44 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 45 Bideford computer stars

  • 46 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 47 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 48 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 49 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 50 Twenty-one yachts

  • 51 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 52 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 53 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 54 Traditions and skills still there

  • 55 What's the time?

  • 56 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 57

    Married in 1908
  • 58 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 59 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 60 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 61 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 62 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 63

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 64 Blanchards ad.>
  • 65 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 66 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 67 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 68 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 69 North Devon Driving School

  • 70 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 71 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 72 Private home for public pump

  • 73 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 74 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 75 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 76 Bridging the stream

  • 77 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 78 113 years at Instow

  • 79 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 80 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 81 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

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

  • 83 Northam's almshouse

  • 84 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 85 Variety in summer weather

  • 86 No laughing matter

  • 87 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 88 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 89 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 90 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 91 Ships at Bideford

  • 92 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 93 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 95 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 96

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 97 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 98 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 99 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 100 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 101 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 102

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 103 Artisans' Club

  • 104 Circus comes to town

  • 105 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 106 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 107 Six footed lamb

  • 108 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 109 They are parted pro-tem

  • 110 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 111 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 112 Weare Giffard potato

  • 113 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 114 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 115 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 116 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 117 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 118 Bideford loses training ship

  • 119 Out of puff!

  • 120 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 121 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 122 Hartland's invitation

  • 123 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 124 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 125 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 126

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 127 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 128 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 129 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 130 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 131 So this is the mainland!

  • 132 A roof-top view - where?

  • 133 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 134 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 135 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 136 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 137 Picking the pops

  • 138

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 139 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 140 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 141

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 142 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 143 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 144 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 145

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 146 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 147 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 148 Torrington children build igloo
  • 149 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 150 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 151 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 152 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 153 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 154 Happy Days!

  • 155 Service with a smile

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

  • 157

    Exhibition of school work
  • 158 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 159 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 160 By pony and trap to market

  • 161 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 162 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 163 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 164 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 165 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 166 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 167 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 168 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 169 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 170 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 171 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 172 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 173 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 174 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 175 Clovelly custom

  • 176 Peter poses for TV film

  • 177 Torrington in 1967

  • 178 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 179 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 180 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 181 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 182 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 183 Clovelly nightmare

  • 184 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 185 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 186 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 187 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 188 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 189 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 190 Hartland Dancers
  • 191 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 192 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 193 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 194 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 195 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 196 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 197 New shipyard on schedule

  • 198 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 199 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 200

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 201 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 202 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 203 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 204 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 205 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 206 Last train from Torrington

  • 207 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 208 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 209 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 210 Some 240 exhibits

  • 211 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 212 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 213 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 214

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 215 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 216 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 217 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 219 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 220 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 221 Centenary of Gazette

  • 222 Penny for the guy

  • 223 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 224 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 225 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 226 Ten year old scrambler

  • 227 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 228 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 229 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 230 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 231 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 232 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 233 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 234 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 235 Sweets derationing

  • 236

    Relatives all over the world
  • 237 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 238 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 239 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 240 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 241 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 242 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 243 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 244 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 245 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 246 Loads of black and white

  • 247 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 248

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 249 All for the love of a lady!

  • 250 Parkham plan realised

  • 251 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 252 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 253 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 254 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 255 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 256 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 258 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 259 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 260 Off on a great adventure

  • 261 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 262 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 263 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 264 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 266 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 267 From Bobby to Brian

  • 268 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 269 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 270 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 271 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 273 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 274 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 275 Waldon Triplets
  • 276 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 278 Bideford regatta

  • 279 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 280 Mobile missionary

  • 281 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 282 Revenge in style

  • 283

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 284 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 285 New civic medallions

  • 286 A man and his wheel

  • 287 Fish nearly pulled him in

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

  • 289 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 290 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 291 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 292 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 293 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 294 New look in the hayfields

  • 295 Pannier Market's future?

  • 296 In their new robes and hats

  • 297

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 298 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 299 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 300 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 301

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 302 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 303 Caught in the act>
  • 304 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 305 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 306 Sight of a lifetime

  • 307 First ship in 8 years

  • 308 Puppet characters introduced

  • 309 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 310 Torrington's new amenity

  • 311 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 312 Bideford's private wharves busier

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

  • 314 All aboard the ark

  • 315 Finished in 1876

  • 316 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 317 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 318 Capers on the cobbles

  • 319

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 320 For crying out loud!

  • 321 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 322 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 323 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 324 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 325

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 326 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 327 Police station view of Bideford

  • 328 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 329 Some mushroom!

  • 330 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 331 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 332 Just over a year old

  • 333

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 334 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 335 New addition to Quay front

  • 336

    Building works
  • 337 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 338

    First prize
  • 339 Jumble sale fever

  • 340 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 341 The Geneva marionettes

  • 342 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 343 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 344 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 345 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 346 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 347 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 348

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 349 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 350 The cab at the corner>
  • 351 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 352 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 353 Can spring be far away?

  • 354 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 355 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 356 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 357 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 359 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 360 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 361 Over the bank together>
  • 362 Appledore's largest

  • 363 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 364 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 365 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 366

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 367

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 368 Picking the pops

  • 369 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 370 He beat the floods

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

  • 372 Recognise this resort?

  • 373 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 374 New art gallery opened

  • 375 School's link with cargo ship

  • 376 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 377 Cruising down the river

  • 378 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 379 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 380 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 381 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 382 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 383 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 384 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 385 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 386 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 388 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 389 End of the line

  • 390 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 391 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 392 Simple Item 138
  • 393

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 394 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 395

    New gateway
  • 396 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 397 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 398 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 399 When horses score over the tractor

  • 400 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 401 Emergency ferry services

  • 402 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 403 Devil sent packing

  • 404 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 405 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 406 New life for Hartland organ

  • 407 Riverside mystery

  • 408 Decontrol of meat

  • 409 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 410 New Lundy stamps

  • 411 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 412 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 413 Modern living at Bideford

  • 414 Littleham family's five generations

  • 415 The art of the thatcher

  • 416 Life begins at 80

  • 417 No sale of Springfield House

  • 418 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 419 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 420 A story to tell!

  • 421 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 422 Bideford's new market opens next week

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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Big Housing Estate Planned

Plans of R Pope Properties (Clapton) Ltd to build 111 houses and bungalows at Ford Farm, New Road, Bideford, were revealed at Monday’s meeting of the Town Council.

23.6.1972 housing estate Bideford



The divisional planning officer’s views were awaited, members were told, on a plan by the Baptist Men’s Movement Housing Association Ltd to demolish the schoolroom and erect 20 flatlets adjacent to the Baptist Church in Mill Street.
The Borough Surveyor had drawn attention to the reduction in the number of flatlets from 33, but had recommended refusal on sewerage grounds.
The full Gazette article is dated 23 June 1972

New Bridge In Six Years Says Report On Town Centre

Bideford’s new river bridge is expected to be completed by 1979.

25.5.1973 new bridge Bideford1

And the Bridge Street multi-storey car park for which the Town Council has pressed for so long, and about which a Department of the Environment inquiry has been sought, should not be built until after then. This is suggested by the county planning officer in his report on the long awaited Bideford town centre plan.
Part of Bridgeland Street and the Quay are show for office purposes and in order to preserve the character of these areas changes of use that would require alterations to their external appearances should be resisted, it is contended.
Traffic restriction to service and residents’ vehicles and others with particular business is advocated for an area covering the High Street, Alhalland Street, Grenville Street, Market Place, Mill Street and Cooper Street. This would involve changes to the one-way system.
The report says there is a need initially for about 400 vehicles at the northern end of the central area by 1979. Suggested alternative sites for a multi-storey car park are the waterfront and land to the south of Pill Road.

25.5.1973 new bridge Bideford2

25.5.1973 new bridge Bideford3
The full Gazette article is dated 25 May 1973

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