• 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 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 2 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 3 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 4 Penny for the guy

  • 5 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 6 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 7 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 8 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 9 Waldon Triplets
  • 10 East-the-Water's call for new school

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 12 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 13 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 14 Littleham family's five generations

  • 15 No sale of Springfield House

  • 16 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 17 Twenty-one yachts

  • 18 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 19 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 20 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 21 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 22

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 23 Hartland postman retires

  • 24 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 25 Just over a year old

  • 26 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 27 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 28

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 29 Some 240 exhibits

  • 30 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 31 Hartland Dancers
  • 32 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 33 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 34 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 35

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 36

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 37 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 38

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 39 Devil sent packing

  • 40 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 41

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 42 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 43

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 44 Burnard family reunion

  • 45 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 46 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 47 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 48 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 49 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 50 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 51 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 52

    Was a missionary
  • 53 Students help model St Sidwell

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 55

    Married in 1908
  • 56

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 57 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 58 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 59 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 60 Torrington children build igloo
  • 61 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 62 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 63 Northam's almshouse

  • 64

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 65 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 66

    First prize
  • 67

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 68 New Lundy stamps

  • 69 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 70 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 72 Artisans' Club

  • 73 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 74 Clovelly custom

  • 75 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 76 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 77 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 78 Appledore's largest

  • 79

    Exhibition of school work
  • 80 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 81 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 82 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 83 New addition to Quay front

  • 84 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 85

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 86 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 87 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 88 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 89 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 90 New look for Torrington Lane

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    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 92 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 93 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 94 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 95 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 96 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 97 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 98 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 99

    Building works
  • 100

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 101 Clovelly nightmare

  • 102 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 103 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 104 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 105

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 106 A bird of their own!

  • 107 Jumble sale fever

  • 108

    Bidefordians
  • 109 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 110 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 111

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 112

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 113 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 114

    New gateway
  • 115 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 116 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 117

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 118 Modern living at Bideford

  • 119

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 120 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 121 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 122

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 123

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 124 Finished in 1876

  • 125 Last train from Torrington

  • 126 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 127 Bideford computer stars

  • 128 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 129

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 130 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 131

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 132 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 133 Sight of a lifetime

  • 134 New shipyard on schedule

  • 135

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 136 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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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  • 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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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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