• 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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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
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    Married in 1908
  • 3 New Lundy stamps

  • 4 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 5 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 6 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 7 Hartland Dancers
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    Hamburger is part of modern life
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    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
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    Exhibition of school work
  • 11 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 12 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 13 Modern living at Bideford

  • 14 Brothers reunion 1947
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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 16 Just over a year old

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    Bidefordians
  • 18 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 19 Westward Ho! combined op

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    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 21 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 23 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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    New gateway
  • 25 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 26 Jumble sale fever

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 28 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 30

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 31 Students help model St Sidwell

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 33 Waldon Triplets
  • 34 Some 240 exhibits

  • 35 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 36 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 38 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 39 New addition to Quay front

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 41 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 42 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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    Cadets are given certificates
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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 45 Twenty-one yachts

  • 46 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 47 Burnard family reunion

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    Building works
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 50 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 51 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 52 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 53 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 54 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 56 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 57 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 58 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 59 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 60 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 61 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 62 Torrington children build igloo
  • 63 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 64 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 65 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 66 Clovelly nightmare

  • 67 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 68 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 69 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 70 Littleham family's five generations

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 72 Panto time at Westward Ho!

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    Was a missionary
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    Relatives all over the world
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    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 76 Gloves fit for a king!

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 78 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 79 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 80 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 82 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 83 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 84 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 85 Finished in 1876

  • 86 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 87 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 88 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 89 Hartland postman retires

  • 90 Devil sent packing

  • 91 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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    First prize
  • 93 Artisans' Club

  • 94 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 95 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 96 Appledore's largest

  • 97 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 98 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 99 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 101

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 102 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 103 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 105 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 106 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 107 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 108 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 110 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 111 New shipyard on schedule

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 113 Clovelly custom

  • 114 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 115 Bideford computer stars

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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