• 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 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 3 Some mushroom!

  • 4 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 5 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 6 Happy Days!

  • 7 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 8 He beat the floods

  • 9 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 10 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 11 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 12 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 13 Bideford loses training ship

  • 14 Sweets derationing

  • 15 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 16 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 17 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 18 Clovelly nightmare

  • 19 A roof-top view - where?

  • 20 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 21 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 22 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 23 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 25 What's the time?

  • 26 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 27 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 28 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 29 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 30 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 31 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 32 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 33 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 34

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 35 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 37 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 38 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 39 Hartland's invitation

  • 40 Picking the pops

  • 41 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 42 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 43 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 44 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 45 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 46 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 47 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 48 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 49 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 50 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 51 Police station view of Bideford

  • 52 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 53 Filming at Hartland

  • 54 Just over a year old

  • 55

    First prize
  • 56 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 57 Private home for public pump

  • 58 A bird of their own!

  • 59 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 60 Mobile missionary

  • 61 Parkham plan realised

  • 62 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 63 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 64 Traditions and skills still there

  • 65 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 66 When horses score over the tractor

  • 67 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 68 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 69 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 70 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 71 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 72 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 73 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 74 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 75 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 76 Centenary of Gazette

  • 77 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 78 For crying out loud!

  • 79

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 80 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 81 Service with a smile

  • 82 Torrington children build igloo
  • 83 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 84 Circus comes to town

  • 85 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 86 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 87 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 88 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 89 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 90 The art of the thatcher

  • 91 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 92 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 93 Riverside mystery

  • 94 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 95 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 96 Last train from Torrington

  • 97 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 98 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 99 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 100 All aboard the ark

  • 101 Pannier Market's future?

  • 102 Warmington's garage ad

  • 103 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 104 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 105 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 106 New Lundy stamps

  • 107 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 108

    Bidefordians
  • 109 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 110 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 111 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 112 Modern living at Bideford

  • 113 Caught in the act>
  • 114 Bideford computer stars

  • 115

    New gateway
  • 116 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 117 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 118 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 119 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 120 First ship in 8 years

  • 121 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 122 Burnard family reunion

  • 123 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 124 New art gallery opened

  • 125 Ten year old scrambler

  • 126 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 127 Jumble sale fever

  • 128 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 129 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 130 All for the love of a lady!

  • 131 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 132 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 133 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 134 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 135 Penny for the guy

  • 136 Torrington in 1967

  • 137 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 138 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 139 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 140

    Married in 1908
  • 141 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 142 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 143 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 144

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 145 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 146 Over the bank together>
  • 147 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 148 Revenge in style

  • 149 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 150 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 151 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 152 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 153 Some 240 exhibits

  • 154 End of the line

  • 155 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 156 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 157 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 158 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 159

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 160 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 161 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 162

    Was a missionary
  • 163 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 164 The cab at the corner>
  • 165 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 166 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 167 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 168 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 169 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 170 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 171

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 172 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 173

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 174 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 175 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

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

  • 177 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 178 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 179 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 180 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 181 They are parted pro-tem

  • 182 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 183

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 184 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 185 New life for Hartland organ

  • 186 From Bobby to Brian

  • 187 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 188 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 189 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 190 Artisans' Club

  • 191 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 192 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 193 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 194 Capers on the cobbles

  • 195 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 196 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 197 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 198 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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

  • 200 Off on a great adventure

  • 201 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 202

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 203 Out of puff!

  • 204 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 205 Emergency ferry services

  • 206

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 207 New shipyard on schedule

  • 208 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 209 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 210 Weare Giffard potato

  • 211 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 212 An early 'special' to Bideford

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

  • 214 Bideford regatta

  • 215 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 216 In their new robes and hats

  • 217 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 218 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 219 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 220 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 221 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 222 The Geneva marionettes

  • 223 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 224 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 225 Clovelly custom

  • 226 Blanchards ad.>
  • 227 No laughing matter

  • 228 Simple Item 138
  • 229 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 230 Northam's almshouse

  • 231 Appledore's largest

  • 232 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 233 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 234 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 235 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 236 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 237 Recognise this resort?

  • 238

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 239 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 240 Waldon Triplets
  • 241 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 242 School crossing patrol begins

  • 243

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 244 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 245

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 246 Twenty-one yachts

  • 247 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 248 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 249 Variety in summer weather

  • 250 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 251 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 252 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 253 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 254 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 255

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 256 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 257 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 258 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 259 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 260 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 261 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 262

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 263 It really was the 'last time'

  • 264 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 265 Hartland postman retires

  • 266 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 267 New civic medallions

  • 268 Six footed lamb

  • 269 Torrington Church's new organ

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

  • 271 Decontrol of meat

  • 272 Torrington's new amenity

  • 273 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 274 School's link with cargo ship

  • 275 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 276 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 277 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 278 Peter poses for TV film

  • 279 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 280 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 281 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 282 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 283 No sale of Springfield House

  • 284 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 285 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 286 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 287 Sight of a lifetime

  • 288 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 289 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 290 Finished in 1876

  • 291 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 292 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 293 113 years at Instow

  • 294 By pony and trap to market

  • 295 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 296 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 297 Ships at Bideford

  • 298 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 299 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 300 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 301 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 302

    Exhibition of school work
  • 303 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 304 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 305 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 306 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 308

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 309 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 310 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 311 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 312 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 313 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 314 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 315 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 316 New addition to Quay front

  • 317 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 318 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 319 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 320 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 321 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 322 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 323 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 324 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 325 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 326 A man and his wheel

  • 327 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 328

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 329 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 330 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 331 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 332 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 333 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 334

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 335 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 336 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 337 Down at the dump something stirs

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

  • 339 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 340 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 341 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 342

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 343 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 344 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 345 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 346 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 347 Hartland Dancers
  • 348 Littleham family's five generations

  • 349 North Devon Driving School

  • 350 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 351 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 352 Loads of black and white

  • 353 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 354 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 355 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 356 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 357 Picking the pops

  • 358 Devil sent packing

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

  • 360 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 361 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 362 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 363 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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

  • 365 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 366 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 368 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 369 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 370

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 371 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 372 Life begins at 80

  • 373 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 374 Bridging the stream

  • 375 A story to tell!

  • 376 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 377 New look in the hayfields

  • 378 Cruising down the river

  • 379 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 380 New Post Office

  • 381

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 382 Can spring be far away?

  • 383 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 384 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 385 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 386

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 387 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 388 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 389 Puppet characters introduced

  • 390

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 391 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 392 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 393 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 394 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 395

    Relatives all over the world
  • 396 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 397 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 398 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 399 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 400 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 401 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 402 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 403 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 404 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 405 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 406

    Building works
  • 407

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 408 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 409 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 410 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 411 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 412 So this is the mainland!

  • 413 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 414 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 415 Northam footballers of the future

  • 416

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 417 New choral society's growing response

  • 418 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 419 Steep street of old Bideford

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

  • 421

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 422 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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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