• 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 Hartland Dancers
  • 2 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 3 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 4 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 5 The Geneva marionettes

  • 6 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 7 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 8 Just over a year old

  • 9 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 10 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 11

    Relatives all over the world
  • 12 Appledore's largest

  • 13 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 14 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 15

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 17 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 18 Hartland postman retires

  • 19 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 21 Service with a smile

  • 22 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 23 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 24 New shipyard on schedule

  • 25 Burnard family reunion

  • 26 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 27 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 28

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 29 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 30 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 31 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 32 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 33 So this is the mainland!

  • 34 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 35

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 36 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 37 School's link with cargo ship

  • 38 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 39 For crying out loud!

  • 40 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 41 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 42

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 43 Circus comes to town

  • 44 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 45 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 46 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 47 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 48 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 49 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 50

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 51 School crossing patrol begins

  • 52 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 53 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 54

    Was a missionary
  • 55 Watch the dicky bird!

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

  • 57 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 58 Puppet characters introduced

  • 59 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 60 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 61 New choral society's growing response

  • 62 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 63

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 64 Out of puff!

  • 65 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 66 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 67 Weare Giffard potato

  • 68

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 69 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 70 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 71 Picking the pops

  • 72

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 73 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 74

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 75 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 76

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 77 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 78 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 79 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 80

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 81 Finished in 1876

  • 82 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 83 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 84 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 86 Happy Days!

  • 87 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 88 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 89 Emergency ferry services

  • 90 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 91

    Building works
  • 92 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 93 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 94 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 95

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 96 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 97 Cruising down the river

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

  • 99 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 100 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

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

  • 102 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 103 Twenty-one yachts

  • 104 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 105 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 107 Simple Item 138
  • 108

    New gateway
  • 109 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 110 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 111 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 113 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 114 Bideford regatta

  • 115 Bideford computer stars

  • 116 New Lundy stamps

  • 117 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 118 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 119 Clovelly nightmare

  • 120 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 121

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 122 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 123 Ten year old scrambler

  • 124 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 125 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 126 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 127 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 128 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 129 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 130 Private home for public pump

  • 131 Parkham plan realised

  • 132 Life begins at 80

  • 133 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 134 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 135 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 136 He beat the floods

  • 137 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 138 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 139 New addition to Quay front

  • 140 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 141 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 142

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 143 Torrington's new amenity

  • 144 End of the line

  • 145 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 146 Some 240 exhibits

  • 147 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 148 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 149 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 150 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 151 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 152

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 153 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 154 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 155 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 156 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 157 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 158 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 159 Artisans' Club

  • 160 Torrington in 1967

  • 161 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 162 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 163

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 164 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 165 Some mushroom!

  • 166 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 167 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 168 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 169 Mobile missionary

  • 170 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 171 Devil sent packing

  • 172 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 173 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 174 Traditions and skills still there

  • 175 Modern living at Bideford

  • 176 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 177 Variety in summer weather

  • 178 Sight of a lifetime

  • 179 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 180 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 181

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

  • 183 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 184 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 185 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 186 Penny for the guy

  • 187 Revenge in style

  • 188 Picking the pops

  • 189 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 190 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 191 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 192 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 193

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 194 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 195

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 196 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 197 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 198

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 199

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 200 New life for Hartland organ

  • 201 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 202 Waldon Triplets
  • 203

    Exhibition of school work
  • 204 When horses score over the tractor

  • 205 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 206 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 207 Jumble sale fever

  • 208 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 209 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 210 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 211 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 212

    Bidefordians
  • 213 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 214 Clovelly custom

  • 215 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 216 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 217 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 218 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 219 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 220 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 221 All for the love of a lady!

  • 222 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 223 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 224 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 225 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 226 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 227 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 228

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 229 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 230 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 231 It really was the 'last time'

  • 232 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 233 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 234

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 235 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 236 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 237 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 238 A bird of their own!

  • 239 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 240 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 241 Torrington children build igloo
  • 242 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 243 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 244 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 245 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 246 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 247

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 248 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 249 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 250 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 251 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 252 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 253 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 254 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 255 Northam's almshouse

  • 256 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 257 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 258 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 259 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 260 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 261

    Married in 1908
  • 262 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 263 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 264 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 265 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 266 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 267 Littleham family's five generations

  • 268 No sale of Springfield House

  • 269 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 270 Hartland's invitation

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    First prize
  • 272 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 273 Last train from Torrington

  • 274 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 275 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 276 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 277 Ships at Bideford

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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  • 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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  • 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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