• 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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    Building works
  • 2 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 3 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 4 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 5 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 6 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 7 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 8 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 9 Ships at Bideford

  • 10 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 11 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 12 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 13 Braddicks furniture ad.>
  • 14 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 15 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 16 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 17 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 18 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 19 Sweets derationing

  • 20 Finished in 1876

  • 21 Weare Giffard potato

  • 22 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 24 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 25 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 26

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 27 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 28 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 29 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 30 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 31 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 32 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 33 Modern living at Bideford

  • 34 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 35 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 36 Cruising down the river

  • 37

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 38 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 39 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 40 North Devon Driving School

  • 41 All aboard the ark

  • 42 Appledore's largest

  • 43 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 44 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 45 He beat the floods

  • 46 When horses score over the tractor

  • 47 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 48 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 49 Appledore schooner broadcast

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

  • 51

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 52 In their new robes and hats

  • 53 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 54 Private home for public pump

  • 55 Over the bank together>
  • 56 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 57 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 58 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 59 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 60 Police station view of Bideford

  • 61 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 62 The cab at the corner>
  • 63 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 64 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 65 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 66 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 67 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 68 Happy Days!

  • 69 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 70 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 71 Some mushroom!

  • 72 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 73 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 74 Circus comes to town

  • 75 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 76 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 77 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 78 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 79 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 80 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 81 Six footed lamb

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

  • 83

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 84 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 85 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 86 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 87 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 88 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 89 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 92 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 93 Emergency ferry services

  • 94 Penny for the guy

  • 95 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 96 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 97 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 98 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 99 Ten year old scrambler

  • 100 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 101 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 102 School crossing patrol begins

  • 103 End of the line

  • 104 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 105 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 106 First ship in 8 years

  • 107 Riverside mystery

  • 108 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 109 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 110 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 111 Traditions and skills still there

  • 112 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 113 Picking the pops

  • 114 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 115 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 116 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 117 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 118 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 119 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 120 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 121 Devil sent packing

  • 122 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 123 Off on a great adventure

  • 124 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 125 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 126 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 127 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 128 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 129 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 130 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 131 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 132 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 133

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 134 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 135 Bideford loses training ship

  • 136 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 137

    Was a missionary
  • 138 New look in the hayfields

  • 139 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 140 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 141 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 143 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 144 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 145

    First prize
  • 146 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 147 Mobile missionary

  • 148 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 149 New Post Office

  • 150 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 151

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 152 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 154 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 155 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 156 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 157 Watch the dicky bird!

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

  • 159 Dustmen of the days of yore>
  • 160 What's the time?

  • 161 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 162 Hartland Dancers
  • 163 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 164 Life begins at 80

  • 165

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 166 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 167 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 168 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 169 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 170 Puppet characters introduced

  • 171 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 172 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 173 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 174 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 175 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 176 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 177 Torrington children build igloo
  • 178 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 181 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 182 'Cries of old Appledore'

  • 183 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 184 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 185 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 186 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 187 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 188 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 189 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 190 Recognise this resort?

  • 191 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 192 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 193 School's link with cargo ship

  • 194 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 195 A roof-top view - where?

  • 196 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 197 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 198 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 199 From Bobby to Brian

  • 200 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 201 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 202 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 203 Clovelly nightmare

  • 204 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 205 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 206

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 207 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 208

    Exhibition of school work
  • 209 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 210 Clovelly custom

  • 211 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 212 Gateways with rhymes>
  • 213 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 214 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 215 Hartland's invitation

  • 216 Some 240 exhibits

  • 217

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 218 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 219

    Bidefordians
  • 220 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 221 Torrington in 1967

  • 222 The young smith of Abbotsham>
  • 223 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 224 Lorry crashes into Bideford shop window
  • 225 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 226 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 227 Loads of black and white

  • 228 So this is the mainland!

  • 229 Disastrous dock fire at Appledore>
  • 230 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 231 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 232 Hartland postman retires

  • 233 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 234 A bird of their own!

  • 235 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 236 Caught in the act>
  • 237

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 238 Bideford regatta

  • 239 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 240 Revenge in style

  • 241 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 242 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 243 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 244 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 245 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 246 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 247 For crying out loud!

  • 248 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 249

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 250 Service with a smile

  • 251 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 252 New shipyard on schedule

  • 253 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 254 Littleham family's five generations

  • 255 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 256 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 257 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 258

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 259 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 260 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 261 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 262 Just over a year old

  • 263 They are parted pro-tem

  • 264 Decontrol of meat

  • 265

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 266 New addition to Quay front

  • 267 Capers on the cobbles

  • 268

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 269 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 270 Parkham plan realised

  • 271 Variety in summer weather

  • 272 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 273 X-ray shoe fitting

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    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 275 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 276 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 277 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 278 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 279 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 280 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 281 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 282 Artisans' Club

  • 283 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 284 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 285 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 286 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 287 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 288 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 289 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 290 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 291 Bridging the stream

  • 292 By pony and trap to market

  • 293 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 294 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 295 Peter poses for TV film

  • 296 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 297 Last train from Torrington

  • 298 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 299 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 300 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 301 Strand's 10th birthday

  • 302 All for the love of a lady!

  • 303 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 305 Burnard family reunion

  • 306 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 307 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 308 Jumble sale fever

  • 309 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 310 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 311 Northam footballers of the future

  • 312 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 313 New choral society's growing response

  • 314 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 315 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 316 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 317 Out of puff!

  • 318 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 319 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 320 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 321 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 322 It really was the 'last time'

  • 323 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 324 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 325 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 326 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 327 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 328 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 329 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 330 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 331 New life for Hartland organ

  • 332 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 333 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 334

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 336 The Geneva marionettes

  • 337 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 338 113 years at Instow

  • 339 Bideford computer stars

  • 340 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 341 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 342 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 343 No laughing matter

  • 344 Warmington's garage ad

  • 345 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 346 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 347 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 348 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 349 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 350 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 351 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 352 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 353 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 354 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 355 Torrington's new amenity

  • 356 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 357 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 358 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 359 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 360 Centenary of Gazette

  • 361 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 362 Work of three centuries commemorated
  • 363 Picking the pops

  • 364 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 365 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 366 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 367 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 368 Can spring be far away?

  • 369 New civic medallions

  • 370 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 371 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 372 No sale of Springfield House

  • 373 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 374 Meredith and Son ad.>
  • 375 Clovelly donkey film star

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    New gateway
  • 377 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 378 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 379 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 380 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 381

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 382 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 383 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 384 New art gallery opened

  • 385 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 386 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 387 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 388

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 389 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 390 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 391

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 392 The art of the thatcher

  • 393 Blanchards ad.>
  • 394 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 395 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 397 Waldon Triplets
  • 398

    Birgitta Whittaker
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    Married in 1908
  • 400 A man and his wheel

  • 401 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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

  • 403 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 404 Pannier Market's future?

  • 405 Simple Item 138
  • 406 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 407 Sight of a lifetime

  • 408 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 409 New Lundy stamps

  • 410 A story to tell!

  • 411 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 412 Final meeting of Guardians
  • 413

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 414 Filming at Hartland

  • 415 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 416 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 417 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 418 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 420 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 421 Northam's almshouse

  • 422 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 423 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 424 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

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

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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