• 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 postman retires

  • 2 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 3 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 4 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 5 For crying out loud!

  • 6

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 7 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 8 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 9 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 10 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 11 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 12 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 13 Bideford loses training ship

  • 14 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 15 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 16 Modern living at Bideford

  • 17 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 18 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 19 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 20

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 21 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 22 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 23 New addition to Quay front

  • 24

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 25 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 26 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 27 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 28 New choral society's growing response

  • 29 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 30 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 31 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 32 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 33 Out of puff!

  • 34 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 35 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 36 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 37 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 38 All for the love of a lady!

  • 39 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 40 Puppet characters introduced

  • 41 Private home for public pump

  • 42 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 43 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 44 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 45 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 46 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 47 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 48 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 49 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 50 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 51 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 52

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 53 Picking the pops

  • 54

    Bidefordians
  • 55 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 56 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 57 Picking the pops

  • 58 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 59

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 60 He beat the floods

  • 61 Loads of black and white

  • 62 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 63 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 64 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 65 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 66 Peter poses for TV film

  • 67 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 68 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 69

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 70 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 71 Circus comes to town

  • 72 Northam's almshouse

  • 73 End of the line

  • 74 School crossing patrol begins

  • 75 Torrington's new amenity

  • 76 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 77 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 78 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 79 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 80 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 81 Littleham family's five generations

  • 82

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 83 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 84 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 85 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 86 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 87 Parkham plan realised

  • 88 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 89 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 90 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 91 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 92 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 93 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 94 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 95 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

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

  • 98 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 99 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 100 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 102 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 103 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 104 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 105 Finished in 1876

  • 106 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 107

    New gateway
  • 108 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 109 Happy Days!

  • 110 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 111 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 112

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 113 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 114 Penny for the guy

  • 115 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 116 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 117 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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

  • 119 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 120

    Exhibition of school work
  • 121 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 122 Clovelly custom

  • 123 Service with a smile

  • 124 Can spring be far away?

  • 125 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 126 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 127 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 128 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 129 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 130 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 131 Torrington children build igloo
  • 132

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 133 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 134

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 135 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 136 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 137 Just over a year old

  • 138 No laughing matter

  • 139 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 140 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 141 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 142 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 143 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 144 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 145

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 146 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 147 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 148 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 149 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 150

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 151 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 152 Traditions and skills still there

  • 153 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 154 It really was the 'last time'

  • 155 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 156 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 157 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 158 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 159 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 160 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 161 A bird of their own!

  • 162 Appledore's largest

  • 163 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 164 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 165 Devil sent packing

  • 166 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 167 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 168 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 169 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 170

    Relatives all over the world
  • 171 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 172 Some 240 exhibits

  • 173 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 174

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 175 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 176 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 177 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 178 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 179 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 180

    Building works
  • 181 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 182 New life for Hartland organ

  • 183 Ships at Bideford

  • 184 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 185 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 186 Jumble sale fever

  • 187 Bideford regatta

  • 188 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 189 Ten year old scrambler

  • 190 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 191

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 192 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 193 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 194 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 195 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 196 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 197 Artisans' Club

  • 198 Clovelly nightmare

  • 199 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 200 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 201 New shipyard on schedule

  • 202 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 203 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 204 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 205 Simple Item 138
  • 206 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 207 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 208 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 209 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 210 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 211 New Post Office

  • 212 Twenty-one yachts

  • 213 Pannier Market's future?

  • 214 Burnard family reunion

  • 215 Sight of a lifetime

  • 216 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 217 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 218 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 219 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 220 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 221 By pony and trap to market

  • 222 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 223

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 224 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 225 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 226 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 227 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 228 No sale of Springfield House

  • 229 Life begins at 80

  • 230

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 231 Emergency ferry services

  • 232 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 233 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 234 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 235 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 237 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 238 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 239 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 240 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 241

    Was a missionary
  • 242 Variety in summer weather

  • 243 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 244 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 245 Some mushroom!

  • 246

    First prize
  • 247 Cruising down the river

  • 248 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 249 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 250

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 251 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 252 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 253 Centenary of Gazette

  • 254 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 255 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 256 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 257 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 258 North Devon Driving School

  • 259 Bideford computer stars

  • 260 Last train from Torrington

  • 261 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 262 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 263 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 264 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 265 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 266 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 267 So this is the mainland!

  • 268 Hartland's invitation

  • 269 A story to tell!

  • 270 When horses score over the tractor

  • 271 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 272 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 273 The Geneva marionettes

  • 274 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 275 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 276 Revenge in style

  • 277

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 278 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 279 Waldon Triplets
  • 280 Weare Giffard potato

  • 281 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 282 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 283 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 284 School's link with cargo ship

  • 285

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 286

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

  • 288

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 289

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

  • 291 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 292 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 293 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 294 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 295 Hartland Dancers
  • 296

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 297 New Lundy stamps

  • 298

    Married in 1908
  • 299 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 300 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 301 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 302 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 303

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 304 Mobile missionary

  • 305 Four hundred residents leave 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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  • 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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  • 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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