• 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 Burnard family reunion

  • 3 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 4 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 5 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 6

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 7 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 8 Bideford regatta

  • 9 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 10 North Devon Driving School

  • 11 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 12 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 13 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 14

    Exhibition of school work
  • 15 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 16 Circus comes to town

  • 17 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 18

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 19 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 20

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 21 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 22 The Geneva marionettes

  • 23 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 24 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 26 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 27 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 28 Twenty-one yachts

  • 29 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 30 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 31 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 32 Hartland Dancers
  • 33 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 34 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 35 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 36 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 37 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 38

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 39 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 40

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 41 Emergency ferry services

  • 42 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 43 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 44 Mobile missionary

  • 45 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 46 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 47 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 48

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 49 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 50 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 51 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 52 No laughing matter

  • 53 Littleham family's five generations

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

  • 55 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 56 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 57 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 58 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 59 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 60 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 61 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 62 School's link with cargo ship

  • 63

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 64 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 65 Puppet characters introduced

  • 66 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 67 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 68

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 69 New shipyard on schedule

  • 70 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 71 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 72 Modern living at Bideford

  • 73 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 74 Clovelly custom

  • 75

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 76 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 77 End of the line

  • 78 Service with a smile

  • 79 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 80 No sale of Springfield House

  • 81 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 82 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 83 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 84 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 85 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 86 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 87

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 88 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 89 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 90 Revenge in style

  • 91 Penny for the guy

  • 92 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 93 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 94 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 95 Spray dodging - the new pastime

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 97 Happy Days!

  • 98 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 99 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 100 Life begins at 80

  • 101 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 102 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 103 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 104 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 105 Ten year old scrambler

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 107 Traditions and skills still there

  • 108 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 109 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 110 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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    Bidefordians
  • 112 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 113 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 114 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 115 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 116 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 118 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 119 Torrington in 1967

  • 120 Finished in 1876

  • 121 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 122 Can spring be far away?

  • 123

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 124 For crying out loud!

  • 125 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 126 Simple Item 138
  • 127 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 128

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 129 Sight of a lifetime

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

  • 131 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 132 New addition to Quay front

  • 133 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 134 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 135 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 136 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 137

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 138 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 139

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 140 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 141 He beat the floods

  • 142 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 143 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 144 Parkham plan realised

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 146 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 147 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 148 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 149 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 150 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 152 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 153 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 154

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 155 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 156 Appledore's largest

  • 157 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 158 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 159 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 160 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 161 Ships at Bideford

  • 162 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 163 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 164

    Was a missionary
  • 165

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 166 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 167

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 168 Just over a year old

  • 169 Variety in summer weather

  • 170 School crossing patrol begins

  • 171 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 172 New Lundy stamps

  • 173 Last train from Torrington

  • 174 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 175 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 176 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 177 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 178 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 179 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 180 Waldon Triplets
  • 181 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 182 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 183

    New gateway
  • 184 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 185 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 186 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 187 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 188

    First prize
  • 189 Devil sent packing

  • 190 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 191 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 192 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 193 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 194 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 195 Private home for public pump

  • 196 Cruising down the river

  • 197 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 198 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 199 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 200 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 201

    Relatives all over the world
  • 202 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 203 Picking the pops

  • 204 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 206

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 207 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 208

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 209 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 210 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 211 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 212 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 213 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 214 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 215 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 216 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 217

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 218 Weare Giffard potato

  • 219 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 220 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 221 Artisans' Club

  • 222 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 223 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 224 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 225 It really was the 'last time'

  • 226 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 227 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 228 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 229 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 230 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 231 Hartland postman retires

  • 232 Bideford computer stars

  • 233 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 234 Clovelly nightmare

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

  • 236 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 237 A bird of their own!

  • 238 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 239

    Married in 1908
  • 240 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 241 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 242 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 243 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 244 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 245 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 246

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 247 Jumble sale fever

  • 248 Picking the pops

  • 249 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 250 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 251 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 252 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 253 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 254 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 255 Out of puff!

  • 256 New choral society's growing response

  • 257 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 259 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 260 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 261 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 262 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 263 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 264 Some mushroom!

  • 265 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 266 Torrington children build igloo
  • 267 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 268 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 269 Hartland's invitation

  • 270 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 271 Torrington's new amenity

  • 272 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 273 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 274 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 275 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 276 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 277 Northam's almshouse

  • 278 So this is the mainland!

  • 279 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 280 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 281 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 282 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 283 All for the love of a lady!

  • 284 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 286 New life for Hartland organ

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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