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

  • 2 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 5 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 7 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 8 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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    Married in 1908
  • 10 Sight of a lifetime

  • 11 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 12 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 13 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 14 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 15 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 16 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 17 New Lundy stamps

  • 18 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 19 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 20 No sale of Springfield House

  • 21 Out of puff!

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 23 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 24 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 25 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 26 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 27 Artisans' Club

  • 28 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 30 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 31 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 32 Torrington's new amenity

  • 33 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 34 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 35 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 36 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 38 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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    Bidefordians
  • 40 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 41 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 42 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 43 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 44 Simple Item 138
  • 45 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 46 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 47 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 48 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 49 Modern living at Bideford

  • 50 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 51 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 52 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 53 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 54

    First prize
  • 55

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 56 Puppet characters introduced

  • 57 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 58 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 60 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 61 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 62 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 63 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 64 Emergency ferry services

  • 65 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 66 Happy Days!

  • 67 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 68 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 69 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 70 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 71 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 72

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 73

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 74 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 75

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 76

    Exhibition of school work
  • 77 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 78 Appledore's largest

  • 79 Burnard family reunion

  • 80 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 81 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 82

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 83 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 84 Weare Giffard potato

  • 85

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 86 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 87 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 88 Revenge in style

  • 89 Ten year old scrambler

  • 90 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 91 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 92 End of the line

  • 93 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 94 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 95 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 96 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 97 Twenty-one yachts

  • 98 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 99 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 100 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 101 Torrington in 1967

  • 102 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 103 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 104

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 105 Just over a year old

  • 106 Variety in summer weather

  • 107 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 108 Life begins at 80

  • 109 Circus comes to town

  • 110

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 111 A bird of their own!

  • 112 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 113 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 114

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 115 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 116 New shipyard on schedule

  • 117 Hartland's invitation

  • 118 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 119 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 120 Ships at Bideford

  • 121 Mobile missionary

  • 122 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 123 School crossing patrol begins

  • 124 Littleham family's five generations

  • 125 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 126

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 127 He beat the floods

  • 128 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 129 Traditions and skills still there

  • 130 Devil sent packing

  • 131

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 132 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 133 New addition to Quay front

  • 134 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 135 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 136 It really was the 'last time'

  • 137 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 138 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 139 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 140 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 141

    Was a missionary
  • 142 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 143

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 144

    Building works
  • 145 Clovelly nightmare

  • 146 Hartland postman retires

  • 147 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 148 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 149

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 150 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 151 School's link with cargo ship

  • 152

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

  • 154 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 155 When horses score over the tractor

  • 156 Some 240 exhibits

  • 157

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 158 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 159 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 160 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 161 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 162

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 163

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 164 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 165 Northam's almshouse

  • 166 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 167

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 168 Waldon Triplets
  • 169 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 170 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 171 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 172

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

  • 174 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 175 All for the love of a lady!

  • 176 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 177 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 178 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 179 Last train from Torrington

  • 180 Bideford computer stars

  • 181 Bideford regatta

  • 182 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 183 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 184 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 185 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 186 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 187 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 188 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 189 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 190 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 191 Hartland Dancers
  • 192 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 193 Picking the pops

  • 194 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 195 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 196 Private home for public pump

  • 197 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 198 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 199

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 200 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 201 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 202 Finished in 1876

  • 203 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 204 Jumble sale fever

  • 205 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 206 Penny for the guy

  • 207

    New gateway
  • 208 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 209 Clovelly custom

  • 210 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 211 Torrington children build igloo
  • 212 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 213 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 214 Picking the pops

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

  • 216 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 217 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 218

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 219 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 220 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 221 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 222 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 223 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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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