• 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 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 2 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 3 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 4 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 5 Burnard family reunion

  • 6 New addition to Quay front

  • 7 Weare Giffard potato

  • 8 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 9 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 10 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 11 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 12 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 13 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 14 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 15 Littleham family's five generations

  • 16 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 17 The creative urge on Saturday morning

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

  • 19

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 20 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 21 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 22 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 23 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 24 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 25 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 26 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 27 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 28 No sale of Springfield House

  • 29 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 30 Waldon Triplets
  • 31 School's link with cargo ship

  • 32 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 33

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 34 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 35 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 36 End of the line

  • 37 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 38 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 40 Ships at Bideford

  • 41 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 42 Variety in summer weather

  • 43 For crying out loud!

  • 44 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 45 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 46 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 47 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 48 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 49 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 50 The Geneva marionettes

  • 51 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 52 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 53 Just over a year old

  • 54

    Relatives all over the world
  • 55 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 56 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 57 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 58 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 59 Torrington in 1967

  • 60 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 61 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 62

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 63 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 64 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 65 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 66 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 67 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 68 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 69 Bideford regatta

  • 70 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 71 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 72

    New gateway
  • 73 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 74 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 75 When horses score over the tractor

  • 76

    Was a missionary
  • 77 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 78

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 79 Northam's almshouse

  • 80 Last train from Torrington

  • 81

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 82 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 83 No laughing matter

  • 84 Puppet characters introduced

  • 85 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 86 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 87 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 88 Modern living at Bideford

  • 89 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

  • 91

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 92 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 93 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 94 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 95 Hartland Dancers
  • 96 Circus comes to town

  • 97

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 98 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 99 New choral society's growing response

  • 100 Torrington's new amenity

  • 101 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 102 Simple Item 138
  • 103 Out of puff!

  • 104

    First prize
  • 105 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 106 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 107 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 108 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 109 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 110 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 111 New life for Hartland organ

  • 112 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 113 Can spring be far away?

  • 114 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 115 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 117 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 118 Loads of black and white

  • 119 Revenge in style

  • 120 New Lundy stamps

  • 121 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 122 Bideford computer stars

  • 123 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 124 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 125 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 126 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 127 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 128 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 129 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 130

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 131 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 132 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 133 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 134 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 135 Picking the pops

  • 136

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 137 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 138 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 139 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 140 Emergency ferry services

  • 141 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 142 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 143

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 144

    Married in 1908
  • 145 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 146 Clovelly nightmare

  • 147 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 148 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 149

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 150 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 151 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 152 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 153 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 154 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 155 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 156

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 157 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 158 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 159

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 160 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 161 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 162 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 163 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 164 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 165 Twenty-one yachts

  • 166 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 167 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 168 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 169 It really was the 'last time'

  • 170 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 171 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 172

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 173 Hartland postman retires

  • 174 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 175 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 176 Ten year old scrambler

  • 177 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 178 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 179 Sight of a lifetime

  • 180 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 181 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 182

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 183 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 184 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 185 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 186 He beat the floods

  • 187 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 188 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 189

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 190 Penny for the guy

  • 191 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 192 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 193 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 194 Life begins at 80

  • 195 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 196 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 197 Private home for public pump

  • 198 So this is the mainland!

  • 199

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 200 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 201 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 202 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 203 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 204

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 205 Appledore's largest

  • 206

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 207 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 208 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 209 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 210 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 211 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 212 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 213 Traditions and skills still there

  • 214 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 215 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 216 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 217 Some mushroom!

  • 218 Devil sent packing

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

  • 220 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 221

    Building works
  • 222 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 223 Hartland's invitation

  • 224

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 225 A bird of their own!

  • 226 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 227

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 228

    Bidefordians
  • 229 Artisans' Club

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

  • 231 Jumble sale fever

  • 232 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 233 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 234 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 235 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 236

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 237 All for the love of a lady!

  • 238 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 239 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 240 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 241

    Exhibition of school work
  • 242 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 243 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 244

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 245 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 246 School crossing patrol begins

  • 247 Happy Days!

  • 248 New shipyard on schedule

  • 249 Parkham plan realised

  • 250 Finished in 1876

  • 251 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 252 North Devon Driving School

  • 253 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 254 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 255 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 256 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 257 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 258 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 259 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 260 Some 240 exhibits

  • 261 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 262 Torrington children build igloo
  • 263 Service with a smile

  • 264 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 265 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 266 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 267 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 268 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 269 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 270 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 271 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 272 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 273 Cruising down the river

  • 274 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 275

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 276 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 277 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 278 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 279 Picking the pops

  • 280 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 281 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 282 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 283 Clovelly custom

  • 284

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 285 Mobile missionary

  • 286 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 287 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 288 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

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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