• 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 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 2 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 3 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 4

    Was a missionary
  • 5

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 6 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 7 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 8 Filming at Hartland

  • 9 New Post Office

  • 10 He beat the floods

  • 11 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 12

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 13 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 14 Service with a smile

  • 15

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 16 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 17 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 18 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 19 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 20 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 21 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 22 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 23 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 24 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 25 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 26 Peter poses for TV film

  • 27 No sale of Springfield House

  • 28

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 29 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 30 New addition to Quay front

  • 31 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 32 New Lundy stamps

  • 33 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 34 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 35 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 36 North Devon Driving School

  • 37 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 39 Picking the pops

  • 40 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 41 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 42 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 43 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 44 Torrington children build igloo
  • 45 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 46 They are parted pro-tem

  • 47 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 48 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 49 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 50 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 51

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 52 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 53 A bird of their own!

  • 54 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 55 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 56 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 57 Cruising down the river

  • 58 Hartland's invitation

  • 59 Police station view of Bideford

  • 60 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 61 When horses score over the tractor

  • 62 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 63 Centenary of Gazette

  • 64 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 65 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 66 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

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

  • 68 Emergency ferry services

  • 69 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 70 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 71 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 72 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 73 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 74 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 75 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 76 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 77 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 78 Warmington's garage ad

  • 79 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 80

    Bidefordians
  • 81 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 82 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 83 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 84 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 85

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 86 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 87 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 88 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 89 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 90

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 91 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 92

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 93 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 94 Out of puff!

  • 95 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 96 Last train from Torrington

  • 97 New life for Hartland organ

  • 98 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 99 113 years at Instow

  • 100

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 101 Capers on the cobbles

  • 102 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 103 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 104 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 105 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 106 New art gallery opened

  • 107 In their new robes and hats

  • 108 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 109 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 110 Ships at Bideford

  • 111 Loads of black and white

  • 112 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 113

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 114 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 115 By pony and trap to market

  • 116 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 117 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 118

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 119 Pannier Market's future?

  • 120 Some 240 exhibits

  • 121 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 122 New civic medallions

  • 123 Bideford computer stars

  • 124 New choral society's growing response

  • 125 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 126 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 127 Life begins at 80

  • 128

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 129 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 130 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 131 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 132 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 133 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 134 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 135 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 136

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 137 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 138 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 139 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 140 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 142 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 143 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 144 Waldon Triplets
  • 145 Hartland postman retires

  • 146 Some mushroom!

  • 147 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 148 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 149 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 151 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 152 Jumble sale fever

  • 153 Finished in 1876

  • 154 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 155 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 156 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 157 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 158 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 159 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 160 Sweets derationing

  • 161 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 162 A roof-top view - where?

  • 163 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 164 The Geneva marionettes

  • 165 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 166 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 167 Hartland Dancers
  • 168 Northam's almshouse

  • 169

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 170 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 171 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 172 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 173 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 174 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 175 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 176 Picking the pops

  • 177 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 178 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 179

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 180 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 181 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 182 Bideford loses training ship

  • 183 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 184 School's link with cargo ship

  • 185 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 186 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 187 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 188 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 189 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 190 Six footed lamb

  • 191 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 192 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 193 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 194 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 195 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 196 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 197 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 198 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 199 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 200 Just over a year old

  • 201 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 202 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 203 So this is the mainland!

  • 204 New shipyard on schedule

  • 205 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 206 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 207 Decontrol of meat

  • 208 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 209 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 210

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 211 Simple Item 138
  • 212 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 213 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 214 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 215 Off on a great adventure

  • 216 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 217 Revenge in style

  • 218 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 219 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 220 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 221 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 222 A story to tell!

  • 223 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 224 Recognise this resort?

  • 225

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

  • 227 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 228 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 229 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 231 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 232 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 233 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 234 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 235 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 236

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 237 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 238 What's the time?

  • 239 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 240 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 242 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 243 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 244 From Bobby to Brian

  • 245 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 246

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 247 Happy Days!

  • 248 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 249 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 250 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 251 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 252 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 253 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 254 Artisans' Club

  • 255 Variety in summer weather

  • 256 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 257 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 258 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 259 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 260 Modern living at Bideford

  • 261 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 262 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 264 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 265 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 266 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 267 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 268 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 269 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 270 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 271 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 272 School crossing patrol begins

  • 273 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 275 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 276 Mobile missionary

  • 277 Riverside mystery

  • 278 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 279 Weare Giffard potato

  • 280 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 281 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 282 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 283 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 284 No laughing matter

  • 285 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 286 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 287 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 288 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 289 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 290 The art of the thatcher

  • 291 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 292 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 293 Sight of a lifetime

  • 294 Northam footballers of the future

  • 295 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 296 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 297 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 298 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 299 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 300 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 301 Bideford regatta

  • 302 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 303 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 304 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 305

    Building works
  • 306 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 307 Puppet characters introduced

  • 308 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 309 Clovelly nightmare

  • 310 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 311 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 312 All for the love of a lady!

  • 313 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 314 New look in the hayfields

  • 315 It really was the 'last time'

  • 316 Can spring be far away?

  • 317 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 318 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 319 Twenty-one yachts

  • 320 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 321 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 322 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 323

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 324 Devil sent packing

  • 325

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

  • 327 Clovelly custom

  • 328 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 329

    Married in 1908
  • 330 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 331

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 332 Torrington's new amenity

  • 333 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 334 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 335 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 336 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 337 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 338 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 339 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 340 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 341 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 342 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 343 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 344 Parkham plan realised

  • 345 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 346 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 347 Bridging the stream

  • 348 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 349 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 350

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 351 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 352 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 354 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 355

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 356 Private home for public pump

  • 357 First ship in 8 years

  • 358 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 359 Appledore's largest

  • 360 End of the line

  • 361 Penny for the guy

  • 362

    Exhibition of school work
  • 363 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 364 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 365 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 366 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 367 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 368

    Relatives all over the world
  • 369 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 370 A man and his wheel

  • 371 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 372 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 373 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 374 Circus comes to town

  • 375 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 376 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 377 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 378 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 379 For crying out loud!

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    First prize
  • 381 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 382 Littleham family's five generations

  • 383 Traditions and skills still there

  • 384 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 385 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 386 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 387 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 388 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 389 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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    New gateway
  • 391 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 392

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 393 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 394 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 395 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 396 Ten year old scrambler

  • 397 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 398 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 399 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 400 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 401 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 402 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 403 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 404 All aboard the ark

  • 405 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 407 Torrington in 1967

  • 408 Salmon netting at 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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  • 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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