• 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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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 2 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 3 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 4 All for the love of a lady!

  • 5 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 6 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 8 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 9 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 10 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 11 When horses score over the tractor

  • 12 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 13 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 14 Modern living at Bideford

  • 15 Emergency ferry services

  • 16 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 17 End of the line

  • 18 Private home for public pump

  • 19 Clovelly nightmare

  • 20 It really was the 'last time'

  • 21 For crying out loud!

  • 22 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 23 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 24 Ships at Bideford

  • 25 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 27 Artisans' Club

  • 28 Just over a year old

  • 29 Clovelly custom

  • 30 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 31 New addition to Quay front

  • 32

    Relatives all over the world
  • 33 Circus comes to town

  • 34

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 35 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 36

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 37 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 38

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 39 Happy Days!

  • 40 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 41 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 42 Picking the pops

  • 43 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 44 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 45 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 46 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 47 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 48 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 50 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 51 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 52

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 53 Puppet characters introduced

  • 54

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 55

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 56 Hartland postman retires

  • 57 Jumble sale fever

  • 58 Traditions and skills still there

  • 59

    New gateway
  • 60 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 61 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 62 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 63

    Building works
  • 64 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 65 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 66 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 67 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 68 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 69

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 70

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 71 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 72 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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

  • 74 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 75

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 76 Simple Item 138
  • 77 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 78

    Was a missionary
  • 79

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 80 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 81 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 82 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 83 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 86 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 87 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 88 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 89 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 90 Burnard family reunion

  • 91 New shipyard on schedule

  • 92 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 93 Weare Giffard potato

  • 94 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 95 Waldon Triplets
  • 96 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 97 New Lundy stamps

  • 98 He beat the floods

  • 99 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 100 Appledore's largest

  • 101 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 102 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 103 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 104 Devil sent packing

  • 105 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

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

  • 107 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 108 Brothers reunion 1947
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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 110 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 111 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 112 Torrington children build igloo
  • 113 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 114

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 115 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 116 Hartland's invitation

  • 117

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 118 Revenge in style

  • 119 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 120 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 121 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 122 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 123 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 124 Last train from Torrington

  • 125 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 126 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 127 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 128 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 130

    Bidefordians
  • 131 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 132 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 133

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 134 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 135 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 136 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 137 Variety in summer weather

  • 138 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 139 School crossing patrol begins

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    First prize
  • 141 Sight of a lifetime

  • 142 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 143 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 144 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 145 A bird of their own!

  • 146 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 147

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 148 Bideford computer stars

  • 149 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 150 Penny for the guy

  • 151 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 152

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 153 Ten year old scrambler

  • 154 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 155 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 156 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 157 Some 240 exhibits

  • 158

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 159 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 160 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 161 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 162 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 163 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 164 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 165 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 166 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 167 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 168 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 169 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 170 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 171 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 172 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 173 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 174

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 175 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 176 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 177 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 178 Torrington's new amenity

  • 179

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 180 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 181 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 182 Littleham family's five generations

  • 183 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 184 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 185 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 186 No sale of Springfield House

  • 187 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 188 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 189 Finished in 1876

  • 190 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 191 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 192 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 193 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 194

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 195 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 196 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 197 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 198 School's link with cargo ship

  • 199 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 200 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 201 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 202 Torrington in 1967

  • 203 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 204 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 205 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 206 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 207 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 208 Out of puff!

  • 209

    Married in 1908
  • 210 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 211 Mobile missionary

  • 212 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 213 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 214

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 215

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 216 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 217 Picking the pops

  • 218 Bideford regatta

  • 219 Twenty-one yachts

  • 220 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 221 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 222 Hartland Dancers
  • 223 Life begins at 80

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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