• Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

    Read More
  • Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

    Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • 1 New choral society's growing response

  • 2 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 3 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 4 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 5

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 6 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 7 Hartland Dancers
  • 8 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 9 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 10 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 11 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 12

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 13 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 14 All for the love of a lady!

  • 15 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 16 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 17 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 18

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 19 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 20 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 21 Clovelly nightmare

  • 22 Finished in 1876

  • 23

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 24

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 25 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 26 Happy Days!

  • 27 Littleham family's five generations

  • 28

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 29 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 30 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 31 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 32 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 33 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 34 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 35 For crying out loud!

  • 36 Torrington's new amenity

  • 37 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 38 Mobile missionary

  • 39 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 40 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 41 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 42 Circus comes to town

  • 43 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 44 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 45 Hartland's invitation

  • 46 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 47 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 48 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 49 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 50 New Lundy stamps

  • 51 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 52 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 53 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 54 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 55 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 56 Out of puff!

  • 57 Torrington children build igloo
  • 58 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 59

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 60 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 61 Appledore's largest

  • 62

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 63 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 64 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 65 Waldon Triplets
  • 66 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 67 Jumble sale fever

  • 68

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 69

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 70 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 71 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 72 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 73 When horses score over the tractor

  • 74 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 75 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 77 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 78

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 79 Revenge in style

  • 80 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 81

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 82 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 83 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 84 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 85 Traditions and skills still there

  • 86 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 87 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 88

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 89 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 90 Private home for public pump

  • 91

    Relatives all over the world
  • 92 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 93 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 94

    New gateway
  • 95 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 96 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 97 Picking the pops

  • 98 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 99 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 100

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 101

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 102 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 103 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 104 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 105 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 106 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 107 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 108 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 109 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 110 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 111 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 112 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 113 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 114 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 115 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 116

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 117 Life begins at 80

  • 118 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 119 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 120 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 121

    Building works
  • 122 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 123 School crossing patrol begins

  • 124 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 125 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 126 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 127 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 129

    Bidefordians
  • 130 New shipyard on schedule

  • 131 New life for Hartland organ

  • 132 Hartland postman retires

  • 133 Twenty-one yachts

  • 134 Sight of a lifetime

  • 135 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 136

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 137 Just over a year old

  • 138

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 139 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 140 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 141 Emergency ferry services

  • 142 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 143 Weare Giffard potato

  • 144

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 145 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 146 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 147 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 149 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 150 Some 240 exhibits

  • 151 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 152 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 153 Torrington in 1967

  • 154

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 155 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 156 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 157 Watch the dicky bird!

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

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

  • 160 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 161 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 162 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 164 A bird of their own!

  • 165 Puppet characters introduced

  • 166 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 167 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 168 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 169 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 170 Simple Item 138
  • 171 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 172 Ten year old scrambler

  • 173 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 174 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 175 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 176 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 177

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 178 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 179 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 180 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 181 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 182 He beat the floods

  • 183

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 184 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 185 Bideford regatta

  • 186 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 187 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 188 Northam's almshouse

  • 189 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 190

    Married in 1908
  • 191 No sale of Springfield House

  • 192 Clovelly custom

  • 193

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 194 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 195 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 196 Burnard family reunion

  • 197 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 198 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 199 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 200 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 201 Devil sent packing

  • 202 Bideford computer stars

  • 203 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 204

    First prize
  • 205 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 206

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 207 Last train from Torrington

  • 208 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 209 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 210 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 211

    Exhibition of school work
  • 212 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 213 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 214 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 215 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 216 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 217 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 218 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 219 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 220 New addition to Quay front

  • 221 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 222

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 223 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 224 Penny for the guy

  • 225 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 226 School's link with cargo ship

  • 227 Artisans' Club

  • 228 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 229 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 230 End of the line

  • 231 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 232 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 233 Ships at Bideford

  • 234 Modern living at Bideford

  • 235 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 236 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 237 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 238

    Was a missionary
  • 239 Picking the pops

  • 240 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 241 Variety in summer weather

  • 242 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

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

Read More
and suddenly it's spring

Cadds Down Farm

1 March 1974

Joined by Trixie, the pony

READ MORE

  • 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;

    Read More

  • 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.

    Read More

  • 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.

    Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
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...

Read More
 

Shipyard goes into liquidation 1963

Liquidator appointed

4 January 1963

Difficulty in retaining labour...

Read More

  • 1

Login Form