• 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 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 2 New look in the hayfields

  • 3 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 4 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 5 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 6 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 7 End of the line

  • 8 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 9 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 10 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 11 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 12 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 13 Sweets derationing

  • 14

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 15 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 16 Loads of black and white

  • 17 Jumble sale fever

  • 18 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 19 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 20 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 21 New shipyard on schedule

  • 22 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 23 He beat the floods

  • 24 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 25 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 26 Out of puff!

  • 27

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 28 The Geneva marionettes

  • 29 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 30 Service with a smile

  • 31 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 32 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 33 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 34 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 35 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 36 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 37 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 38 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 39 Decontrol of meat

  • 40 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 41 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 42 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 43 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 44 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 45 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 46 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 47 First ship in 8 years

  • 48 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 49 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 50 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 51 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 52 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 53 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 54 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 55 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 56 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 57 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 58 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 59

    Was a missionary
  • 60 Last train from Torrington

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

  • 62 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 63 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 64 All for the love of a lady!

  • 65 A roof-top view - where?

  • 66 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 67 Traditions and skills still there

  • 68 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 69

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 70 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 71 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 72 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 73 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 74

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 75 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 76 By pony and trap to market

  • 77 New civic medallions

  • 78 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 79 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 80 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 81 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 82 Cruising down the river

  • 83 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 84 Torrington's new amenity

  • 85 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 86

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 87 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 88 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 89 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 90 New life for Hartland organ

  • 91 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 92 It really was the 'last time'

  • 93 Warmington's garage ad

  • 94 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 95 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 96

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 97 Some 240 exhibits

  • 98 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 99

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 100 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 101 Torrington children build igloo
  • 102

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 103 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 104 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 105

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 106 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 107 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 108

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 109 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 110 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 111 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 112 Appledore's largest

  • 113 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 114 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 115 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 116 Modern living at Bideford

  • 117 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 118 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 119 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 120 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 121 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 122 New Lundy stamps

  • 123 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 124 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 125 Twenty-one yachts

  • 126 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 127 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 128 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 129 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 130

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 131 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 132 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 133 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 134 Northam footballers of the future

  • 135 Bridging the stream

  • 136

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 137 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 138 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 139

    Building works
  • 140 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 141 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 142 When horses score over the tractor

  • 143 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 144 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 145 Six footed lamb

  • 146 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 147 Bideford regatta

  • 148 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 149 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 150

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 151 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 152 Police station view of Bideford

  • 153 No sale of Springfield House

  • 154 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 155 Parkham plan realised

  • 156 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 157 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 158 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 159 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 160

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 161 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 162 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 163 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 164 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 165 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 166 Simple Item 138
  • 167

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 168 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 169

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 170 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 171 Ships at Bideford

  • 172 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 173 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 174 New Post Office

  • 175 Emergency ferry services

  • 176 In their new robes and hats

  • 177

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 178 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 179 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 180 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 181 113 years at Instow

  • 182 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 183 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 184 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 185 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 186

    First prize
  • 187 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 188 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 189 No laughing matter

  • 190 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 191 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 192

    Exhibition of school work
  • 193 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 194 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 195 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 196 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 197 Mobile missionary

  • 198 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 199 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 200 Devil sent packing

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 202 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 203 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 204 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 206 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 208 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 209 For crying out loud!

  • 210 Riverside mystery

  • 211 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 212 Filming at Hartland

  • 213 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 214 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 215 North Devon Driving School

  • 216 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 217 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 218 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 219 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 220 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 221 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 222 Peter poses for TV film

  • 223 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 224 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 225 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 226 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 227 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 228

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 229

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 230 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 231 Some mushroom!

  • 232 New choral society's growing response

  • 233 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 234 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 235 Northam's almshouse

  • 236 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 237 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 238 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 239 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 240 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 241 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 242 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 243 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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    Bidefordians
  • 245 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 246 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 247 Hartland Dancers
  • 248 Artisans' Club

  • 249 School's link with cargo ship

  • 250 Clovelly custom

  • 251 Picking the pops

  • 252 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 253 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 254 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 255 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 256 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 257 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 258 Finished in 1876

  • 259 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 261 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 262 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 264 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 265

    Married in 1908
  • 266 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 267 Happy Days!

  • 268 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 269 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 270 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 271 A bird of their own!

  • 272

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 273 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 274 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 275 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 276 Life begins at 80

  • 277 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 278 Private home for public pump

  • 279 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 280 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 281 Circus comes to town

  • 282 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 283 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 284 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 285 Calligrapher extraordinary

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    Jinxed School Trip
  • 287 From Bobby to Brian

  • 288 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 289 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 290 What's the time?

  • 291 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 292 Picking the pops

  • 293 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 294 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 295 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 296 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 297 All aboard the ark

  • 298 Recognise this resort?

  • 299 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 301 Hartland postman retires

  • 302 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 303 Revenge in style

  • 304 Pannier Market's future?

  • 305 So this is the mainland!

  • 306 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 307 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 308 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 309 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 310 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 311 The art of the thatcher

  • 312 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 313 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 314 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 315 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 316 Variety in summer weather

  • 317 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 318 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 319 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 320 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 322 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 324 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 325 Weare Giffard potato

  • 326 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 327 New art gallery opened

  • 328 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 329 Bideford loses training ship

  • 330 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 331 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 332 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 333 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 334 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 335 Can spring be far away?

  • 336 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 337 Sight of a lifetime

  • 338 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 339 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 340 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 341 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 342 Bideford computer stars

  • 343 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 345 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 346 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 347 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 348 Torrington in 1967

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    New gateway
  • 350 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 351 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 352 A story to tell!

  • 353

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 354 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 355 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 356 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 357 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 358 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 359 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 360 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 361 School crossing patrol begins

  • 362 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 363 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 365 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 367 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 368 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 369 Hartland's invitation

  • 370 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 371 Waldon Triplets
  • 372 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 373 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 374 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 375 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 376 Just over a year old

  • 377 New addition to Quay front

  • 378 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 379 Littleham family's five generations

  • 380 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 381 Penny for the guy

  • 382 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 384 Centenary of Gazette

  • 385 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 386

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 387 Burnard family reunion

  • 388 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 389 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 390 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 391 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 392 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 393 Capers on the cobbles

  • 394 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 395 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 396 Off on a great adventure

  • 397 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 398 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 399 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 400 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 402 A man and his wheel

  • 403 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 404 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 405 Clovelly nightmare

  • 406 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 407 Puppet characters introduced

  • 408 Ten year old scrambler

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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  • 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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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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