• 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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    New gateway
  • 2 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 3 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 4 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 5 Bideford computer stars

  • 6 New Lundy stamps

  • 7 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 8 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 9 Bridging the stream

  • 10 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 11 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 12 Riverside mystery

  • 13

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 14 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 15 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 16 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 17 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 18 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 19 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 20 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 21 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 22

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 23 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 24 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 25 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 26 Appledore's largest

  • 27

    Was a missionary
  • 28 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 29 Traditions and skills still there

  • 30 Off on a great adventure

  • 31 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 32

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 33 No sale of Springfield House

  • 34 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 35 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 36 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 37 Variety in summer weather

  • 38 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 39 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 40 Sight of a lifetime

  • 41 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 42 Can spring be far away?

  • 43 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 44 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 45 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 46 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 47 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 48 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 49 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 50 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 51 So this is the mainland!

  • 52 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 53 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 54 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 55 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 56 Recognise this resort?

  • 57 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 58 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 59

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 60 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 61 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 62 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 63 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 64 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 65 Torrington in 1967

  • 66 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 67 Bideford loses training ship

  • 68 Modern living at Bideford

  • 69 Littleham family's five generations

  • 70 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 71 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 72 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 73 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 74

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 75 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 76 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 77 New Post Office

  • 78 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 79 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 80 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 81 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 82 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 83 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 84 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 85 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 86 Clovelly nightmare

  • 87

    First prize
  • 88 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 89

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 90 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 91 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 92 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 94 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 95 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 96 No laughing matter

  • 97 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 98 School's link with cargo ship

  • 99 Finished in 1876

  • 100 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 101 Loads of black and white

  • 102 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 103 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 104 When horses score over the tractor

  • 105 Jumble sale fever

  • 106 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 107 Ten year old scrambler

  • 108 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 109 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 110 Last train from Torrington

  • 111 Circus comes to town

  • 112 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 113 End of the line

  • 114 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 115 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 116 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 117 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 118 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 119 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 120 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 121 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 122 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 123 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 124 Six footed lamb

  • 125 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 127 Happy Days!

  • 128 All aboard the ark

  • 129 Waldon Triplets
  • 130 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 131 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 132 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 133 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 134 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 135 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 136

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 137 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 138 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 139 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 140 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 141 Picking the pops

  • 142

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 143 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 144 Bideford regatta

  • 145

    Exhibition of school work
  • 146

    Relatives all over the world
  • 147 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 148 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 149 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 150 Northam's almshouse

  • 151 First ship in 8 years

  • 152 Just over a year old

  • 153 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 154 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 155 It really was the 'last time'

  • 156 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 157 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 158 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 159 New look in the hayfields

  • 160 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 161 Ships at Bideford

  • 162 The art of the thatcher

  • 163 Life begins at 80

  • 164 Northam footballers of the future

  • 165

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 166 Mobile missionary

  • 167 North Devon Driving School

  • 168 New choral society's growing response

  • 169 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 171 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 172 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 173 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 175 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 176 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 177 Puppet characters introduced

  • 178 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 179 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 180 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 181 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 182 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 183 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 184 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 185 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 186 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 187 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 189 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 190 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 191 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 192 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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

  • 194 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 195 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 196 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 197

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 198 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 199 New art gallery opened

  • 200 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

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

  • 202 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 203 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 204 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 205

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 206

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 207 School crossing patrol begins

  • 208 Weare Giffard potato

  • 209 Hartland postman retires

  • 210 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 211 Torrington's new amenity

  • 212 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 213 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 214 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 215 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 216 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 217 Out of puff!

  • 218 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 219 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 220 Clovelly custom

  • 221 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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    Bidefordians
  • 223 A story to tell!

  • 224 Pannier Market's future?

  • 225 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 226 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 227 Private home for public pump

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

  • 229 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 230 Cruising down the river

  • 231 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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    Married in 1908
  • 233 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 234 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 235 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 236 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 237 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 238 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 239 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 241 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 242 A man and his wheel

  • 243 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 244 They are parted pro-tem

  • 245 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 246 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 247 By pony and trap to market

  • 248 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 249 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 250 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 251 The Geneva marionettes

  • 252 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 253 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 254 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 255 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 256 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 257 Simple Item 138
  • 258 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 259

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 260 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 261 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 262 Hartland's invitation

  • 263 Revenge in style

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

  • 265 Artisans' Club

  • 266 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 267 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 268 Twenty-one yachts

  • 269 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 270 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 272 Decontrol of meat

  • 273 New life for Hartland organ

  • 274 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 275 He beat the floods

  • 276 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 277

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 278 Some 240 exhibits

  • 279 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 280 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 281 Penny for the guy

  • 282 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 283 Service with a smile

  • 284 Some mushroom!

  • 285 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 286 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 287 Emergency ferry services

  • 288 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 289 New addition to Quay front

  • 290 Police station view of Bideford

  • 291 For crying out loud!

  • 292 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 293 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 294 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 295 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 296 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 297 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 298 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 299

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 300 Centenary of Gazette

  • 301 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 303 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 304 Peter poses for TV film

  • 305

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 306 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 307

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 308 Quads at Thornhillhead

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

  • 310 A bird of their own!

  • 311 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 312 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 313 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 314 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 315 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 316 Hartland Dancers
  • 317 New shipyard on schedule

  • 318 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 319 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 320 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 321

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 322 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 323 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 324 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 325 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 326 Torrington children build igloo
  • 327 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 328 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 329 Picking the pops

  • 330

    Building works
  • 331 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 332 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 333 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 334 113 years at Instow

  • 335 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 336 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 337 New civic medallions

  • 338 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 339 Capers on the cobbles

  • 340 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 341 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 342 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 343 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 344

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 345 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 346 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 347 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 348 All for the love of a lady!

  • 349 Parkham plan realised

  • 350 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 351

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 352 In their new robes and hats

  • 353 Warmington's garage ad

  • 354 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 355 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 356 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 357 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 358 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 359 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 360 Burnard family reunion

  • 361 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 362 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 363

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 364 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 365 What's the time?

  • 366 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 367 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 368 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 369 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 370 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 371 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 372 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 373 Devil sent packing

  • 374 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 375 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 376 A roof-top view - where?

  • 377 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 378

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 379 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 380

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 381 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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

  • 383 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 384 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 385 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

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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