• 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 Puppet characters introduced

  • 2 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 3 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 4 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 5 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 6 Life begins at 80

  • 7 Police station view of Bideford

  • 8 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 9 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 10 They are parted pro-tem

  • 11 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 12

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 13 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 14

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 15 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 16 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 17 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 18 Burnard family reunion

  • 19 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 20 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 21 Traditions and skills still there

  • 22 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 23 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 24 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 25 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 26 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 27 Loads of black and white

  • 28 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 29 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 30 New Post Office

  • 31 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 32 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 33 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 34 New choral society's growing response

  • 35 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 36 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 37 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 38 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 39 New look in the hayfields

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

  • 41 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 42 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 43 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 44 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 45 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 46 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 47 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 48 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 49 Filming at Hartland

  • 50 What's the time?

  • 51 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 52 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 53

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 54 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 55 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 56

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 57 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 58 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 59

    Exhibition of school work
  • 60 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 61 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 62 Hartland postman retires

  • 63 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 64 Appledore's largest

  • 65 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 66 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 67 School crossing patrol begins

  • 68 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 69 Clovelly nightmare

  • 70 The cab at the corner>
  • 71 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 73 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 74 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 75 Warmington's garage ad

  • 76 113 years at Instow

  • 77 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 78 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 79 Bridging the stream

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

  • 81 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 82 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 84 All for the love of a lady!

  • 85 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 86 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 87 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 88 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 89 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 90 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 91 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 92

    New gateway
  • 93 Off on a great adventure

  • 94 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 95 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 96 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 97 North Devon Driving School

  • 98 Capers on the cobbles

  • 99 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 100 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 101 It really was the 'last time'

  • 102 Private home for public pump

  • 103 New shipyard on schedule

  • 104 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 105

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 106 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 107 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 108 Can spring be far away?

  • 109 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 110 Bideford computer stars

  • 111 Out of puff!

  • 112 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 113 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 114 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 115 Decontrol of meat

  • 116 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 117 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 118 Simple Item 138
  • 119 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 120 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 121 A roof-top view - where?

  • 122 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 123 Parkham plan realised

  • 124

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 125

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 126 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 127 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 128

    First prize
  • 129 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 130 Finished in 1876

  • 131 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 132

    Building works
  • 133 A bird of their own!

  • 134 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 135 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 136 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 137 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 138 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 139 Littleham family's five generations

  • 140 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

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

  • 142 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 143

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 144 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 145 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 146 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 147 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 148 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 149 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 150 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 151 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 152 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 153 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 155 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 156 Sight of a lifetime

  • 157 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 158 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 159 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 160 Cruising down the river

  • 161 Mobile missionary

  • 162

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 163 Modern living at Bideford

  • 164 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 165 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 166 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 167 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 168 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 169 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 170

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 171

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 172 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 173 Devil sent packing

  • 174 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 175 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 176 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 177 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 178 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 179 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 180 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 181 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 182 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 183 East-the-Water's call for new school

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

  • 185 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 186 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 187 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 188 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 189 When horses score over the tractor

  • 190 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 191

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 192 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 193 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 194 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 195 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 196 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 197

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 198 The art of the thatcher

  • 199 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 200 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 201 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 202 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 203 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 204 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 205 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 206 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 207 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 208 End of the line

  • 209 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 210 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 211 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 212 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 213 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 214 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 215 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 216 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 217

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 218 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 219 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 220 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 221 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 222 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 223 By pony and trap to market

  • 224 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 225 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 226 A man and his wheel

  • 227 Twenty-one yachts

  • 228 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 229 No sale of Springfield House

  • 230 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 231 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 232 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 233 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 234 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 235 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 236 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 237 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 238 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 239 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 240 School's link with cargo ship

  • 241 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 242 A story to tell!

  • 243 Hartland Dancers
  • 244 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 245 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 246 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 247

    Bidefordians
  • 248 First ship in 8 years

  • 249 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 250 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 251 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 252 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 253 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 254 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 255 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 256 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 257 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 258 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 259 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 260 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 261 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 262 Happy Days!

  • 263 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 264 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 265 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 266 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 267 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 268 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 269 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 270 Penny for the guy

  • 271 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 272 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 273 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 274

    Was a missionary
  • 275 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 276

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 277 Last train from Torrington

  • 278 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 279 Weare Giffard potato

  • 280 New addition to Quay front

  • 281 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 282 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 283 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 284 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 285 Hartland's invitation

  • 286 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 287 Jumble sale fever

  • 288 For crying out loud!

  • 289

    Married in 1908
  • 290 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 291 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 292 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 293 Bideford regatta

  • 294 Emergency ferry services

  • 295

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 296 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 298 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 299 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 300 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 301 Torrington children build igloo
  • 302 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 303 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 304 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 305 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 306 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 307 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 309 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 310 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 311 No laughing matter

  • 312 Ten year old scrambler

  • 313 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 314 From Bobby to Brian

  • 315

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 316 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 317 Bideford loses training ship

  • 318 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 319 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 320 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 321 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 322 In their new robes and hats

  • 323 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 324

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 325 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 326 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 327 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 328 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 329 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 330 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 331 Clovelly custom

  • 332 Service with a smile

  • 333 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 334 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 336 New civic medallions

  • 337

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 338 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 339 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 340 All aboard the ark

  • 341 The Geneva marionettes

  • 342 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 343

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 344 Picking the pops

  • 345 Picking the pops

  • 346 Artisans' Club

  • 347 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 349 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 350 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 351 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 352 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 353 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 354 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 355 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 356 Six footed lamb

  • 357 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 358 He beat the floods

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 360 Northam's almshouse

  • 361 Recognise this resort?

  • 362 Torrington in 1967

  • 363 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 364 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 365 New art gallery opened

  • 366 Some mushroom!

  • 367 So this is the mainland!

  • 368 Torrington's new amenity

  • 369 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 370 Just over a year old

  • 371 New Lundy stamps

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

  • 373 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 374 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 375 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

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

  • 377 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 378 Circus comes to town

  • 379 Sweets derationing

  • 380 Peter poses for TV film

  • 381 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 382

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 383 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 384 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 385 Riverside mystery

  • 386

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 387 Pannier Market's future?

  • 388 Some 240 exhibits

  • 389 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 390 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 391 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 392 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 393 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 394 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 395 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 396 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 397 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 398 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 399 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 400 Centenary of Gazette

  • 401 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 402 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 403 Ships at Bideford

  • 404 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 405 Waldon Triplets
  • 406 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 407 New life for Hartland organ

  • 408 Northam footballers of the future

  • 409 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 410 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 411 Making way for the double-deckers

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 413 Revenge in style

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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