• 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 Bideford regatta

  • 2 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 3

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 4 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 5 New Lundy stamps

  • 6 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 8 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 9 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 10 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 11 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 12 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 13 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 14 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 15 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 16

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 17

    Bidefordians
  • 18 Can spring be far away?

  • 19 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 20 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 21 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 22 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 23

    New gateway
  • 24 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 25 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 26 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 27 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 28 Life begins at 80

  • 29 Artisans' Club

  • 30 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 31 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 32 School crossing patrol begins

  • 33

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 34 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 35 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 36 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 37

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 38 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 39 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 40 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 41 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 42 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

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

  • 44 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 45 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 46

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 47 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 48 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 49 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 50 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 51 Off on a great adventure

  • 52 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 53 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 54 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 55 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 56 No laughing matter

  • 57

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 58 New addition to Quay front

  • 59

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 60 Decontrol of meat

  • 61 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 62 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 63 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 64 All aboard the ark

  • 65 New Post Office

  • 66 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 67 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 68 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 69 New look in the hayfields

  • 70 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 71 Police station view of Bideford

  • 72 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 73 Happy Days!

  • 74 Hartland postman retires

  • 75 So this is the mainland!

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

  • 77 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 78 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 79 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 80 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 81 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 82 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 83 Warmington's garage ad

  • 84 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 85 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 86 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 87 No sale of Springfield House

  • 88 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 89 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 90

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 91

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 92

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 93 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 94 Some 240 exhibits

  • 95 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 96 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 97 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 98 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 99 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 100 Burnard family reunion

  • 101 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 102 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 103 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 104 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 105 Loads of black and white

  • 106 Simple Item 138
  • 107 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 108 Riverside mystery

  • 109

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 110 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 111 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 112 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 113 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 114 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 115 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 116 Picking the pops

  • 117 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 118 Centenary of Gazette

  • 119

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 120 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 121 Clovelly custom

  • 122

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 123 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 124 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 125

    Married in 1908
  • 126 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 127 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 128 Bideford loses training ship

  • 129 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 130 End of the line

  • 131 For crying out loud!

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

  • 133 Appledore's largest

  • 134 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 135 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 136 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 137 All for the love of a lady!

  • 138 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 139 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 140 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 141 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 142 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 143 Devil sent packing

  • 144 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 145 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 146 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 147 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 148 Service with a smile

  • 149 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 150 Ten year old scrambler

  • 151 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 152 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 153 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 154 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 155 When horses score over the tractor

  • 156 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 157 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

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

  • 159 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 160 Just over a year old

  • 161 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 162 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 163 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 164 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 165 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 166 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 167 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 168 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 169 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 170 New civic medallions

  • 171

    Was a missionary
  • 172 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 173 Circus comes to town

  • 174 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 175 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 176 Penny for the guy

  • 177 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 178 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 179 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 180 Mobile missionary

  • 181 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 182 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 183 Traditions and skills still there

  • 184 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 185 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 186 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 187 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 188 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 189 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 190 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 191 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 192 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 193 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 194 Finished in 1876

  • 195 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 196 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 197 Variety in summer weather

  • 198 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 199 Clovelly nightmare

  • 200 Peter poses for TV film

  • 201 Pannier Market's future?

  • 202 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 203 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 204 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 205 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 206 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 207 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 208 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 209 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 210 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 211 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 212 Hartland Dancers
  • 213 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 214 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 215

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 216 A man and his wheel

  • 217 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 218 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 219 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 220 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 221 First ship in 8 years

  • 222 Jumble sale fever

  • 223 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 224

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 225 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 226 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 227 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 228

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 229 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 230 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 231 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 232 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 233 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 235 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 236

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 237

    Relatives all over the world
  • 238 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 239 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 240 A story to tell!

  • 241 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 242 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 243 New choral society's growing response

  • 244 Twenty-one yachts

  • 245 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 246 In their new robes and hats

  • 247 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 248 Modern living at Bideford

  • 249 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 250 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 251 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 252 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 253 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 255 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 256 New life for Hartland organ

  • 257 It really was the 'last time'

  • 258 Northam's almshouse

  • 259 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 260 Revenge in style

  • 261 Last train from Torrington

  • 262 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 263 He beat the floods

  • 264 They are parted pro-tem

  • 265 The art of the thatcher

  • 266 Torrington children build igloo
  • 267

    First prize
  • 268 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 269 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 270 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 271 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 272 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 273

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 274 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 275 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 276 New art gallery opened

  • 277 Hartland's invitation

  • 278 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 279 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 280 Out of puff!

  • 281 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 282 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 283 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 284 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 285 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 286 Six footed lamb

  • 287 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 288 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 289

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 290 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 291 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 293 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 294

    Building works
  • 295 By pony and trap to market

  • 296 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 297

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 298 Littleham family's five generations

  • 299 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 300 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 301 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 303 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 304 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 305 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 306 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 307 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 308 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 309 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 310 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 312 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 313 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 314 Ships at Bideford

  • 315 113 years at Instow

  • 316 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 317 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 318 A bird of their own!

  • 319 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 320 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 321 Torrington in 1967

  • 322 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 323 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 324 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 325 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 326 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 327 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 328 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 329 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 330 Waldon Triplets
  • 331 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 332 Torrington's new amenity

  • 333 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 334 Recognise this resort?

  • 335 What's the time?

  • 336 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 337 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 338 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 339 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 340 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 341 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 342 Bideford computer stars

  • 343 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 344 Puppet characters introduced

  • 345 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 346

    Exhibition of school work
  • 347 Some mushroom!

  • 348 Sight of a lifetime

  • 349 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 350 A roof-top view - where?

  • 351 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 352 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 354 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 355 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 356 New shipyard on schedule

  • 357 North Devon Driving School

  • 358 Weare Giffard potato

  • 359 School's link with cargo ship

  • 360 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 361 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 362 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 363 Northam footballers of the future

  • 364 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 365 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 366

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 367 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 368 Parkham plan realised

  • 369 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 370 Picking the pops

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

  • 372 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 373 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 374 The Geneva marionettes

  • 375 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 376

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 377 Cruising down the river

  • 378

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 379 Bridging the stream

  • 380 Private home for public pump

  • 381

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 382 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 383 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 384 Emergency ferry services

  • 385 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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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  • 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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  • 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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