• 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 He beat the floods

  • 2 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 3 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 5 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 6 Clovelly nightmare

  • 7 North Devon Driving School

  • 8 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 9 What's the time?

  • 10 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

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

  • 12

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 13 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 14 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 15 Littleham family's five generations

  • 16 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 17 School's link with cargo ship

  • 18 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 19 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 20 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 21 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 22 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 23 Weare Giffard potato

  • 24 Can spring be far away?

  • 25 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 26 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 27 Bideford computer stars

  • 28 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 29 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 30 Loads of black and white

  • 31 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 32 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 33

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 34 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 36 Mobile missionary

  • 37 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 38 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 39 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 40 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 41

    Exhibition of school work
  • 42 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 43 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 44 Devil sent packing

  • 45 School crossing patrol begins

  • 46

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 47 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 48 Warmington's garage ad

  • 49 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 50 Police station view of Bideford

  • 51 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 52 Burnard family reunion

  • 53 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 54 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 55 Puppet characters introduced

  • 56 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 58 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 59 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 60 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 61 Some mushroom!

  • 62 Cruising down the river

  • 63 Bideford regatta

  • 64 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 65 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 66 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 67 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 68 Hartland Dancers
  • 69 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 70 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 71 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 72 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 73 Northam footballers of the future

  • 74 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 75 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 76 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 77 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 78 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 79 Recognise this resort?

  • 80 Torrington's new amenity

  • 81 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 82 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 83 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 84 New life for Hartland organ

  • 85 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 86 Twenty-one yachts

  • 87 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 88 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 89 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 90

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 91 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 92 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 93 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 94 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 95 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 96 Artisans' Club

  • 97

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 98 New look in the hayfields

  • 99 When horses score over the tractor

  • 100 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 101 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 102 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 103 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 104 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 105 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 106 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 107 Last train from Torrington

  • 108

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 109 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 110 Modern living at Bideford

  • 111 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 112 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 113 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 114 Bridging the stream

  • 115 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 116 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 117 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 118 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 119 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 120 Private home for public pump

  • 121 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 122 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 123 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 124 End of the line

  • 125 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 126 New Post Office

  • 127 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 128 By pony and trap to market

  • 129 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 131 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 132 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 133 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 134 A bird of their own!

  • 135 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 136 Hartland's invitation

  • 137 So this is the mainland!

  • 138

    Relatives all over the world
  • 139 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 140 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 141 Happy Days!

  • 142 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 143 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 144 Jumble sale fever

  • 145 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 146 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 147

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 148 Capers on the cobbles

  • 149 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 151 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 152 Decontrol of meat

  • 153 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 154 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 155

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 156 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 157 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 158

    Married in 1908
  • 159 Appledore's largest

  • 160 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 161 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 162 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 163 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 164 Waldon Triplets
  • 165 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 166 New civic medallions

  • 167 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 168

    First prize
  • 169 Northam's almshouse

  • 170

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 171

    Bidefordians
  • 172 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 173 New Lundy stamps

  • 174 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 175 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 176 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 177 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 178 The art of the thatcher

  • 179

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 180 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 181 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 182 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 183 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 184 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 185 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 186 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 187 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 188 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 190

    Building works
  • 191 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 192 Off on a great adventure

  • 193 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 194 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 195 No laughing matter

  • 196 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 197

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 198 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 199 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 200 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 201 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 202 Emergency ferry services

  • 203 In their new robes and hats

  • 204 Circus comes to town

  • 205

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 206 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 207 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 208 113 years at Instow

  • 209 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 210 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 211 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 212

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 213 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 214 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 215 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 216

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 217 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 218 Picking the pops

  • 219

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 220 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 221 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 222 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 223 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 224 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 225 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 226 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 227 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 228 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 229 Mural in the whimsical fashion

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

  • 231 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 232

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 233 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 234 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 235 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 236 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 237 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 238 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 239 New shipyard on schedule

  • 240 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 241 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 242 For crying out loud!

  • 243 Peter poses for TV film

  • 244

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 245 Life begins at 80

  • 246 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 247 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 248 Six footed lamb

  • 249 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 250 Chess - their bridge over the years

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

  • 252 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 253 A roof-top view - where?

  • 254 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 255 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 256 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 257 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 258 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 259 Clovelly custom

  • 260 Pannier Market's future?

  • 261 First ship in 8 years

  • 262 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 263 Just over a year old

  • 264 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 265 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 266 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 267 No sale of Springfield House

  • 268

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 269 Simple Item 138
  • 270 Finished in 1876

  • 271 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 272 All for the love of a lady!

  • 273

    Was a missionary
  • 274 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 275 Torrington in 1967

  • 276 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 277 Traditions and skills still there

  • 278 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 279 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 281 Sight of a lifetime

  • 282 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 283 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 284 Torrington children build igloo
  • 285

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 286 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 287 They are parted pro-tem

  • 288 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 289 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 290 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 291 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 292

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 293 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 294 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 295 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 296 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 297 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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

  • 299 A man and his wheel

  • 300 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 301 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 302 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 303 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 304 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 305 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 306 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 307 New art gallery opened

  • 308 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 309 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 310 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 311 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 312 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 313 Centenary of Gazette

  • 314 Parkham plan realised

  • 315 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 316 Hartland postman retires

  • 317 New addition to Quay front

  • 318 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 319 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 320 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 321 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 322 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 323 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 324 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 325 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 326 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 327 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 328

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 329 A story to tell!

  • 330 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 331 Ships at Bideford

  • 332 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 333 Bideford loses training ship

  • 334 Bideford country dancers on TV

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    New gateway
  • 336 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 337 Service with a smile

  • 338 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 339 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 340 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 341 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 342

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 343 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 344 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 345 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 346 It really was the 'last time'

  • 347 All aboard the ark

  • 348 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 349 Picking the pops

  • 350 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 351

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 352 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 353 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 354 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 355 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 356 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 357 Riverside mystery

  • 358 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 359 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 360 Up-to-date Bideford!

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

  • 362 Out of puff!

  • 363 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 364 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 365 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 366 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 367 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 368 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 369 Variety in summer weather

  • 370 Revenge in style

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

  • 372 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 373 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 374 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 375 Penny for the guy

  • 376 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 377 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 378

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 379 Some 240 exhibits

  • 380 Ten year old scrambler

  • 381 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 382 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 383

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 384 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 385 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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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