• 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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    Exhibition of school work
  • 2 Bideford loses training ship

  • 3 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 4 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 5 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 6 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 7 New Post Office

  • 8 Appledore's largest

  • 9 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 10 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 11 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 12 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 13 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 14 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 15 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 16 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 17 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 18 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 19 Ten year old scrambler

  • 20 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 21 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 22 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 23 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 24 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 25 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 26 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 27 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 28 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 29 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 30 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 31 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 32 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 33 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 34 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 35 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 36 New look in the hayfields

  • 37 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 38 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 39

    Bidefordians
  • 40 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 41 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 42 Some 240 exhibits

  • 43 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 44 Hartland's invitation

  • 45 New addition to Quay front

  • 46

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 47 Recognise this resort?

  • 48 The art of the thatcher

  • 49 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 50 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 51 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 52 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 53 Finished in 1876

  • 54

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 55 End of the line

  • 56

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 57 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 58 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 59 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 60 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 61 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 62 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 63 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 64 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 65 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 66

    New gateway
  • 67 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 68 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 69 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 70 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 71 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 72 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 73 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 74 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 75 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 76 They are parted pro-tem

  • 77 What's the time?

  • 78 No laughing matter

  • 79 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 80 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 81 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 82 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 83 Waldon Triplets
  • 84 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 85 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 86 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 87 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 88 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 89 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 90

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 91 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 92 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 93 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 94 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 95

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 96 The cab at the corner>
  • 97 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 98 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 99 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 100 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 101 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 102 Ships at Bideford

  • 103 Torrington in 1967

  • 104 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 105 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 106 A story to tell!

  • 107 A roof-top view - where?

  • 108 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 109 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 110 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 111 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 112 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 113 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 114 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 115 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 116 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 117 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 118 New shipyard on schedule

  • 119 Picking the pops

  • 120 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 121 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 122 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 123 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 124 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 125 The Geneva marionettes

  • 126 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 127 When horses score over the tractor

  • 128 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 129 Service with a smile

  • 130 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 131 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 132 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 133 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 134 Riverside mystery

  • 135 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 136 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 137 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 138 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 139 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 140 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 141 Warmington's garage ad

  • 142

    Building works
  • 143 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 144 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 145

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 146

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 147 New art gallery opened

  • 148 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 149 New Lundy stamps

  • 150

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 151 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 152

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

  • 154 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 155 Off on a great adventure

  • 156 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 157 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 158 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 159 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 160 Sight of a lifetime

  • 161 Torrington's new amenity

  • 162 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 163 It really was the 'last time'

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

  • 165 Peter poses for TV film

  • 166 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 167 Littleham family's five generations

  • 168 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 169 Filming at Hartland

  • 170 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 171 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 172 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 173

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 174 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 175 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 176 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 177 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 178 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 179 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 180 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 181 Emergency ferry services

  • 182 School's link with cargo ship

  • 183 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 184 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 185

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 186 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 187 Penny for the guy

  • 188 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 189 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 190 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 191 Sweets derationing

  • 192 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 193 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 194 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 195 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 196 School crossing patrol begins

  • 197 Decontrol of meat

  • 198 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 199 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 200

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 201

    Relatives all over the world
  • 202 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 203 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 204 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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

  • 206 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 207 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 208 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 209 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 210 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 211 Northam's almshouse

  • 212

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 213 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 214 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 215 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 216 Can spring be far away?

  • 217 Hartland Dancers
  • 218 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 219 Twenty-one yachts

  • 220 Cruising down the river

  • 221 Weare Giffard potato

  • 222 Revenge in style

  • 223 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

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

  • 225 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 226 North Devon Driving School

  • 227 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 228 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 229 Artisans' Club

  • 230 Happy Days!

  • 231

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 232 No ancient Grecian temple this

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

  • 234 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 235 Variety in summer weather

  • 236 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 237 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 238 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 239 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 240 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 241 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 242 A bird of their own!

  • 243 Traditions and skills still there

  • 244 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 245 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 246 He beat the floods

  • 247 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 248

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 249 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 250 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 251 Clovelly custom

  • 252 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

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

  • 254 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 255 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 256 Just over a year old

  • 257 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 259 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 260 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 261 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 262 Sooty is quick on the draw

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

  • 264 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 265 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 266 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 267 Mobile missionary

  • 268 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 269 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 270 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 271 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 272 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 273 Puppet characters introduced

  • 274 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 275 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 276 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 277 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 278 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 279 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 280 Torrington children build igloo
  • 281 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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

  • 283 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 284 Six footed lamb

  • 285 Burnard family reunion

  • 286 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 287 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 288 Pannier Market's future?

  • 289 Bideford computer stars

  • 290 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 291 Circus comes to town

  • 292 For crying out loud!

  • 293 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 294 Jumble sale fever

  • 295 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 296 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 297 Parkham plan realised

  • 298 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

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

  • 300 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 301 Loads of black and white

  • 302 Devil sent packing

  • 303 Private home for public pump

  • 304 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 305 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 306 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 307 Out of puff!

  • 308 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 309

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 310 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 311 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 312 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 313 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 314 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 315 A man and his wheel

  • 316 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 317

    Married in 1908
  • 318 Northam footballers of the future

  • 319 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 320 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 321 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 323

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 324 Bideford regatta

  • 325 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 326 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 327 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 328 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 329 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 330 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 331 Centenary of Gazette

  • 332 From Bobby to Brian

  • 333 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 334 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 335

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 336 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 337 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 338 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 339 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 340 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 341 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 342 Capers on the cobbles

  • 343 Police station view of Bideford

  • 344 Some mushroom!

  • 345 Modern living at Bideford

  • 346 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 347 Life begins at 80

  • 348

    First prize
  • 349 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 350 Bridging the stream

  • 351 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 352

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 353 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 354 Clovelly nightmare

  • 355

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 356 All for the love of a lady!

  • 357 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 358 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

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

  • 360 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 361 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 362 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 363 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 364 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 365 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 366 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 367 In their new robes and hats

  • 368 By pony and trap to market

  • 369 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 370 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 371 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 372 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 373 New life for Hartland organ

  • 374 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 375 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 376 Picking the pops

  • 377 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 378

    Was a missionary
  • 379 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 380 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 381

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 382 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 383 Hartland postman retires

  • 384 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 385 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 386 No sale of Springfield House

  • 387 All aboard the ark

  • 388 First ship in 8 years

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

  • 390 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 391 113 years at Instow

  • 392 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 393 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 394 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 395 Last train from Torrington

  • 396 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 397 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 398

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 399

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 400 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 401 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 402 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 403 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 404 New civic medallions

  • 405 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 406 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 407 Simple Item 138
  • 408 New choral society's growing response

  • 409 So this is the mainland!

  • 410

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 411 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 412 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
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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