• 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 A man and his wheel

  • 2 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 3 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 4 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 5 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 6

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 7 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 8 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 9

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 10 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 11 Picking the pops

  • 12 Northam's almshouse

  • 13

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 14 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 15 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 17 Private home for public pump

  • 18 By pony and trap to market

  • 19 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 20

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 21 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 22 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 23 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 24 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 25 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 26 Last train from Torrington

  • 27 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 28 Torrington in 1967

  • 29 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 30

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 31 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 32 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 33 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 34 Puppet characters introduced

  • 35 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 36 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 37 Ten year old scrambler

  • 38 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 39 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 40 Warmington's garage ad

  • 41 New life for Hartland organ

  • 42 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 43 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 44

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 45 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 46 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 47 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 48 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 49 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 50 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 51 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 52 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 53 Sight of a lifetime

  • 54 For crying out loud!

  • 55 New look in the hayfields

  • 56

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 57 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 58 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 59 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 60 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 61 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 62 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 63 First ship in 8 years

  • 64 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 65 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 66 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 67 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 68 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 69 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 70 Six footed lamb

  • 71 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 72 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 73 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 74 New art gallery opened

  • 75 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 76 Hartland postman retires

  • 77 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 78 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 79 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 80 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 81 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 82 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 83 School's link with cargo ship

  • 84 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 85 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 86 Jumble sale fever

  • 87

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 88 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 89 Some mushroom!

  • 90 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 91 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 92 So this is the mainland!

  • 93 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 94 Appledore's largest

  • 95 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 96 Capers on the cobbles

  • 97 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 98 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 99 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 100 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 101 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 102 Hartland Dancers
  • 103 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

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

  • 105 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 106 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 107 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 108 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 109 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 110 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 111 Happy Days!

  • 112 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 113 No sale of Springfield House

  • 114

    Bidefordians
  • 115 The Geneva marionettes

  • 116

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 117

    Building works
  • 118 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 119 Devil sent packing

  • 120 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 121 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 122 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 123 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 124 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 125 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 126 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 128 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 129 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 130 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 131 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 132 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 133 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 134 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 135 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 136 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 137

    Was a missionary
  • 138 All aboard the ark

  • 139 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 140 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 141 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 142 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 143 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 144 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 145 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 146 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 147 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 148 New Lundy stamps

  • 149 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 150 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 151 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 152 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 153 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 154 Recognise this resort?

  • 155 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 156 New Post Office

  • 157 Decontrol of meat

  • 158 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 159 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 160 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 161 No laughing matter

  • 162 Bideford computer stars

  • 163 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 164 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

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

  • 166 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 167 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 168

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 169 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 170 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 171

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 172 Hartland's invitation

  • 173 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 174 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 175 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 176 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 177 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 178 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 179 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 180 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 181 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 182 New addition to Quay front

  • 183 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 184 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 185 113 years at Instow

  • 186 Off on a great adventure

  • 187 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 188 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 189 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 190 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 191 Out of puff!

  • 192 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 193 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 194 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 195 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 196 School crossing patrol begins

  • 197 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 198 Service with a smile

  • 199 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 200 Traditions and skills still there

  • 201 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 202 When horses score over the tractor

  • 203 It really was the 'last time'

  • 204 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 205 Can spring be far away?

  • 206 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 207 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 208 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 209 Mobile missionary

  • 210 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 211 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 212 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 213 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 214 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 215 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 216 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 217 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 218 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 219

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 220 Some 240 exhibits

  • 221 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 222 Cruising down the river

  • 223

    Exhibition of school work
  • 224 New choral society's growing response

  • 225 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 226 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 227 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 228

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 229 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 230 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 231 Twenty-one yachts

  • 232 They are parted pro-tem

  • 233 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 234 Artisans' Club

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

  • 236 Peter poses for TV film

  • 237 Riverside mystery

  • 238 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 239 Ships at Bideford

  • 240 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 241 North Devon Driving School

  • 242 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 243 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 244 Bideford regatta

  • 245 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 246 Police station view of Bideford

  • 247 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 248 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 249 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 250 Torrington children build igloo
  • 251 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 252 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 253

    Married in 1908
  • 254

    New gateway
  • 255 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 256 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 257 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 258

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 259 Torrington's new amenity

  • 260 Television comes to Torridge District

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

  • 262 A bird of their own!

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

  • 264 New shipyard on schedule

  • 265 Loads of black and white

  • 266 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 267 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 268

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 269 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 270 Waldon Triplets
  • 271

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 272 Variety in summer weather

  • 273

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 274 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 275 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 276 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 277 A roof-top view - where?

  • 278 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 279 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 280 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 281 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 282 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 283 Bideford loses training ship

  • 284 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 285 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 286

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 287 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 288 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 289 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 290 Revenge in style

  • 291 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 292 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 293 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 294 Modern living at Bideford

  • 295 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 296 Clovelly nightmare

  • 297 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 298 Parkham plan realised

  • 299 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 300 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 301 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 302 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 303 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 304

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 305 Emergency ferry services

  • 306 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 307 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 308 End of the line

  • 309 New civic medallions

  • 310 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 311 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 312 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 313 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 314 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 315

    First prize
  • 316 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 317 Penny for the guy

  • 318 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 319 Just over a year old

  • 320

    Relatives all over the world
  • 321 Weare Giffard potato

  • 322 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 323 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 324 Record pebble-throwing day

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

  • 326 Clovelly custom

  • 327 He beat the floods

  • 328 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 329 Picking the pops

  • 330 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 331 Colour TV salesman at eight

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

  • 333 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 334 The art of the thatcher

  • 335 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 336 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 338 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 339 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 340 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 341 Bridging the stream

  • 342

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 343 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 344 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 345

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 346 Simple Item 138
  • 347 All for the love of a lady!

  • 348 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 349 Burnard family reunion

  • 350

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 351 In their new robes and hats

  • 352

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 353

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 354 A story to tell!

  • 355 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 356 Northam footballers of the future

  • 357 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 358

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 359 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 360 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 361 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 362 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 363 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 364 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 365 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 366 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 367 Finished in 1876

  • 368 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 369 Circus comes to town

  • 370 Life begins at 80

  • 371 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 373 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 374 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 375 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 376 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 377 What's the time?

  • 378 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 379 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 380 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 381 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 382 Pannier Market's future?

  • 383 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 384 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 385 Littleham family's five generations

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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  • 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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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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