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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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  • Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    Welcome to the Bideford & District Community Archive

    ...The Gazette Newspaper 1856 onwards.

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  • 1 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 2 Emergency ferry services

  • 3 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 4 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 5 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 6 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 7 Twenty-one yachts

  • 8 Circus comes to town

  • 9

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 10 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 11 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 12 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 13 113 years at Instow

  • 14 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 15 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 16 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 17 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 18 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 19 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 20 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 21 It really was the 'last time'

  • 22 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

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

  • 24 A story to tell!

  • 25 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 26 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 27 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 28

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 29 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 30

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 31 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 32 For crying out loud!

  • 33

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 34 Sight of a lifetime

  • 35 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 36

    Building works
  • 37 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 38 New Post Office

  • 39 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 40 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 41 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 42 Littleham family's five generations

  • 43 Jumble sale fever

  • 44 Six footed lamb

  • 45 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 46 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 47 Decontrol of meat

  • 48 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 49 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 50 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 51 Hartland's invitation

  • 52 Torrington children build igloo
  • 53 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 54 Burnard family reunion

  • 55

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 56 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 57 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 58 Puppet characters introduced

  • 59 All aboard the ark

  • 60 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 61 In their new robes and hats

  • 62 Weare Giffard potato

  • 63 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 64 Finished in 1876

  • 65 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 66 Artisans' Club

  • 67 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 68 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 69 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 70 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 71 Private home for public pump

  • 72

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 73 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 74 School's link with cargo ship

  • 75 A roof-top view - where?

  • 76

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 77 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 78 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 79 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 80 Hartland Dancers
  • 81 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 82 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 83

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 84 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 85 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 86 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 87 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 88 No laughing matter

  • 89 Pannier Market's future?

  • 90 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 91 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 92

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 93 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 94 Some 240 exhibits

  • 95 Clovelly nightmare

  • 96 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 97 All for the love of a lady!

  • 98 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 99 Big develolpment at Calveford

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

  • 101 New shipyard on schedule

  • 102 New Lundy stamps

  • 103 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 104 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 105 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 106 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 107 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 108 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 109 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 110 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 111

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 112 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 113 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 114 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 115 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 116 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 117 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 118 Waldon Triplets
  • 119 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 120 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 121 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 122 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 123 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 124 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 125 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 126 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 127 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 128 Northam footballers of the future

  • 129 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 130 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 131 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 132 School crossing patrol begins

  • 133 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 134 Simple Item 138
  • 135

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 136

    Exhibition of school work
  • 137 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 138

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 139 The art of the thatcher

  • 140

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 141 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 142 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 143 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 144 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 145

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 146

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 147 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 148 Centenary of Gazette

  • 149 Last train from Torrington

  • 150 Traditions and skills still there

  • 151 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 152 Northam's almshouse

  • 153 What's the time?

  • 154 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 155 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 156 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 157 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 158 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 159 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 161 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 162 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 163 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 164 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 165 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 166 Happy Days!

  • 167 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 168 Parkham plan realised

  • 169 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 170 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 171 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 172 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 173 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 174 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 175 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 176 New addition to Quay front

  • 177 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 178 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 179 Loads of black and white

  • 180 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 181 Torrington's new amenity

  • 182 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 183 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 184 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 185 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 186 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 187 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 188 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 189 Penny for the guy

  • 190 Torrington in 1967

  • 191

    Married in 1908
  • 192 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 193 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 194 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

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

  • 196 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 197 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 198 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 199 Picking the pops

  • 200 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 201 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 202 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 203 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 204 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 205 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 206

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 207 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 208 Bideford computer stars

  • 209 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 210 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 211 Devil sent packing

  • 212 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 213 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 214 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 215 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 216 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 217 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 218 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 219 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 220 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 221 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 222 New look in the hayfields

  • 223 New choral society's growing response

  • 224 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 226 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 227 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 228 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 229 North Devon Driving School

  • 230 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 231 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 232 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 233 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 234 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 235 Riverside mystery

  • 236 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 237 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 238 Bideford loses training ship

  • 239 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 240 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 241 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 242 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 243 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 244 Can spring be far away?

  • 245 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 246

    Bidefordians
  • 247 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 248

    Was a missionary
  • 249 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 250 Recognise this resort?

  • 251 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 252 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 253 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 254 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 255

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 256 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 257 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 258 New life for Hartland organ

  • 259 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

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

  • 261 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 262 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 263 Variety in summer weather

  • 264 Clovelly custom

  • 265 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 266 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 267 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 268 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 269 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 270 So this is the mainland!

  • 271 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 272 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 273 Modern living at Bideford

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

  • 275 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 276 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 277 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 278 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 279 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 280 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 281 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 282 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 283

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 284 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 285 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 286 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 287 Out of puff!

  • 288 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 289 Bridging the stream

  • 290 Capers on the cobbles

  • 291 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 292 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 293 Police station view of Bideford

  • 294 First ship in 8 years

  • 295 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 296 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 297 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 298 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 300 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 301 The Geneva marionettes

  • 302 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 303 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 304 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 305

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 306 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 307 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 308 Peter poses for TV film

  • 309 Bideford regatta

  • 310 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 311 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 312 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 313 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 314 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 315 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 316 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 317 New civic medallions

  • 318 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 319 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 320 When horses score over the tractor

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

  • 322 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 324 Mobile missionary

  • 325 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 326 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 327 Some mushroom!

  • 328 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 329 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 330 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 331

    New gateway
  • 332

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 333 End of the line

  • 334 Warmington's garage ad

  • 335 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 336 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 337 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 338 By pony and trap to market

  • 339 Ten year old scrambler

  • 340 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 341 Ships at Bideford

  • 342 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 343 Cruising down the river

  • 344

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 345 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 346 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 347 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 348 Service with a smile

  • 349 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 350 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 351 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 352 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 353 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 354 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 355 Just over a year old

  • 356 A man and his wheel

  • 357 Life begins at 80

  • 358 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 359

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 360 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 361 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 362 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 363 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 364 Off on a great adventure

  • 365

    Relatives all over the world
  • 366 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 367 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 368

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 369 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 370 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 371 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 372 Revenge in style

  • 373 New art gallery opened

  • 374 A bird of their own!

  • 375 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 376 Picking the pops

  • 377 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 378

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 379 No sale of Springfield House

  • 380

    First prize
  • 381

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 382 Appledore's largest

  • 383 He beat the floods

  • 384 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

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

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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