• 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 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 2 Fundraising trip for RNLI

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

  • 4 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 5 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 6 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 7 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 8 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 9 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 10 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 11 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 12 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 13 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 14 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 15 Ten year old scrambler

  • 16 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 17

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 18 He beat the floods

  • 19 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 20 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 22 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 23 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 24 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 25 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 26

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 27 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 28 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 29 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 30 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 31 Torrington children build igloo
  • 32 Littleham family's five generations

  • 33 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 34 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 35 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 36 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 37 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 38 Centenary of Gazette

  • 39 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 40 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 41 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 43 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 44 For crying out loud!

  • 45 Clovelly custom

  • 46 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 47 When horses score over the tractor

  • 48 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 49 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 50 The art of the thatcher

  • 51 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 52 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 53 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 54 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 55 Artisans' Club

  • 56 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 57 Practical sympathy at Northam

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

  • 59 North Devon Driving School

  • 60 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 61 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 62 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 63 Mobile missionary

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

  • 65 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 66 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 67 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 68 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 69 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 70 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 71 Clovelly nightmare

  • 72

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 73 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 74 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 75 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 76 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 77

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 78

    Married in 1908
  • 79 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 80 Hartland postman retires

  • 81 All for the love of a lady!

  • 82 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 83

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 84 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 85 Out of puff!

  • 86 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 87 Picking the pops

  • 88 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 89 New look in the hayfields

  • 90

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

  • 92 Variety in summer weather

  • 93 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 94 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 95 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 96 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 97 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 98 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 99 End of the line

  • 100 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 101 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 102 Parkham plan realised

  • 103 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 104 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 105 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 106

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 107 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 108

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 109

    Exhibition of school work
  • 110 Police station view of Bideford

  • 111 Northam footballers of the future

  • 112 Bideford regatta

  • 113 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 114

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 115 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 116 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 117 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 118 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 119 Weare Giffard potato

  • 120 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 121 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 122 Picking the pops

  • 123 Simple Item 138
  • 124 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 125 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 126 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 127 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 128 Off on a great adventure

  • 129 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 130 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 131 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 132 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 133 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 134

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 135 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 136 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 137

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 138 The Geneva marionettes

  • 139

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

  • 141 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 142 Six footed lamb

  • 143 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 144 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 145 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 146 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 147 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 148 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 149 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 150 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 151 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 152 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 153 Service with a smile

  • 154 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 155 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 156 Decontrol of meat

  • 157 Bideford computer stars

  • 158 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 159 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 160 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 162 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 163 No sale of Springfield House

  • 164 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 165 Bringing shopping home by goat

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

  • 167 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 168 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 169 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 170 New life for Hartland organ

  • 171 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 172 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 173 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 174 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 175 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 176 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 177 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 178 A roof-top view - where?

  • 179 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 180 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 181 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 182 Traditions and skills still there

  • 183 Twenty-one yachts

  • 184 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 185 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 186

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 187 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 188

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 189

    Was a missionary
  • 190 First ship in 8 years

  • 191 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 192 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 193

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 194 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 195

    Bidefordians
  • 196 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 197 Hartland's invitation

  • 198 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 199 Some 240 exhibits

  • 200 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 201 Loads of black and white

  • 202 New addition to Quay front

  • 203 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 204 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 205 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 206 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 207 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 208 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 209

    Relatives all over the world
  • 210 Hartland Dancers
  • 211 New art gallery opened

  • 212 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 214 New civic medallions

  • 215 Jumble sale fever

  • 216 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 217 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 218 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 219 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 220 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 221 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 222 Last train from Torrington

  • 223 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 224 Life begins at 80

  • 225 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 226 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 227 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 228 All aboard the ark

  • 229 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 230 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 231 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 232 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 233 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 234 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 235 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 236 Big develolpment at Calveford

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    First prize
  • 238 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 239 Capers on the cobbles

  • 240 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 241 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 242 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 243 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 244 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 245 Recognise this resort?

  • 246 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 247 Appledore's largest

  • 248 No ancient Grecian temple this

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 250 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 251 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 252 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 253 Peter poses for TV film

  • 254 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 255 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 256 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 257 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 258 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 259 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 260 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 262 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 263 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 264 New Lundy stamps

  • 265 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 266 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 267 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 268 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 269 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 270 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 271 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 272 A man and his wheel

  • 273

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 274 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 275 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 276 So this is the mainland!

  • 277 A story to tell!

  • 278 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 279 New choral society's growing response

  • 280 Some mushroom!

  • 281 Bridging the stream

  • 282 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 283 New shipyard on schedule

  • 284 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 285 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 286 Penny for the guy

  • 287 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 288 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 289 Revenge in style

  • 290 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 291 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 292 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 293 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 294 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 295 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 296 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 297 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 298 Modern living at Bideford

  • 299 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 301

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 302 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 303 Torrington in 1967

  • 304 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 305 They are parted pro-tem

  • 306 Ships at Bideford

  • 307 Just over a year old

  • 308 Private home for public pump

  • 309 Burnard family reunion

  • 310 Waldon Triplets
  • 311 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 312 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 313 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 314 A bird of their own!

  • 315 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 316 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 317

    New gateway
  • 318 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 319 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 320 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 321 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 322 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 323 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 324 Northam's almshouse

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

  • 326 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 327

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 328 Happy Days!

  • 329 What's the time?

  • 330

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 331 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 332 It really was the 'last time'

  • 333 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 334

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 335 Finished in 1876

  • 336 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 337 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 338 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 339 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 340

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 341 By pony and trap to market

  • 342 New Post Office

  • 343 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 344 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 345 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 346 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 347 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 348 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 349 Cruising down the river

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

  • 351 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 352 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 353 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 354 Devil sent packing

  • 355 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 356 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 357 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 358 In their new robes and hats

  • 359 Bideford loses training ship

  • 360 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 361 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 362 Emergency ferry services

  • 363 Warmington's garage ad

  • 364 Can spring be far away?

  • 365 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 366 Circus comes to town

  • 367 Pannier Market's future?

  • 368 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 369

    Building works
  • 370

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 371 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 372 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 373 113 years at Instow

  • 374 Puppet characters introduced

  • 375 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 376 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 377 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 378 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 379 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 380 Riverside mystery

  • 381 No laughing matter

  • 382 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 383 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 384 Torrington's new amenity

  • 385 School's link with cargo ship

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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