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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 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 2 When horses score over the tractor

  • 3 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 4 Pannier Market's future?

  • 5 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 6 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 7 Warmington's garage ad

  • 8 Appledore's largest

  • 9 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 10 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 11 Simple Item 138
  • 12 Life begins at 80

  • 13 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 14

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 15 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 16 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 17 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 18 113 years at Instow

  • 19 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 20 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 21 Northam footballers of the future

  • 22 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 23 Private home for public pump

  • 24

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 25 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 26 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 27 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 28 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 29 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 30 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 31 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 32 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 33 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 34 Parkham plan realised

  • 35 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 36 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 37 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 38

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 39 All for the love of a lady!

  • 40 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 41 By pony and trap to market

  • 42 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 43

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 44 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 45 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 46 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 47 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 48 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 49 It really was the 'last time'

  • 50 Finished in 1876

  • 51 End of the line

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

  • 53 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 54 Penny for the guy

  • 55 Picking the pops

  • 56 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 57 Cruising down the river

  • 58 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 59 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 60

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 61 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 62 First ship in 8 years

  • 63 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 64 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 65 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 66 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 67

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 68 The art of the thatcher

  • 69 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 70 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 71 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 72

    Married in 1908
  • 73

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 74 Revenge in style

  • 75 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 76 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 77 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 78 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 79

    Was a missionary
  • 80 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 81 Bideford loses training ship

  • 82

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 83 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 84 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 85 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

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

  • 88 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 89 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 90 All aboard the ark

  • 91 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 92 Mobile missionary

  • 93 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 94 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 95 Riverside mystery

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

  • 97

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 98 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 99 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 100

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 101 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 102 Some 240 exhibits

  • 103 Just over a year old

  • 104 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 106 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 107 New life for Hartland organ

  • 108 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 109 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 110

    Relatives all over the world
  • 111 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 112 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 113 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 114 Modern living at Bideford

  • 115 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 116 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 117 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 118 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 119 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 120 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 121 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 122 Puppet characters introduced

  • 123

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 124 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 125 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 126 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 127 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 128 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 129 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 130 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 131 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 132 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 133 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 134

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 135

    First prize
  • 136 New choral society's growing response

  • 137 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 138 They are parted pro-tem

  • 139 Out of puff!

  • 140 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 141 Picking the pops

  • 142 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 143 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 144 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 145

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 146 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 147 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 148 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 149 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 150 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 151 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 152 Bideford regatta

  • 153 A story to tell!

  • 154 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 155 Northam's almshouse

  • 156 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 157 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 158 Ships at Bideford

  • 159 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 160

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 161 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 162 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 163 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 164 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 165 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 166 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 167 Six footed lamb

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

  • 169 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 170 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 171 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 172 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 173 Devil sent packing

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

  • 175 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 176 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 178

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 179 No laughing matter

  • 180 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 181 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 182 A man and his wheel

  • 183 Emergency ferry services

  • 184 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 185 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 186 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 187 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 188 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 189 Weare Giffard potato

  • 190 Recognise this resort?

  • 191 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 192 Burnard family reunion

  • 193

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 194 School crossing patrol begins

  • 195 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 196 Clovelly custom

  • 197 Bridging the stream

  • 198 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 199 Capers on the cobbles

  • 200 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 201 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 202 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 203 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 204 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 205 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 206 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 207 Circus comes to town

  • 208 For crying out loud!

  • 209 New shipyard on schedule

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

  • 211 Hartland Dancers
  • 212 School's link with cargo ship

  • 213 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 214 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 215 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 216 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 217 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 218 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 219 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 220 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 221 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 222

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 223 Twenty-one yachts

  • 224 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 225 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 226 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 227 Bideford computer stars

  • 228 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 229 A roof-top view - where?

  • 230 Last train from Torrington

  • 231 The Geneva marionettes

  • 232 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 233 He beat the floods

  • 234 Torrington in 1967

  • 235

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 236 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 237 Hartland's invitation

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

  • 239 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 240 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 241 Waldon Triplets
  • 242 Up-to-date Bideford!

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    New gateway
  • 244 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 245 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 246 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 247 Ten year old scrambler

  • 248 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 249 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 250 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 251 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 252 Can spring be far away?

  • 253 Traditions and skills still there

  • 254 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 255 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 256 New look in the hayfields

  • 257 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 258 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 259 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 260 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 261 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 262 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 263

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 264 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 265 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 266 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 267 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 268 In their new robes and hats

  • 269 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 270 Happy Days!

  • 271 Service with a smile

  • 272 What's the time?

  • 273 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 274 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 275 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 276 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 277 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 278 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 279 Centenary of Gazette

  • 280 So this is the mainland!

  • 281 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 282 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 283 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 284 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 285 Peter poses for TV film

  • 286 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 287 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 288 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 289 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 290 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 291

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 292 Clovelly nightmare

  • 293 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 294 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 295 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 296 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 297 New civic medallions

  • 298

    Bidefordians
  • 299 Jumble sale fever

  • 300 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 301 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 302 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 303 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 304 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 305

    Building works
  • 306 No sale of Springfield House

  • 307 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 308 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 309

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 310 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 311 Artisans' Club

  • 312 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 313 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 314 Sight of a lifetime

  • 315 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 316 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 317 New art gallery opened

  • 318 Torrington children build igloo
  • 319 Hartland postman retires

  • 320 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 321 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 322 Police station view of Bideford

  • 323 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 324 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 325 New Lundy stamps

  • 326 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 327 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 328 Decontrol of meat

  • 329 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 330 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 331 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 332 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 333

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 334 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 335 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 336 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 337 New addition to Quay front

  • 338 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 339 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 340 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 341 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 342 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 344 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 345 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 346 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 347 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 348 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 349 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 350 New Post Office

  • 351 Variety in summer weather

  • 352 North Devon Driving School

  • 353 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

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

  • 355 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 356 Littleham family's five generations

  • 357 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 358 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 359 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 360 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 361 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 362 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 363 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 364 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 365 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 366 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 367 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 368 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 369 A bird of their own!

  • 370 Some mushroom!

  • 371

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 372 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 373 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 374 Loads of black and white

  • 375

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 376

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 377 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 378 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 379 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 380 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 381

    Exhibition of school work
  • 382 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 383 Off on a great adventure

  • 384 Torrington's new amenity

  • 385 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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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Pat Slade Collection

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