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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 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 2 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 4 Torrington's new amenity

  • 5 The Geneva marionettes

  • 6 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 7 Bideford computer stars

  • 8 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 9 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 10 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 11 Peter poses for TV film

  • 12 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 13 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 14 Traditions and skills still there

  • 15 Last train from Torrington

  • 16 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 17 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 18 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 19 Northam's almshouse

  • 20 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 21 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 22 Circus comes to town

  • 23 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

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

  • 25 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 26 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 27 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 28 When horses score over the tractor

  • 29 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 30 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 31 New Post Office

  • 32 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 33 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 34 For crying out loud!

  • 35 Cruising down the river

  • 36 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 37 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 38 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 39 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 40 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 41 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 42 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 43 Appledore's largest

  • 44 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 45 School's link with cargo ship

  • 46 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 47 New life for Hartland organ

  • 48 The art of the thatcher

  • 49 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 50 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 51 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 52 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 53

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 54 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 55 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 56 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 57 Weare Giffard potato

  • 58

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 59 Gloves fit for a king!

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

  • 61 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 62 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 63 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 64 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 65 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 66 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 67 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 68 Jumble sale fever

  • 69 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 70 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 71 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 72 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 73 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 74

    Relatives all over the world
  • 75 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 76 All for the love of a lady!

  • 77 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 78 Picking the pops

  • 79 Some 240 exhibits

  • 80 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 81 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 82 Pannier Market's future?

  • 83 Clovelly custom

  • 84 Six footed lamb

  • 85 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 86 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 87 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 88 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 89 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 90 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 91 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 92 Sixty-two year old Picarooner makes ready for season

  • 93 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 94 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 95 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 96 Sight of a lifetime

  • 97 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 98 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 99

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 100 Revenge in style

  • 101 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 102 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 103 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 104 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 105 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 106 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 107 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 108 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 109 113 years at Instow

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

  • 111 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 112 From Bobby to Brian

  • 113 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 114

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 115 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 116 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 117 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 118 Decontrol of meat

  • 119 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 120 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 121

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 122 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 123 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 124

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 125 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 126 He beat the floods

  • 127 What's the time?

  • 128 Bridging the stream

  • 129 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 130 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 131 Simple Item 138
  • 132 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 133 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 134 Can spring be far away?

  • 135 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 136 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 138 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 139 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 140 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 141 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 142 New civic medallions

  • 143 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 144 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 145 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 146 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 147 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 149 North Devon Driving School

  • 150 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 151 It really was the 'last time'

  • 152

    Exhibition of school work
  • 153 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 154 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 155 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 156 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 157 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 158 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 159 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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    First prize
  • 161 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 162 Littleham family's five generations

  • 163

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 164 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 165 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 166 New art gallery opened

  • 167 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 169 Centenary of Gazette

  • 170 Loads of black and white

  • 171 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 172 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 173 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 174 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 175 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 176 Clovelly nightmare

  • 177 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 178 'Les Girls' of Hartland

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

  • 180 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 181

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 182 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 183 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 184 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 185 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 186 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 187 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 188 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 189 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 190 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 191 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 192 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 193 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 194 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 195 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 196 Space dominates Hartland carnival

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

  • 198 A story to tell!

  • 199 Saving money, wear and tear

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

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

  • 202 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 203 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 204 Off on a great adventure

  • 205 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 206 The cab at the corner>
  • 207

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 208

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 209 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 210 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 211 Northam footballers of the future

  • 212 Torrington in 1967

  • 213 New shipyard on schedule

  • 214 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 215 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 216 Burnard family reunion

  • 217 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 218 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 219 Mobile missionary

  • 220 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 221 Private home for public pump

  • 222 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 223 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 224 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 225 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 226 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 227 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 228 Devil sent packing

  • 229 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 230 Picking the pops

  • 231 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 232 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 233 Bideford loses training ship

  • 234 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 235 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 236 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 237 Emergency ferry services

  • 238

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 239 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 240

    Married in 1908
  • 241 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 242 Modern living at Bideford

  • 243 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 244 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 245 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 246 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 247 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 248 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 249 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 250

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 251 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 252 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 253 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 254 Puppet characters introduced

  • 255 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 256 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 257 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 258 No sale of Springfield House

  • 259 Children's procession with foxgloves

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

  • 261 School crossing patrol begins

  • 262 A bird of their own!

  • 263 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 264 Filming at Hartland

  • 265 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 266 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 267 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 268

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 269 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 270 Ships at Bideford

  • 271 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 272 New Lundy stamps

  • 273 Waldon Triplets
  • 274 First ship in 8 years

  • 275 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 276 Warmington's garage ad

  • 277 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 278

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 279 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 280 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 281

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 282 New addition to Quay front

  • 283 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 284 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 285 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 286 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 287

    New gateway
  • 288 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 289 Hartland's invitation

  • 290

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 291 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 292 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 293 They are parted pro-tem

  • 294 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 295 Police station view of Bideford

  • 296 Out of puff!

  • 297

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 298 New choral society's growing response

  • 299 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 300 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 301 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 302 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 303 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 304 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 305 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 306 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 307 Happy Days!

  • 308 Hartland postman retires

  • 309 Artisans' Club

  • 310 Capers on the cobbles

  • 311 So this is the mainland!

  • 312

    Bidefordians
  • 313 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 314 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 315 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 316 Recognise this resort?

  • 317 Just over a year old

  • 318 Ten year old scrambler

  • 319 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 320 Variety in summer weather

  • 321 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 322 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 323 Hartland Dancers
  • 324 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 325 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 326 Life begins at 80

  • 327 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 328 Penny for the guy

  • 329 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 330 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 331 Torrington children build igloo
  • 332 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 333 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 334 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 335 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 336 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 337

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 338 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 339 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 340 New look in the hayfields

  • 341 Riverside mystery

  • 342 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 343 Parkham plan realised

  • 344 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 345 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 346 All aboard the ark

  • 347 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 348 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 349 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 350 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 351 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 352 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 353 Twenty-one yachts

  • 354 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 355 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 356 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 357

    Building works
  • 358

    Was a missionary
  • 359

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 360 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 361 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 362 In their new robes and hats

  • 363 A man and his wheel

  • 364 No laughing matter

  • 365

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 366 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 367 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 368 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 369 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 370 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 371 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 372 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 373

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 374 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 375 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 376 A roof-top view - where?

  • 377 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 378 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 379 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 380

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 381 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 382 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 383 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 384 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 385 Bideford regatta

  • 386 Some mushroom!

  • 387 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 388 Service with a smile

  • 389 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 390 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 391 By pony and trap to market

  • 392 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 393 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 394

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 395 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 396 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 397 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 398 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 399 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 400 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 401 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 402 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 403 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 404 Sweets derationing

  • 405 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 406 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 407

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 408 End of the line

  • 409 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 410 Finished in 1876

  • 411 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 412 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 413 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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