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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 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 3 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 4 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 5 Last train from Torrington

  • 6 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 7 New civic medallions

  • 8 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 9 What's the time?

  • 10 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 11 Off on a great adventure

  • 12 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 13

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 14 A bird of their own!

  • 15 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 16 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 17 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 18 First ship in 8 years

  • 19

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 20 So this is the mainland!

  • 21 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 22 Picking the pops

  • 23 Some 240 exhibits

  • 24 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 25 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 26

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 27 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 28 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 29 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 30 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 31

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 32 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 33

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 34 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 35 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 36 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 37 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 38 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 39 Simple Item 138
  • 40 Just over a year old

  • 41 New Post Office

  • 42 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 43 Jumble sale fever

  • 44 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 45 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 46 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 47 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 48 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 49 Northam footballers of the future

  • 50 Devil sent packing

  • 51 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 52 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 53 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 54 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 55 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 56 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 57

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 58 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 59

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 60 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 61 Centenary of Gazette

  • 62 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 63 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 64 When horses score over the tractor

  • 65 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 66 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 67 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 68 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 69 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 70 Recognise this resort?

  • 71

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 72 The cab at the corner>
  • 73

    Was a missionary
  • 74 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 75 Out of puff!

  • 76 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 77 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 79 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 80 Peter poses for TV film

  • 81

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 82 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 83 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 84 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 85 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 86

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 87 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 88 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 89 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 90 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 91 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 92 Bideford computer stars

  • 93 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 94 By pony and trap to market

  • 95 No laughing matter

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

  • 97 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 98 Picking the pops

  • 99 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 100 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 101 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 102 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 103 Some mushroom!

  • 104 Can spring be far away?

  • 105

    Relatives all over the world
  • 106

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 107 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 108 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 109

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 110 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 111 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 112 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 113

    Exhibition of school work
  • 114 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 115 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 116 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 117 Clovelly nightmare

  • 118 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 119 New shipyard on schedule

  • 120 Six footed lamb

  • 121

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 122 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

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

  • 124 Ten year old scrambler

  • 125 They are parted pro-tem

  • 126 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 127 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 128 End of the line

  • 129 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 130 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 131 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 132 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 133 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 134 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 135 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 136 New art gallery opened

  • 137

    Married in 1908
  • 138 Waldon Triplets
  • 139 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 140 Littleham family's five generations

  • 141 Weare Giffard potato

  • 142 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 143 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 144 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 145 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 146

    Building works
  • 147 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 148 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 149 New addition to Quay front

  • 150 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 151 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 152 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 153

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 154 New life for Hartland organ

  • 155 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 156 Bideford regatta

  • 157 Finished in 1876

  • 158 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 159 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 160 School's link with cargo ship

  • 161 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 162 Service with a smile

  • 163 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 164 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 165 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 166 Life begins at 80

  • 167 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 168 Burnard family reunion

  • 169 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 171 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 173 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 174 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 175 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 176 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 177 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 178 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 179 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 180 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 181 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 182 Torrington in 1967

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

  • 184 Police station view of Bideford

  • 185 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 186 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 187 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 188

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 189 Sight of a lifetime

  • 190 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 191 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 192 Penny for the guy

  • 193 Traditions and skills still there

  • 194 Bideford loses training ship

  • 195 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 196 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 197 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 198

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 199 Hartland postman retires

  • 200 Circus comes to town

  • 201 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 202 Parkham plan realised

  • 203

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 204 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 205 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 206 A story to tell!

  • 207 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 208 He beat the floods

  • 209 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 210 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 211 Ships at Bideford

  • 212 Mobile missionary

  • 213 New choral society's growing response

  • 214 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 215 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 216 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 217 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 218 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 219 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 220 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 221 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 222 Torrington's new amenity

  • 223 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 224 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 225 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 226 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 227 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 228 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 229 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 230 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 231 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 232 North Devon Driving School

  • 233 Puppet characters introduced

  • 234 Students help model St Sidwell

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 236 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 237 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 238 Emergency ferry services

  • 239 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 240 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 241 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 242 Bridging the stream

  • 243 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 244 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 245 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 246 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 247 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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    New gateway
  • 249 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 250 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 251 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 252 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 253 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 254 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 255 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 256 All for the love of a lady!

  • 257 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 258 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 259 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 260 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 261 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 262 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 263 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 264 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

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    First prize
  • 266 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 267 Private home for public pump

  • 268 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 269 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 270 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 271 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 272 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 273 A roof-top view - where?

  • 274 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 275 All aboard the ark

  • 276 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 277 Loads of black and white

  • 278 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 279 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 280 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 281 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 282 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 283 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 284 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 286 Twenty-one yachts

  • 287 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 288

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 289 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 290 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 291 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 292 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 293 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 294 Riverside mystery

  • 295 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 296 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 297 Cruising down the river

  • 298 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 299 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 300 Sweets derationing

  • 301 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 302 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 303 Artisans' Club

  • 304 Appledore's largest

  • 305 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 306

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 307 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 308

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 309 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 310 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 311

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 312 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 313 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 314 Pannier Market's future?

  • 315 Northam's almshouse

  • 316 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 317 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 318 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 319 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 320 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 321 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 322 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 323 Eight to strike and a race to win

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

  • 325 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 326 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 327 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 328 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 329 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 330 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 331 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 332 Clovelly custom

  • 333 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 334 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 335 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 336 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 337 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 338 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

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

  • 341 Torrington children build igloo
  • 342 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 343 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 344 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 345 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 346 Hartland Dancers
  • 347 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 348 New Lundy stamps

  • 349 Modern living at Bideford

  • 350 For crying out loud!

  • 351 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 352 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 353 Warmington's garage ad

  • 354 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 355 Happy Days!

  • 356 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 357 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 358 Revenge in style

  • 359

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 360 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 361 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 362 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 363 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 364 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 365 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 366 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 367 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 368 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 369 No sale of Springfield House

  • 370 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 371 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 372 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 373 The Geneva marionettes

  • 374 Variety in summer weather

  • 375 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 376 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 377 From Bobby to Brian

  • 378 113 years at Instow

  • 379 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 380 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 381 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 383 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 384 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 385 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 386 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 387 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 388 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 389 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 390 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 391 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 392 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 393 Hartland's invitation

  • 394 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 395 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 396 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 397 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 398 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 399 In their new robes and hats

  • 400 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 401 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 402 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 403 It really was the 'last time'

  • 404 The art of the thatcher

  • 405 Capers on the cobbles

  • 406

    Bidefordians
  • 407 A man and his wheel

  • 408 Decontrol of meat

  • 409 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 410 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 411 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 413 New look in the hayfields

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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