• 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 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 2 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 3 All aboard the ark

  • 4 When horses score over the tractor

  • 5 Out of puff!

  • 6 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 7 No sale of Springfield House

  • 8 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 9 Traditions and skills still there

  • 10 New art gallery opened

  • 11 Bideford regatta

  • 12 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 13 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 14 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 15

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 16 New choral society's growing response

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

  • 18 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 19 Jumble sale fever

  • 20 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 21 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 22 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 23 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 24 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 25 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 26 Torrington children build igloo
  • 27 Riverside mystery

  • 28 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 29 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 30 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 31

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 32 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 33 Hartland's invitation

  • 34 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 35 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 36 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 38 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 39 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 40 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 42 Torrington in 1967

  • 43 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 44 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 45 Service with a smile

  • 46 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 47 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 48 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 49 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 50 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 51 Puppet characters introduced

  • 52 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 53 No laughing matter

  • 54 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 55 By pony and trap to market

  • 56 Warmington's garage ad

  • 57 Six footed lamb

  • 58 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 59 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 60 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 61 Symbol of Lundy independence

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

  • 63 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 64 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 65 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 66 Decontrol of meat

  • 67 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 68 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 69 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 70 Devil sent packing

  • 71 In their new robes and hats

  • 72 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

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

  • 74 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 75 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 76

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 77 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 78 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 80 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 81 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 82 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 83 School crossing patrol begins

  • 84 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 85 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 86

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 87 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 88 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 89 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 91 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 92

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 93 Centenary of Gazette

  • 94 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 95 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 96 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 97 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 98 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 99 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 100 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 101 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 102 Peter poses for TV film

  • 103 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 104 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 105 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 106 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 107 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 108 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 109 Clovelly custom

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

  • 111 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 112 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 113 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 114 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 115 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 116

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 117 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 118 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 119 Hartland postman retires

  • 120 Ten year old scrambler

  • 121 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 122 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 123 113 years at Instow

  • 124 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 125 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 126 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 127 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 129 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 130 They are parted pro-tem

  • 131 The Geneva marionettes

  • 132

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 133 Finished in 1876

  • 134 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 135 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 136 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 137 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 138 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 139 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 140 Ships at Bideford

  • 141 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 142 Weare Giffard potato

  • 143 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 144 Sight of a lifetime

  • 145 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 146 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 147

    New gateway
  • 148 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 149 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 150 Parkham plan realised

  • 151 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 152 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 153 Police station view of Bideford

  • 154 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 155 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 156

    Building works
  • 157 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 158 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 159 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 160 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 161 North Devon Driving School

  • 162 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 163 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 164 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 165 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 166

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 167 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 168 Twenty-one yachts

  • 169 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 170 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 172

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 173 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 174 Bideford loses training ship

  • 175 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 176 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 177 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 178 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 179 Variety in summer weather

  • 180 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 181 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 182

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 183 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 184 New addition to Quay front

  • 185

    First prize
  • 186 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 187 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 188 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 189 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 190 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 191 Bridging the stream

  • 192 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 193 Burnard family reunion

  • 194 Waldon Triplets
  • 195

    Married in 1908
  • 196 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 197 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 198

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 199 So this is the mainland!

  • 200 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 201 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 202 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 203 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 204 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 205

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 206 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 207 A roof-top view - where?

  • 208 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 209 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 210 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 211 All for the love of a lady!

  • 212 Life begins at 80

  • 213 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 214 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 215 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 216 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 217 Private home for public pump

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

  • 219 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 220 Torrington's new amenity

  • 221 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 222 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 223 Mobile missionary

  • 224 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 225 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 226 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 227 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 228 Recognise this resort?

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 230 New Post Office

  • 231 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 232

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 233 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 234 Last train from Torrington

  • 235 Artisans' Club

  • 236 Simple Item 138
  • 237 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 238 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 239 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 240 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 241 Northam footballers of the future

  • 242 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 243 Emergency ferry services

  • 244 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 245

    Bidefordians
  • 246 Farewell to passenger trains

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

  • 248 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 249 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 250 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 251 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 252 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 253 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 254 A story to tell!

  • 255 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 256 He beat the floods

  • 257 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 258 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 259 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 260 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 261 Just over a year old

  • 262 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 263 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 264 First ship in 8 years

  • 265 Northam's almshouse

  • 266

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 267

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 268 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 269

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 270 Penny for the guy

  • 271 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 272

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 273 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 274 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 275 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 276 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 277 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 278 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 279 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 280 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 281 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 282 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 283 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 284 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 285 School's link with cargo ship

  • 286 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 287 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 288 Bideford computer stars

  • 289 A bird of their own!

  • 290 For crying out loud!

  • 291

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 292 Happy Days!

  • 293 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 294

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 295

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 296 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 297 Circus comes to town

  • 298 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 299 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 300 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 301 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 302 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 303 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 304 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 305 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 306 What's the time?

  • 307 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 308 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 309 Some mushroom!

  • 310 The art of the thatcher

  • 311 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 312 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 313 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 314

    Relatives all over the world
  • 315 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 316 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 317 A man and his wheel

  • 318 Pannier Market's future?

  • 319

    Was a missionary
  • 320 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 321 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 322 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 323 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 324 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 325

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 326 Capers on the cobbles

  • 327 New look in the hayfields

  • 328 New life for Hartland organ

  • 329

    Exhibition of school work
  • 330 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 331 Can spring be far away?

  • 332 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 333 Clovelly nightmare

  • 334 Hartland Dancers
  • 335 Picking the pops

  • 336 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 337 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 338 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 339 New Lundy stamps

  • 340 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 341 Off on a great adventure

  • 342 Appledore's largest

  • 343

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 344 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 345 Revenge in style

  • 346 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 347 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 348 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 349 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 350 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 351 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 352 New shipyard on schedule

  • 353 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 354

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 355 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 356 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 357 Loads of black and white

  • 358 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 359 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 360 Modern living at Bideford

  • 361 Littleham family's five generations

  • 362 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 363 End of the line

  • 364 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 365

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 366 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 367 Cruising down the river

  • 368 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 369 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 370 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 371 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 372 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 373 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 374 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 375 New civic medallions

  • 376 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 377 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 378 Some 240 exhibits

  • 379 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 380 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 381 It really was the 'last time'

  • 382 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 383 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 384 Picking the pops

  • 385 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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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