• 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 Revenge in style

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

  • 3 Six footed lamb

  • 4

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 5 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 6 No laughing matter

  • 7 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 8

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 9 Recognise this resort?

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

  • 11 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 12 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 13 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 14 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 15 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 16 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 17 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 18 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 19 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 20 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 21 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 22

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 23 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 24 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 25

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 26 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 27 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 28 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 29 Littleham family's five generations

  • 30 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 31 Appledore's largest

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

  • 33

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 34 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 35 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 36 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 37 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 38 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 39 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 40 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 41 Sight of a lifetime

  • 42 Traditions and skills still there

  • 43 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 44 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 45 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 46

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 47 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 48 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 49 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 50 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 51

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 52 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 53 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 54 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 55 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 56 Puppet characters introduced

  • 57 In their new robes and hats

  • 58 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 59 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 60 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 61 Picking the pops

  • 62 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 63 New choral society's growing response

  • 64 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 65 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 66 Hartland's invitation

  • 67 Loads of black and white

  • 68 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 69 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 70 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 71 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 72 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 73 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 74 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 75 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 76 All for the love of a lady!

  • 77 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 78 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 79 Cruising down the river

  • 80 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 81 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 82 New Post Office

  • 83 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 84 What's the time?

  • 85 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 86 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 87 Police station view of Bideford

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

  • 89 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 90 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 91 Bideford regatta

  • 92 New shipyard on schedule

  • 93 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 94 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 95 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 96 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 97 By pony and trap to market

  • 98 Penny for the guy

  • 99 Service with a smile

  • 100 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 101 A story to tell!

  • 102 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 103 Circus comes to town

  • 104 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 105 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 106 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 107 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 108 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 109 No sale of Springfield House

  • 110 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 111 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 112 A roof-top view - where?

  • 113 Some 240 exhibits

  • 114 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 115 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 116 Can spring be far away?

  • 117 Warmington's garage ad

  • 118 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 119 Centenary of Gazette

  • 120 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 121 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 122 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 123

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 124 For crying out loud!

  • 125 New art gallery opened

  • 126 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 127 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 128 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 129 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 130 New civic medallions

  • 131 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 132 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 133 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 134 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 135 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 136 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 137 The art of the thatcher

  • 138

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 139

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 140 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 141 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 142 Bideford loses training ship

  • 143 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 144

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 145 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 146 Variety in summer weather

  • 147 113 years at Instow

  • 148 School crossing patrol begins

  • 149 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 150 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 151 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 152

    Building works
  • 153 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 154 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 155 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 156 Jumble sale fever

  • 157 New Lundy stamps

  • 158 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 159 Private home for public pump

  • 160 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 161 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 162 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 163 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 164 Hartland postman retires

  • 165 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 166 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 167 Pannier Market's future?

  • 168 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 169

    Relatives all over the world
  • 170

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 171 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 172 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 173 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 174 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 175 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 176 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 177 The Geneva marionettes

  • 178 Parkham plan realised

  • 179 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 180 Off on a great adventure

  • 181 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 182 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 183 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 184 Decontrol of meat

  • 185 A man and his wheel

  • 186 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 187 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 188 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 189

    Bidefordians
  • 190 Just over a year old

  • 191 He beat the floods

  • 192 Northam footballers of the future

  • 193 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 194 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 195 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 196 Devil sent packing

  • 197 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 198

    First prize
  • 199 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 200 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 201 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 202 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 203 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 204 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 205 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 206 Mobile missionary

  • 207 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 208 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 209 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 210 Some mushroom!

  • 211 Finished in 1876

  • 212 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 213 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 214

    Was a missionary
  • 215 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 216

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 217 Clovelly nightmare

  • 218 New look in the hayfields

  • 219

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 220 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 221 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 223 Northam's almshouse

  • 224 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 225 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 226

    New gateway
  • 227 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 228

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 229 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 230 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 231 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 232 Torrington in 1967

  • 233

    Exhibition of school work
  • 234 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 235 Simple Item 138
  • 236 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 237 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 238 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 239 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 240 Out of puff!

  • 241 It really was the 'last time'

  • 242 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 243 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 244 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 245 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 246 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 247 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 248 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 249 New addition to Quay front

  • 250 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 251 Artisans' Club

  • 252 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 253

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 254 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 255 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 256 Torrington children build igloo
  • 257 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 258 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 259 Emergency ferry services

  • 260 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 261

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 262 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 263 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 264 They are parted pro-tem

  • 265 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 266 Bideford computer stars

  • 267 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 269 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 270 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 271 New life for Hartland organ

  • 272 Weare Giffard potato

  • 273 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 274 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 275 First ship in 8 years

  • 276 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 277 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 278 Ten year old scrambler

  • 279 Bridging the stream

  • 280 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 281 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 282 Peter poses for TV film

  • 283 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 284 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 285 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 286 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 287 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 288 Modern living at Bideford

  • 289 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 290 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 291 Riverside mystery

  • 292 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 294 School's link with cargo ship

  • 295 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 296 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 297 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 298 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 299 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 300 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 301 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 303 When horses score over the tractor

  • 304 Clovelly custom

  • 305 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 306 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 307 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 308 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 309 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 310 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 311 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 312 Hartland Dancers
  • 313

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 314 So this is the mainland!

  • 315 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 316 Waldon Triplets
  • 317 Torrington's new amenity

  • 318 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 319 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 320 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 321 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 322 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 323 Burnard family reunion

  • 324 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 325 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 326 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 327 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 329 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 330 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 331 Last train from Torrington

  • 332 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 333 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 334 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 335 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 336 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 337 A bird of their own!

  • 338 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 339 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 340 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 341 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 342 Picking the pops

  • 343 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 344 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 345 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 346 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 347 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 348 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 349 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 350 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

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    Married in 1908
  • 352

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 353 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

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

  • 355 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 356

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 357 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 358 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 359 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 360

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 361 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 362 Life begins at 80

  • 363

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 364 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 365 Happy Days!

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

  • 367 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 368 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 369 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 370 All aboard the ark

  • 371 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 372 Capers on the cobbles

  • 373 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 374 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 375 Ships at Bideford

  • 376 North Devon Driving School

  • 377 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 378 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 379 End of the line

  • 380 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 382 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 383

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 384 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 385 Entente cordiale in Bideford

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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  • 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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  • 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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Bideford Grammar School

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