• 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 inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 2 In their new robes and hats

  • 3 Riverside mystery

  • 4 No sale of Springfield House

  • 5 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 6 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 7 Some mushroom!

  • 8 Twenty-one yachts

  • 9 Puppet characters introduced

  • 10 Emergency ferry services

  • 11

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 12 Modern living at Bideford

  • 13 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 14 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 15 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 16 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 17 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 18 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 20 From Bobby to Brian

  • 21 Penny for the guy

  • 22 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 23 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 24 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 25 Peter poses for TV film

  • 26 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 27 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 28 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

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

  • 30

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 31 The art of the thatcher

  • 32 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 33 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 34 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 35

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 36 Six footed lamb

  • 37 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 38 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 39 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 40

    Exhibition of school work
  • 41 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 42 Just over a year old

  • 43 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 44 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 45 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 46 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 47 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 48

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 49

    Bidefordians
  • 50 Centenary of Gazette

  • 51 By pony and trap to market

  • 52

    New gateway
  • 53 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 54 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 55 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 56 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 57 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 58 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 59 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 60 Circus comes to town

  • 61

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 62

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 63 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 64 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 65 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 66 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 67 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 68

    Building works
  • 69 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 70

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 71 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 72

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 73 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 74 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 75 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 76 Appledore's largest

  • 77 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 78 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 79

    First prize
  • 80 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 81 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 82 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 83 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 84 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 85 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 86 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 87

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 88 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 89 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 90 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 91 Jumble sale fever

  • 92

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 93 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 94 Torrington's new amenity

  • 95 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 96 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 97

    Married in 1908
  • 98 Simple Item 138
  • 99 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 100 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 101 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 102 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 103 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 104 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 105

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 106 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 107 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 108 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 109 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 110 Off on a great adventure

  • 111 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 112

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 113

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 114 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 115 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 116 Recognise this resort?

  • 117 Decontrol of meat

  • 118 A man and his wheel

  • 119 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 120 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 121 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 122 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 123 Burnard family reunion

  • 124 New look in the hayfields

  • 125 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 127 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 128 Some 240 exhibits

  • 129 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 130 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 131 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 132 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 133 Pannier Market's future?

  • 134 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 135 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 136 Ships at Bideford

  • 137 Clovelly custom

  • 138 Out of puff!

  • 139 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 140 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 141

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 142 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 143 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 144 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 145 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 146 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 147 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 148 Northam footballers of the future

  • 149 It really was the 'last time'

  • 150 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 151 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 152 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 153

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 154 Hartland Dancers
  • 155 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 156 North Devon Driving School

  • 157 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 158 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 159 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 160 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 161 New shipyard on schedule

  • 162 A story to tell!

  • 163 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 164 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 165 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 166 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 167 Revenge in style

  • 168 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 169 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 170 Can spring be far away?

  • 171 Private home for public pump

  • 172 Mobile missionary

  • 173 Sight of a lifetime

  • 174 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 175 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 176 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 177

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 178 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 179 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 180 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 181 No laughing matter

  • 182 Artisans' Club

  • 183 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 184 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 185 Littleham family's five generations

  • 186 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 187 Service with a smile

  • 188

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 189 Hartland postman retires

  • 190 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 191 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 192 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 193 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 194 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 195 When horses score over the tractor

  • 196

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 197 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 198 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 199 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 200 Last train from Torrington

  • 201 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 202 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 203 Bideford's new market opens next week

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

  • 205 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 206

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 207 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 208 A bird of their own!

  • 209 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 210 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 211 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 212 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 213 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 214 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 215 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 216 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 217 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 218 Torrington children build igloo
  • 219 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 220 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 221 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 222 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 223 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 224 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 225 Bideford loses training ship

  • 226 Happy Days!

  • 227 Warmington's garage ad

  • 228 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 229 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 230 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 231 New civic medallions

  • 232 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 233 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 234 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 235 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 236 Police station view of Bideford

  • 237 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 238 Loads of black and white

  • 239 All for the love of a lady!

  • 240 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 241 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 242 Capers on the cobbles

  • 243 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 244 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 245 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 246 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 247 New Post Office

  • 248 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 249 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 250 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 251 Life begins at 80

  • 252 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 253 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 254 The Geneva marionettes

  • 255 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 256 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 257 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 258 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 259 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 260 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 261 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 262 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 263 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 264 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 265 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 266 New addition to Quay front

  • 267 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 268 Northam's almshouse

  • 269 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 270 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 271 For crying out loud!

  • 272 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 273

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 274 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 275 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 276 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 277 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 278 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 279

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 280 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 281 Devil sent packing

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

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

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

  • 285 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 286 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 287 Filming at Hartland

  • 288 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 289 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 290 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 291 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 292

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 293 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 294 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 295 The cab at the corner>
  • 296 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 297

    Was a missionary
  • 298 113 years at Instow

  • 299 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 300 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 301 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 302 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 303 New choral society's growing response

  • 304 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 305 Bridging the stream

  • 306 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 307 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 308 Weare Giffard potato

  • 309 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 310 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 311 A roof-top view - where?

  • 312 Bideford regatta

  • 313

    Relatives all over the world
  • 314 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 315 New Lundy stamps

  • 316 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 317 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 318 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 319 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 320 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 321 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 322 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 323 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 324 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 325 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 326 End of the line

  • 327

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 328 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 329 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 330 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 331 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 332 Bideford computer stars

  • 333 Ten year old scrambler

  • 334 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 335 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 336 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 337 Waldon Triplets
  • 338 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 339 Sweets derationing

  • 340 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 341 They are parted pro-tem

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

  • 343 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 344 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 345 All aboard the ark

  • 346 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 347 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 348 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 349 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 350 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 351 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 352 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 353 First ship in 8 years

  • 354 Picking the pops

  • 355 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 356 Variety in summer weather

  • 357 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 358 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 359 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 360 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 361 So this is the mainland!

  • 362 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 363 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 364 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 365 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 366 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 367 New life for Hartland organ

  • 368 What's the time?

  • 369 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 370 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 371 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 372 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 373 Finished in 1876

  • 374 Torrington in 1967

  • 375 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 376 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 377 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 378 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 379 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 380 Cruising down the river

  • 381 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 382 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 383 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 384 Parkham plan realised

  • 385 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 386 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 387 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 388 Traditions and skills still there

  • 389 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 390 Hartland's invitation

  • 391 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 392 He beat the floods

  • 393 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 394 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 395 Clovelly nightmare

  • 396 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 398 School's link with cargo ship

  • 399 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 400 Up-to-date Bideford!

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 402 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 403 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 405 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 406 New art gallery opened

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

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

  • 409 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 410

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 411 School crossing patrol begins

  • 412 Picking the pops

  • 413 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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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Judo Display at St Mary's Primary School

Judo Display at St Mary's Primary School 28th October 1977

Andre Veillett Judo photo CROPPED

Andre Veillet and Quentin Reed get to grips in the Judo Display 28th October 1972

Thirty young members of the North Devon Judo Academy put on a display of their Judo skills along with a demonstration of gymnastics at St Mary's Primary School.

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Jinxed School Outing

Jinxed School Outing 26th May 1972

Jinxed Westcroft Dart Valley outing 26 May 1972JPG

Trip for 200 Children and their parents from Westcroft goes awry 26th May 1972

The windscreen on one coach shattered and another coach broke down, however, the children and their parents thoroughly enjoyed the Dart Valley railway ride, lunch at Staverton Bridge and a steamer trip up the Dart.

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Buckland Brewer Womens Skittles Competition

Hermoine Dennis in the Buckland Brewer Womens Skittles Competition 10th March 1972

Buckland Brewer Womens Skittle Competition 10 Mar 1972

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