• 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 Clovelly custom

  • 2 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 3 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 4 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 5 Hartland Dancers
  • 6 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 7 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 8

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 9 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 10 He beat the floods

  • 11 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 12 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 13 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 14 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 16

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 17 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 18 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 19 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 20

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 21

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 22 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 23 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 24 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 25

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 26 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 27 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 28 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 29 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 30 Cruising down the river

  • 31 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 32 The Geneva marionettes

  • 33

    Relatives all over the world
  • 34 Twenty-one yachts

  • 35 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 36 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 37 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 38 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 39 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 40 Six footed lamb

  • 41 Picking the pops

  • 42 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 43 Finished in 1876

  • 44 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 45 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 46 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 47 New choral society's growing response

  • 48 Appledore's largest

  • 49 Clovelly donkey film star

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

  • 51

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 52 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 53 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 54 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 55 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 56 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 57 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 58 Picking the pops

  • 59 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 60 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 61 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 62 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 63 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 64 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 65 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 66 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 67 So this is the mainland!

  • 68 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 69 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 70 What's the time?

  • 71

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 72 Can spring be far away?

  • 73 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 74

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 75 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 76 They are parted pro-tem

  • 77 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 78 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 79 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 80 New Lundy stamps

  • 81 The cab at the corner>
  • 82 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 83 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 84 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 85 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 86 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 87 Bridging the stream

  • 88 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 89 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 90 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 91 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 92 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 93 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 94 Recognise this resort?

  • 95 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 96 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 97 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 98

    Was a missionary
  • 99 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 100 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 101 Weare Giffard potato

  • 102 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 103 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 104 It really was the 'last time'

  • 105 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 106 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 107 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 108 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 109 Life begins at 80

  • 110 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 111 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 112 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

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

  • 114 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 115 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 116 Last train from Torrington

  • 117 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 118 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 119 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 120 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 121 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 122 Designed and made in Bideford

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

  • 124 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 125 Happy Days!

  • 126 Emergency ferry services

  • 127 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 128 Just over a year old

  • 129 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 130 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 131 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 132 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 133 Modern living at Bideford

  • 134

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 135

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 136 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 137 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 138 Riverside mystery

  • 139 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 140 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 141 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 142 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 143 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 144

    Building works
  • 145 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 146 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 147 Hartland postman retires

  • 148

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 149 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 150 Torrington children build igloo
  • 151

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 152 Service with a smile

  • 153 Revenge in style

  • 154

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 155 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 156 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 157 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 158 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 159 No laughing matter

  • 160 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 161

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 162 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 163 All aboard the ark

  • 164 Decontrol of meat

  • 165 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 166 From Bobby to Brian

  • 167 New addition to Quay front

  • 168 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 169 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 170 First steel ship built at Bideford

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

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

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

  • 174 A man and his wheel

  • 175 Pannier Market's future?

  • 176 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 177 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 178 Ten year old scrambler

  • 179 A roof-top view - where?

  • 180 Puppet characters introduced

  • 181 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 182 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 184 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 185 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 186 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 187

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 188 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 189 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 190 Mobile missionary

  • 191 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 192 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 193 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 194 113 years at Instow

  • 195 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 196 New civic medallions

  • 197 Traditions and skills still there

  • 198 Peter poses for TV film

  • 199 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 200 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 201 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 202 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 203 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 204 Some 240 exhibits

  • 205 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 206 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 207 By pony and trap to market

  • 208 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 209 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 210 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 211 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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

  • 213 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 214 Devil sent packing

  • 215 A bird of their own!

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

  • 217 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 218 Artisans' Club

  • 219

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 220 End of the line

  • 221 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 222 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 223 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 224 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 225 New life for Hartland organ

  • 226 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 227 Torrington in 1967

  • 228 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 229 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 230 No sale of Springfield House

  • 231 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 232 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 233 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 234 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 235 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 236 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 237 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 238 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 239 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 240 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 241 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 242 Northam footballers of the future

  • 243 In their new robes and hats

  • 244 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 245 Private home for public pump

  • 246 Clovelly nightmare

  • 247 Circus comes to town

  • 248 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 249 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 250 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 251 North Devon Driving School

  • 252 Bideford regatta

  • 253

    New gateway
  • 254 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 255 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 256

    Bidefordians
  • 257 For crying out loud!

  • 258 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 259 Filming at Hartland

  • 260 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 261 Centenary of Gazette

  • 262 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 263 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 264 Some mushroom!

  • 265 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 266 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 267 The art of the thatcher

  • 268

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 269

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 270 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 271 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 272 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 273 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 274 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 275 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 276 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 277 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 278

    Exhibition of school work
  • 279 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 280

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 281 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 282 New shipyard on schedule

  • 283 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 284 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 285 Waldon Triplets
  • 286 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 287 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 288 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 289 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 290 Simple Item 138
  • 291 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 292 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 293 New art gallery opened

  • 294

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 295 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 296 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 297 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 298

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 299 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 300 Jumble sale fever

  • 301

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 302 All for the love of a lady!

  • 303 Bideford loses training ship

  • 304 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 305 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

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

  • 307 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 308 Warmington's garage ad

  • 309 Police station view of Bideford

  • 310 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 311 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 312 Northam's almshouse

  • 313 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 314 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 315 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 316 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 317 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 318 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 319 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 320 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 321 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 322 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 323 Off on a great adventure

  • 324 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 325 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 326 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 327 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 328

    Married in 1908
  • 329 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 330 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 331 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 332 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 333 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 334 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 335 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 336 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 337 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 338 When horses score over the tractor

  • 339 Westward Ho! combined op

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

  • 341 First ship in 8 years

  • 342 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 343 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 344 Littleham family's five generations

  • 345 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 346 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 347 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 349 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 350 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 351 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 352 Penny for the guy

  • 353 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 354 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 355 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 356 Ships at Bideford

  • 357 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 358 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 359 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 360 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 361 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 362 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 363 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 364 Sweets derationing

  • 365 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 366 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 367 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 368 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 369 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 370 Out of puff!

  • 371 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 372 Sight of a lifetime

  • 373 School's link with cargo ship

  • 374 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 375 Bideford computer stars

  • 376 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 377 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 378 Torrington's new amenity

  • 379 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 380 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 381 School crossing patrol begins

  • 382

    First prize
  • 383 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 384 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 385 Burnard family reunion

  • 386 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 387 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 388 Variety in summer weather

  • 389 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 390 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 391 New Post Office

  • 392 Hartland's invitation

  • 393 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 394

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 395 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 396 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 397 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 398 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 399 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 400 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 401 A story to tell!

  • 402 Parkham plan realised

  • 403 Loads of black and white

  • 404 New look in the hayfields

  • 405 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 406 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 407

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 408

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 409 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 410 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 411 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 412 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 413 Capers on the cobbles

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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Repair work on Long Bridge

Repair Work on Long Bridge

Bideford Long Bridge
 

Costing £20,000-£25,000, the repair work on Bideford's venerable Long Bridge is expected to finish in late spring.

 

Broomhayes £1,000 surprise

Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise

Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
 

"It's like pennies from heaven - it's absolutely wonderful" said Miss Mollie Douglas, matron of Broomhayes, Northam, when yesterday a cheque as handed to her for £1,000.

 

Northam Burrows Committee

Northam Burrows Committee

Potwalloping
 

The old custom of POTWALLOPING will be held on Saturday, July 27th 1963 9 to 5pm. All welcome on the Burrows. Refreshments provided for genuine pebble-pickers

 
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