• 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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    Bidefordians
  • 2 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 3 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 4 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 5 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 6 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 7

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 8 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 9

    Was a missionary
  • 10 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 11

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 12 Penny for the guy

  • 13 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 14 Peter poses for TV film

  • 15 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 16 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 17 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 18 Happy Days!

  • 19 The Geneva marionettes

  • 20 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 21 Circus comes to town

  • 22

    Married in 1908
  • 23 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 24 Northam's almshouse

  • 25 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 26 New life for Hartland organ

  • 27 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 28 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 29 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 30 Appledore Juniors Football
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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 32 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 33 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 34 It really was the 'last time'

  • 35 All for the love of a lady!

  • 36 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 37

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 38 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 39 A bird of their own!

  • 40 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 41 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 43 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 44 Bideford loses training ship

  • 45 Northam footballers of the future

  • 46 Service with a smile

  • 47 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 48 Private home for public pump

  • 49 New shipyard on schedule

  • 50 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 51 Hartland postman retires

  • 52 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 53 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 54 Out of puff!

  • 55 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 56 Centenary of Gazette

  • 57 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 58 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 59 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 61 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

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

  • 63 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 64 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 65 A roof-top view - where?

  • 66 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 67 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 68 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 69 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 70

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 71 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 72

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 73 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 74 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 75 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 76 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 77 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 78 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 79 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 80 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 81 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 82 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 83 Twenty-one yachts

  • 84 New Post Office

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

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 87 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 88 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 89 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 90 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 91 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 92 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 93 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 94 Clovelly custom

  • 95 Capers on the cobbles

  • 96 Can spring be far away?

  • 97 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 98 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 100 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 101 Burnard family reunion

  • 102 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 103 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 104 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 105 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 106 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 107 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 108 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 109 No sale of Springfield House

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 111 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 112 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

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

  • 114 Life begins at 80

  • 115 End of the line

  • 116 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 117 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 118

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 119 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 120 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 121 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 122 For crying out loud!

  • 123 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 124 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 125 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 126 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 127 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 128 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 129 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 130 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 131 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 132 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 133 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 134 Puppet characters introduced

  • 135 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 136 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 137 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 138 Six footed lamb

  • 139 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 140 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 141 The cab at the corner>
  • 142 No laughing matter

  • 143 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 144 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 145 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 146 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 147 Torrington's new amenity

  • 148 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 149 By pony and trap to market

  • 150 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 151 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 152 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 153 Devil sent packing

  • 154 New art gallery opened

  • 155 When horses score over the tractor

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    Building works
  • 157

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 158 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 160 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 161 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 162 Torrington children build igloo
  • 163 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 164

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 165 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 166 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 167 So this is the mainland!

  • 168 Hartland's invitation

  • 169 All aboard the ark

  • 170 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 171 Off on a great adventure

  • 172 Parkham plan realised

  • 173 Jumble sale fever

  • 174 They are parted pro-tem

  • 175 Fleet of foot and fair of face

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 177 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 178 Picking the pops

  • 179 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 180 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 182 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 183 The art of the thatcher

  • 184 In their new robes and hats

  • 185 Ships at Bideford

  • 186 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 187 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 188 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 189 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 190 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 191 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 192 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 193 Riverside mystery

  • 194 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 195 Revenge in style

  • 196

    New gateway
  • 197

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 198 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 199 Some 240 exhibits

  • 200 New choral society's growing response

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    First prize
  • 202 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 203 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 204 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 205 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 206 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 207 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 208 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 209 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 210 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 211 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

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

  • 213 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 214 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 215 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 216 Filming at Hartland

  • 217 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 218 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 219 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 220 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 221 Hartland Dancers
  • 222 Picking the pops

  • 223 School crossing patrol begins

  • 224 Torrington in 1967

  • 225 Unique holiday adventure!

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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 227 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 229 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 230

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 231 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 232 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 234 Just over a year old

  • 235 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 237 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 238 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 239 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 240 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 241 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 242 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 243 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 244 New civic medallions

  • 245 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 246 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 247 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 248 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 249 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 250 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 251 Clovelly nightmare

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
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    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 254 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 255 Variety in summer weather

  • 256 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 257 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 258 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 259 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 260 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 261 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 262 A story to tell!

  • 263 Warmington's garage ad

  • 264 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 265 Waldon Triplets
  • 266 Weare Giffard potato

  • 267 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 268 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 269 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 270 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 271 New look in the hayfields

  • 272

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 273 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 274

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 275 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 276 From Bobby to Brian

  • 277 Finished in 1876

  • 278 Bideford regatta

  • 279 Police station view of Bideford

  • 280 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 281 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 282 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 283 Decontrol of meat

  • 284 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 285 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 286 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 287 What's the time?

  • 288 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 289 Simple Item 138
  • 290 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 291 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 292 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 293 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 294 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 295 Traditions and skills still there

  • 296 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 297 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 298 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 299 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 300 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 301 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 302 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 303 Cruising down the river

  • 304 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 305 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 306 Littleham family's five generations

  • 307 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 308 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 309 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 310 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 311 North Devon Driving School

  • 312 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 313 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 314 Appledore's largest

  • 315 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 316 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 317 Last train from Torrington

  • 318 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 319 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 320 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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

  • 322 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

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

  • 324 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 325 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 326 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 327 New addition to Quay front

  • 328 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 329 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 330 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 331 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 332 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 333 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 334 Loads of black and white

  • 335 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 336 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 337 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 338 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 339 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 340 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 341 Emergency ferry services

  • 342 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 343 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 344 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 345 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 346 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 347 Artisans' Club

  • 348 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 349 Sight of a lifetime

  • 350 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 351 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 352 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 353 Some mushroom!

  • 354 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 355 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 356 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 358 Sweets derationing

  • 359 A craftsman's 'potted' history

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 361 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 362 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 363 Mobile missionary

  • 364 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 365 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 366 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 367 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 368 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 369 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 370 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 371 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 372 He beat the floods

  • 373 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 374 New Lundy stamps

  • 375 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 376

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 377 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 378

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 379 Pretty pennies at Beaford

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

  • 381 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 382 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 383 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 384 Bridging the stream

  • 385 113 years at Instow

  • 386 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 387 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 388 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 389 School's link with cargo ship

  • 390

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 391 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 392 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 393 Recognise this resort?

  • 394 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 395 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 396 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 397 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 398 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 399 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 400 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 401 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 402 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 403

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 404 Ten year old scrambler

  • 405 First ship in 8 years

  • 406 A man and his wheel

  • 407 Modern living at Bideford

  • 408 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 409 Pannier Market's future?

  • 410 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 411 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 412 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 413 Television comes to Torridge District

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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1937 Christmas Advert

The Blue Bird Sweet Shop

14.12.1937 The Blue Bird Sweet Shop Christmas

Christmas advertising in 1937

Coles & Lee advert

14.12.1937 Coles Lee Christmas

1937 Christmas advert

Braddicks of Bideford

14.12.1937 Braddicks Christmas

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