• 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 In their new robes and hats

  • 2 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 3 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 4 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 5 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 6 The Geneva marionettes

  • 7 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 8 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 9 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 10 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 11 When horses score over the tractor

  • 12 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 13 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 14 Littleham family's five generations

  • 15 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 16

    Married in 1908
  • 17

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 18 Cruising down the river

  • 19 Centenary of Gazette

  • 20 Pannier Market's future?

  • 21 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 22 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 23 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 24 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 25 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 26 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 27 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 28 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 29 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 30 No sale of Springfield House

  • 31 New choral society's growing response

  • 32

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 33 New shipyard on schedule

  • 34 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 35 Ships at Bideford

  • 36 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 37 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 38 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 39 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 40 They are parted pro-tem

  • 41 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 42 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 43 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 44 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 45

    Bidefordians
  • 46 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 47 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 48 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 50 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 51 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 52 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 53

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 54 Twenty-one yachts

  • 55 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 56 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 57

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 58 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 59 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

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

  • 61 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 62 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 63 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 64 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 65 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 66 Some 240 exhibits

  • 67 A man and his wheel

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

  • 69 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 70 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 71 Emergency ferry services

  • 72 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 73 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 74 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 75 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 76 Sight of a lifetime

  • 77 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 78 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 79 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 80 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 81 Off on a great adventure

  • 82 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 83

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 84 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 85 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 86 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 87 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 88 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 89 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 90 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 91 Devil sent packing

  • 92 New civic medallions

  • 93 River scenes that enchant the visitors

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

  • 95 Puppet characters introduced

  • 96 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 97

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 98 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 100 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 101 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 102 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 103 Private home for public pump

  • 104 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 105 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 106 A roof-top view - where?

  • 107

    Building works
  • 108 Out of puff!

  • 109 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 110 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 111 Warmington's garage ad

  • 112 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 113 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 114 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 115 Filming at Hartland

  • 116 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 117 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 118 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 119 Hartland Dancers
  • 120 Loads of black and white

  • 121 Traditions and skills still there

  • 122 Sweets derationing

  • 123 The art of the thatcher

  • 124 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 125 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 126 Parkham plan realised

  • 127 New addition to Quay front

  • 128 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 129 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 130 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 131 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 132 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 133 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 134 Finished in 1876

  • 135 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 136 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 137 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 138 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 139

    New gateway
  • 140 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 141 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 142 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 143 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 144 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 145 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 146 Waldon Triplets
  • 147 Variety in summer weather

  • 148 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 149 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 150 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 151 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 152 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 154 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 155 Six footed lamb

  • 156 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 157 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 158 North Devon Driving School

  • 159 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 160 First ship in 8 years

  • 161 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 162 Hartland's invitation

  • 163 Burnard family reunion

  • 164 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 165 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 166 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 167

    Relatives all over the world
  • 168 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 169 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 170 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 171 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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

  • 173 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 174 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 175 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 176 Peter poses for TV film

  • 177 Northam's almshouse

  • 178 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 179 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 180 Northam footballers of the future

  • 181 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 182 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 183 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 185 So this is the mainland!

  • 186

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 187 Torrington children build igloo
  • 188 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 189 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 190 Picking the pops

  • 191 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 192 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 193 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 194 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 195 It really was the 'last time'

  • 196 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 197 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 198 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 199 The cab at the corner>
  • 200 Ten year old scrambler

  • 201 Capers on the cobbles

  • 202 Torrington in 1967

  • 203 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 204 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 205 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 206 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 207 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 208 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 209 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 210 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 211 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 212

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 213 Bideford regatta

  • 214 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 215 Appledore's largest

  • 216 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 217 New life for Hartland organ

  • 218 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 219

    Exhibition of school work
  • 220 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 221 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 222 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 223 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 224

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 225 New Lundy stamps

  • 226 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 227 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 228 Some mushroom!

  • 229

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 230 Clovelly custom

  • 231 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 232 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 233 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 234 No laughing matter

  • 235 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 236 New look in the hayfields

  • 237 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 238 Bideford loses training ship

  • 239 New Post Office

  • 240 School's link with cargo ship

  • 241 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 242 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 243 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 244 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 245 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 246 All aboard the ark

  • 247 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 248 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 249

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 250 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 251 Bridging the stream

  • 252 Torrington's new amenity

  • 253 Circus comes to town

  • 254 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 255 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 256 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 257 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 258 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 259 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 260 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 261 Clovelly nightmare

  • 262 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 263 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 264 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 265 Just over a year old

  • 266 Police station view of Bideford

  • 267 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 268 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 269 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 270 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 271 Picking the pops

  • 272 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 273 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 274 Hartland postman retires

  • 275 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 276 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 277 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 278 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 279 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 280 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 281 113 years at Instow

  • 282 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 283 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 284 All for the love of a lady!

  • 285

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 286 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 287 Mobile missionary

  • 288 New art gallery opened

  • 289 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 290 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 291 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 292 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 293 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 294 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 295 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 296 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 297 A bird of their own!

  • 298

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 299 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 300 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 301

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 302 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 303 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 304 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 305 Artisans' Club

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

  • 307 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 308 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 309 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 310 Happy Days!

  • 311 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 312 Life begins at 80

  • 313 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 314 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 315 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 316 From Bobby to Brian

  • 317 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 318 End of the line

  • 319

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 320

    First prize
  • 321 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 322 School crossing patrol begins

  • 323 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 324 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 325 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 326 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 327 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 328 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 329 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 330 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 331 Simple Item 138
  • 332 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

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    Was a missionary
  • 334 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 335 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 336

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 337 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 338 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 339 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 340 What's the time?

  • 341 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 342 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 343 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 344 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 345 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 346 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 347 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 348 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 349 Riverside mystery

  • 350 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 351 By pony and trap to market

  • 352

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 353 Can spring be far away?

  • 354 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 355 Bideford computer stars

  • 356 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 357 Decontrol of meat

  • 358 Weare Giffard potato

  • 359 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 360 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 361 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 362 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 363 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 364 A story to tell!

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 366 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 367 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 368 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 369 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 370 Penny for the guy

  • 371 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 372 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 373 Last train from Torrington

  • 374

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 375 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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

  • 377 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 378 Service with a smile

  • 379 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 380 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 381 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 382 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 383 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 384 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 385 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 386 Modern living at Bideford

  • 387 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 388 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 389

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 390 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 391 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 392

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 393

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 394 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 395 He beat the floods

  • 396 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 397 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 398 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 399 Jumble sale fever

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 401 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 402 Recognise this resort?

  • 403

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 404 Revenge in style

  • 405 For crying out loud!

  • 406 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 407 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 408 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 410 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 411 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 412 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 413

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
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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  • 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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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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