• 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 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 2 Hartland Dancers
  • 3 Appledore's new lifeboat

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

  • 5 In their new robes and hats

  • 6 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 7 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 8 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 9

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 10

    Exhibition of school work
  • 11 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 12

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 13 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 14 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 15 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 16 Bideford loses training ship

  • 17 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 18 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 19 End of the line

  • 20 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 21 Some 240 exhibits

  • 22 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 23 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 24 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 25 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 26 A bird of their own!

  • 27

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 28 Hartland's invitation

  • 29 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 30 Variety in summer weather

  • 31 Penny for the guy

  • 32 New addition to Quay front

  • 33

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 34 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 35 Can spring be far away?

  • 36 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 37 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 38 Mobile missionary

  • 39 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 40 Peter poses for TV film

  • 41 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 43 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 44 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 45 Torrington's new amenity

  • 46 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 47 The Geneva marionettes

  • 48 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 49 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 50 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 51 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 52 For crying out loud!

  • 53 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 55

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 56 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 57 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 58 Hartland postman retires

  • 59 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 60 Pannier Market's future?

  • 61 Just over a year old

  • 62 Loads of black and white

  • 63 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 64 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 65 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 66 Waldon Triplets
  • 67 New Post Office

  • 68 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 69 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 70 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 71 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 72 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 73 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 74 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 75 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 76 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 77 New civic medallions

  • 78 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 79

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 80

    Bidefordians
  • 81

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 82 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 83 Appledore's largest

  • 84 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 85 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 86 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 87 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 88 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 89 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 90 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 91 Modern living at Bideford

  • 92 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 93 Police station view of Bideford

  • 94 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 95 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 96 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 97 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 98 Jumble sale fever

  • 99 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 100 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 101

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 102

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 103 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 104 Picking the pops

  • 105 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 106 Bideford computer stars

  • 107 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 108 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 109 They are parted pro-tem

  • 110 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 111 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 112 A story to tell!

  • 113 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 114 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 115 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 116 By pony and trap to market

  • 117 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 118 Emergency ferry services

  • 119 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 120 Bridging the stream

  • 121 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 122 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 123 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 124 What's the time?

  • 125 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 126 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 127 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 128

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 129 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 130 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 131 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 132 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 133 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 134 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 135 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 136 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 137 New Lundy air-mail stamps

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

  • 139 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 140

    First prize
  • 141 First ship in 8 years

  • 142 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 143 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 144 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 145 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 146

    Married in 1908
  • 147 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 148 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 149 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 150 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 151 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 152

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 153 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 154 Riverside mystery

  • 155 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 156 Some mushroom!

  • 157 All aboard the ark

  • 158 Capers on the cobbles

  • 159 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 160 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 161 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 162 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 163 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 164 Circus comes to town

  • 165 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 166 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 167

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 168 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 169 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 170 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 171 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 172 New life for Hartland organ

  • 173 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 174 North Devon Driving School

  • 175 New art gallery opened

  • 176 When horses score over the tractor

  • 177 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 178

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 179 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 180 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 181 Weare Giffard potato

  • 182 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 183 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 184 Simple Item 138
  • 185 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 186 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 187 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 188 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 189 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 190 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 191 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 192 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 193 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 194 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 195 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 196 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 197 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 198 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 200 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 201 Warmington's garage ad

  • 202 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 203 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 204 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 205 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 206 Artisans' Club

  • 207 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 208 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 209 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 210 Life begins at 80

  • 211 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 212

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 213 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 214 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 215 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 216 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 217 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 218

    Relatives all over the world
  • 219 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 220 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 221 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 222 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 223 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 224 He beat the floods

  • 225 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 226 Decontrol of meat

  • 227 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 228 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 229

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 230 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 231 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 232

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 233 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 234 Six footed lamb

  • 235 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 236 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 237 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 238 Traditions and skills still there

  • 239 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 240 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 242

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 243 Service with a smile

  • 244 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 245 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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

  • 247 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

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

  • 249 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 250 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 251 113 years at Instow

  • 252 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 253 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 254 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

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

  • 256 Ten year old scrambler

  • 257 Cruising down the river

  • 258 Twenty-one yachts

  • 259 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 260

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 261 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 262

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 263 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 264 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 265 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 266 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 267 School's link with cargo ship

  • 268 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 269 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 270 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 271 Centenary of Gazette

  • 272 Littleham family's five generations

  • 273 A roof-top view - where?

  • 274 Picking the pops

  • 275 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 276 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 277 Northam footballers of the future

  • 278 Revenge in style

  • 279 It really was the 'last time'

  • 280 New choral society's growing response

  • 281 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 282 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 283 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 284 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 285 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 286 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 287

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 288 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 289 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 290 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 291 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 292 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 293 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 294

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 295 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 296 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 297 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 298 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 299 Puppet characters introduced

  • 300 No laughing matter

  • 301 Finished in 1876

  • 302 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 303 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 304 Out of puff!

  • 305 Off on a great adventure

  • 306 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 307 Devil sent packing

  • 308 New look in the hayfields

  • 309 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 310 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 311 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 312 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 313

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 314 Bideford regatta

  • 315

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 316

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 317 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 318 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 319 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 320 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 321 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 322 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 323 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 324 School crossing patrol begins

  • 325 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 326 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 327 The art of the thatcher

  • 328 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 329 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 330 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 331 Recognise this resort?

  • 332 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 333 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 334

    Was a missionary
  • 335 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 336 Torrington children build igloo
  • 337

    Building works
  • 338 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 339 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 340 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 341 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 342 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 343 Sight of a lifetime

  • 344 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 345 No sale of Springfield House

  • 346 Ships at Bideford

  • 347 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 348 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 349 New Lundy stamps

  • 350 Burnard family reunion

  • 351 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 352 Colour TV salesman at eight

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 354 Clovelly nightmare

  • 355 New shipyard on schedule

  • 356 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 357 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 358 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 359 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 360 Torrington in 1967

  • 361 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 362 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 363 Clovelly custom

  • 364 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 365 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 366

    New gateway
  • 367 A man and his wheel

  • 368 So this is the mainland!

  • 369 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 370 Last train from Torrington

  • 371 Happy Days!

  • 372 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 373 Private home for public pump

  • 374 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 375 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 376 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 377 All for the love of a lady!

  • 378 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 379 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 380 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 381 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 382 Northam's almshouse

  • 383 Parkham plan realised

  • 384 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 385 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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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  • 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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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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