• 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 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 2 Northam footballers of the future

  • 3 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 4 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 5 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 6 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 7 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 8 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 9 Parkham plan realised

  • 10 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 11 All aboard the ark

  • 12 Jumble sale fever

  • 13 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 14 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 15 Hartland's invitation

  • 16 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 17 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 18 They are parted pro-tem

  • 19 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 20 Centenary of Gazette

  • 21 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 22 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 23 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 24 Burnard family reunion

  • 25 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 26 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 27 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 28

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 29 School's link with cargo ship

  • 30 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 31

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 32 A roof-top view - where?

  • 33 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 34

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 35 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 36 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 37 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 38 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 39

    Was a missionary
  • 40 Puppet characters introduced

  • 41 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 42 Recognise this resort?

  • 43 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 44 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 45 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 46 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 47 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 48 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 49 Riverside mystery

  • 50 Loads of black and white

  • 51 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 52 113 years at Instow

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

  • 54 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 55 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 57 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 58 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 59 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 60 Appledore's largest

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

  • 62 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 63 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 64

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 65 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 66 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 67 New Post Office

  • 68 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 69 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 70 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 71 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 72 No sale of Springfield House

  • 73 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 74

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 75 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 76 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 77 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 78 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 79 Some 240 exhibits

  • 80 Private home for public pump

  • 81 Finished in 1876

  • 82 No laughing matter

  • 83 Mobile missionary

  • 84 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 85 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 86 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 87 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 88 North Devon Driving School

  • 89 Twenty-one yachts

  • 90 Clovelly custom

  • 91 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 92 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 93

    Exhibition of school work
  • 94 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 95 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 96

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 97 Life begins at 80

  • 98 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 99 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 100 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 101 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 102 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 103 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 104 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 105 New shipyard on schedule

  • 106 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 107 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 108 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 109 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 110 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 111 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 112 Torrington children build igloo
  • 113 Happy Days!

  • 114 Bideford computer stars

  • 115 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 116 Some mushroom!

  • 117 Sight of a lifetime

  • 118 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 119 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 120 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 121

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 122

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 123 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 124 All for the love of a lady!

  • 125 New art gallery opened

  • 126 Emergency ferry services

  • 127 Torrington's new amenity

  • 128 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

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

  • 130 Capers on the cobbles

  • 131 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 132 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 133 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 134 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 135 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 136 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 137 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 138 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 139 Decontrol of meat

  • 140 Torrington in 1967

  • 141 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 142 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 143 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 144 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 145 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 146 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 147 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 148 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 149 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 150 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 151 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 152 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 154 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 156 A man and his wheel

  • 157 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 158 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 159 Weare Giffard potato

  • 160 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 161 Off on a great adventure

  • 162 New addition to Quay front

  • 163 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 164

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 165 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 166 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 167 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 168 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 169 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 170 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 171 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 172 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 173 In their new robes and hats

  • 174 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 175 School crossing patrol begins

  • 176 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 177 By pony and trap to market

  • 178 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 179 Traditions and skills still there

  • 180 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 181 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 182 Picking the pops

  • 183 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 184

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 185 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 186 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 187 Modern living at Bideford

  • 188 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 189

    New gateway
  • 190 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 191 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 192 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 193

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 194 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 195 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 196 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 197 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 198 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 199 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 200 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 201 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 202 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 203 New Lundy stamps

  • 204 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 205 Ten year old scrambler

  • 206 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 207 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 208 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 209 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 210 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 211 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 212 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 213 Cruising down the river

  • 214 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 215 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 216 When horses score over the tractor

  • 217 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 218 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 219 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 220 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
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    Bidefordians
  • 222 Artisans' Club

  • 223 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 224 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 225 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 226 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 227 Hartland postman retires

  • 228

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 229

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 230 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 231 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 232 Last train from Torrington

  • 233 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 234 Variety in summer weather

  • 235 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 237 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 238 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 239 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 240 Just over a year old

  • 241 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 242

    Married in 1908
  • 243 What's the time?

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

  • 245 Six footed lamb

  • 246 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 247 Ship-in-bottle world record

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 249 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 250 Peter poses for TV film

  • 251 Waldon Triplets
  • 252 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 253 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 254 New choral society's growing response

  • 255 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 256 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 257 Hartland Dancers
  • 258 End of the line

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

  • 260 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 261 Warmington's garage ad

  • 262

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 263 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 264 He beat the floods

  • 265 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 266 Unique holiday adventure!

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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 268 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 269 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 270 New civic medallions

  • 271 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 272 Picking the pops

  • 273 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 274 Torridge wins on time schedule

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    First prize
  • 276 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 277 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 278 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 279 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 281 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 282 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 283 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 284 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 285 Devil sent packing

  • 286 Service with a smile

  • 287 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 288 New life for Hartland organ

  • 289

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 290 The Geneva marionettes

  • 291 Bideford loses training ship

  • 292 So this is the mainland!

  • 293

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 294 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 295 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 296 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 297 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 298 It really was the 'last time'

  • 299 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 301 The art of the thatcher

  • 302 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 303 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 304 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 305 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 306 A bird of their own!

  • 307 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 308 Ships at Bideford

  • 309 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 310 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 311 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 312 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 313 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 314 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 315 Revenge in style

  • 316 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 317 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 318 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 319 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 321 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 322 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 323 Police station view of Bideford

  • 324 Pannier Market's future?

  • 325 Circus comes to town

  • 326 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 327

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 328 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 329 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 330

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 331 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 332 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 333

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 334 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 335 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 336 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 337 Buckland goes to County Show

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

  • 339 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 340

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 341 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 342 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 343 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 344 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 345 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 346 Clovelly nightmare

  • 347 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 348 A story to tell!

  • 349 Bideford regatta

  • 350 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 351 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 352 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 353 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 354 Bridging the stream

  • 355 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 356 Northam's almshouse

  • 357 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 358 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 359 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 361 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 362 Littleham family's five generations

  • 363 For crying out loud!

  • 364 First ship in 8 years

  • 365 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 366 Out of puff!

  • 367 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 368 Penny for the guy

  • 369 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 370 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 371 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 372 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 373 Can spring be far away?

  • 374 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 375 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 376 Simple Item 138
  • 377

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 378 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 379 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 380 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 381 New look in the hayfields

  • 382 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 383 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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    Building works
  • 385 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

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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  • 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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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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Insurance including Zeppelin risks 1917

Insurance including Zeppelin risks 1917

Zeppelin insurance cover offered during first world war 1917

During World War I insurance cover is being advertised in the Bideford Gazette which includes Zeppelin risks.

 

SOS Body Shield 1918

SOS Body Shield 1918 

 

Body shield battlefield protection

Advert during the First World War 1918 for a chemically impregnated protective vest which could allegedly save a soldiers life.  Said to be effective against machine gun fire and snipers.

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