• 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 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 3 North Devon Driving School

  • 4 Clovelly custom

  • 5 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 6 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 7

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 8 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 9 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 10 Bideford computer stars

  • 11

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 12 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 13 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 14

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 15 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 16 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 17 Devil sent packing

  • 18

    Was a missionary
  • 19 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 20 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 21 Jumble sale fever

  • 22 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 23 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 24 The Geneva marionettes

  • 25 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 26 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 27 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 28 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 29 Picking the pops

  • 30

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 31 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 32 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 33 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 34 Torrington's new amenity

  • 35 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 36 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 37 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 38 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 39 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 40

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 41 Artisans' Club

  • 42 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 43

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 44 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 45

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 46 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 47 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 48 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 49

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 50

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 51 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 52 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 53 Bideford regatta

  • 54 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 55 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 56 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 57 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 58

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 59 Off on a great adventure

  • 60 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 61 Service with a smile

  • 62 Finished in 1876

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

  • 64 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 65

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 66 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 67

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 68 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 69 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 70 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 71 Happy Days!

  • 72 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 73 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 74 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 75 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 76 Emergency ferry services

  • 77 Revenge in style

  • 78 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 79 Can spring be far away?

  • 80 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 81 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 82 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 83 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 84 Private home for public pump

  • 85 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 86 No sale of Springfield House

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

  • 88

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 89

    Building works
  • 90 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 91 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 92 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 93 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 94 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 95 Simple Item 138
  • 96

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 97 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 98 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 99 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 100 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 101 Parkham plan realised

  • 102 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 103 A roof-top view - where?

  • 104

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 105 Littleham family's five generations

  • 106 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 107 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 108 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 109 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 110 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 111 Weare Giffard potato

  • 112 School crossing patrol begins

  • 113 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 114 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 115

    First prize
  • 116 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 117 By pony and trap to market

  • 118 Picking the pops

  • 119 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 120 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 121 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 122 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 123 First ship in 8 years

  • 124 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 125 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 126 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 127 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 128 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 129 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 130 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 131 New life for Hartland organ

  • 132 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 133 All for the love of a lady!

  • 134 Torrington children build igloo
  • 135

    Exhibition of school work
  • 136 New look in the hayfields

  • 137

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 138 Last train from Torrington

  • 139 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 140 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 141 It really was the 'last time'

  • 142 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 143 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 144 Ten year old scrambler

  • 145 New Post Office

  • 146 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 147 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 148 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 149 Riverside mystery

  • 150 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 151 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 152 Ships at Bideford

  • 153 Mobile missionary

  • 154 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 155

    Bidefordians
  • 156 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 157 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 158 Some mushroom!

  • 159 He beat the floods

  • 160 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 161 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 162

    Married in 1908
  • 163 No laughing matter

  • 164 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 165 Burnard family reunion

  • 166 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 167 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 168 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 169 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 170 New civic medallions

  • 171 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 172

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 173 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 174 End of the line

  • 175 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 176

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 177 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 178 Capers on the cobbles

  • 179 New shipyard on schedule

  • 180 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 181 All aboard the ark

  • 182 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 183 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 184 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 185 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 186 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 187 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 188 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 189 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 190 Some 240 exhibits

  • 191 In their new robes and hats

  • 192 Recognise this resort?

  • 193 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 194 School's link with cargo ship

  • 195 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 196 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 197 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 198 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 199 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 200 Pannier Market's future?

  • 201 Hartland's invitation

  • 202 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 203 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 204 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 205 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 206 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 207 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 208 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 209 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 210 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 211 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 212 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 213 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 214 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 215 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 216 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 217 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 218 Twenty-one yachts

  • 219 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 220 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 221 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 222 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 223 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 224 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 225 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 226 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 227 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 228 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 229 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 230 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 231 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 232 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 233 Torrington in 1967

  • 234

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 235 Bideford loses training ship

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

  • 237 Modern living at Bideford

  • 238

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 239 For crying out loud!

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

  • 241 Hartland Dancers
  • 242 So this is the mainland!

  • 243 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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    New gateway
  • 245 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 246 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 247 A bird of their own!

  • 248 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 249 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 250 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 251 Variety in summer weather

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

  • 253 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 254 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 255 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 256 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 257 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 258 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 259 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 260 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 261 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 262 Life begins at 80

  • 263 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 264 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 265 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 266 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 267 Hartland postman retires

  • 268 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 269 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 270

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 271 New choral society's growing response

  • 272 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 273 The art of the thatcher

  • 274 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 275 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 277 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 278 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 279 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 280 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 281 They are parted pro-tem

  • 282 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 283 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 284 Out of puff!

  • 285 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 286 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

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

  • 288 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 289 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 290 Penny for the guy

  • 291 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 292 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 293 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 294 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 295 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 296 Northam footballers of the future

  • 297 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 298 Sight of a lifetime

  • 299 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 300 Six footed lamb

  • 301 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 302 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 303 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 304 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 305 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 306 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 307

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 308 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 309 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 310 A story to tell!

  • 311 New Lundy stamps

  • 312 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 313 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 314 Centenary of Gazette

  • 315 New addition to Quay front

  • 316 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 317 New art gallery opened

  • 318 113 years at Instow

  • 319 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 320 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

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

  • 322 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 323 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 324 Puppet characters introduced

  • 325 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 326 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 327 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 328 Peter poses for TV film

  • 329 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 330 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 331

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 332

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 333 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 334 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 335 Circus comes to town

  • 336 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 337 Clovelly nightmare

  • 338 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 339 Bridging the stream

  • 340 Just over a year old

  • 341 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 342 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 343 When horses score over the tractor

  • 344 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 345 Northam's almshouse

  • 346 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 347 Waldon Triplets
  • 348 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 349 A man and his wheel

  • 350 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 351 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 352 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 353 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 354 Traditions and skills still there

  • 355 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 356 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 357 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 359 What's the time?

  • 360 Decontrol of meat

  • 361 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 362 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 363 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 364 Cruising down the river

  • 365 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 366

    Relatives all over the world
  • 367 Appledore's largest

  • 368 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 369 Loads of black and white

  • 370

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 371 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 372 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 373 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 374 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 375 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 376 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 377 Warmington's garage ad

  • 378 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 379 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 380 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 381 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 382 Police station view of Bideford

  • 383 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 384 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 385 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

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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Inventory

This is an up to date list of paperwork held in our Village and Topic boxes.

 

 

 

 

 

The Gazette

Bideford Archive Inventory

 

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