• 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 Torrington's new amenity

  • 2 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 3 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 4 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 5 Sight of a lifetime

  • 6 In their new robes and hats

  • 7 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 8 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 9

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 10 Decontrol of meat

  • 11 Penny for the guy

  • 12 Finished in 1876

  • 13 Simple Item 138
  • 14 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 15 Modern living at Bideford

  • 16 Pannier Market's future?

  • 17 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 18 A man and his wheel

  • 19

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 20 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 21 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 22 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 23 By pony and trap to market

  • 24 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 25

    Bidefordians
  • 26 Devil sent packing

  • 27 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 28 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 29

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 30 113 years at Instow

  • 31

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 32 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 33 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 34 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 35 Picking the pops

  • 36 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 37 They are parted pro-tem

  • 38 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 39 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 40 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 41 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 42 Some mushroom!

  • 43 Cruising down the river

  • 44 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 45 Train returns to Westleigh straight

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

  • 47 Weare Giffard potato

  • 48 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 49 New Lundy stamps

  • 50 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 51 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 52 New look in the hayfields

  • 53

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 54 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 55

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 56 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 57 Happy Days!

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

  • 59 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 60 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 61 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 62 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 63 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 65 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 66 New shipyard on schedule

  • 67 Six footed lamb

  • 68 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 69 North Devon Driving School

  • 70 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 71 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 72

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

  • 74 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 75 Hartland's invitation

  • 76

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 77 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 78 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 79 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 80 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 81 Out of puff!

  • 82 New choral society's growing response

  • 83 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 84 New life for Hartland organ

  • 85 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 86 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 87 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 88 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 89 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 90 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 91 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 92 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 93 Private home for public pump

  • 94 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 95 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

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

  • 97 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 98 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 99 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 100 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 101 All for the love of a lady!

  • 102 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 103 Littleham family's five generations

  • 104 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 105 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 106 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 107 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 108 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 109 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 110 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 111 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 112 Ships at Bideford

  • 113 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 114 Off on a great adventure

  • 115 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 116 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 117 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 118 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 119 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 120 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 121 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 122 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 123 So this is the mainland!

  • 124 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 125 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 126 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 127 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 128 What's the time?

  • 129 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 130 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 131 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 132

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 133 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 134 Recognise this resort?

  • 135 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 136 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 137 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 138 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 139 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 140

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 141

    Relatives all over the world
  • 142 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 143 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 145 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 146 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 147 Bideford computer stars

  • 148 Ten year old scrambler

  • 149 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 150 Bideford regatta

  • 151 Some 240 exhibits

  • 152 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 153 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 154 Bridging the stream

  • 155 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 156 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 157 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 158 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 159 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 160 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 161 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 162 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 163 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 164 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 165 A bird of their own!

  • 166 Emergency ferry services

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

  • 168 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 169

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 170 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 171 No laughing matter

  • 172 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 173

    Was a missionary
  • 174 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 175 First ship in 8 years

  • 176

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 177 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 178

    New gateway
  • 179 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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

  • 181 Torrington in 1967

  • 182

    Building works
  • 183 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 184 Hartland postman retires

  • 185 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 186 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 188 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 189 Life begins at 80

  • 190

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 191 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 192 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 193 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 194 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 195 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 196 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 197 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 198 All aboard the ark

  • 199 Northam footballers of the future

  • 200 Peter poses for TV film

  • 201 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 202 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 203 New Post Office

  • 204 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 205 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 206 It really was the 'last time'

  • 207 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 208 Just over a year old

  • 209

    Married in 1908
  • 210 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 211 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 212 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 213 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 214 Loads of black and white

  • 215 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 216 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 217 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 218 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 219 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 220 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 221

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 222 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 223 Wishing well is pixielated

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

  • 225 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 226 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 227 Revenge in style

  • 228 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 229 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 230 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 231 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 232 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 233 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 234 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 235 New art gallery opened

  • 236 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 237 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 238 School crossing patrol begins

  • 239 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

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    First prize
  • 241 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 242

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 243 Northam's almshouse

  • 244 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 245 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 246 Clovelly custom

  • 247 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 248 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 249 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 250 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 251 The art of the thatcher

  • 252 For crying out loud!

  • 253 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 254 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 255

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 256 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 257 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 258 Circus comes to town

  • 259 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 260 He beat the floods

  • 261 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 262 Bideford loses training ship

  • 263 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 264 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 265 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 266

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 267 Police station view of Bideford

  • 268 Jumble sale fever

  • 269

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 270 Service with a smile

  • 271 No sale of Springfield House

  • 272 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 273 When horses score over the tractor

  • 274 Parkham plan realised

  • 275 Can spring be far away?

  • 276

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 277 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 278 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 279 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 280 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 281 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 282 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 283 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 284 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 285

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 286 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 287 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 288 Centenary of Gazette

  • 289

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 290 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 291 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 292 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 293 Warmington's garage ad

  • 294 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 295 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 296 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 297 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 298 New civic medallions

  • 299 School's link with cargo ship

  • 300 Burnard family reunion

  • 301 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 302 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 303

    Exhibition of school work
  • 304 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 305 Clovelly nightmare

  • 306 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 307 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 308 Appledore's largest

  • 309 A roof-top view - where?

  • 310 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 311 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 312 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

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

  • 314 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 315 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 316 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 317

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 318 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 319 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 320 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 321 End of the line

  • 322 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 323 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 324 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 325 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 326 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 327 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 328 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 329 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 330 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 331 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 332 First tankers arrive at new depot

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

  • 334 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 335 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 336 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 337 Last train from Torrington

  • 338 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 339 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 340 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 341 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 342 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 343 Traditions and skills still there

  • 344 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 345 Torrington children build igloo
  • 346 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 347 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

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

  • 349 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 350 A story to tell!

  • 351 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 352 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 353 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 354 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 355 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 356 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 357 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 358 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 359 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 360 Variety in summer weather

  • 361 Picking the pops

  • 362 New addition to Quay front

  • 363 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 364 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 365 Mobile missionary

  • 366 Twenty-one yachts

  • 367 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 368 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 369

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 370 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 371 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 372 Hartland Dancers
  • 373 Riverside mystery

  • 374 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 375 Waldon Triplets
  • 376 Puppet characters introduced

  • 377

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 378 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 380 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 381 Artisans' Club

  • 382 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 383 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 385 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

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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