• 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 Beach search for mines takes longer

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

  • 3 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 4 Bridging the stream

  • 5 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 6 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 7 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 8 New civic medallions

  • 9

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 10 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 11 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 12 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 13 What's the time?

  • 14 For crying out loud!

  • 15 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 16 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 17 No sale of Springfield House

  • 18 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 19 Some mushroom!

  • 20 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 21 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 22 Filming at Hartland

  • 23 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 24 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 25 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 26 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 27 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 28 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 29 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

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

  • 31 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 32 Just over a year old

  • 33 North Devon Driving School

  • 34

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 35 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 36 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 37 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 38 Sweets derationing

  • 39 From Bobby to Brian

  • 40 Pannier Market's future?

  • 41 New addition to Quay front

  • 42 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 43 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 44 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 45 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 46 Torrington's new amenity

  • 47 Northam's almshouse

  • 48 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 49 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 50 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

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

  • 52 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 53 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 54 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 55

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 56 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 57 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 58 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 59 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 60 They are parted pro-tem

  • 61 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 62 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 63 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 64 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 65

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 66

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 67 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 68 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 69 Police station view of Bideford

  • 70 Torrington children build igloo
  • 71 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 72 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 73 School's link with cargo ship

  • 74 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 75 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 76 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 77 In their new robes and hats

  • 78 New art gallery opened

  • 79 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 80 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 81 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 82 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 83 By pony and trap to market

  • 84 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 85 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 86 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 87 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 88 Burnard family reunion

  • 89 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 90 New Post Office

  • 91 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 92 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 93 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 94 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 95 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 96 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 97 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 98 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 99 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 100 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 101 Mobile missionary

  • 102

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 103 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 104 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 105 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 106 Weare Giffard potato

  • 107 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 108 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 109 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 110 Happy Days!

  • 111 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 112 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 113 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 114 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 115

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 116

    First prize
  • 117 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 118 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 119

    Bidefordians
  • 120 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 121 Recognise this resort?

  • 122 A man and his wheel

  • 123 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 124 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 125 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 126 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 127 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 128 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 129 School crossing patrol begins

  • 130 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 131

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 132 Appledore's largest

  • 133 A bird of their own!

  • 134 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 135 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 136 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 137 Modern living at Bideford

  • 138 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 139 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 140 New Lundy stamps

  • 141

    Married in 1908
  • 142 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 143 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 144 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 145 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 146 Bideford computer stars

  • 147 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 148 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 149 Clovelly custom

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

  • 151 Puppet characters introduced

  • 152 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 153

    Exhibition of school work
  • 154 Warmington's garage ad

  • 155 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 156 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 157 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 158 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 159 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 160 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 161 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 162

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 163 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 164 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 165 New look in the hayfields

  • 166

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 167 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 168 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 169 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 170

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 171 Sight of a lifetime

  • 172 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 173 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 174 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 175 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 176 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 177 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 178 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 179 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 180 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 182 Out of puff!

  • 183 Variety in summer weather

  • 184 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 185 Jumble sale fever

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

  • 187 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 188 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 189 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 190 Finished in 1876

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

  • 192 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 193 Simple Item 138
  • 194 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 195 Twenty-one yachts

  • 196 All for the love of a lady!

  • 197 Capers on the cobbles

  • 198 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 199 When horses score over the tractor

  • 200 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 201 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 202 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 203 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 204 Private home for public pump

  • 205 A roof-top view - where?

  • 206 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 207 Off on a great adventure

  • 208 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 209 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 210 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 211 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 212 New Estate's view of estuary activities

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

  • 214 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 215 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 216 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 217 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 218 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 219 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 220 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 221 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 222 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 223 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 224 Six footed lamb

  • 225 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 226 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 227 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 228 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 229 Cruising down the river

  • 230 The Geneva marionettes

  • 231 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 232 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 233 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 234 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 235 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 236 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 237 Service with a smile

  • 238 Devil sent packing

  • 239

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 240 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 241 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 242 Some 240 exhibits

  • 243 No laughing matter

  • 244 New shipyard on schedule

  • 245 It really was the 'last time'

  • 246

    New gateway
  • 247 Riverside mystery

  • 248 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 250 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 251 Decontrol of meat

  • 252 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 253 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 254 Picking the pops

  • 255 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 256 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 257

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 258 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 259 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 260 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 261

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 262 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 263 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 264 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 265 Artisans' Club

  • 266 Traditions and skills still there

  • 267 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 268 Life begins at 80

  • 269 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 270 Littleham family's five generations

  • 271 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 272 Bideford regatta

  • 273 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 274 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 275 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 276 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 277 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 278 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 280 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 281 Hartland postman retires

  • 282 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 283 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 284 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 285

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 286

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 287 Centenary of Gazette

  • 288 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 289 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 290 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 291 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 292 All aboard the ark

  • 293 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 294

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 295 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 296 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 297 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 298 Circus comes to town

  • 299 End of the line

  • 300 He beat the floods

  • 301 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 302

    Relatives all over the world
  • 303

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 304 New life for Hartland organ

  • 305 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 306 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 307 Waldon Triplets
  • 308 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 309 Last train from Torrington

  • 310 Bideford loses training ship

  • 311 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 312 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 313 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 314 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 315 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 316 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 317 Bideford country dancers on TV

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

  • 319 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 320 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 321 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 322 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 323 A story to tell!

  • 324 Northam footballers of the future

  • 325 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 326

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 327 Torrington in 1967

  • 328 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 329 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 330 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 331 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 332 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 333 First ship in 8 years

  • 334 So this is the mainland!

  • 335 Revenge in style

  • 336 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 337 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 338 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 339 Loads of black and white

  • 340 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 341 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 342 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 343 Ten year old scrambler

  • 344

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 345 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 346 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 347 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 348 Ships at Bideford

  • 349 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 350 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 351 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 352 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 353

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 354 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 355 Clovelly nightmare

  • 356 The cab at the corner>
  • 357 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 358 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 359 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 360 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 361 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 362 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 363 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 364 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 365 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 366 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 367 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 368 Emergency ferry services

  • 369 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 370 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 371 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 372 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 373

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 374 Picking the pops

  • 375 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 376 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 377 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 378 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 379 Parkham plan realised

  • 380

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 381 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 382

    Was a missionary
  • 383 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 384 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 385

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 386 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 387 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 388 Peter poses for TV film

  • 389 Hartland Dancers
  • 390 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 391 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 392 113 years at Instow

  • 393 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 394 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 395 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 396 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 397 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 398 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 399 Can spring be far away?

  • 400 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 401 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 403 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 404 New choral society's growing response

  • 405 The art of the thatcher

  • 406 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 407

    Building works
  • 408 Penny for the guy

  • 409 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 410 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 411 Hartland's invitation

  • 412 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 413 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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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  • 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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  • 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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