• 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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    Bidefordians
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    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 3 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 4 So this is the mainland!

  • 5 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 6 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 7

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 8 Appledore's largest

  • 9 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 10 Twenty-one yachts

  • 11 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 12 Last train from Torrington

  • 13 Riverside mystery

  • 14 Hartland postman retires

  • 15 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 16 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 17 Artisans' Club

  • 18 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 19 Bideford loses training ship

  • 20 New art gallery opened

  • 21 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 22 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 23

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 24 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 25 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 26 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 27 Centenary of Gazette

  • 28 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 29

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 30 Six footed lamb

  • 31

    Married in 1908
  • 32 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 33

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 34 It really was the 'last time'

  • 35 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 36 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 37 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 38 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 39 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 40 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 41 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 42 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 43 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

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

  • 45 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 46 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 47 Warmington's garage ad

  • 48

    Building works
  • 49 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 50 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 51 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 52 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 53 Clovelly nightmare

  • 54 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 55 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 56 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 57 In their new robes and hats

  • 58 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 59 Parkham plan realised

  • 60 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 61

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 62 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 63 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 64 New shipyard on schedule

  • 65 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 66 Life begins at 80

  • 67

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 68 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 69 Private home for public pump

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

  • 71 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 72 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 73 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 74 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 75 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 76 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 77 Traditions and skills still there

  • 78 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 79 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 80 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 81 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 82 New choral society's growing response

  • 83

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 84 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 85 A man and his wheel

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

  • 87 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 88 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 89 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 90

    Was a missionary
  • 91 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 92 Pannier Market's future?

  • 93 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 94 A roof-top view - where?

  • 95 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 96 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 97 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 98 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 99 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 100 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 101 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 102 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 104 Out of puff!

  • 105 Burnard family reunion

  • 106 Modern living at Bideford

  • 107 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 108 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 109 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 110 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 111

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 112 Bridging the stream

  • 113 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 114 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 115 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 116 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 117

    Relatives all over the world
  • 118 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 119 For crying out loud!

  • 120 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 121 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 122 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 123 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 124 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 125 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 126 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 127 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 129 Circus comes to town

  • 130 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 131 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 132 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 133 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 134 Simple Item 138
  • 135 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 136 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 137 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 138 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 139 Torrington's new amenity

  • 140 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 141 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 142 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 144 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 145 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 146 The Geneva marionettes

  • 147 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 148 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 149 Northam's almshouse

  • 150 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 151 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 152 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 153 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 154 Revenge in style

  • 155 End of the line

  • 156 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 157 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 158 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 159 New Post Office

  • 160 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 161 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 162 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 163 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 164 No laughing matter

  • 165 Loads of black and white

  • 166 Off on a great adventure

  • 167 Waldon Triplets
  • 168 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 169 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 170 Hartland Dancers
  • 171 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 172 Bideford computer stars

  • 173 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 174 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 175 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 176 They are parted pro-tem

  • 177 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 178 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 179 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 180 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 181 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 182 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 183 Littleham family's five generations

  • 184 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 185 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 186 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 187

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 188 Reed threshing 'putting the clock back' at Weare Giffard

  • 189 Service with a smile

  • 190 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 191 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 192 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 193 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 194 Weare Giffard potato

  • 195 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 196 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 197 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 198 New addition to Quay front

  • 199 A bird of their own!

  • 200 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 201 Sight of a lifetime

  • 202 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 203 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 204 Variety in summer weather

  • 205 Northam footballers of the future

  • 206

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 207 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 208 The art of the thatcher

  • 209 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 210 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 211 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 212 When horses score over the tractor

  • 213 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 214 Peter poses for TV film

  • 215 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 216 What's the time?

  • 217 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 218 Some mushroom!

  • 219 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 220

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 221 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 222 Bideford regatta

  • 223 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 224 Capers on the cobbles

  • 225 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 226 Emergency ferry services

  • 227 Cruising down the river

  • 228 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 229 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 230 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 231 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 232 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 233

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 234 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 235 Finished in 1876

  • 236 Just over a year old

  • 237 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 238 A story to tell!

  • 239 Puppet characters introduced

  • 240 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 241 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 242 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 243 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 244 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 245 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 246 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 247 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 248 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 249 Ships at Bideford

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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 251 Bideford Bridge re-opens

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

  • 253 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 254 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 255 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 256 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 257 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 258 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 259 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 260 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 261 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 262 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 263 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 264 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 265 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 266 Devil sent packing

  • 267 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 268 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 269 Born 1883 - still going strong

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 271 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 272 School crossing patrol begins

  • 273 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 274 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 275 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 277 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 278 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 279 Record player of 80 years ago

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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 281 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 282 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 283 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 284 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 285 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 286 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

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

  • 288 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 289 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 291 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 292 School's link with cargo ship

  • 293 Mobile missionary

  • 294 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 295 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 296 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 297 Hartland's invitation

  • 298 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 299 By pony and trap to market

  • 300 Decontrol of meat

  • 301 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 302 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 303 New life for Hartland organ

  • 304 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 305 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 307 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 308 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 309

    Exhibition of school work
  • 310 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 311 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 312 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 313 Picking the pops

  • 314 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 315 Picking the pops

  • 316 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 317

    First prize
  • 318 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 319 Ten year old scrambler

  • 320 Clovelly custom

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    Close associations with North Devon
  • 322 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 323 Recognise this resort?

  • 324 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 325 Jumble sale fever

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 327 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 328

    New gateway
  • 329 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 330 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 331 All for the love of a lady!

  • 332 New civic medallions

  • 333 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 334 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 335 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 336 Penny for the guy

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

  • 338 113 years at Instow

  • 339 Police station view of Bideford

  • 340 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 341 New Lundy stamps

  • 342 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 343 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 344 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 345 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 346 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 347 Happy Days!

  • 348 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 349 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 350 Torrington in 1967

  • 351 Some 240 exhibits

  • 352 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 353 North Devon Driving School

  • 354 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 355 No sale of Springfield House

  • 356 He beat the floods

  • 357 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 358 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 359

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 360 Doing time - over 300 years of it - at Hartland

  • 361 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 362 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 363 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 364 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 365 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 366 Can spring be far away?

  • 367 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 368 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 369 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 370 All aboard the ark

  • 371 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 372 New look in the hayfields

  • 373 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 374 Torrington children build igloo
  • 375 First ship in 8 years

  • 376 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 377 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 378 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 379 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 380 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 381

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 382 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 383 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 384

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 385 Making way for the double-deckers

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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Coronation - Woolsery - 1937

Coronation - Woolsery - 11th May 1937

11.5.1937 Coronation Woolsery
 

Woolsery

Fifteen sports events for children and fourteen events for adults at 2.45pm and 6pm respectively are among the principal features of the Woolsery Coronation Celebrations. At 2pm there will be a service in the Parish Church. The children's sports follow the presentation of Coronation mugs. At half past four there will be a free tea in the Parish Room followed by the adult's sports. The day will conclude with a free concert in the Institute, commencing at 8pm. The Vicar (Rev. E L Lewis) is chairman of the Celebrations Committee with Mr G E Mullard as hon. secretary and Mr C J Andrew as hon. treasurer. Expenses are being met by public subscriptions. A glance at the sports programme indicates that there will be some keen racing and good fun too.

Hospital Decorated for Coronation 1937

Hospital Decorated for Coronation - May 1937

May 1937 Coronation Hospital celebrations
 

At Bideford Hospital gay decorations in the wards commemorated Coronation Day and the patients were each given a copy of the souvenir programme of the National ceremony to which they listened-in. There was a special meal in celebration of the great day. Some of the patients able to go out watched the Bideford Pageant. On the Thursday the Mayor and Mayoress of Bideford (Mr and Mrs T A Goaman) visited the hospital wards wearing their chains of office and distributed Coronation beakers to the children.

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