• 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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    Appledore boys beat mums at football
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    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 3 Loads of black and white

  • 4 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 5 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 6 For crying out loud!

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    Successful motor cycling team
  • 8 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 9 Cruising down the river

  • 10 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 11 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

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

  • 13 Mobile missionary

  • 14 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 15 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 16 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 17 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 18 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 19 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 20 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 21 They never miss a game at Torrington

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

  • 23 Devil sent packing

  • 24 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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    First prize
  • 26 The art of the thatcher

  • 27 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 28

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 29 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 30 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 31 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 32 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 33 Circus comes to town

  • 34 Riverside mystery

  • 35

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 36 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 37 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 38 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 39 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 40 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 41 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 42 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 43 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 44 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 45 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 46 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 47 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 48 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 49 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 50 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 51 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 52 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 53 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 54 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 55

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 56 They are parted pro-tem

  • 57 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 58

    Building works
  • 59 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 60 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 61 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 62 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 63

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 64 Torrington's new amenity

  • 65 Variety in summer weather

  • 66 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 67 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 68 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 69 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 70 Hartland postman retires

  • 71 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 72 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 73 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 74 All for the love of a lady!

  • 75 Happy Days!

  • 76 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 77 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 78 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 79 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

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    Married in 1908
  • 81 Emergency ferry services

  • 82 A story to tell!

  • 83 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 84 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 85 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

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

  • 87 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 88 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

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    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 91 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 92 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 93 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 94 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 95 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 96 Sight of a lifetime

  • 97 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 98 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 99 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 100 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 101 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 102 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 103 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 104 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 105 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 106 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 107

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 108 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 109

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 110 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 111 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 112 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 113 Can spring be far away?

  • 114 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 115 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 116 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 117 Torrington children build igloo
  • 118 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 119 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 120 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 121 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 122 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 123 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 124 End of the line

  • 125 Some 240 exhibits

  • 126 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 127 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 128 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 129 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 130 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 131 Puppet characters introduced

  • 132 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 133

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 134 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 135 New addition to Quay front

  • 136 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 137 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 138 A roof-top view - where?

  • 139 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 140 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 141

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 142 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 143 He beat the floods

  • 144 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 145 Last train from Torrington

  • 146 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 147 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 148 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 149 It really was the 'last time'

  • 150 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 151 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 152 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 153 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 155 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 156 Parkham plan realised

  • 157 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 158 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 159 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 160 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 161 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 162 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 163 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 164 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 165 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 166 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 167 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 168 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 169 What's the time?

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    Jinxed School Trip
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    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 172 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 173 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 174 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 175 First ship in 8 years

  • 176

    Bidefordians
  • 177 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 178 North Devon Driving School

  • 179 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 180 Picking the pops

  • 181 Bridging the stream

  • 182 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 183 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 184 Twenty-one yachts

  • 185 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 186 Championship Trophy for Hartland
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    Cadets are given certificates
  • 188 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 189 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 190 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 191 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 192 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 193 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 194 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 195 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 196 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 197 Warmington's garage ad

  • 198 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

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

  • 200 Decontrol of meat

  • 201 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 202 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 203 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

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

  • 205 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 206 In their new robes and hats

  • 207 No sale of Springfield House

  • 208 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 209 Artisans' Club

  • 210 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 211 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 212 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 213 Revenge in style

  • 214 Traditions and skills still there

  • 215 Northam footballers of the future

  • 216 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 217 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 218 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 220 Torrington in 1967

  • 221 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 222 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 223 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 224 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 225 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 226 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 227 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 228 New choral society's growing response

  • 229 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 230 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 231 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 232 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 233 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 234 New life for Hartland organ

  • 235 113 years at Instow

  • 236 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 237 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 238 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 239 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 240 Clovelly nightmare

  • 241 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 242 The Geneva marionettes

  • 243 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 244 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 245 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 246 Clovelly custom

  • 247 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 248 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 249 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 250 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 251 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 252 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 253 School's link with cargo ship

  • 254 Simple Item 138
  • 255 Pannier Market's future?

  • 256 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 257 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 258 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 259 New civic medallions

  • 260 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 261 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 262 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 263 All aboard the ark

  • 264 Hartland's invitation

  • 265 Appledore's largest

  • 266

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 267 Waldon Triplets
  • 268 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 269 Picking the pops

  • 270 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 271 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 272 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 273 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 275 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 276 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 277 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 278 Safe door weighing two tons

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

  • 280 Bideford regatta

  • 281 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 282 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 283 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 284 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 285 New look in the hayfields

  • 286 Penny for the guy

  • 287 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 288 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 289 Jumble sale fever

  • 290 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 291 By pony and trap to market

  • 292

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 293 Littleham family's five generations

  • 294 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 295 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 296 So this is the mainland!

  • 297 Just over a year old

  • 298 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

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

  • 300 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 301 Police station view of Bideford

  • 302 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 303 Out of puff!

  • 304 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 305 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 306 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 307 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 308 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 309 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 311 Modern living at Bideford

  • 312 A bird of their own!

  • 313 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 314 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 315 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 316 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 317 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 318 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 319 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 320 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 321 No laughing matter

  • 322 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 323 New Post Office

  • 324 Bideford computer stars

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

  • 326 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 327 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 328 Life begins at 80

  • 329 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 330 School crossing patrol begins

  • 331 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 332 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 333 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 334 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 335

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 336 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 337 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 338 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 339 A man and his wheel

  • 340 Six footed lamb

  • 341 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 342 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 343 Service with a smile

  • 344 Peter poses for TV film

  • 345 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 346 Recognise this resort?

  • 347 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 348 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 349 Weare Giffard potato

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    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 351 Bideford loses training ship

  • 352 When horses score over the tractor

  • 353 Ten year old scrambler

  • 354 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 355 Ships at Bideford

  • 356 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 357 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 358 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 359 Private home for public pump

  • 360

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 361 Northam's almshouse

  • 362 Childrens' model of Torrington

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    New gateway
  • 364 Burnard family reunion

  • 365 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 366 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 367 New Lundy stamps

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 369 Some mushroom!

  • 370 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 371 New art gallery opened

  • 372 Capers on the cobbles

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 374 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 375

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 376 Off on a great adventure

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

  • 378 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 379 Unique holiday adventure!

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    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 381

    Was a missionary
  • 382 Finished in 1876

  • 383 New shipyard on schedule

  • 384 Hartland Dancers
  • 385 Water Board mains spread through villages

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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Gazette advert dated 6 January 1917

World War 1

Mrs Stucley invites you to

LEAGUE OF PITY CHILDREN'S DANCE

(Fancy Dress optional) on January 8th 1919 at the Church Institute, Bideford, 4pm to 7pm.
Tickets, 2/6 inclusive; to be obtained from Mr Harper, High Street, Bideford

31.12.1918 Mrs Stucley

Gazette article dated 31 December 1918

World War 1

Wedding At Northam
Heard-Cock

29.12.1918 Northam wedding

On Tuesday last, at Northam Parish Church, the marriage took place of Lieut W H Heard, RAF (technical branch), of Normanhurst, Bideford, and Florence Maud, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Cock, of Norman Villa, Northam.
The ceremony was conducted by the Rev George Scholey, CF (Vicar of Appledore), in uniform a friend of the bride’s family, and was of the simplest character. The bride, who wore a travelling dress, was given away by her father, and the bridegroom’s brother, Mr A Norman Heard, acted as best man.
The contracting parties being well known the presents were both numerous and costly, and included handsome gifts from the staffs of Messrs Cock & Sons Ltd, Shipbuilders, of Appledore, and of Messrs Heard Brothers, Motor Engineers, of Bideford.
Almost immediately after the ceremony the happy couple left by motor car for the honeymoon.

Gazette article dated 29 December 1918

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