• 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 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 2 What's the time?

  • 3 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 4 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 5 In their new robes and hats

  • 6 Lundy memorial to John Pennington Harman V.C.

  • 7

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 8 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 9 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 10 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 11 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 12 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 13 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 14 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 15 Ships at Bideford

  • 16 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 17 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 18 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 19 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 20 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 21 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 22 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 23 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 24 New art gallery opened

  • 25 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 26 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 27 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 28 Can spring be far away?

  • 29 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 30 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 31 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 32 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 33 Mobile missionary

  • 34 Ten year old scrambler

  • 35 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 36 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 37 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 38 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 39

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 40 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 41 The art of the thatcher

  • 42 113 years at Instow

  • 43 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 44 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 45

    Exhibition of school work
  • 46 Some 240 exhibits

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

  • 48 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 49 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 50 Just over a year old

  • 51

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 52 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 53 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 54 Decontrol of meat

  • 55 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 56

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 57 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 58 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 59 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 60 The Geneva marionettes

  • 61 A bird of their own!

  • 62 A roof-top view - where?

  • 63

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 64 A man and his wheel

  • 65 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 66

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 67 Devil sent packing

  • 68 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 69 Bideford - as Rowlandson saw it about 1810-15

  • 70 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 71 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 72 Bideford computer stars

  • 73 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 74 New look in the hayfields

  • 75 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 76 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 77 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 78 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 79 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 80 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 81 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 82 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 83 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 84 Calligrapher extraordinary

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

  • 86 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 87 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 88 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 89 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 90 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 91

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 92 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 93 Service with a smile

  • 94 New shipyard on schedule

  • 95 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 96 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 97 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 98 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 99 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 100 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 101 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 102 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 103 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 104

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 105

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 106 Diamond Jubilee of St Peter's Church, East-the-Water

  • 107 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 108 Students help model St Sidwell

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

  • 110 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 111 Off on a great adventure

  • 112

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 113 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 114 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 115 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 116 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 117 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 118 Torrington children build igloo
  • 119 Loads of black and white

  • 120 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 121 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 122 Bridging the stream

  • 123 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 124 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 125 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 126 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 127 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 128 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 129 New choral society's growing response

  • 130 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 131 Sight of a lifetime

  • 132 Pannier Market's future?

  • 133 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 134 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 135 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 137 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 138 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

  • 139 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 140 Cruising down the river

  • 141

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 142 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 143 Artisans' Club

  • 144

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 145 It really was the 'last time'

  • 146 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 147 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 148 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

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

  • 150

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 151

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 152 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 153 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 154 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 155 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 156 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 157 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 158

    New gateway
  • 159 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 160 Jumble sale fever

  • 161 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 162 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

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

  • 164 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 165 They are parted pro-tem

  • 166 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 167 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 168 All for the love of a lady!

  • 169

    Married in 1908
  • 170 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 171 For crying out loud!

  • 172 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 173 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 174 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 175 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 176 Private home for public pump

  • 177

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 178 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 179 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 180 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 181 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 182 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 183 Capers on the cobbles

  • 184 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 185 Happy Days!

  • 186 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 187

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 188 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 189

    First prize
  • 190 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 191 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 192 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 193 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 194 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 195 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 196 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 197 New Lundy stamps

  • 198 No laughing matter

  • 199 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 200 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 201 Circus comes to town

  • 202 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 203 He beat the floods

  • 204 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 205 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 206 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 207 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 208 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

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

  • 210 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 211 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 212 Quads join a Langtree happy family

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

  • 214 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 215 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 216 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 217 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 218 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 219 Riverside mystery

  • 220 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 221 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 222 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 223 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 224

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 225 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 226 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 227 Filming at Hartland

  • 228 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 229 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

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

  • 231 Sweets derationing

  • 232 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 233 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 234 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 235 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 236 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 237 Out of puff!

  • 238 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 239 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 240 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 241 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 242 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 243 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 244 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 245 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 246 Appledore's largest

  • 247 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 248 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 249 Watch the dicky bird!

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    Bidefordians
  • 251 All aboard the ark

  • 252 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 253 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 254 Variety in summer weather

  • 255 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 256 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 257 School crossing patrol begins

  • 258 Finished in 1876

  • 259 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 260 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 261

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 262 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 263 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 264 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 265 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 266 The cab at the corner>
  • 267 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 268 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 269 Hartland postman retires

  • 270 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 271 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 272 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 273 New Post Office

  • 274

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 275 Grenville House for Bideford R.D.C.

  • 276 By pony and trap to market

  • 277 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 278 Recognise this resort?

  • 279 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 280 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 281 School's link with cargo ship

  • 282 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 283 Hartland Dancers
  • 284 Last train from Torrington

  • 285 No sale of Springfield House

  • 286

    Was a missionary
  • 287 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 288 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 289 Modern living at Bideford

  • 290 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 291 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 292 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 293 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 294 Bideford loses training ship

  • 295 Six footed lamb

  • 296 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 297 Centenary of Gazette

  • 298 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 299 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 300 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 301 New life for Hartland organ

  • 302 Northam footballers of the future

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    Building works
  • 304 Clovelly custom

  • 305 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 306 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 307 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 308 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 309 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 310 New civic medallions

  • 311 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 312 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 313 New addition to Quay front

  • 314 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 315 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 316 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 317 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 318 End of the line

  • 319 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 320 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 321 First ship in 8 years

  • 322 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 323 Twenty-one yachts

  • 324 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 325 Picking the pops

  • 326 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 327 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 328 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 329 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 330

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

  • 332 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 333 A story to tell!

  • 334 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 335 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 336 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 337 When horses score over the tractor

  • 338 Life begins at 80

  • 339 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 340 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 341 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 342 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 343 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 344 Picking the pops

  • 345 Torrington's new amenity

  • 346 Bideford regatta

  • 347 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 348 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 349

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 350 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 351 Hartland's invitation

  • 352 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 353 Police station view of Bideford

  • 354 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 355 Getting up steam for tomorrow

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

  • 357

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 358 Parkham plan realised

  • 359 Simple Item 138
  • 360 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 361 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 362 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 363 So this is the mainland!

  • 364 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 365 Emergency ferry services

  • 366

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 367 Penny for the guy

  • 368 Traditions and skills still there

  • 369 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 370 Peter poses for TV film

  • 371 Torrington in 1967

  • 372 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 373 Warmington's garage ad

  • 374 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 375 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 376

    Relatives all over the world
  • 377 North Devon Driving School

  • 378 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 379 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 380 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 381 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 382 Weare Giffard potato

  • 383 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 384 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 385 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 386

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 387 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 388 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 389 Revenge in style

  • 390 Clovelly nightmare

  • 391 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 392 Puppet characters introduced

  • 393 Waldon Triplets
  • 394 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 395 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 396 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 397 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 398 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 399 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 400 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 401 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 402 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 403 Some mushroom!

  • 404 Burnard family reunion

  • 405 From Bobby to Brian

  • 406 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 407 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 408 Littleham family's five generations

  • 409

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 410 Northam's almshouse

  • 411 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 412 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 413 Mayor becomes engine driver>
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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  • 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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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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