• 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 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 2 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 3 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 4 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 5 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 6 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 7 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 8 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 9 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 10

    Bidefordians
  • 11 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 12 Northam's almshouse

  • 13 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 14 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 15 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 16 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 17 Bideford regatta

  • 18 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 19

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 20 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 21 Ships at Bideford

  • 22 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 23 Six footed lamb

  • 24 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 25 Modern living at Bideford

  • 26

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 27 Bideford loses training ship

  • 28 No laughing matter

  • 29 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 30 Recognise this resort?

  • 31 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 32 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 33 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 34

    Was a missionary
  • 35 Ship-in-bottle world record

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

  • 37 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 38 Peter poses for TV film

  • 39 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 40 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

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

  • 42 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 43 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 44 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 45 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 46 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 47 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 48 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 49 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 50 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 51 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 52 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 53 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 54 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 55 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 56 Out of puff!

  • 57 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 58 Some 240 exhibits

  • 59 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 60 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 61 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 62 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 63 Revived market off to splendid start

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

  • 65 Parkham plan realised

  • 66 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 67 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 68 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 69 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 70 Bridging the stream

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

  • 72 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 73 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 74 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 75 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 76 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 77

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 78 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 79 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 80 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 81 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 82 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 83 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 84 New look in the hayfields

  • 85 Ten year old scrambler

  • 86 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 87 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 88 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 89

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 90 Clovelly nightmare

  • 91 End of the line

  • 92 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 93

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 94 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 95 Happy Days!

  • 96 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 97 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 98 Torrington's new amenity

  • 99 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 100 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 101 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 102 First ship in 8 years

  • 103 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 104 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 105 By pony and trap to market

  • 106 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 107

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 108 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 109

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 110 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 111 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 112 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 113 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 114

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 115 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 116 Simple Item 138
  • 117 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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

  • 119 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 120 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 121 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 122 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 123 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 124

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 125 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 126 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 127 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 128 Circus comes to town

  • 129 All aboard the ark

  • 130 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 132

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 133 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 134 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 135 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 136 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 137 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 138

    Relatives all over the world
  • 139 Clovelly custom

  • 140 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 141 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

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

  • 143

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 144 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 145 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 146 Warmington's garage ad

  • 147 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 148 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 149 New art gallery opened

  • 150 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 151 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 152 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 153

    Married in 1908
  • 154 Service with a smile

  • 155 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 156 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 157 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 158 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 159 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 160 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 161 Northam footballers of the future

  • 162 New civic medallions

  • 163 North Devon Driving School

  • 164 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 165 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 166 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 167 Hartland's invitation

  • 168 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 169 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 170 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 171 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 172 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 173 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 174 Penny for the guy

  • 175 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 176 Revenge in style

  • 177 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 178 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 179 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 180 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 181 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 182 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 183 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 184 Mobile missionary

  • 185 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 186 Last train from Torrington

  • 187 For crying out loud!

  • 188 All for the love of a lady!

  • 189 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 190 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 191 Picking the pops

  • 192 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 193 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 194 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 195 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 196 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 197 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 198 Centenary of Gazette

  • 199 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 200 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 201 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 202 A story to tell!

  • 203 New life for Hartland organ

  • 204 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 205 Just over a year old

  • 206 Torrington children build igloo
  • 207 When horses score over the tractor

  • 208 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 209 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 210 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 211 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 212 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 213 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 214 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 215 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 216 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 217 New shipyard on schedule

  • 218 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 219 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 220 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 221 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 222 They are parted pro-tem

  • 223 113 years at Instow

  • 224 Bideford computer stars

  • 225 Twenty-one yachts

  • 226 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 227 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 228 Capers on the cobbles

  • 229 A man and his wheel

  • 230 A bird of their own!

  • 231 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 232

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 233 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 234

    Exhibition of school work
  • 235 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 236 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 237 Off on a great adventure

  • 238 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 239 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 240 Police station view of Bideford

  • 241 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 242 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 243 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 244 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 245 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 246 Cruising down the river

  • 247 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 248 The Geneva marionettes

  • 249 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 250 Burnard family reunion

  • 251 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 252

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 253 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 254 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 255 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 256 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 257 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 258 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 259 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 260

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 261 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 262 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 263 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 264 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 265 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 266 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 267

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 268 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 269 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 270 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 271

    New gateway
  • 272 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 273

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 274 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 275 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 276 Torrington in 1967

  • 277 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 278 Artisans' Club

  • 279 The art of the thatcher

  • 280 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 281

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 282 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 283 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 284 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 285 Appledore's largest

  • 286 No sale of Springfield House

  • 287 Salmon netting at Bideford

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

  • 289 It really was the 'last time'

  • 290 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 291 So this is the mainland!

  • 292

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 293

    Building works
  • 294 Decontrol of meat

  • 295 School crossing patrol begins

  • 296 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 297 Loads of black and white

  • 298 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 299 Private home for public pump

  • 300

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 301 Picking the pops

  • 302 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 303 Littleham family's five generations

  • 304 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 305 A roof-top view - where?

  • 306 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 307 Future of Torrington almshouses

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

  • 309 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 310 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 311 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 312 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 313 Traditions and skills still there

  • 314

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 315 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 316 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 317 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 318 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 319 In their new robes and hats

  • 320 Devil sent packing

  • 321 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 322 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 323 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 324

    First prize
  • 325 Jumble sale fever

  • 326 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 327 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 329

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 330 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 331 Variety in summer weather

  • 332 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 333 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 334

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 335 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 336 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 337 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 338 Hartland Dancers
  • 339 Weare Giffard potato

  • 340 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 341 Can spring be far away?

  • 342 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 343 He beat the floods

  • 344 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 345

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 346 New Lundy stamps

  • 347 Life begins at 80

  • 348 School's link with cargo ship

  • 349 Waldon Triplets
  • 350 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 351 New addition to Quay front

  • 352 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 353 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 354 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 355 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 356 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 357 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 358 What is future of railway goods yard?

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

  • 360 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 361 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 362 Finished in 1876

  • 363 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 364 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 365

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 366 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 367 Hartland postman retires

  • 368 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 369 Puppet characters introduced

  • 370 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 371 New choral society's growing response

  • 372 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 373 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 374 Some mushroom!

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

  • 376 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 377 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 378 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 379 Riverside mystery

  • 380

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 381 Sight of a lifetime

  • 382 What's the time?

  • 383 New Post Office

  • 384 Emergency ferry services

  • 385 Polish custom on Pancake Day

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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Northam May Fair 2017

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Northam May Fair 2016

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Bideford Heritage Day 2016

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