• 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 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 2 Penny for the guy

  • 3 New addition to Quay front

  • 4 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 5 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 6 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 7 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 8 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 9 No laughing matter

  • 10 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 11 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 12 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 13 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 15 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 16 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 17 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 18 Hartland's invitation

  • 19 When horses score over the tractor

  • 20 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 21 Cruising down the river

  • 22 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 23 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 24 Bideford computer stars

  • 25 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 26 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 27 New life for Hartland organ

  • 28 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 29 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 30 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 31 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 32 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 33 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 34

    Was a missionary
  • 35 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 36 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 37

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 38 Emergency ferry services

  • 39 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 40

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 41 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 42 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 43 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 44 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 45 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 46 So this is the mainland!

  • 47 It really was the 'last time'

  • 48 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 49 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 50 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 51 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 52 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 53 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 54 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 55 Service with a smile

  • 56 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

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

  • 58 Picking the pops

  • 59 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 60 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 61 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 62 Northam's almshouse

  • 63

    First prize
  • 64 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 65 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 66 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 67 Bideford loses training ship

  • 68 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 69 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 70

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 71 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 72 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 73

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 74 Filming at Hartland

  • 75 North Devon Driving School

  • 76 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 77 They are parted pro-tem

  • 78 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 79 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 80 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 81 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 82 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 83 Torrington children build igloo
  • 84 End of the line

  • 85 Off on a great adventure

  • 86 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 87 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 88 Mobile missionary

  • 89 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 90 Six footed lamb

  • 91 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 92 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

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

  • 94 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 95 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 96

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 97 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 98 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 99 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 100 New Lundy stamps

  • 101 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 102 Variety in summer weather

  • 103 All aboard the ark

  • 104 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 105 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 106 Capers on the cobbles

  • 107 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 108

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 109 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 110 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 111 Out of puff!

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

  • 113 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 114 A bird of their own!

  • 115 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 116 Hartland postman retires

  • 117 Just over a year old

  • 118 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 119 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 120

    Bidefordians
  • 121 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 122 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 123

    Building works
  • 124 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 125 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 126 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 127 Twenty-one yachts

  • 128 New art gallery opened

  • 129 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 130 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 131

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 132 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 134 First ship in 8 years

  • 135 113 years at Instow

  • 136 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 137 Northam footballers of the future

  • 138 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 139 Puppet characters introduced

  • 140 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 141 Waldon Triplets
  • 142 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 143 Decontrol of meat

  • 144 Picking the pops

  • 145 Sweet success at Langtree School

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

  • 147 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 148 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 149 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 150 Devil sent packing

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

  • 152 Torrington's new amenity

  • 153 Ships at Bideford

  • 154 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 155 Some mushroom!

  • 156 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 157 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 158 Recognise this resort?

  • 159 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 160 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 161 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 162 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 163 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 164 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 165

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 166 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 167 Modern living at Bideford

  • 168 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 169 New shipyard on schedule

  • 170 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 171 A story to tell!

  • 172 Littleham family's five generations

  • 173 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 174 No sale of Springfield House

  • 175 Parkham plan realised

  • 176

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 177 Sight of a lifetime

  • 178 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 179 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 180 The Geneva marionettes

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

  • 182 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 184 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 185 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 186 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 187 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 188 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 189

    Relatives all over the world
  • 190

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 191 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 192 By pony and trap to market

  • 193 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 194 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 195 He beat the floods

  • 196 Appledore's largest

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

  • 198 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 199 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 200 Ten year old scrambler

  • 201 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 202 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 203 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 204 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 205 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 206 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 207 Sweets derationing

  • 208 Jumble sale fever

  • 209

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 210 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 211 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 212 School crossing patrol begins

  • 213 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 214 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 215 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 216 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 217 Private home for public pump

  • 218 Bridging the stream

  • 219 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 220 Happy Days!

  • 221 Police station view of Bideford

  • 222 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 223 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 224 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 225 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 226 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 227 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 228

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 229 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 230 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 231 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 232 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 233 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 234 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 235 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 236 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 237 The art of the thatcher

  • 238

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 239 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 240 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 241 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 242 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 243 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 244 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 245

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 246 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 247 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 248 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 249 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 250 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 251 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 252 For crying out loud!

  • 253 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 254 New civic medallions

  • 255 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 256 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 257 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 258 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 259 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 260 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 261 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 262 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 263 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 264

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 265 New look in the hayfields

  • 266 Life begins at 80

  • 267 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 268 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 269 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 270 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 271 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 272 All for the love of a lady!

  • 273 Loads of black and white

  • 274 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 275 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 276 Clovelly nightmare

  • 277 Burnard family reunion

  • 278 School's link with cargo ship

  • 279 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 280 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 281 Some 240 exhibits

  • 282 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 283 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 284

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 285 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 286 Can spring be far away?

  • 287 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 288 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 289 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 290 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 291 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 292 New Post Office

  • 293 Weare Giffard potato

  • 294 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 295 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 296 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 297 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 298 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 299 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 300 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 301

    Exhibition of school work
  • 302 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 303 Simple Item 138
  • 304

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 305 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 306 Torrington in 1967

  • 307 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 308 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 309 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 310 Bideford regatta

  • 311

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 312

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 313 Finished in 1876

  • 314 Centenary of Gazette

  • 315 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 316 New choral society's growing response

  • 317 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 318 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 319 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 320 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 321 Warmington's garage ad

  • 322 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 323 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 324 Revenge in style

  • 325 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

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

  • 327 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 328 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 329 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 330 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 331 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 332 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 333 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 334 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 335 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 336 Traditions and skills still there

  • 337 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 338 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 339

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 340 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 341 Pannier Market's future?

  • 342 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 343 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 344 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 345 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 346 Riverside mystery

  • 347 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 348 Clovelly custom

  • 349 From Bobby to Brian

  • 350 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 351 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 352 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 353 A man and his wheel

  • 354 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 355 Peter poses for TV film

  • 356 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 357 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 358 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 359

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 360 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 361 Hartland Dancers
  • 362 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 363 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 364 Last of Bideford factory chimney

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

  • 366

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 367 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 368 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

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    New gateway
  • 371 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 372 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 373 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 374 A roof-top view - where?

  • 375 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 376

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

  • 378

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 379 Artisans' Club

  • 380 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 381 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 382 What's the time?

  • 383 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 384 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 385 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 386 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 387 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 388 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 389

    Married in 1908
  • 390 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 391

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 392 Circus comes to town

  • 393 In their new robes and hats

  • 394 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 395 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 396 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 397 Last train from Torrington

  • 398 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 399 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 400 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 401 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 402 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 403 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 404 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 405 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 406 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 407 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 408 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 409 The cab at the corner>
  • 410 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 411 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

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

  • 413 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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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Bideford Fair 2017

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