• 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 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 2 To build racing cars in former blacksmith's shop

  • 3

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 4 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 6 No laughing matter

  • 7 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 8 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 9 Peter poses for TV film

  • 10 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 11 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 12 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 13 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 14 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 15 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 16

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 17 Out of puff!

  • 18 Riverside mystery

  • 19 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 20 For crying out loud!

  • 21 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 22 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 23

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 24 Penny for the guy

  • 25 New life for Hartland organ

  • 26 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 28

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 29 When horses score over the tractor

  • 30 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 31 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

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

  • 33 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 34 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 35 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 36 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 37 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 38

    Relatives all over the world
  • 39 They are parted pro-tem

  • 40 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 41

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 42 Hartland's invitation

  • 43 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 44 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 45 It really was the 'last time'

  • 46 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 47 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 48 New addition to Quay front

  • 49 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 50 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 51

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 52

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 53 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 54 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 55 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 56 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 57

    Building works
  • 58 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 59 Northam's almshouse

  • 60 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 61 One of the luckier farmers in getting in the problem harvest

  • 62 Can spring be far away?

  • 63 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 64 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 65 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 66 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 67 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 68 A story to tell!

  • 69 Life begins at 80

  • 70 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 71 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 72 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 73

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 74 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 75 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 76 Picking the pops

  • 77 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 78 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 79 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 80 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 81 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 82

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 83 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 84 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 85

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 86 Artisans' Club

  • 87 First ship in 8 years

  • 88 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 89 New shipyard on schedule

  • 90 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 91 Simple Item 138
  • 92 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 93 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 94 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 95 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 96 By pony and trap to market

  • 97 Pannier Market's future?

  • 98 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 99 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 100 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 101 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 102 Torrington's new amenity

  • 103 Burnard family reunion

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

  • 105 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 106 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 107 A man and his wheel

  • 108 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 109 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 110 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 111 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 112 School's link with cargo ship

  • 113 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 114 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 115 New civic medallions

  • 116 A roof-top view - where?

  • 117 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 118 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 119 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 120 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 121 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 122 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 123

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 124 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 125 Clovelly nightmare

  • 126 Recognise this resort?

  • 127 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 128 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 129 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 130 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 131 No sale of Springfield House

  • 132

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 133 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 134

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 135

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 136 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 137 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 138 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 139 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 140 Modern living at Bideford

  • 141 Hartland postman retires

  • 142 The art of the thatcher

  • 143 In their new robes and hats

  • 144 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 145 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 146 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 147 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 148 New choral society's growing response

  • 149 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 150 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 151 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 152 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 153 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 154

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 155 All for the love of a lady!

  • 156 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 157 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 158 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 159 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 160 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 161 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 162 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 163 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 164 Off on a great adventure

  • 165 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

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

  • 167

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 168 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 169 New look in the hayfields

  • 170 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 171

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 172

    First prize
  • 173 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 174 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 175 Clovelly custom

  • 176 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 177 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 178 Happy Days!

  • 179

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 180 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 181 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 182 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 183 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 184 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 185 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 186 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 187 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 188 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 189 Puppet characters introduced

  • 190 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 191 Some 240 exhibits

  • 192 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 193 Torrington in 1967

  • 194

    Was a missionary
  • 195 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 196 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

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

  • 198 Weare Giffard potato

  • 199 Hartland Dancers
  • 200

    New gateway
  • 201 Sight of a lifetime

  • 202 Parkham plan realised

  • 203 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 204 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 205 Traditions and skills still there

  • 206

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 207 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 208 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 209 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 210 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 211 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 212 Private home for public pump

  • 213 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 214 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 215 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 216 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 217 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 218 Waldon Triplets
  • 219 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 220 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 221 Northam footballers of the future

  • 222 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 223 Ships at Bideford

  • 224 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 225 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 226 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

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

  • 228 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 229 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 230 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 231 Service with a smile

  • 232 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 233 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 234 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 235 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 236 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 237 Bideford regatta

  • 238 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 239 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 240 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 241 Some mushroom!

  • 242 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 243 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 244

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 245 What's the time?

  • 246

    Bidefordians
  • 247 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 248 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 249 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 250 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 251 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 252 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 253 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 254 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 255 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 256

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 257

    Exhibition of school work
  • 258 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 259

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 260 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 261 Torrington children build igloo
  • 262 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 263

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 264 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 265 Circus comes to town

  • 266 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 267 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 268 Capers on the cobbles

  • 269 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 270 Emergency ferry services

  • 271 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 272 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 273 Cruising down the river

  • 274 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 275 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 276 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 277 He beat the floods

  • 278 New art gallery opened

  • 279 The Geneva marionettes

  • 280 End of the line

  • 281 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 282 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 283 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 284 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 285 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 286 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 287 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 288 Just over a year old

  • 289 Bideford loses training ship

  • 290 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 291 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 292 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 293 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 294 Decontrol of meat

  • 295 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 296 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 297 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 298 Ten year old scrambler

  • 299 Twenty-one yachts

  • 300 Picking the pops

  • 301 All aboard the ark

  • 302 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 303 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 304 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 305 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 306 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 307 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 308 Appledore's largest

  • 309 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 310 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 311 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 312 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 313 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 314 Littleham family's five generations

  • 315 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 316 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 317 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 318 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 319 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 320 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 321 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 322 New Post Office

  • 323 Revenge in style

  • 324 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 325 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 326 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 327 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 328 Loads of black and white

  • 329 North Devon Driving School

  • 330 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 331 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 332 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 333 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 334 So this is the mainland!

  • 335 New Lundy stamps

  • 336 Mobile missionary

  • 337 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 338 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 339 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

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

  • 341

    Married in 1908
  • 342 Not Bideford's answer to the moon rocket!

  • 343 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 344 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 345 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 346 Bridging the stream

  • 347 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 348

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 349 A sense of humour in advertising

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

  • 351 Centenary of Gazette

  • 352 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 353 A bird of their own!

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

  • 355 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 356 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 357 Warmington's garage ad

  • 358 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 359 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 360 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 361 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 362 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 363 Last train from Torrington

  • 364 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 365 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 366 Police station view of Bideford

  • 367 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 368

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 369 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 370 School crossing patrol begins

  • 371 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 372 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 373 Jumble sale fever

  • 374 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 375 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 376 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 377 113 years at Instow

  • 378 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 379 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 380 Finished in 1876

  • 381 Variety in summer weather

  • 382 Six footed lamb

  • 383 Bideford computer stars

  • 384 Devil sent packing

  • 385 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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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