• 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 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 2 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 3 Decontrol of meat

  • 4 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 5 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 6 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

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    First prize
  • 8 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 9 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 10 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 11 Childrens' model of Torrington

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

  • 13 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 14 Littleham family's five generations

  • 15 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 16

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 17 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 18 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 19 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 20 Shoes certainly not made for walking

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

  • 22 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 23 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 24 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 25 So this is the mainland!

  • 26 End of the line

  • 27 Hartland's invitation

  • 28 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 29 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 30 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 31 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 32 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 33 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 34 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 35 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 36 Torrington's new amenity

  • 37

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 38 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 39 School's link with cargo ship

  • 40 Centenary of Gazette

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

  • 42 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 43 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 44 Six footed lamb

  • 45 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 46 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 47 A bird of their own!

  • 48 Jumble sale fever

  • 49 Hartland postman retires

  • 50 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 51 Bideford computer stars

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

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

  • 54 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 55 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 56 Service with a smile

  • 57

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 58 No sale of Springfield House

  • 59 New art gallery opened

  • 60 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 61 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 62 All for the love of a lady!

  • 63 Finished in 1876

  • 64 All aboard the ark

  • 65 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 66 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

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

  • 68 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 69 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 70 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 71 Torrington in 1967

  • 72 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 73 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 74 New civic medallions

  • 75 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 76 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 77 Warmington's garage ad

  • 78 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 79 Some mushroom!

  • 80 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 81

    Married in 1908
  • 82 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 83 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 84 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 85 Off on a great adventure

  • 86 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 87 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 88

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 89 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 90

    Building works
  • 91 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 92 Loads of black and white

  • 93

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 94 They are parted pro-tem

  • 95 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 96 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 97 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 98 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 99 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 100 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 101 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 102 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 103 New life for Hartland organ

  • 104 Ships at Bideford

  • 105 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 106 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 107 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 108

    Relatives all over the world
  • 109

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 110 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 111 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 112 He beat the floods

  • 113 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 114 Private home for public pump

  • 115 Revenge in style

  • 116 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 117 Life begins at 80

  • 118

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 119 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 120 New addition to Quay front

  • 121 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 122

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 123 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 124

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 125 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 126 What's the time?

  • 127

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 128 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 129 Puppet characters introduced

  • 130 Mobile missionary

  • 131 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 132 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 133 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 134 Out of puff!

  • 135 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 136 By pony and trap to market

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

  • 138 First ship in 8 years

  • 139 In their new robes and hats

  • 140 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 141 New choral society's growing response

  • 142 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 143 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 144 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 145 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 146 For crying out loud!

  • 147 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 148 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 149 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 150 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 151 Torrington children build igloo
  • 152 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 153 Recognise this resort?

  • 154 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 155 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

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

  • 157 Peter poses for TV film

  • 158

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 159 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 160 The Geneva marionettes

  • 161 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 162 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 163 A roof-top view - where?

  • 164 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 165 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 166 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 167 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 168 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 169 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 170 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 171 Bideford regatta

  • 172 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 173 Ten year old scrambler

  • 174 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 175 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 176 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 177 No laughing matter

  • 178 Clovelly custom

  • 179 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 180 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

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

  • 182 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 183 School crossing patrol begins

  • 184 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 185 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 186

    New gateway
  • 187 Last train from Torrington

  • 188 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 189 A story to tell!

  • 190

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 191 Riverside mystery

  • 192 Can spring be far away?

  • 193 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 194 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 195

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 196 Bideford loses training ship

  • 197 Clovelly nightmare

  • 198 Weare Giffard potato

  • 199 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 200 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 201 Twenty-one yachts

  • 202 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 203 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 204 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 205 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 206 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 207 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 208

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 209 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 210 Just over a year old

  • 211 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 212 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 213 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 214 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 215 Sight of a lifetime

  • 216 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 217 Picking the pops

  • 218 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 219 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 220 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 221 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 222

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 223 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 224 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 225 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 226 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 227 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 228 When horses score over the tractor

  • 229 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 230

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 231 Burnard family reunion

  • 232 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 233 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 234 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 235

    Was a missionary
  • 236 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 237 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 238

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 239 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 240 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 241 Picking the pops

  • 242

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 243 Emergency ferry services

  • 244 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 245 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 246 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 247 Sooty is quick on the draw

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    Exhibition of school work
  • 249 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 250 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 251 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 252 New shipyard on schedule

  • 253 Hartland Dancers
  • 254 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 255 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 256 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 257 New Post Office

  • 258 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 259 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 260 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 261 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

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    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 263 Down at the 'Donkey House'

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

  • 265 Bridging the stream

  • 266 Artisans' Club

  • 267 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 268 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 269

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 270 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 271 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 272 Happy Days!

  • 273 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 274 Appledore's largest

  • 275 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 276 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 277 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 278 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 279 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 280 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 281 Penny for the guy

  • 282 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 283 Some 240 exhibits

  • 284 Parkham plan realised

  • 285 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 286 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 287 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 288

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 289 Cruising down the river

  • 290

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 291 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 292

    Bidefordians
  • 293

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 294 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 295 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 296 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 297 Circus comes to town

  • 298 Northam footballers of the future

  • 299 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 300 Pannier Market's future?

  • 301 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 302 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 303 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 304 Devil sent packing

  • 305 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 306 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 307 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 308 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 309 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 310 Northam's almshouse

  • 311 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 312 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 313 Police station view of Bideford

  • 314 Variety in summer weather

  • 315 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 316 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 317 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 318 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 319 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 320 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 321 A man and his wheel

  • 322 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 323 New Lundy stamps

  • 324 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 325 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 326 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 327 Modern living at Bideford

  • 328 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 329 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 330 The art of the thatcher

  • 331 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 332 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 333 Torridge wins on time schedule

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

  • 335 North Devon Driving School

  • 336 Waldon Triplets
  • 337 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 338 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 339

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 340 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 341

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 342 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 343 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 344 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 345 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 346 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 347 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 348 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 349 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 350 New look in the hayfields

  • 351 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 352 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 353 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 354 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 355 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 356 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 357 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 358 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 359 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 360 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 361 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 362 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 363 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 364 Capers on the cobbles

  • 365 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 366 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 367 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 368 113 years at Instow

  • 369 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 370 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 371 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 372 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 373 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 374 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 375 Simple Item 138
  • 376 It really was the 'last time'

  • 377 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 378 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 379 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 380 Traditions and skills still there

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

  • 382 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 383 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 384 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 385 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

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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  • 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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  • 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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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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Mr Percy Browne, MP

The winners of the Bideford Conservative's Bathing Belle competition.

On the left is the winner, Susan Stewart, and on the right, Wendy Robins (second) and Christine Cannan (third).

18.8.1961 Percy Browne MP

Gazette article dated 18 August 1961

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