• 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 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 2 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 3 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 4 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 5 Modern living at Bideford

  • 6 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 7 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 8 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 9 The Geneva marionettes

  • 10 So this is the mainland!

  • 11 Capers on the cobbles

  • 12 All for the love of a lady!

  • 13 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 14 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 15 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 16 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 17 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 18 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 19 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 20 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 21 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 22 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 23 School's link with cargo ship

  • 24 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 25

    Building works
  • 26 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 27 Revenge in style

  • 28 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 29

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 30 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 31 In their new robes and hats

  • 32 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 33 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 34 Recognise this resort?

  • 35 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 36 It really was the 'last time'

  • 37 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 38 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 39 Centenary of Gazette

  • 40 Mobile missionary

  • 41 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 42 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 43 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 44

    New gateway
  • 45 Puppet characters introduced

  • 46 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 47 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 48 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 49 Parkham plan realised

  • 50 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 51

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 52 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 53 Six footed lamb

  • 54 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 55 Clovelly nightmare

  • 56 Decontrol of meat

  • 57 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 58 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 59

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 60 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 61 Faints as she wins national competition

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

  • 63 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 64 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 65 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 66 X-ray shoe fitting

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

  • 68 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 69 What's the time?

  • 70 Bridging the stream

  • 71 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 72 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 73 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 74 New civic medallions

  • 75 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 76 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 77 Twenty-one yachts

  • 78 Sight of a lifetime

  • 79 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 80 Peter poses for TV film

  • 81 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 82 New art gallery opened

  • 83

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 84 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 85 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 86 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 87 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 88 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 89 For crying out loud!

  • 90 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 91 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 92 When horses score over the tractor

  • 93 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 94 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 95 Torrington in 1967

  • 96 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 97 By pony and trap to market

  • 98 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 99 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 100 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 101

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 102

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 103 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 104 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 105 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 106 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 107 Pannier Market's future?

  • 108 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 109 Life begins at 80

  • 110 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 111 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 112 Happy Days!

  • 113 A bird of their own!

  • 114 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 115 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 116 Ships at Bideford

  • 117 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 118 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 119

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 120

    Exhibition of school work
  • 121 Littleham family's five generations

  • 122 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 123 Picking the pops

  • 124 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 125 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 126 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 127 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 128 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 129 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 130 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 131 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 132 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 133

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 134 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 135 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 136 Bideford loses training ship

  • 137

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 138 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 139 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 140 Hartland's invitation

  • 141 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 142 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 143 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 144 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 145 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 146

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 147

    Was a missionary
  • 148 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 149 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 150

    First prize
  • 151 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 152 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 153 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 154 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 155 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 156 Last train from Torrington

  • 157 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 158 Some mushroom!

  • 159 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 160 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 161 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 162 All aboard the ark

  • 163 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 164 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 165 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 166 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 167 North Devon Driving School

  • 168 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 169 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 170 First ship in 8 years

  • 171 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 172 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 173 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 174 Weare Giffard potato

  • 175 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 176

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 177 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 178 Warmington's garage ad

  • 179 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 180 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 181 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 182 Finished in 1876

  • 183 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 184 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 185 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 186 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 187 Out of puff!

  • 188 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 189

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 190 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 191 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 192 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 193 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 194 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 195 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 196 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 197 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 198 New life for Hartland organ

  • 199 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 200 Hartland Dancers
  • 201 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 202

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 203 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 204 113 years at Instow

  • 205 Picking the pops

  • 206 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 207 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 208 He beat the floods

  • 209 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 210 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 211 Ten year old scrambler

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

  • 213 The art of the thatcher

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

  • 215 New addition to Quay front

  • 216 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 217 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 218 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 220 Variety in summer weather

  • 221 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 222 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 223 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 224 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 225 Torrington children build igloo
  • 226 Torrington's new amenity

  • 227

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 228 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 229 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 230 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 231 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 232 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 233 Jumble sale fever

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    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 235 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 236 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 237 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 238 New Lundy stamps

  • 239 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 240 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 241 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 242 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 243 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 244 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 245 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 246 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 247 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 248 Devil sent packing

  • 249 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 250 Bideford computer stars

  • 251

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 252

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 253 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 254 Service with a smile

  • 255 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 256 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 257 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 258 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 259 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 260 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 261 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 262 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 263 A man and his wheel

  • 264 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 265 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 266 Loads of black and white

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

  • 268 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 269 School crossing patrol begins

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

  • 271 Torridge wins on time schedule

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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 273 Clovelly custom

  • 274 Just over a year old

  • 275 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 276 Off on a great adventure

  • 277 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 278 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 279 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 280 Northam's almshouse

  • 281

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 282

    Married in 1908
  • 283 Emergency ferry services

  • 284 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 285 Police station view of Bideford

  • 286 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 287 New shipyard on schedule

  • 288 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 289 They are parted pro-tem

  • 290 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 291 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 292 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 293 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 294

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 295 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 296 Simple Item 138
  • 297 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 298 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 299 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 300 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 301 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

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

  • 304 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 305 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 306 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 307 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 308 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 309 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 310 Circus comes to town

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

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

  • 313 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 314 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 315 Private home for public pump

  • 316 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 317 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 318 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 319 A story to tell!

  • 320 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 321 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 322 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 323 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 324 Cruising down the river

  • 325 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 326 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 327 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 328 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 329 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 330 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 331 Riverside mystery

  • 332 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 333 New look in the hayfields

  • 334 Waldon Triplets
  • 335 New choral society's growing response

  • 336 Some 240 exhibits

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    Relatives all over the world
  • 338 No laughing matter

  • 339 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 340 A roof-top view - where?

  • 341 Traditions and skills still there

  • 342 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 343 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

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    Bidefordians
  • 345 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 346 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 347 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 348 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 349 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 350 Bideford regatta

  • 351 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 352 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 353 Artisans' Club

  • 354 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 355 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 356 Burnard family reunion

  • 357 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 358 No sale of Springfield House

  • 359 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 360 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 361

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 362 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 363 Can spring be far away?

  • 364 They never miss a game at Torrington

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    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 366 Northam footballers of the future

  • 367 New Post Office

  • 368 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 369 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 370 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 371

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 372

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 373 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 374 Penny for the guy

  • 375 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 376 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 377 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 378 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 379 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 380 Appledore's largest

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

  • 382 End of the line

  • 383 Hartland postman retires

  • 384 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 385 Children's procession with foxgloves

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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  • 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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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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Tradition at Hartland

Children carrying foxgloves in procession

to the patronal festival service at St Nectan's Parish Church, Hartland, maintain an old tradition based on the legend that where drops of St Nectan's blood fell foxgloves sprang up.

25.6.1965 Hartland tradition St Nectans

Prior to this year's patronal festival Evensong, the Bishop of Crediton, Right Rev Wilfred Westall, dedicated the rebuilt Church Cottage in the little tree-lined square before St Nectan's. The Bishop also preached at the service.

Gazette article dated June 25th 1965

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