• 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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    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 2 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 3 Recognise this resort?

  • 4 Emergency ferry services

  • 5 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 6 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 7 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 8 Clovelly custom

  • 9 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 10 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 11 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 12 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 13 Devil sent packing

  • 14 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 15

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 16 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 17 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 18 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 19 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 20 Artisans' Club

  • 21 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 22 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 23 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 24 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 25 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 26 Some mushroom!

  • 27 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 28 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 29 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 30 A story to tell!

  • 31 Warmington's garage ad

  • 32 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 33 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 34 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 35 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 36 New choral society's growing response

  • 37 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 38 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 39 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 40 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 41

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 42 Sight of a lifetime

  • 43 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 44 Picking the pops

  • 45 Decontrol of meat

  • 46 All for the love of a lady!

  • 47 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 48 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 49

    New gateway
  • 50

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 51 Traditions and skills still there

  • 52 Peter poses for TV film

  • 53 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 54

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 55 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 56 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 57 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 58

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 59 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 60 Just over a year old

  • 61 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 62 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 63 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 64 Some 240 exhibits

  • 65 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 66 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 67 They are parted pro-tem

  • 68 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 69 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 70 A roof-top view - where?

  • 71 New addition to Quay front

  • 72 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 73 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 74 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 75

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 76 New life for Hartland organ

  • 77 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 78 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 79 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 80 Off on a great adventure

  • 81 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 82 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 83 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 84 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 85 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 86 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 87 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 88 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 89 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 90 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 91 For crying out loud!

  • 92 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 93 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 94

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 95 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 96 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 97 All aboard the ark

  • 98 It really was the 'last time'

  • 99 Riverside mystery

  • 100 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 101 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 102 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 103 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 104 Torrington's new amenity

  • 105 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 106 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 107 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 108 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 109 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 110 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 111 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 112 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 113 Service with a smile

  • 114 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 115 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 116 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 117 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 118 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 119 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 120

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 121

    Relatives all over the world
  • 122 East-the-Water's call for new school

  • 123

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

  • 125 Police station view of Bideford

  • 126 Circus comes to town

  • 127 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 128

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 129 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 130 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 131 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 132 Out of puff!

  • 133 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 134

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 135 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 136 School crossing patrol begins

  • 137 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 138 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 139 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 140 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 141 Bideford regatta

  • 142 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 143 Penny for the guy

  • 144

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 145 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 146 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 147 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 148 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 149 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 150 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 151 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 152 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 153 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 154 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 155 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 156 Hartland postman retires

  • 157 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 158

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 159 Bideford computer stars

  • 160 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 161 A man and his wheel

  • 162 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 163 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 164 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 165 When horses score over the tractor

  • 166 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 167 End of the line

  • 168 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 169 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

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    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 171 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 172 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 173 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 174 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 175 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

  • 176 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 177 Ten year old scrambler

  • 178 Centenary of Gazette

  • 179 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 180 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 181 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 182 Open-air art exhibition by 'under 40' group

  • 183 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 184 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 185 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 186 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 187 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 188 New Lundy stamps

  • 189 Revenge in style

  • 190 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 191 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 192 So this is the mainland!

  • 193 Clovelly nightmare

  • 194

    Building works
  • 195 Northam's almshouse

  • 196 Simple Item 138
  • 197

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 198 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 199 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 200 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 201 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 202 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 203 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 204 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 205 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 206 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 207

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

  • 209 Alwington School closing after 120 years

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

  • 211 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 212 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 213 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 214 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 215 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 216 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 217 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 218 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 219 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 220 A bird of their own!

  • 221 Dismantling of wireless mast

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

  • 223

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 224 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 225

    Exhibition of school work
  • 226 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 227 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 228 Capers on the cobbles

  • 229 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 230 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

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

  • 232 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 233 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 234 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 235 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 236 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 237 113 years at Instow

  • 238 Appledore Juniors Football
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    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 240 Littleham family's five generations

  • 241 He beat the floods

  • 242 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 243 Private home for public pump

  • 244 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

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

  • 247 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 248 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 249 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 250 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 251 Loads of black and white

  • 252 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 253 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 254 What's the time?

  • 255 Hartland's invitation

  • 256 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 257 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 258 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 259 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 260 Parkham plan realised

  • 261 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 262 Torrington in 1967

  • 263 Puppet characters introduced

  • 264 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 265 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 266 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 267 No sale of Springfield House

  • 268 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 269

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 270 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 271 New look in the hayfields

  • 272 Six footed lamb

  • 273 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 274 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 275 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 276 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 277 No laughing matter

  • 278 Life begins at 80

  • 279 North Devon Driving School

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

  • 281 Jumble sale fever

  • 282 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 283 Mobile missionary

  • 284 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 285 Modern living at Bideford

  • 286 The Geneva marionettes

  • 287 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

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

  • 289 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 290 Variety in summer weather

  • 291 First ship in 8 years

  • 292 Waldon Triplets
  • 293 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 294 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

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

  • 296 School's link with cargo ship

  • 297 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 298 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 299 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 300 Burnard family reunion

  • 301 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 302 New shipyard on schedule

  • 303 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 304 Pannier Market's future?

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

  • 306 Cruising down the river

  • 307 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 308 Finished in 1876

  • 309 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 310 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 311 By pony and trap to market

  • 312 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 313 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 314 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 315 Weare Giffard potato

  • 316 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 317 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 318 Picking the pops

  • 319 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 320

    Married in 1908
  • 321 Northam footballers of the future

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

  • 323 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 324 Hartland Dancers
  • 325 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 326 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 327 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 328 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 329 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 330 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 331 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 332 Ships at Bideford

  • 333 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 334 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 335 Appledore's largest

  • 336 Twenty-one yachts

  • 337 Happy Days!

  • 338 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 339 Last train from Torrington

  • 340 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 341 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

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

  • 343 New art gallery opened

  • 344 Bridging the stream

  • 345

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 346 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

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

  • 348 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 349

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 350 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 351 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 352 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 353 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 354 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 355 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 356 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 357 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 358 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

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

  • 360 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 361 New civic medallions

  • 362 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 363 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 364 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 365 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 366 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 367 New Post Office

  • 368 Can spring be far away?

  • 369 The art of the thatcher

  • 370

    Bidefordians
  • 371 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 372 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 373 In their new robes and hats

  • 374

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
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    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 376 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 377 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 378

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 379 Torrington children build igloo
  • 380 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 381

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 382 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 383 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 384 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 385 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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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