• 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 For crying out loud!

  • 2 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 3 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 4

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 5 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 6 New life for Hartland organ

  • 7 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 8 Photo mural in Bideford bank

  • 9 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 10 When horses score over the tractor

  • 11 Bideford computer stars

  • 12 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 13 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 14 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 15 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 16 Second Monte Carlo Rally

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

  • 18 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 19 Parkham plan realised

  • 20 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 21 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 22 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 23 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 24 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 25 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 26 School crossing patrol begins

  • 27 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 28 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 29 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 30 At Bideford Arts Ball>
  • 31 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 32 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 33 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 34 By pony and trap to market

  • 35 Ships at Bideford

  • 36 Bideford regatta

  • 37 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 38 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 39 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 40 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 41 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 42 So this is the mainland!

  • 43 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 44 Recognise this resort?

  • 45 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 46 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 47 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 48 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 49 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 50 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 51 End of the line

  • 52 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 53 Emergency ferry services

  • 54 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 55

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 56 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 57 Bideford's first woman councillor

  • 58 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 59 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 60 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 61 Peter poses for TV film

  • 62 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 63 Appledore skill brings 'Hispaniola' to life

  • 64 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 65 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 66 Bideford loses training ship

  • 67 Picking the pops

  • 68 Housing progress at East-the-Water>
  • 69 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 70 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 71 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 72 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 73 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 74 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 75 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 76

    Was a missionary
  • 77 Down at the dump something stirs

  • 78 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 79 Community centre opened at Westward Ho!

  • 80 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 81 Service with a smile

  • 82 Twenty-one yachts

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

  • 84 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 85 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 86

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 87 Traditions and skills still there

  • 88 Capers on the cobbles

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

  • 90 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 91 Last train from Torrington

  • 92 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 93 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 94 Weare Giffard potato

  • 95 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 96 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 97 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 98 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 99 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 100 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 101 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 102 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 103 Off on a great adventure

  • 104 Meeting at 10 Downing Street

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

  • 106 Northam footballers of the future

  • 107 Penny for the guy

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

  • 109 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 110 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 111 Clovelly nightmare

  • 112 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 113 Clovelly custom

  • 114 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 115 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 116 New art gallery opened

  • 117 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 118 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 119 Filming at Hartland

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

  • 121 Fishermen of Greencliff

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

  • 123 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 124 The Geneva marionettes

  • 125

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 126 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 127 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 128 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 129 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 130

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 131 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 132 Bridging the stream

  • 133

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 134 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 135 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 136 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 137 Simple Item 138
  • 138 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 139 Modern living at Bideford

  • 140 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 141

    Toasted with musical honours
  • 142 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 143 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 144 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 145 Waldon Triplets
  • 146 All for the love of a lady!

  • 147 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 148 Variety in summer weather

  • 149

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 150 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 151 Northam's almshouse

  • 152

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 153 Appledore's largest

  • 154 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 155 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 156 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 157 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 158 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 159

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 160 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 161 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 162 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 163 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 164 Devil sent packing

  • 165 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 166

    Exhibition of school work
  • 167 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 168 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 169 Sweets derationing

  • 170 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 171 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 172 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 173 The art of the thatcher

  • 174 Torrington to have first woman mayor

  • 175 Torrington's new amenity

  • 176 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 177 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 178 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 179 Littleham family's five generations

  • 180

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 181 Police station view of Bideford

  • 182

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 183 Centenary of Gazette

  • 184 Pannier Market's future?

  • 185 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

  • 186 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 187 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 188 New look in the hayfields

  • 189 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 190 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 191 First ship in 8 years

  • 192 Circus comes to town

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

  • 194 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 195 Hartland postman retires

  • 196 Just over a year old

  • 197 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 198 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 199 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 200 Picking the pops

  • 201 He beat the floods

  • 202 Prizewinning babies at Torrington

  • 203 All aboard the ark

  • 204 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 205 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 206 113 years at Instow

  • 207

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 208 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 209 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 210 East-the-Water sets town an example

  • 211 Out of puff!

  • 212 New addition to Quay front

  • 213 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 214 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 215 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 216 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 217 Torrington Church's new organ

  • 218 New shipyard on schedule

  • 219 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 220 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 221 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 222 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 223 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 224 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 225 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 226 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 227 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 228 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 229 Mayor becomes engine driver>
  • 230 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 231 Found the answer waiting for him>
  • 232 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 233 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 234 Can spring be far away?

  • 235 Ten year old scrambler

  • 236

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 237 Amsterdam to Bideford double success

  • 238 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 239 Artisans' Club

  • 240 Sight of a lifetime

  • 241 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 242 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 243 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 244 Success to Festival of the Arts

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

  • 246 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 247 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 248 Cruising down the river

  • 249 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 250 No sale of Springfield House

  • 251 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 252 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 254 Where Bideford rope-makers walked>
  • 255 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 256 Torrington children build igloo
  • 257 Torridge wins on time schedule

  • 258 A bird of their own!

  • 259 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 260 Golden Bay Hotel ad.>
  • 261 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 262 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 263 It really was the 'last time'

  • 264 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 265

    New gateway
  • 266 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 267 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 268 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 269 New choral society's growing response

  • 270 Hartland Dancers
  • 271

    First prize
  • 272 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

  • 273 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 274 Afternoon tea in the park

  • 275 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 276 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 277 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 278 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 279

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 280 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 281 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 282 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 283 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 284 Sailing to victory at Appledore

  • 285 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 286 Safety-first dipomas awarded to Torrington drivers

  • 287 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 288 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 289 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 290 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 291 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 292

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 293 Life begins at 80

  • 294

    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 295 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 296 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 297 They are parted pro-tem

  • 298 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 299 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 300

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 301 Riverside mystery

  • 302 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 303 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 304 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 305

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 306 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 307 For South Africa from Westward Ho!

  • 308 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

  • 309 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 310 Calf thinks of mare as mum

  • 311 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 312 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 313 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 314 Six footed lamb

  • 315 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 316 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 317 In their new robes and hats

  • 318 Local glove-making factory advertising for staff

  • 319 Some 240 exhibits

  • 320 Happy Days!

  • 321 Finished in 1876

  • 322 Christmas tree on Bideford Quay>
  • 323 School's link with cargo ship

  • 324 Wasps' nest in sewing machine

  • 325 Revenge in style

  • 326

    Relatives all over the world
  • 327 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 328 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 329 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 330 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 331 Thriving 'orphan of the storm'

  • 332 Allhalland Street - then and now

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

  • 334 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 335 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 336 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 337 Decontrol of meat

  • 338 From Bobby to Brian

  • 339 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 340 New Post Office

  • 341 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 342

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 343 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 344 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 345 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 346 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 347 Warmington's garage ad

  • 348 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 349 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 350 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 351 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 352 Jumble sale fever

  • 353

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 354 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 355 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 356 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

  • 357 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 358 What's the time?

  • 359 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 360 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 361 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 362 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 363 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 364 Torrington in 1967

  • 365 The cab at the corner>
  • 366 Puppet characters introduced

  • 367 No laughing matter

  • 368

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 369 Bideford 'What's my line?' challenger

  • 370 Bicycle now does donkey work

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

  • 372 Mobile missionary

  • 373

    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 374 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 375 New civic medallions

  • 376 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 377 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 378 Private home for public pump

  • 379

    Bidefordians
  • 380 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 381

    Building works
  • 382 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 383 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 384 A roof-top view - where?

  • 385 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 386 North Devon Driving School

  • 387 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 388 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 389 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 390 Floral dancing at Appledore

  • 391 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 392 A man and his wheel

  • 393 Hartland's invitation

  • 394

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 395 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 396

    Married in 1908
  • 397 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 398 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 399 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 400 Loads of black and white

  • 401 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 402

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 403 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 404 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 405 New Lundy stamps

  • 406 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 407 A story to tell!

  • 408 Some mushroom!

  • 409 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 410 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 411 Burnard family reunion

  • 412 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 413 Photo of town's first car wins prize

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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  • 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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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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