• 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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    Andre Veillett and Quentin Reed in Judo Demonstration
  • 2 Bideford School Junior Choir Sing in France at Twinning Ceremony in Landivisiau
  • 3 Torridge wins on time schedule

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    Inter-school Road Safety Quiz Cup Winners
  • 5 Harvest service in Bideford 'pub' bar

  • 6 Hartland Dancers
  • 7

    New gateway
  • 8 Boys win hockey on the sands challenge

  • 9

    Wynne Olley's styles impress International Hair Fashion Designer
  • 10 Entente cordiale in Bideford

  • 11 Record pebble-throwing day

  • 12 Rowing triumphs at Bideford

  • 13 An early 'special' to Bideford

  • 14 Modern living at Bideford

  • 15 Broomhayes children will keep their winter pet

  • 16 Beach search for mines takes longer

  • 17 Calligrapher extraordinary

  • 18 Sooty is quick on the draw

  • 19 Littleham cow tops 70 tons mark in milk production

  • 20 Chess - their bridge over the years

  • 21 Unique holiday adventure!

  • 22 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 23

    Womens Skittles Competition in Buckland Brewer
  • 24 Simple Item 138
  • 25 John Andrew Bread Charity
  • 26

    Youth Clubs Join Together For Entertainment
  • 27

    Reds Womens Team Are First To Compete Throughout Season
  • 28 Brothers reunion 1947
  • 29 Alwington School closing after 120 years

  • 30 Can spring be far away?

  • 31 Bideford A.F.C annual dinner
  • 32 Six footed lamb

  • 33 Eight and a half million pound Taw development scheme

  • 34 Thorn-apple found in Littleham conservatory

  • 35 Designed all furnishing of new chapel

  • 36 Littleham family's five generations

  • 37 Clovelly's 91 year old horseman

  • 38 'Les Girls' of Hartland

  • 39 First ship in 8 years

  • 40 Westward Ho! sand yacht to challenge speed record

  • 41

    Double Baptism on Torridge
  • 42 Appledore's largest

  • 43 Wine and beer merchants for 150 years

  • 44 New Post Office

  • 45 Torrington's new amenity

  • 46

    Building works
  • 47 Penny for the guy

  • 48 Champagne send-off for Torrington new factory

  • 49 School crossing patrol begins

  • 50 Bideford Liberals' fashion show

  • 51

    Birgitta Whittaker
  • 52 X-ray shoe fitting

  • 53 Practical sympathy at Northam

  • 54 Fish nearly pulled him in

  • 55 He beat the floods

  • 56

    Mums protest in Coronation Road
  • 57 Bideford's new market opens next week

  • 58 A Weare Giffard speciality - delicious strawberries

  • 59 Twenty-one yachts

  • 60 Farewell to passenger trains

  • 61 Appledore Juniors Football
  • 62 Centenary of Landcross Methodist Chapel

  • 63 Torrington acclaims 400th anniversary of granting of charter

  • 64 Liked holidays here - so starts business

  • 65 Emergency ferry services

  • 66 Television comes to Torridge District

  • 67 Teenager Peter Jackson Makes Horror Film
  • 68 Bideford country dancers on TV

  • 69 Torrington school's sundial - fashioned by Headmaster

  • 70 What is future of railway goods yard?

  • 71 Landmark at Bradworthy

  • 72 Children's procession with foxgloves

  • 73 Fishing light goes out at close of poor season

  • 74 Traditions and skills still there

  • 75 Torrington to have first woman mayor

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

  • 77 Bideford regatta

  • 78 Tide sweeps under and over the old bridge

  • 79 Torrington in 1967

  • 80 New Lundy stamps

  • 81 New Lundy air-mail stamps

  • 82 Escaped crane moves into Kenwith Valley

  • 83 Town's second woman mayor in 392 years

  • 84

    First Girls at Bideford Grammar School take part in Play
  • 85 New look in the hayfields

  • 86 Second Monte Carlo Rally

  • 87 Fundraising trip for RNLI

  • 88 Westward Ho! public conveniences get go ahead
  • 89 Police station view of Bideford

  • 90 A story to tell!

  • 91 Bideford-Torrington road gets 'carpet coat'

  • 92 Daisy's pride and joy

  • 93 Launching the 'Golden Hinde'

  • 94 They are parted pro-tem

  • 95 Bideford's private wharves busier

  • 96 Artisans' Club

  • 97 River scenes that enchant the visitors

  • 98 Revived market off to splendid start

  • 99 Bridging the stream

  • 100 Shoes certainly not made for walking

  • 101 Torrington's shelter for the aged

  • 102 Private home for public pump

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    Toasted with musical honours
  • 104 New life for Hartland organ

  • 105 Steep street of old Bideford

  • 106 Watch the dicky bird!

  • 107 Barley from Bideford to Bonnie Scotland

  • 108 Peter poses for TV film

  • 109 Bideford loses training ship

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    First prize
  • 111 Head Barman appointed Torrington Town Crier
  • 112 TV features Bideford's New Year bread ceremony

  • 113 A lost Bideford 'island'

  • 114 Big develolpment at Calveford

  • 115 Bicycle now does donkey work

  • 116 Holiday scene near Sandymere

  • 117 Record player of 80 years ago

  • 118 North Devon author featured in TV documentary

  • 119 Eleven million pound scheme's official opening

  • 120 Bravery against bull at Shebbear rewarded

  • 121 Vessel built 300 feet above sea level

  • 122 Bideford firm develops new non-spill paint

  • 123

    Successful motor cycling team
  • 124 Still hunting aged 80 and a Field Master

  • 125 Northam wants to continue pumping from river

  • 126 Spray dodging - the new pastime

  • 127 Yeoi Vale House finally demolished

  • 128 Riverside mystery

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

  • 130 Northam loses thatched cottage landmark

  • 131 Decontrol of meat

  • 132 Fishermen of Greencliff

  • 133 Picking the pops

  • 134 Lady Churchill congratulates Bideford artists at nursing exhibition

  • 135 Church renovation rejoicing at Northam

  • 136 Bideford inquest on French trawlermen opens

  • 137 New civic medallions

  • 138

    Jinxed School Trip
  • 139 No laughing matter

  • 140 Ships at Bideford

  • 141 In their new robes and hats

  • 142 Space dominates Hartland carnival

  • 143 Repair work on Long Bridge
  • 144 Revenge in style

  • 145 Weare Giffard Hall sold for £11,300

  • 146 New addition to Quay front

  • 147 Largest salmon caught in Torridge

  • 148 For crying out loud!

  • 149 New shipyard on schedule

  • 150 Torrington Youth Club rewarded by party
  • 151 Appledore schooner broadcast

  • 152 Can-carrying over cobbles has disappeared

  • 153 Eleventh hour bid to save last sailing barge

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

  • 155 Bideford triplets' first birthday party

  • 156 Do recall the old windmill at Northam?

  • 157 Yelland potter's exhibition at Bideford

  • 158

    Hamburger is part of modern life
  • 159 Designed and made in Bideford

  • 160 Ten year old scrambler

  • 161 Speeding communications: Bideford firm's new installation

  • 162 Smiling welcome to Hartland visitors

  • 163 Gift plaque on Clovelly council houses

  • 164 Photo of town's first car wins prize

  • 165 Yeo vale road ruin provides a mystery

  • 166 Puppet characters introduced

  • 167 It really was the 'last time'

  • 168 A man and his wheel

  • 169 Holiday traffic in Bideford High Street

  • 170 Clovelly donkey film star

  • 171 America's tribute to 'J.H.'

  • 172 Quads join a Langtree happy family

  • 173 Burnard family reunion

  • 174 Birds' convalescent home at Instow

  • 175 Making way for the double-deckers

  • 176 Eight to strike and a race to win

  • 177 Faints as she wins national competition

  • 178 Service with a smile

  • 179 Bideford stock car racing entry comes in second

  • 180 Born 1883 - still going strong

  • 181 End of the line

  • 182 Circus comes to town

  • 183 Dismantling of wireless mast

  • 184

    School of Dancing's Annual Display
  • 185 Old Girls revisit Edgehill

  • 186 Bringing shopping home by goat

  • 187 Boys from Bideford school complete Ten Tors

  • 188 Torrington children build igloo
  • 189 Alderman Anstey's dream comes tru

  • 190

    Close associations with North Devon
  • 191

    Gift from Bideford Town Council
  • 192 Last train from Torrington

  • 193 Donkey and horses enjoy carnival drink

  • 194 The Geneva marionettes

  • 195 Shipbuilding hobby at Hartland

  • 196 Centuries old but today busier than ever

  • 197 Homage to a well-loved sovereign

  • 198 Baby Kate goes home to Lundy

  • 199 Huntshaw TV mast

  • 200 Tomorrow' night's skittles broadcast from Bideford

  • 201 Death - and birth - of a telephone exchange

  • 202 Wilfred and Mabel visit schools and hospital

  • 203 Life begins at 80

  • 204 Picking the pops

  • 205 Bideford electricity window display qualifies for area competition

  • 206 Bideford Zoo's first baby is big draw

  • 207 Battle of the gap at Westward Ho!

  • 208 Down at the 'Donkey House'

  • 209 Charter granted by Philip and Mary

  • 210 The art of the thatcher

  • 211 Colour TV salesman at eight

  • 212 Appledore tugs fete London Tower

  • 213 Preparations for new Clovelly Court

  • 214 Capers on the cobbles

  • 215 Alverdiscott is proud of its new parish hall

  • 216 Appledore boy is youngest recipient of RNLI vellun

  • 217 Sweet success at Langtree School

  • 218 First steel ship built at Bideford

  • 219 Weare Giffard potato

  • 220 Bank Holiday weather was beach weather

  • 221 Thunderstorm destruction of 25 years ago

  • 222 Lady Godiva comes to Torrington

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

  • 224

    Holidaying in north Devon
  • 225 Fleet of foot and fair of face

  • 226 Bideford shipyard workers cheer new minesweeper

  • 227 Bideford computer stars

  • 228 They set out for Bideford and became lost

  • 229 When horses score over the tractor

  • 230 Bideford's first triplets for 12 years

  • 231 113 years at Instow

  • 232 What's the time?

  • 233 Ancestral home nestling in lovely combe

  • 234 Childrens' model of Torrington

  • 235 Northam's almshouse

  • 236 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 237

    Cadets are given certificates
  • 238 Devil sent packing

  • 239

    Relatives all over the world
  • 240 Jalopy joy for children of Shamwickshire

  • 241

    Gus Honeybun meets local children
  • 242 Malibou boys are all-the-year-round surfers

  • 243 A bird of their own!

  • 244 By pony and trap to market

  • 245

    Exhibition of school work
  • 246 New choral society's growing response

  • 247 Cement-clad boats being built at Northam

  • 248 Sunshine and shade at Appledore

  • 249 Wishing well is pixielated

  • 250 New fire and ambulance stations

  • 251 Signed scroll momento of Queen Mother's visit

  • 252 In the tortoise nursery - eight hatched at Bideford

  • 253 Council agree to demolition of Chanter's Folly

  • 254 Thrush builds nest in cauliflower

  • 255 A craftsman's 'potted' history

  • 256 New gateway to King George's Fields

  • 257 Gloves fit for a king!

  • 258 New Estate's view of estuary activities

  • 259 Bideford childrens' cinema opens

  • 260 Some 240 exhibits

  • 261 Centenary of Gazette

  • 262 Parkham plan realised

  • 263 Allhalland Street - then and now

  • 264 Hartland Abbey outdoor staff 60 years ago

  • 265 Cavaliers join the Hunt
  • 266

    Was a missionary
  • 267 Little 'Big Ben'

  • 268 Off on a great adventure

  • 269 New look for Torrington Lane

  • 270 Train returns to Westleigh straight

  • 271

    Lenwood Squash Club
  • 272 Donkey work made easier at Clovelly

  • 273

    Mrs Whapham finds ferret in Bridgeland Street while shopping
  • 274 Saving money, wear and tear

  • 275 Passing of a Torrington landmark

  • 276 Mobile missionary

  • 277 Bideford's gift to Sir Francis

  • 278 A roof-top view - where?

  • 279 Light reading for the lighthouse

  • 280 Photo mural in Bideford bank

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

  • 282

    Appledore boys beat mums at football
  • 283 North Devon Driving School

  • 284 On her 'maiden' trip from Bideford

  • 285 Out of puff!

  • 286 Larkworthy Family play in Shebbear's Football Team
  • 287 Five generations link Woolsery, Clovelly and Bideford

  • 288 Buckland goes to County Show

  • 289 Torrington's enterprise's new extensions

  • 290 All for the love of a lady!

  • 291 Loads of black and white

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

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

  • 294 All aboard the ark

  • 295 Royal prince visits Torridge-side

  • 296 Waldon Triplets
  • 297 Thirty bridges cross Torridge

  • 298 So this is the mainland!

  • 299

    10-year-old scrambler practices
  • 300 Salmon netting at Bideford

  • 301

    Married in 1908
  • 302 Instow local art show was 'tremendous success'

  • 303 Olympic riders to compete at Bideford Horse Show

  • 304 Torridge graveyard of wooden hulks

  • 305 Pretty pennies at Beaford

  • 306 Northam footballers of the future

  • 307 Inscribed Bibles and silver spoons for babies

  • 308 Happy Days!

  • 309 Tramps camp by riverside throughout arctic weather

  • 310 Westward Ho! combined op

  • 311 No ancient Grecian temple this

  • 312

    Bidefordians
  • 313 Polish custom on Pancake Day

  • 314 Four hundred residents leave Bideford!

  • 315 One thousand visit zoo at Whitsun

  • 316 Works at craft he learned over 65 years ago

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

  • 318 They never miss a game at Torrington

  • 319 First tankers arrive at new depot

  • 320 Success to Festival of the Arts

  • 321 Variety in summer weather

  • 322 Clovelly custom

  • 323 Joe the ginger tabby is 21

  • 324 Meredith's ironmongers

  • 325 Bideford Bridge re-opens

  • 326 Just over a year old

  • 327 Up-to-date Bideford!

  • 328 Four sisters' nostalgic reunion

  • 329 Picture bought for shillings may be worth thousands

  • 330

    FA Cup Match for the Robins
  • 331 Bideford Liberal club new lounge bar opened

  • 332 Bideford has built over 500 post-war homes

  • 333 What the television camera saw at Abbotsham

  • 334 Water Board mains spread through villages

  • 335 School's link with cargo ship

  • 336 Appledore's new lifeboat

  • 337 Quads at Thornhillhead

  • 338 Jumble sale fever

  • 339 New art gallery opened

  • 340 Sight of a lifetime

  • 341 Celebrations for 103rd birthday

  • 342 Symbol of Lundy independence

  • 343 Pannier Market's future?

  • 344 Last of Bideford factory chimney

  • 345 Finished in 1876

  • 346 Recognise this resort?

  • 347 TV contest means big job for Bideford Guides

  • 348 Mural in the whimsical fashion

  • 349 Cruising down the river

  • 350 Warmington's garage ad

  • 351 Bideford schoolboy's courage recognised

  • 352 Students help model St Sidwell

  • 353 Safe door weighing two tons

  • 354 Getting up steam for tomorrow

  • 355 No sale of Springfield House

  • 356 Two kinds of hovercraft at Bideford

  • 357 Future of Torrington almshouses

  • 358 Pet squirrels at Monkleigh

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

  • 360 Hartland's invitation

  • 361 Clovelly nightmare

  • 362 Broomhayes £1,000 Surprise
  • 363 Panel sprint for Bideford broadcast

  • 364 Buckland farm workers to receive long-service awards

  • 365 Spring-cleaning the Ridge

  • 366 Panto time at Westward Ho!

  • 367 Ship-in-bottle world record

  • 368 Lots drawn to prevent dog fight

  • 369 Tibbles home again - and fish supper

  • 370 Puzzle corner at Bideford!

  • 371 'Out of Appledore' sailing memories

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

  • 373 Westward Ho! Tennis Club Winners
  • 374 Bideford skifflers, they're no squares

  • 375 Hartland postman retires

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

  • 377 The creative urge on Saturday morning

  • 378 Championship Trophy for Hartland
  • 379 Calf thinks of mare as mum

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

  • 381 Move for oldest boatyard on Torridge

  • 382 Bideford blacksmith wins English championship

  • 383 A sense of humour in advertising

  • 384 Some mushroom!

  • 385 East-the-Water sets town an example

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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Four Generations Of Appledorians

Proud

Mr Fred S Harris, MBE, head of the well known Appledore firm of Messrs P K Harris and Sons, and a member of Northam Urban District Council,
is naturally proud of the four generations of the family seen in the photograph above.
On Mr Harris' right is his daughter, Mrs W Richards, and on his left his granddaughter, Mrs G Piper, holding his great-granddaughter, Lesley Piper.

5.10.1951 Harris Appledore


Gazette article dated 5 October 1951

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